CNN By Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching bull shark, the species considered by many scientists to be the most aggressive in the world. I am beginning to have second thoughts about this assignment. Before we
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching bull shark, the species considered by many scientists to be the most aggressive in the world. I am beginning to have second thoughts about this assignment. Before we entered
Continue ReadingBy Jorge Engels, CNN The state security chief of the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes was among the five people who died in a helicopter crash, according to the state’s governor. “We deeply regret the death of these five men,” Aguascalientes Governor Teresa Jiménez said in a press conference Thursday, who extended her condolences to
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN United States officials criticized the Cuban government on Wednesday for what it described as “inhumane” interference with the families of jailed Cuban protesters, some of whom were prevented from meeting with US diplomats in Havana. “We condemn the Cuban government’s detention of family members of imprisoned #11J protesters who were scheduled
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN The endless permutations of five-letter words took over the internet in 2022 as the online puzzle game Wordle dominated social media feeds, pop culture and even determined the Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year. “Homer” was looked up on the Cambridge Dictionary website more than 79,000 times this year, with 65,401
Continue ReadingCNN By Vasco Cotovio and Paula Newton, CNN The drive through Sao Paulo state in Brazil is decidedly unremarkable, blocks and blocks of high-rise buildings give way to commuter highways and eventually to gentle rolling hills. It is hardly the scene where one would expect to find the climate’s salvation. And yet as Luis Guedes
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Russia’s ability to spy in Europe has been dealt the “most significant strategic blow” in recent history after coordinated expulsions of diplomats since the invasion of Ukraine, with a hundred diplomatic visa requests refused in the UK alone in recent years, according to the head of the UK’s security services,
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio and Paula Newton, CNN The drive through Sao Paulo state in Brazil is decidedly unremarkable, blocks and blocks of high-rise buildings give way to commuter highways and eventually to gentle rolling hills. It is hardly the scene where one would expect to find the climate’s salvation. And yet as Luis Guedes Pinto
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Oat milk brand Oatly is planning to cut jobs as coronavirus restrictions in Asia dampen its sales forecast for this year. Shares in the Swedish alternative milk brand sank 12.7% to trade at $2.14 on Monday after the company said that its third-quarter earnings had missed expectations. The company said
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Pete Muntean, CNN Travel over Thanksgiving is expected to reach nearly 98% of pre-pandemic volume, according to automotive and travel club AAA. With 54.6 million people expected to travel over the holiday period — a 1.5% increase from 2021, this Thanksgiving is expected to be the third busiest since AAA started
Continue ReadingBy Heather Law, Aliza Kassim Khalidi and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN A cruise ship with hundreds of Covid-positive passengers docked in Sydney, Australia, after being hit by a wave of infections. The Majestic Princess cruise ship was about halfway through a 12-day voyage when an outbreak of cases was noticed, Carnival Australia president Marguerite Fitzgerald told
Continue ReadingBy Alex Hardie, CNN A man in Scotland is a rape suspect wanted in the United States, a Scottish court ruled Friday, despite the man’s claims that he is not the person authorities are looking for and that he never visited the US in his life. An Edinburgh Sheriff’s Court judge said that that the
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN A ground stop at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport caused by a fuel fire Friday morning has been lifted. Hundreds of flights to and from the airport have been delayed. The Federal Aviation Administration told CNN the ground stop was lifted as of 12:22 p.m. local time (1:22 p.m. ET). The nationwide
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Christian Edwards, CNN One of the bonuses of being the British monarch is that you get to celebrate your birthday twice: on your actual birthday and on your official one. According to Buckingham Palace, “official celebrations to mark the Sovereigns’ birthday have often been held on a day other
Continue ReadingBy Rashard Rose, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday said the results of this week’s midterm elections were “a clear victory for Team Normal,” and a “rejection of the toxicity” of former President Donald Trump. “I think that it was a clear victory for Team Normal, and we have a huge amount of work to
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN The US National Park Service offers free entry a handful of times each year to all of its more than 400 sites. We’re at the last one for 2022. No fees will be charged to enter any site — including the marquee names — on Friday, November 11. The NPS chose
Continue ReadingBy Camilo Rocha, Hira Humayun, Rodrigo Pedroso and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Brazil’s military has found no sign of vote-rigging in the country’s 2022 elections, according to a new report released this week. Yet worries persist that the report could fuel tensions among supporters of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro, who repeatedly made unfounded claims about potential
Continue ReadingBy Eliott C. McLaughlin and Sharif Paget, CNN Families of three Americans who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a rented residence in Mexico City ahead of Dia de Los Muertos — or Day of the Dead — celebrations identified them as two New Orleans teachers and the owner of a Virginia Beach-based candle business.
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN A gun found inside a raw chicken at an airport security checkpoint has the TSA calling “personal fowl.” “The plot chickens,” the Transportation Security Administration posted this week on Instagram after someone at the agency put on their punny pants and called attention to the “baste of time” that is stuffing
Continue ReadingBy Etant Dupain A deadly resurgence of cholera in Haiti has claimed 136 lives so far, according to the Caribbean nation’s health ministry. Eighty-nine of the people who were infected died in a hospital or in cholera treatment centers, while 47 of them died at home, according to the Haitian Health Ministry’s statement. The Haitian
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