Wagner chief rejects Russian Defense Ministry efforts to rein in his force
By Uliana Pavlova and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — The boss of the Russian private military company Wagner says he won’t sign contracts with…
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Three British tourists missing after Egypt boat catches fire with 27 people on board
By Celine Alkhaldi, Radina Gigova and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers are searching for three British tourists who are missing after a fire…
Continue ReadingScotland’s ex-leader Nicola Sturgeon released without charge after arrest in party finance probe
By Max Foster, Radina Gigova and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been released without a charge…
Continue ReadingMore Americans disapprove than approve of colleges considering race, ethnicity in admissions decisions, study shows
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Half of surveyed adults in the US disapprove of students’ race and ethnicities factoring into the college…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Amazon jungle rescue, Trump indictment, Ukraine counteroffensive
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve spent the past three years relishing the one-minute commute to your home office (or…
Continue Reading6 injured in shooting at Houston nightclub, police say
By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A shooting at a Houston nightclub left six people injured, including one who is listed in critical condition,…
Continue ReadingForget the influencers. Here come the ‘deinfluencers’
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Step aside, influencers. We’ve all seen those youthful, photogenic people who promote fashions, foods or…
Continue ReadingZelensky signaled Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia is underway. Here’s what to expect
By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — With a few words, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky gave his strongest signal yet that his forces have…
Continue ReadingUS citizen detained on drug charges in Moscow identified as rock band manager Travis Leake
CNN By Josh Pennington, Raja Razek, Philip Wang, Sandi Sidhu, Heather Chen, Sophie Jeong, Jennifer Hansler and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — The…
Continue ReadingFrench playground stabbing suspect faces attempted murder charges
By Pierre Meilhan, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the knife attack in the French alpine town of Annecy that left four children and two men injured…
Continue ReadingThe world’s biggest sporting event is coming to Paris. Not everyone’s happy
By Joseph Ataman and Aurore Laborie, CNN Paris (CNN) — The date is set, venues have been chosen, tickets are on sale. One hundred years after…
Continue ReadingLarge-scale study will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, a dream come true for historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.
By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN (CNN) — Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of…
Continue Reading‘Pretending to live a civilian life’: How pro-Ukrainian residents of occupied Melitopol feel daily fear
By Yulia Kesaieva and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Editor’s note: The southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol has long been known for its…
Continue ReadingA South Carolina woman mouthed ‘help me’ to a police officer during a traffic stop. Her passenger had just shot someone
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A South Carolina police officer is being praised for her attention to detail during a traffic stop that led…
Continue ReadingKakhovka dam collapse has made Black Sea a ‘garbage dump and animal cemetery,’ Ukraine warns
By Mariya Knight (CNN) — Floodwaters are receding following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, but debris washed along the Dnipro river is…
Continue ReadingRolex or Faux-lex? Custom officers find fake luxury watches worth over $1.2 million at LAX
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Rolex or Faux-lex? US Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles recently seized dozens of fake…
Continue ReadingComedian in New York jokes about Malaysia, faces heated backlash overseas
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A comedian in New York who joked about the safety of Malaysian planes in an apparent reference to the…
Continue ReadingChildren found after 40 days in Amazon survived by eating ‘cassava flour’
By Stefano Pozzebon, Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Eating cassava flour helped save the lives of four children found alive in…
Continue ReadingLong overdue: A book was returned to a Washington library 81 years after it was checked out
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A library in western Washington state recently received a book so long overdue, World War II was happening…
Continue ReadingRandy Cox, who was paralyzed after being transported in a New Haven police van, reaches $45M settlement with city, attorneys say
By Ashley R. Williams and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Randy Cox, the man who was paralyzed while authorities were transporting him handcuffed…
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