Sharks are millions of years older than dinosaurs and 5 other facts that may surprise you
By Rachel Fadem, CNN (CNN) — Sharks have scared us a lot this summer, primarily for suspected attacks on humans. However, humans are a larger…
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Historic Ukrainian cathedral badly damaged in Russian strikes
By Heather Chen, Josh Pennington, Maria Kostenko and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Russian missiles badly damaged dozens of Ukrainian…
Continue Reading‘Biblical proportions’: 3 months’ worth of rainfall floods Nova Scotia, forcing evacuations as crews search for missing people
By Zenebou Sylla and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Three months’ worth of rain over the course of one day has flooded the Canadian province of…
Continue Reading‘White savior complex’: Malaysia’s LGBTQ community slams The 1975’s Matty Healy’s onstage kiss
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Benjamin Netanyahu fitted with a pacemaker
By Oren Liebermann, Hadas Gold, Amir Tal, Richard Allen Greene and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was…
Continue ReadingHot water pipe bursts in Moscow shopping center, killing four
By Uliana Pavlova and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Four people died and dozens were injured after a hot water pipe burst in a shopping center in…
Continue ReadingAuthorities arrest suspect in deadly bar fire in Mexico border city that killed 11
By Karol Suarez, Marlon Sorto, Philip Wang and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested a man suspected of…
Continue ReadingUkraine hits Crimea ammunition dump, sparking evacuations and disrupting transport
By Kostan Nechyporenko and Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukrainian forces hit an ammunition dump in Crimea, forcing an evacuation of the area…
Continue ReadingTourists flee Rhodes wildfires in Greece’s largest-ever evacuation
By Duarte Mendonca, Chris Liakos, Elinda Labropoulou and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A large wildfire tearing through the Greek island of Rhodes…
Continue ReadingIsraelis rally ahead of critical vote to weaken power of courts
By Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Thousands of marchers arrived in Jerusalem Saturday, the…
Continue ReadingA herd of orphan elephants could be the key to bringing back the woolly mammoth
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Our planet has been through countless changes since it first came to be 4.5 billion years ago. Different…
Continue ReadingMalaysia halts music festival after same-sex kiss by The 1975 singer
By Heather Chen, Teele Rebane and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — A music festival in Malaysia has been canceled after the lead singer of British band…
Continue ReadingMexico’s president is on the attack. It’s political ‘gold’ for his rival
By David Shortell, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — An extraordinary campaign by the Mexican president to undermine a leading opposition contender for…
Continue ReadingNew photograph of Prince George released ahead of his 10th birthday on Saturday
By Max Foster and Radina Gigova, CNN London (CNN) — A new photograph of Prince George has been released ahead of his 10th birthday on Saturday,…
Continue ReadingOne of the world’s longest serving leaders is set to win another one-sided election
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — One of the world’s longest serving leaders is looking to extend his iron fisted rule, running another tightly…
Continue Reading148 people, including dozens of children, rescued from abandoned truck in Mexico
By Karol Suarez and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Central American migrants, including 23 unaccompanied children, were rescued Friday from a…
Continue ReadingLondon Underground Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the London Underground, also known as “The Tube,” the oldest…
Continue ReadingMan who stole 200,000 chocolate eggs jailed
By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — A man dubbed “the Easter bunny” by police has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for stealing 200,000…
Continue ReadingItaly starts removing lesbian mothers’ names from children’s birth certificates
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay…
Continue ReadingBerlin authorities abandon hunt for ‘lioness,’ saying they found no evidence of a wild animal
By Chris Stern, Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Local authorities in Germany said Friday that they are ending a search…
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