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By 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

By 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

By 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

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 Pinto

By 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

By 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

By 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

By 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

By 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

By 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

By 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

By 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.

By 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

By Sugam Pokharel, CNN A London court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Indian billionaire Nirav Modi against his extradition from the United Kingdom to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering. British police arrested the diamond dealer in 2019 in London over his alleged involvement in a bank fraud that could be

By Flora Charner, CNN Brazilian singer Gal Costa, one of the most influential artists in Brazil’s Tropicalia movement of the 1960s, died on Wednesday. She was 77 years old. Her death was confirmed by her press team to CNN affiliate CNN Brasil. Gal Costa’s official Instagram account also published a short statement Wednesday morning along