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By Karla Cripps, CNN As Australia reopens to international travel for the first time in nearly 20 months, resulting in some emotional reunions, the country’s flag carrier is setting its sights on recovery. That doesn’t mean it’s given up on Project Sunrise — a Qantas plan to operate the world’s longest nonstop flights, which would

By Angus Watson, CNN A 36-year-old man arrested Wednesday in connection with the apparent abduction of 4-year-old Cleo Smith was taken to hospital after self-harming while in police custody, Western Australia Police said Thursday. Speaking to Perth radio station 6PR, Detective Superintendent Rod Wilde described the suspect’s injuries as “not life threatening.” The man has

Story by Reuters Bolivia’s highlands city of La Paz has been hit by an unusual heatwave, with levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation soaring off the charts, exacerbated by unusually low levels of cloud cover some experts link to climate change. Levels of UV radiation have at times in recent weeks hit 21 on a scale

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joked that she is adopting a “net-zero” approach to cursing, an apparent response to criticism of her use of strong language at a demonstration earlier this week. The 18-year-old Swede was filmed singing “You can shove your climate crisis up your a**e” to the tune of

By Hilary Whiteman, Angus Watson, Samantha Beech and Jack Guy, CNN Four-year-old Cleo Smith has been found alive 18 days after she went missing in northwest Australia, and her mother, Ellie Smith, took to Instagram to celebrate the news. “Our family is whole again,” Smith wrote Wednesday, alongside a smiling picture of her young daughter,

By Luke McGee, Alicia Lloyd and Ben Kirby, CNN Boris Johnson said he had been humbled to hear the stories of countries on the front lines of the climate crisis and hailed some of the early agreements announced so far at the COP26 summit in an exclusive interview Tuesday with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Speaking to

By Jack Guy, CNN Two UK police officers have pleaded guilty to taking and sharing photos of the bodies of two murdered sisters at a crime scene they were assigned to protect, reports the UK’s PA Media news agency. Deniz Jaffer, 47, and Jamie Lewis, 33, both of London’s Metropolitan Police, admitted to taking and

Zara Stone Last year was a rough one for Joyce Pequeno, a 28-year-old inmate at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, Oregon. Social distancing was rare, she said, and prisoners were dying. Her clemency hearing was postponed. Still, most days she dabbed on foundation, swirled eyeshadow across her lids and outlined her eyes with kohl.

Megan C. Hills, CNN The oldest surviving winner of Miss America, Jo-Carroll Dennison, has died aged 97. Dennison, who held the title during World War II and broke with convention by refusing to wear a swimsuit onstage after the pageant, passed away at her home in California last month, according to her friend Evan Mills.

By Jessica Hasbun and Rafael Romo Only a couple of weeks ago, Francis de la Nuez and his wife were elated about expecting a baby girl. But Covid-19 put a tragic end to their hopes, cutting short a 34-week pregnancy. Walking outside the Dr. Marcelino Vélez Santana Regional Hospital in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic’s

By Niamh Kennedy, CNN A “number of people” have been left injured from a train collision at a tunnel near Salisbury, England, according to the British Transport Police (BTP). “Thankfully no one has died,” the BTP tweeted shortly after 9:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. EDT) Sunday. Officers are continuing to respond to the incident

A “number of people” have been left injured from a train collision at a tunnel near Salisbury, England, according to the British Transport Police (BTP). “Thankfully no one has died,” the BTP tweeted shortly after 9:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. EDT) Sunday. Officers are continuing to respond to the incident at the Fisherton Tunnel,