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By Sharon Braithwaite and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Around 300 women took part in a sit-in outside Padua’s palace of justice on Friday, after a state prosecutor in the northern Italian city said the birth certificates of 33 children born to lesbian couples were not legal. In a peaceful protest, the women held up
Continue Reading By Florence Davey-Attlee, Elinda Labropoulou, Jomana Karadsheh, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN (CNN) — The hull of the fishing trawler lifted out of the water as it sank, catapulting people from the top deck into the black sea below. In the darkness, they grabbed onto whatever they could to stay afloat, pushing each other
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, Hira Humayun, Sophia Saifi, Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, Mostafa Salem and Sofia Cox, CNN (CNN) — Tributes from grief-stricken relatives and friends have been pouring in after a “catastrophic implosion” killed all five passengers on board a Titanic-bound submersible at the bottom of the ocean. A dayslong international search effort concluded Thursday after debris
Continue Reading CNN By Nadia Leigh-Hewitson and Woojin Lee, CNN (CNN) — Humans are causing alarming changes to the planet. Collectively, we are destroying ecosystems, polluting the ocean and altering our climate. As individuals, we can all play a role in making things better. On November 8, 2023, we’re holding the third annual Call to Earth Day.
Continue Reading By Nadia Leigh-Hewitson and Woojin Lee, CNN (CNN) — Humans are causing alarming changes to the planet. Collectively, we are destroying ecosystems, polluting the ocean and altering our climate. As individuals, we can all play a role in making things better. On November 8, 2023, we’re holding the third annual Call to Earth Day. Celebrating
Continue Reading CNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The search for the Titan submersible that captivated the world came to an abrupt and grim end this week after fragments of the vessel were detected on the ocean floor near the Titanic. The discovery led the US Coast Guard to announce the ship likely imploded, killing all
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Made by dragging fingers across relatively soft rock, lines, swirls and dots on the walls of a cave in France are the oldest known engravings by Neanderthals,
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn and Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old boy was killed and dozens were injured when a fire extinguisher exploded during a drill at a high school in Bangkok on Friday, police and fire authorities said. The extinguisher exploded during a fire drill at the Rajavinit Mathayom school, Thiti Saengsawang, commissioner of
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed concerns that a lone Russian diplomat was allegedly squatting on a previously planned Moscow embassy building site, describing the man as “some bloke standing on a blade of grass.” The site, originally slated for a new Russian embassy in the
Continue Reading CNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Heavy showers blanketed northern India over the weekend, offering some much needed respite from a blistering heatwave that ravaged the region. But with mercury levels expected to remain high in other areas, the soaring heat has highlighted how millions in the world’s most populous nation are
Continue Reading CNN By Sarah El Sirgany and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Neskuchne, Ukraine (CNN) — The bangs of incoming and outgoing shelling are the soundtrack of Ukraine’s frontline. But its president warned this week that the counteroffensive should not be seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie. Just outside the newly liberated villages of Neskuchne and
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing’s temperature soared above 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees Fahrenheit) Thursday, setting a new record for the capital’s hottest day in June, as millions across heavily populated northeast China endure heat wave conditions forecast to stretch into the weekend. Thursday’s high of 41.1 degrees Celsius (106 degrees
Continue Reading By Manveena Suri and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Nearly half a million people in northeast India have been affected by severe flooding after heavy rains battered the region, turning roads into rivers and submerging entire villages. More than 495,000 people spread across 22 districts in the state of Assam have been impacted
Continue Reading By Sarah El Sirgany and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Neskuchne, Ukraine (CNN) — The bangs of incoming and outgoing shelling are the soundtrack of Ukraine’s frontline. But its president warned this week that the counteroffensive should not be seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie. Just outside the newly liberated villages of Neskuchne and Storozheve,
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq and Niamh Kennedy, CNN London (CNN) — Hundreds of protesters lined the street outside the UK’s High Court on Saturday holding picket signs that read “Our bodies, Our right to decide,” before marching through the streets of central London demanding reformed abortion laws for women in England and Wales. Earlier this
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The Indochinese leopard is dangerously close to becoming extinct in Cambodia, according to wild cat conservationists, who spent more than a decade looking for the creatures and found just 35. According to a report from Panthera, a global wild cat conservation organization, researchers set up hundreds of
Continue Reading By Ingrid Formanek and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Residents of El Geneina, the capital of war-torn West Darfur, are struggling to bury their dead as violence rages across the city. Activists say 500 bodies across the city have been identified, and that they believe “thousands” more remain unburied on streets and inside homes. The
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Originally Published: 22 JUN 23 16:48 ET Updated: 22 JUN 23 16:49 ET By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — James Cameron, who directed the hit 1997 film “Titanic” and has himself made 33 dives to the wreckage, offered some thoughts Thursday after it was announced that a missing Titanic-bound submersible suffered a “catastrophic implosion,”
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — During their quest to find the source of one of the brightest and most powerful explosions in the universe, astronomers discovered a new chaotic way that stars can die. The bright flash of gamma-ray light was first detected by NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory on October 19, 2019. The
Continue Reading By Julia Vargas Jones, Duarte Mendonca and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s trial on charges of abuse of political power and misuse of public media began in the country’s highest electoral court on Thursday in Brasilia. The charges stem from a meeting Bolsonaro held with foreign diplomats in July 2022,
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