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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN We’re weeks away from the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference — better known as COP27 — but there will be a distinct lack of royal presence at this year’s event. We now understand Britain’s new monarch will forgo the upcoming summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Earlier

By Mia Alberti and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Easter Island’s towering stone heads and other archaeological elements have been charred by a fire, according to local Indigenous and Chilean authorities. The fire — caused by the nearby Rano Raraku volcano — started Monday and razed more than 100 hectares of the island, damaging its famous stone-carved

By Rodrigo Pedroso Brazil’s government has announced plans to accelerate this month’s welfare payments to the needy, as President Jair Bolsonaro prepares to face leftwing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a second-round election. Payments of R$600 ($120) under the Auxilio Brasil program will be sent to over 20 million families between October 11

By Amanda Watts, Sara Smart, David Williams and Forrest Brown, CNN A Viking river cruise ship heading north up the Mississippi River can’t finish its voyage because of low water levels, according to a statement from the company on Thursday. “Unusually low water levels along the Mississippi River have caused sections of the river to

By Nina dos Santos, CNN Almost half of the money raised by British Prime Minister Liz Truss to fund her Conservative Party leadership campaign came from wealthy donors, according to official donation records published by Parliament on Wednesday. Truss raised nearly £432,549 ($489,472) thanks to donations largely from the business community. More than £230,000 (roughly

By CNN staff Sydney has recorded its wettest year since records began in 1858 as further downpours are forecast in coming days that could cause more flooding in Australia’s eastern states. Thursday morning showers in central Sydney took the city’s rainfall so far this year beyond the previous record set in 1950 of 2,194 millimeters

By Etant Dupain, Hande Atay Alam, and Caitlin Hu, CNN Dozens more cases of cholera have been diagnosed in Haiti, adding new urgency to warnings of the Caribbean nation’s descent into chaos amid political and economic crises. The deadly infection has already killed eight people, according to Haiti’s health ministry, and 68 new cases have

By Peter Wilkinson and Chris Liakos, CNN Protesters from the environmental group Greenpeace were ejected from the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday after disrupting British Prime Minister Liz Truss‘s first speech as leader. Two female activists held up a flag that read “Who voted for this?” before they were escorted out of the conference center

By Stefano Pozzebon The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) insurgent group on Tuesday announced the restart of peace negotiations, after a three-year hiatus. The announcement was made at a joint press conference of top ELN leadership and a team of negotiators representing the Colombian government in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela is one of

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN A highly anticipated sexual assault trial began in Australia Tuesday in a case that has raised questions about the culture in the nation’s Parliament and the actions of ministers when the claims emerged. Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent relating to the

By Pete Muntean, CNN Federal aviation officials announced on Tuesday that flight attendants will soon get more mandated rest time between flights. Current FAA rules say that in most cases, an airline must provide a flight attendant a nine-hour rest period after being on duty 14 hours or less. The new rule increases the rest

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell is apologizing for its breakfast menu. In recent years, it has been littered with questionable foods, such as the Naked Egg Taco or even the Waffle Taco, that have since been discontinued. Turns out, people just want the basics and the chain is finally accepting that. Now, the