Australian abolitionist, Grace Forrest, receives coveted ‘Freedom from Fear’ award
CNN By Leif Coorlim, CNN (CNN) — Grace Forrest is the founding director of Walk Free, the Australian-based anti-slavery organization…
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Germany to give Holocaust survivors $236 payout to help them cope with October 7 attacks
By Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — Germany will provide a one-time payment of $236 (€220) to Holocaust survivors, to help them cope with the…
Continue ReadingBelgium to investigate suspected Russian interference in EU elections
By Eve Brennan and Luke McGee and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Belgium will investigate suspected Russian meddling in European Parliament elections…
Continue ReadingIsrael says aid to Gaza is ramping up — but the UN says it’s yet to see a major change on the ground
By Jeremy Diamond, Vasco Cotovio, Will Bonnett and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel this week has begun to take several major steps…
Continue ReadingMore than 20 years later, families of the Columbia crew carry on their loved ones’ legacies
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When NASA’s Columbia shuttle launched on January 16, 2003, it carried a crew of seven astronauts who had…
Continue ReadingPolish lawmakers back plans to end near-total abortion ban, but political showdown awaits
By Rob Picheta and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Polish lawmakers backed plans to end the country’s near-total abortion ban on Friday,…
Continue Reading‘Mass evacuation’ underway in city as floods worsen in Russia and Kazakhstan
By Sergey Gudkov, Louis Mian and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A mass evacuation is underway in the Russian city of Orenburg, as severe flooding…
Continue ReadingThese are the border officers that migrants fear – and they are not the Americans
CNN By David Culver, Norma Galeana, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ejido Jacumé, Baja California, Mexico (CNN) — The rust-colored…
Continue ReadingThese are the border officers that migrants fear – and they are not the Americans
CNN By David Culver, Norma Galeana, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ejido Jacumé, Baja California, Mexico (CNN) — The rust-colored…
Continue ReadingThese are the border officers that migrants fear – and they are not the Americans
By David Culver, Norma Galeana, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ejido Jacumé, Baja California, Mexico (CNN) — The rust-colored barrier…
Continue ReadingPrince William and George cheer on Aston Villa in first outing since Kate’s cancer announcement
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — Prince William and Prince George were spotted watching their soccer team Aston Villa…
Continue ReadingRussian weapons and trainers arrive in Niger weeks after US military agreement ends
By Mariya Knight, Michael Rios, Sharon Braithwaite and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Russia has delivered military equipment to Niger that will…
Continue ReadingSix rare sawfish deaths in 7 days have scientists baffled amid bizarre Florida fish behavior
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The smalltooth sawfish, a critically endangered animal, is in even more danger than usual in the Florida seas.…
Continue ReadingMiddle class wiped out: Half of Myanmar’s people forced into poverty by civil war, UN report finds
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Once considered among the most promising economies in Southeast Asia with a growing middle class, Myanmar is now…
Continue ReadingIn Mexico’s supersized election, a wave of assassinations has put democracy itself in the crosshairs
By David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Jesús Corona Damián, a candidate for mayor in Cuautla, Mexico, was in a car near his home one evening last…
Continue ReadingRussian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s memoir will be published in October
By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s memoir will be published posthumously this fall, his widow revealed…
Continue ReadingBiden plans to expand 2 national monuments in California originally designated by Obama
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden plans to expand two national monuments in California – one, a mountainous wilderness area…
Continue ReadingPacific castaways’ ‘HELP’ sign sparks US rescue mission – and an unexpected family reunion
CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet…
Continue ReadingMysterious symbols found near footprints shed light on ancient humans’ awareness of dinosaurs, scientists say
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Prehistoric humans in Brazil carved drawings in the rock next to dinosaur footprints, suggesting that they may…
Continue ReadingFoxes were once humans’ best friends, study says
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — In an ancient grave in what’s now northwestern Argentina, a person was buried with a canine companion —…
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