A new king was crowned in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region and young Nigerians are inspired
By Anita Patrick, CNN The coronation of a dashing monarch in the oil-rich but impoverished Delta region has sparked a resurgence in royalty,…
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Tuesday spacewalk postponed due to ‘minor medical issue’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacewalk outside of the International Space Station including NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japan Aerospace…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A Comet that intrigued astronomers with its first appearance in our sky at the very end of 2019, but it disintegrated into…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of civil rights activist and clergyman Jesse Jackson. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1941…
Continue ReadingNYC announces Covid-19 vaccine mandate for all public school employees, with no testing opt out
By Artemis Moshtaghian and Eric Levenson, CNN New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that all Department of Education staff for public…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban hasn’t captured all of Afghanistan yet. One province has vowed to resist
CNN By Kara Fox, Tim Lister and Nilly Kohzad, CNN As the Taliban firms up its grip on Afghanistan, there is one remote region whose resistance to the…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Judaism, the monotheistic (belief in one God) religion of the Jewish people. About Judaism Jewish law…
Continue Reading‘Expecting the worst, hoping for the best’: Nurse recalls delivering baby on Afghanistan evacuation aircraft
By Atika Shubert, James Briggs and Jack Guy, CNN A nurse who delivered a baby girl on board an aircraft that evacuated people from Afghanistan has…
Continue ReadingPresident Buhari’s son marries royal bride in glitzy and glamorous ceremony
By Nimi Princewill, CNN It was a roll call of Nigeria’s most powerful political elites during the wedding of Yusuf Buhari, son of…
Continue ReadingHealth officials warn people not to take a drug meant for livestock to ward off or treat Covid-19
CNN By Chris Boyette, CNN Mississippi health officials are warning residents not to take an anti-parasitic drug — in most cases, a formulation…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban haven’t captured all of Afghanistan yet. One province has vowed to resist
By Kara Fox, Tim Lister and Nilly Kohzad, CNN As the Taliban firm up their grip on Afghanistan, there is one remote region whose resistance to the…
Continue ReadingThe Kabul airlift has ended, but a US operation to get 14,000 people off a base in Germany is far from over
CNN By Atika Shubert, CNN From his office window, Brig. Gen. Joshua Olson can see a daily football match organized by the Afghan children who are…
Continue ReadingSo many people in this Texas town got Covid-19 that the school district shut down and then the city essentially closed
By Rosa Flores and Ashley Killough, CNN From the front lawn of her friend’s house, Vicky Zapata went live on Facebook recently and burst into…
Continue ReadingSo many people in this Texas town got Covid-19 that the school district shut down and then the city essentially closed
CNN By Rosa Flores and Ashley Killough, CNN From the front lawn of her friend’s house, Vicky Zapata went live on Facebook recently and burst…
Continue ReadingAfghan visa applicants told to stay away from Kabul airport as US races to meet exit deadline
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Afghans who have applied for special immigrant visas to the US were told to stay away…
Continue Reading‘Tidal wave’ of floodwaters overtook Tennesseans in minutes and killed 21, including 7-month-old twins
By Ralph Ellis and Hollie Silverman, CNN Casey Hipshire knew flooding was possible, she said, but she thought the rainwater that filled the yard of…
Continue ReadingFrom ‘air-pocalypse’ to blue skies. Beijing’s fight for cleaner air is a rare victory for public dissent
CNN By Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN Beijing was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities, with dense smog and…
Continue ReadingFrom ‘air-pocalypse’ to blue skies. Beijing’s fight for cleaner air is a rare victory for public dissent
By Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN Beijing was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities, with dense smog and acrid…
Continue ReadingChina reports no new local Covid-19 cases for first time since July, as Delta outbreak wanes
By Nectar Gan, CNN China reported no new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Monday for the first time since July, according to its National Health…
Continue ReadingDozens of US Air Force planes head to Kabul as 20,000 people remain at airport
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Dozens of US military transport jets were expected to land at Kabul’s international airport on Monday, as about…
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