Young backpacker who tried to stop knife attack in southeast France hailed as hero
By Oliver Briscoe, Xiaofei Xu and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A 24-year-old man has been hailed as a hero for chasing a man suspected of…
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A new supernova has appeared in the night sky
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A sparkling new supernova has appeared in the night sky, and a telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii was…
Continue ReadingJulian Assange loses latest attempt to appeal against extradition to the US
By Claudia Rebaza and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — A High Court judge in London has denied Julian Assange permission to appeal an…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia and US announce Sudan 24-hour ceasefire
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Saudi Arabia and the United States announced a 24-hour ceasefire starting Saturday between the…
Continue ReadingSmoke from Canada’s wildfires has reached as far as Norway
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada, which has already blanketed parts of the US and placed…
Continue ReadingWhy Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo is mentoring Ghanaian writer Ayesha Harruna Attah
By Rochelle Beighton, CNN (CNN) — In a literary landscape where narratives of Africa have long been overlooked or distorted, award-winning…
Continue ReadingA soldier’s hidden identity shines a light on troubled history of Crimea’s Tatars
By Andrew Carey and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — When Viktor Shevchenko was called forward to receive his medal from President Volodymyr…
Continue ReadingShark attack in Egypt kills a Russian citizen
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Egyptian authorities have banned swimming near a beach at an Egyptian Red Sea resort following a deadly shark…
Continue ReadingThree historical shipwrecks uncovered in the Mediterranean
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An international team of scientists discovered three historical shipwrecks during an underwater…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Pope Francis, the current pope and first non-European pontiff of the modern era.…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1950…
Continue ReadingHere are the key theories on what caused Ukraine’s catastrophic dam collapse
By Ivana Kottasová and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is one of the biggest…
Continue ReadingSiberia swelters in record-breaking temperatures amid its ‘worst heat wave in history’
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of heat records have fallen in Siberia, as temperatures climbed above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7…
Continue ReadingHundreds of children evacuated from Sudanese orphanage amid intense fighting in Khartoum
By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Two hundred and eighty children between the ages of one month and 15 years were evacuated from a Khartoum…
Continue ReadingAstronauts’ brains take a hit during long spaceflights
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Spaceflights lasting six months or longer take a toll on the brains of astronauts, and crew members may need…
Continue ReadingPope’s ‘night went well’ in hospital after abdominal surgery, Vatican says
By John Allen, Valentina Di Donato and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis was recovering well in a Rome hospital on Thursday, the…
Continue ReadingNew York is choking on smog. But for these cities, it’s just another day
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For days, images of New York choking in smoke have stunned the United States, as residents struggle…
Continue ReadingRussians shooting at rescuers in flooded areas following dam collapse, Zelensky says
CNN By Olga Voitovych, Yulia Kesaieva, Fred Pleitgen, Radina Gigova, Sarah Dean and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russian forces have been shooting…
Continue ReadingFour toddlers among victims of knife attack in southeast France, officials say
By Radina Gigova, Xiaofei Xu and Oliver Briscoe, CNN (CNN) — Four toddlers were hospitalized after a brutal stabbing attack on Thursday in…
Continue ReadingNew York is choking on smog. But for these cities, it’s just another day
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For days, images of New York choking in smoke have stunned the United States, as residents struggle…
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