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By Forrest Brown, CNN Amelia Earhart’s achievements in the early decades of aviation captivated the world. The daring pilot still holds a grip on our imaginations nearly a century later — and now, Earhart fans can bask in her globe-trotting history back on her native Kansas soil. The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum is scheduled to

By Kareem El Damanhoury, Stefano Pozzebon and Michael Rios, CNN Almost 9,700 children and adolescents have tried to cross the infamous Darien Gap in the first two months of 2023, a seven-fold increase compared to the same period in 2022, according to a UNICEF report. The 60 kilometer (37 mile) trek north brings migrants from

By CNNE’s Bertha Ramos and Michael Rios A human rights court has ruled that Mexico violated the rights of two people who were held in pretrial detention for more than 17 years. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights said on Wednesday that the Mexican government is responsible for “the violation of the rights to personal

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Cyclone Ilsa smashed into a remote stretch of coast in Western Australia around midnight Thursday local time with wind speeds that broke previous records set more than 10 years ago in the same place. After brewing off the coast for days, Cyclone Ilsa made landfall between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse

By Florencia Trucco and Michael Rios, CNN Two nuns who worked at a nursing home in Nicaragua were expelled from the country this week, amid a far-reaching crackdown on opposition leaders, journalists and the Catholic church by the government of President Daniel Ortega. The strongman president has taken aim at the clergy in his country,

Lianne Kolirin, CNN A Botox blog promoting injections to mothers on the school run has been banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for exploiting women’s insecurities and perpetuating “harmful” gender stereotypes. The action was taken following a complaint to the ASA, the UK’s regulator of advertising, about a promotional page on www.glowday.com, a

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN A massive cyclone swirling off Australia’s western coast will likely make landfall as a category 5 storm — the strongest on the national scale — according to the country’s official forecaster. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) expects Cyclone Ilsa to cross the Pilbara coast of Western Australia Thursday evening or Friday

By Lilit Marcus and Manveena Suri, CNN Flowers, a coconut and a round of cheers were part of the celebrations following the inaugural test run through India’s first underwater metro tunnel on Wednesday. The Kolkata metro’s newest line, set to open to the public in November, passes underneath the Hooghly River in the city’s northeast,

By Katie Hunt, CNN Meteorite hunters, get ready to head into the woods. A museum in Maine is offering $25,000 for the remains of a space rock that streaked across the sky last week before landing near the border between the United States and Canada. The fireball, which was visible in broad daylight and created

By Max Foster and Issy Ronald, CNN Prince Harry will attend the coronation of King Charles next month, but his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will remain in the United States with the couple’s children, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday following months of speculation. “Buckingham Palace is pleased to confirm that The Duke of Sussex will

By Chris Lau, CNN A powerful cyclone is intensifying off the coast of Western Australia and is expected to make landfall later Thursday or Friday morning local time as one of the most destructive storms to hit the region in more than a decade. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said Cyclone Ilsa is expected to

By Mia Alberti and Elizabeth Plaza Colombian police are investigating an acid attack perpetrated against a human rights activist, Lilia Patricia Cardozo, in the country’s northwestern Boyaca region, according to the city’s council. Cardozo is the director of a womens’ rights NGO called Plataforma Feminista Boyacense (Boyacense Feminist Platform), which works to end domestic abuse,