Colombia’s drug problem is worse than ever. But it has a radical solution
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN When Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first progressive president, took office in August, he laid out an ambitious agenda.…
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A rural town’s river vanished. Is Chile’s constitution to blame?
By Daniela Mohor, CNN When she was a child, Marileu Avendaño used to go to the river with her friends to play. She was born and raised in Petorca, a…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Dominican Republic expelled hundreds of children to Haiti without their families this year
By Caitlin Hu and Etant Dupain, CNN Hundreds of children have been expelled from the Dominican Republic without their parents, according to UNICEF,…
Continue ReadingSwimming with bull sharks: Cuba’s underwater tourism bet
CNN By Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching…
Continue ReadingSwimming with bull sharks: Cuba’s underwater tourism bet
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching…
Continue ReadingMexican state security chief is among the five dead in helicopter crash
By Jorge Engels, CNN The state security chief of the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes was among the five people who died in a helicopter…
Continue ReadingFamilies of jailed Cuban protesters blocked from meeting US officials
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN United States officials criticized the Cuban government on Wednesday for what it described as “inhumane”…
Continue ReadingWordle frustration inspires Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year
By Issy Ronald, CNN The endless permutations of five-letter words took over the internet in 2022 as the online puzzle game Wordle dominated social…
Continue ReadingAs scientists warn Brazil’s rainforest is nearing a point of irreversible decline, Lula makes ambitious deforestation pledge
CNN By Vasco Cotovio and Paula Newton, CNN The drive through Sao Paulo state in Brazil is decidedly unremarkable, blocks and blocks of high-rise…
Continue ReadingRussian spying in Europe dealt ‘significant blow’ since Ukraine war, MI5 chief says
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Russia’s ability to spy in Europe has been dealt the “most significant strategic blow” in recent history…
Continue ReadingAs scientists warn Brazil’s rainforest is nearing a point of irreversible decline, Lula makes ambitious deforestation pledge
By Vasco Cotovio and Paula Newton, CNN The drive through Sao Paulo state in Brazil is decidedly unremarkable, blocks and blocks of high-rise…
Continue ReadingOatly plans job cuts as investors sour
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Oat milk brand Oatly is planning to cut jobs as coronavirus restrictions in Asia dampen its sales forecast for this…
Continue ReadingBrace for a very busy Thanksgiving travel season
By Marnie Hunter and Pete Muntean, CNN Travel over Thanksgiving is expected to reach nearly 98% of pre-pandemic volume, according to automotive and…
Continue ReadingCruise ship with 800 Covid-positive passengers docks in Sydney
By Heather Law, Aliza Kassim Khalidi and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN A cruise ship with hundreds of Covid-positive passengers docked in Sydney, Australia,…
Continue ReadingMan in Scotland confirmed to be US rape suspect, Scottish court rules
By Alex Hardie, CNN A man in Scotland is a rape suspect wanted in the United States, a Scottish court ruled Friday, despite the man’s claims…
Continue ReadingGround stop at Dallas-Fort Worth airport lifted, FAA says
By Pete Muntean, CNN A ground stop at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport caused by a fuel fire Friday morning has been lifted. Hundreds of…
Continue ReadingIt’s Charles III’s first birthday as King next week. How will it be marked?
By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Christian Edwards, CNN One of the bonuses of being the British monarch is that you get to celebrate your…
Continue ReadingLiz Cheney calls election results ‘clear victory for team normal’ and rejection of Trump
By Rashard Rose, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday said the results of this week’s midterm elections were “a clear victory for Team…
Continue ReadingGet free entry to all US National Park sites on Friday
By Forrest Brown, CNN The US National Park Service offers free entry a handful of times each year to all of its more than 400 sites. We’re at…
Continue ReadingBrazil military finds no fraud in election, but refuses to rule it out
By Camilo Rocha, Hira Humayun, Rodrigo Pedroso and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Brazil’s military has found no sign of vote-rigging in the country’s…
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