By Amy Cassidy and Tara John, CNN The body of missing British mother Nicola Bulley was identified by UK police on Monday, weeks after she disappeared while walking her dog in northern England in January. Lancashire Police confirmed in a news conference Monday that a body recovered from the River Wyre on Sunday, close to
Continue ReadingBy Emanuella Grinberg, CNN It’s time to break out your beads and get in your last bites of king cake — Mardi Gras time is here. Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It’s also called Shrove Tuesday, Carnival Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday, depending on where the celebration is taking place. No matter the name,
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Milo Ventimiglia is all about family again in “The Company You Keep,” only this time, it’s a family of thieves, and the romance he’s trying to balance is, unknowingly, with a CIA agent. Adapted from a South Korean show, the ABC series aims higher than most broadcast dramas, but the
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN Police searching for missing UK mom Nicola Bulley said Sunday they had found a body. A body was recovered from a river near where Bulley went missing in the northern English village of St. Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire Police said. The body has yet to be formally identified, but Bulley’s family
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN A totem pole removed from an Indigenous burial site more than a century ago and kept on display in a Canadian museum has been repatriated to the Nuxalk Nation. More than 100 Nuxalkmc traveled more than 600 miles from Bella Coola, British Columbia, to Victoria to reclaim their totem pole from
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Sophie Tanno and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s King Charles III has enlisted the help of acclaimed British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to write the flagship anthem for his upcoming coronation. Charles’s coronation will take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London, and will see Camilla, Queen Consort crowned alongside her
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN The British monarchy is entrenched in symbolism. Time and again we’ve seen instances where members of the Windsor clan use subtle messaging in what they say, do, use and wear. Sometimes it’s an understated nod to an ancestor, while other times it’s a hat-tip to royal tradition or
Continue ReadingBy Alex Hardie, CNN A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison at the Old Bailey in London on Friday after being caught spying for Russia. Judge Mark Wall said 58-year-old David Ballantyne Smith had collected information from the British embassy “by stealth” between
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Ross Levitt, CNN The American Airlines pilots involved in a near-collision on a runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport last month will comply with a subpoena to testify before the National Transportation Safety Board, their union said. “The pilots intend to appear for their interviews in accordance with the subpoenas,”
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton, CNN Canada will deploy Royal Canadian Navy vessels off the coast of Haiti in the coming weeks, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, amid widespread insecurity and gang violence in the country. The vessels will conduct surveillance, gather intelligence and maintain a maritime presence off the coast of Haiti in the
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Celina Tebor, CNN Full power has been restored to New York’s John F. Kennedy airport’s Terminal 1, according to a statement from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Saturday. Limited flight activity resumed at the international terminal of the airport earlier Saturday morning after “necessary electrical repairs”
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Nestlé, the world’s largest food group, says the price of staple items will rise further this year, adding to a string of warnings from consumer giants of more pain to come for stretched households. The maker of Nescafé coffee and KitKat chocolate bars increased prices by 8.2% in 2022, but said
Continue ReadingCNN, KCAL, KCBS By Hanna Ziady, CNN Nestlé, the world’s largest food group, says the price of staple items will rise further this year, adding to a string of warnings from consumer giants of more pain to come for stretched households. The maker of Nescafé coffee and KitKat chocolate bars increased prices by 8.2% in
Continue ReadingBy Tara John and Claudia Rebaza, CNN Amnesty International has accused Peruvian authorities of acting with “a marked racist bias” in its crackdown on protests that have roiled the country since December, saying “populations that have historically been discriminated against” are being targeted, according to a report released on Thursday. Drawing on data from the
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN A letter has finally been delivered to its destination — more than a century after it was written. Sent in February 1916, the correspondence arrived at its intended address in Hamlet Road, south London, much to the bewilderment of the current occupants. “We noticed that the year on it was ’16.
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, Ana Cabrera and Lilit Marcus, CNN The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu reopened to tourists on Wednesday, February 15, after entry was suspended in December and January amid social unrest in Peru. “This decision reflects the joint commitment of the institutions that make up the Machu Picchu Management Unit, the municipal authorities
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Two Australian miners working deep underground were fatally injured when they fell about 15 meters (50 feet) into a void that had opened beneath them, according to a statement Thursday from mining group Perenti. The miners — named as Trevor Davis and Dylan Langridge — were working about 125 meters (407
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN A man has been convicted of stealing nearly 200,000 chocolate eggs, worth around £40,000 ($48,000), in what British police have dubbed an “eggs-travagent theft.” Joby Pool, 32, pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday to criminal damage and theft, West Mercia Police said in a statement. Tens of thousands of Cadbury Creme
Continue ReadingCNN By Luke McGee and Jack Guy, CNN Nicola Sturgeon, the figurehead of the Scottish independence movement, dramatically announced on Wednesday that she would resign after eight years as Scotland’s first minister. The Scottish National Party leader made the announcement at a press conference in Edinburgh. She will stay in office until a new SNP
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee and Jack Guy, CNN Nicola Sturgeon, the figurehead of the Scottish independence movement, dramatically announced on Wednesday that she would resign after eight years as Scotland’s first minister. The Scottish National Party leader made the announcement at a press conference in Edinburgh. She will stay in office until a new SNP leader
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