By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing’s temperature soared above 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees Fahrenheit) Thursday, setting a new record for the capital’s hottest day in June, as millions across heavily populated northeast China endure heat wave conditions forecast to stretch into the weekend. Thursday’s high of 41.1 degrees Celsius (106 degrees
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — European soccer’s summer transfer window is in full swing, with several household names already moving to pastures new. It is one of the most feverish periods on soccer’s calendar, as ITKs – “In The Knows,” people with sources who break transfer news – battle it out on social media
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Después de que el RMS Titanic se hundiera en su viaje inaugural a través del Atlántico en 1912, los gobiernos de ambos lados del océano analizaron detenidamente si se podría haber hecho más para proteger a las aproximadamente 2.200 personas a bordo, incluidas las más de 1.500 que murieron ese
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN AlUla, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — To find one of the most iconic attractions in Saudi Arabia, don’t look for the building itself – look for the people with selfie sticks and ring lights. Maraya is the largest mirror-covered building in the world, and at certain times of day the structure seems
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By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed concerns that a lone Russian diplomat was allegedly squatting on a previously planned Moscow embassy building site, describing the man as “some bloke standing on a blade of grass.” The site, originally slated for a new Russian embassy in the
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By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Greta Lee isn’t afraid to mess around with her co-stars. The actor was sitting with John Magaro and Teo Yoo for an interview about their film “Past Lives,” an achingly beautiful romantic drama about a Korean immigrant’s experiences in the US. A question about the recent flurry of Asian
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By Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidates took turns Friday pitching themselves to a ballroom full of religious conservatives in Washington as the most viable alternative to front-runner Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination. The specter of the former president loomed large over the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road
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By Betsy Klein and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris joined a trio of key reproductive rights activist groups to mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision Friday, highlighting what’s expected to be a major Biden campaign plank for the 2024 presidential election. “MAGA Republicans
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Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When the British Museum launched its “China’s hidden century” exhibition last month, writer and translator Yilin Wang began getting confusing messages from her peers. The show, which featured 19th century Chinese works including poems by feminist and revolutionary Qiu Jin, didn’t seem to include credits for translators, a friend told
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — University of Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders will undergo surgery for blood clots in both of his legs on Friday but will not need to have his foot amputated, the 55-year-old said in a video Thursday. “I went to the doctors the other day to check myself out and I have
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CNN Story by Sean Coppack, CNN, video by Sean Coppack, Cameron Bauer and Patricia Valeriano de Medeiros (CNN) — Rio de Janeiro’s notorious Cidade de Deus favela was immortalized in the 2002 film bearing its name in English, “City of God.” The movie was critically acclaimed for its depiction of gang violence in the favela,
Continue Reading Story by Sean Coppack, CNN, video by Sean Coppack, Cameron Bauer and Patricia Valeriano de Medeiros (CNN) — Rio de Janeiro’s notorious Cidade de Deus favela was immortalized in the 2002 film bearing its name in English, “City of God.” The movie was critically acclaimed for its depiction of gang violence in the favela, and
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Canada and the US each announced the launch of investigations Friday into the implosion of the Titanic-bound submersible that killed all five passengers. It is unclear whether the probes by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and US Coast Guard would be one single
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Filmmaker and deep-sea explorer James Cameron says he figured soon after learning a Titanic-bound submersible was missing it had imploded and its occupants were dead – days before officials announced that very outcome. After hearing on Monday the “Titan” craft had disappeared, Cameron connected with people he knows in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El Titán sufrió una “implosión catastrófica”, informaron el 22 de junio las autoridades de Estados Unidos, en medio de una operación para dar con el paradero del submarino que hace menos de una semana había partido en una expedición a los restos del Titanic. Aquí, una cronología de lo sucedido.
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Automoblog spoke with several professionals to find out how the car shipping industry has changed in the wake of COVID-19.
Continue Reading CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Canada and the US each announced the launch of investigations Friday into the implosion of the Titanic-bound submersible that killed all five passengers. It is unclear whether the probes by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and US Coast Guard would be one
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Investigators are continuing to scour the ocean floor for any insight into how a “catastrophic implosion” killed all five passengers of a Titanic-bound submersible that suddenly lost communication with its mother ship over the weekend, officials said. A dayslong international search effort concluded Thursday after debris
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — After RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic in 1912, governments on both sides of the ocean took a hard look at whether more could have been done to protect the some 2,200 people aboard, including the more than 1,500 who died. The result was the
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CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — What was supposed to be a 10-hour journey to the Titanic shipwreck ended in tragedy, with all five passengers on the missing submersible killed in a catastrophic implosion. Their deaths were confirmed Thursday, concluding a week-long search for survivors that was closely watched around the world. The US
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