‘Zombifying’ worms are evolutionary oddballs, missing genes all other animals have
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Threadlike worms living in the guts of certain insects make their hosts jump into water and drown. What…
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Protest returns to Peru with fresh demands against official impunity and fears about the economy
By Karol Suarez, CNN Lima, Peru (CNN) — There is a tense calm in Lima ahead of a new round of anti-government protests this week, which will…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles, says South Korea
By Marc Stewart, Yoonjung Seo and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — North Korea has launched two short-range ballistic missiles, which landed…
Continue ReadingWoman jailed for taking abortion pill after UK legal limit will be released from prison
By Eve Brennan, Sana Noor Haq and Niamh Kennedy, CNN London (CNN) — A British woman jailed under Victorian-era legislation for terminating her…
Continue Reading9-year-old Canadian boy dies after suffering asthma attack worsened by wildfire smoke, parents say
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A 9-year-old boy died last week in British Columbia after having an asthma attack during the ongoing wildfires in…
Continue Reading‘Once in a lifetime’ fossil reveals a dinosaur and mammal locked in mortal combat
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Sometime during the Cretaceous Period, 125 million years ago, a feisty mammal the size of a domestic cat encountered…
Continue ReadingUS soldier believed to be detained by North Korea after ‘willfully’ crossing border
CNN By Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand, Gawon Bae, Brad Lendon, Rob Picheta, Kevin Liptak, Oren Liebermann and Simone McCarthy, CNN Seoul, South…
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By Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand, Gawon Bae, Brad Lendon, Rob Picheta, Kevin Liptak, Oren Liebermann and Simone McCarthy, CNN Seoul, South Korea…
Continue ReadingFake Twitter profiles, Wikipedia editing and PR battles: Inside the push to greenwash the COP28 climate summit
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The optics of a major oil-producing country organizing the world’s most important climate conference, and…
Continue ReadingNuclear capable US submarine makes first port call in South Korea in four decades
By Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — For the first time in decades, a nuclear capable US Navy ballistic…
Continue ReadingInternational Criminal Court rejects Philippine attempt to block drugs war killings probe
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the Philippine government to block an…
Continue ReadingMystery cylinder on Western Australia beach likely space junk, authorities say
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A mystery object that washed ashore on Australia’s western coast sparking a flurry of local excitement…
Continue Reading‘It can’t be any worse’: In Boris Johnson’s back yard, Britons are desperate for a change
By Rob Picheta, CNN Uxbridge, United Kingdom (CNN) — “Everything now is a struggle,” Mike Okoli says, in the world-weary tone he slumps…
Continue ReadingXi Jinping’s foreign minister has vanished from public view. His prolonged absence is driving intense speculation
CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public for three weeks, an unusually long…
Continue ReadingSoaring temperatures to record rainfall: Asia reels as climate crisis takes hold
By Heather Chen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s largest and most populous continent is reckoning with the deadly effects of extreme summer…
Continue ReadingVirgin Galactic reveals three passengers who will be aboard its first space tourism flight
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first Olympian and the first mother-daughter duo to venture to space will be aboard Virgin Galactic’s…
Continue Reading‘Underground climate change’ is deforming the ground beneath buildings, study finds
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A phenomenon that scientists have called “underground climate change” is deforming the ground beneath cities,…
Continue ReadingIraqi officials condemn demolition of 300-year-old minaret in Basra
By Aqeel Najim and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site…
Continue ReadingMore than 50 pilot whales die after mass stranding on Scottish island
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — A pod of more than 50 pilot whales has died after a mass stranding on a northwestern Scottish island,…
Continue ReadingUkraine claims responsibility for new attack on key Crimea bridge
By Josh Pennington, Alex Stambaugh, Brad Lendon and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian security official has claimed Kyiv’s…
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