Elissa Garay, CNN As the lowest-lying nation in the world — with much of it sitting just a few feet above sea level — the nearly 1,200 Indian Ocean islands scattered across the Maldives’ sun-soaked atolls are famed not just for their magazine-cover-ready beaches and bungalows, but for their increasing vulnerability to rising sea levels.
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan, CNN Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport — one of Europe’s busiest — announced plans Thursday to continue capping the number of travelers departing from the airport through early 2023. The airport said that it made the decision in consultation with airlines, “which are not happy about it,” Schiphol said in a news release. Caps
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Stocks and bonds are trading in bear territory. And given current circumstances, it’s fair to assume the markets will remain volatile for awhile. Interest rates are rising quickly in the US and Europe amid government efforts to tamp down rampant inflation. Recession fears remain. And a steep drop in the
Continue ReadingBy Rodrigo Pedroso, Marcia Reverdosa and Camilo Rocha, CNN Brazil’s upcoming presidential election has been shrouded by an unprecedented climate of tension and violence. As the Oct. 2 vote approaches, episodes of harassment and attacks have intensified, with even neutral players like poll institutes turning into targets. Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who aims to be
Continue ReadingBy David Wilkinson, Sharon Braithwaite and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Queen Elizabeth II died of old age, her death certificate has revealed. The document, published by National Records of Scotland on Thursday, says the late British monarch died at 3:10 p.m. UK time (10:10 a.m. ET) on September 8 at Balmoral Castle in Ballater, Scotland.
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Avatars are nothing new — and nor is the idea that we care about how we look online. As the drive towards immersive virtual worlds, or “metaverses,” gathers pace, personalized digital avatars have become more pervasive thanks to games like Fortnite and Roblox. But on the online platform Second Life, users have
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Marnie Hunter, CNN Hurricane Ian dealt another blow to air travel as the storm moved up the East Coast. The main airport in Charleston, South Carolina, closed on Friday, while many airports in Florida were reopening. Charleston International Airport’s airfield closed because of high winds from Hurricane Ian, the
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, Aya Elamroussi and Heather Chen, CNN Hurricane Ian’s thrashing of Cuba has left at least two people dead and the entire island without power. Both deaths occurred in the hard-hit western province of Pinar del Rio, where a woman died after a wall collapsed on her and a man died after his
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Greg Wallace, CNN Airlines, airports and the federal government braced Wednesday for aviation infrastructure to take a major blow from Hurricane Ian. Cancellations and closures piled up across the Florida peninsula as the mammoth storm roared ashore. The storm made landfall about 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon on Florida’s west coast as
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN Florida’s major theme parks remained closed Thursday as Hurricane Ian left a wake of destruction on the peninsula and headed into the Atlantic Ocean toward the Carolinas. Although Disney World and a few places do plan to reopen Friday, most will remain closed. Here’s a status report of
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN Singapore’s Changi Airport has long been considered a destination in itself, so much more than just a generic space one passes through to hop on a plane and fly somewhere else. For a decade, it went undefeated in the annual Skytrax ‘World’s Best Airports” awards, losing its crown to Qatar’s Hamad
Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam, CNN Anne Sacoolas, the American woman accused of killing 19-year-old British motorcyclist Harry Dunn in a traffic accident, will make a “virtual” appearance in a UK court on Thursday, her legal team confirmed to CNN on Monday. A spokesperson for Arnold and Porter, the US law firm representing Sacoolas, confirmed to CNN
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuba has legalized same-sex marriage after Cubans voted in favor of a family code that increased protections for minorities on the island, the country’s National Electoral Council announced on Monday. The Electoral Council said 74.1% of those eligible to vote in Sunday’s national referendum had turned out to cast their ballot.
Continue ReadingCNN By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuba has legalized same-sex marriage after Cubans voted in favor of a family code that increased protections for minorities on the island, the country’s National Electoral Council announced on Monday. The Electoral Council said 74.1% of those eligible to vote in Sunday’s national referendum had turned out to cast their
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN The cake with figurines of two brides on top melted in the Caribbean heat and the wedding guests fretted aloud that one of Cuba’s frequent blackouts could strike at any moment but for Annery Rivera Velasco and Yennys Hernandez Molina, the day was one of the happiest of their lives. The
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Sana Noor Haq and Jorge Engels, CNN Buckingham Palace has released a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II’s final resting place within St. George’s Chapel following her interment in Windsor on Monday. An engraved ledger stone featuring the name of the late monarch was installed in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, an
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, CNN Near a dry, red rock peninsula on Australia’s far western coast, a dusty highway separates two communities with contrasting fortunes tied to an ancient land. One is home to the small but booming city of Karratha, a regional hub scattered with four-wheel drives that was purpose-built in the 1960s to accommodate
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN It’s officially autumn, and the US National Park Service has a great way for people to celebrate the equinox this week and a return to cooler weather. September 24 marks another free entry day to all National Park Service sites that usually charge an entrance fee. This free day is in
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee and Jake Tapper, CNN Liz Truss has defended her government’s controversial announcement to cut taxes for citizens and businesses in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. Truss told Tapper that by cutting taxes, her government was “incentivizing businesses to invest and we’re also helping ordinary people with their taxes.” While the
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN The Church of England has banned Archbishop Desmond Tutu‘s daughter from conducting her godfather’s funeral because she is married to a woman. Martin Kenyon, who died earlier this month at age 92, left explicit wishes for his goddaughter, Reverend Mpho Tutu van Furth, who is an Anglican priest, to conduct his
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