By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The meeting between Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington on Thursday resulted in an “unprecedented” invitation to the US president from Britain’s King Charles III. But what was actually in the letter that Starmer handed over? Presenting Trump with the missive from the British monarch
Continue Reading CNN By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The meeting between Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington on Thursday resulted in an “unprecedented” invitation to the US president from Britain’s King Charles III. But what was actually in the letter that Starmer handed over? Presenting Trump with the missive from the British
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CNN, CNN TER, KOAT, SANTA FE REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER By Josh Campbell, Lex Harvey and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Data from actor Gene Hackman’s pacemaker shows he was likely dead for nine days before he and his wife were found dead at their New Mexico home, authorities said. The pacemaker shows Hackman’s “last
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — After nearly three decades maintaining his innocence on Oklahoma’s death row, Richard Glossip this week now has the opportunity to win his freedom after the US Supreme Court ordered he receive a new trial, finding prosecutors failed to correct false testimony that may have influenced his jury. The question
Continue Reading Story by Reuters (CNN) — A bomb blast at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban killed six worshipers during Friday prayers, police said. Several others were wounded including the head of the religious school, Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq, son of the late Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, considered the father
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Lex Harvey and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Data from actor Gene Hackman’s pacemaker shows he was likely dead for nine days before he and his wife were found dead at their New Mexico home, authorities said. The pacemaker shows Hackman’s “last event” was recorded on February 17, Santa Fe County Sheriff
Continue Reading By Robert Shackelford and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — Tropical cyclone Garance made landfall on the French Indian Ocean territory of Réunion on Friday, packing gusts of 166 kilometers (103 miles) per hour. Garance – the equivalent of a Category 2 Atlantic hurricane – made landfall on the northern coast of the mountainous island, France’s
Continue Reading By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A former US Navy sailor pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing him of a 2022 plot to attack Naval Station Great Lakes in northern Illinois, according to a plea agreement unsealed Thursday. Xuanyu Harry Pang, 38, allegedly devised a plan involving Iranian actors to conduct an attack against
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, Victoria Butenko and Daria Markina-Tarasova, CNN Irshansk, Ukraine (CNN) — The extractor’s part-rusting mechanical arm winds out over the frozen ground, over a sprawling lunar landscape of unnatural colors. The mining of titanium has a greater urgency than ever, here in Irshansk. The electricity that powers the vast machines is only
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, jailed more than 30 years ago for the brutal murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, may be just weeks away from answers in their bid for freedom. But the actions of a newly installed district attorney have cast doubt on whether
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, Polo Sandoval, Jennifer Hauser, Mark Morales and Maria Santana, CNN (CNN) — Forty years after his alleged involvement in the kidnapping, torture, and killing of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was expelled from Mexico and appeared before a judge in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon. Caro Quintero
Continue Reading By Lauren Izso and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — An investigation into the failings of the Israeli military in the lead-up to the devastating Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, has highlighted gaps in intelligence gathering, flawed assumptions about Hamas, and “systemic” failures in the Israel Defense Force’s preparedness and response. The 19-page report released
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The Hungarian government is clamping down on the country’s annual Budapest Pride parade, which has been running for almost 30 years, saying that it should not “dominate public spaces” – citing what it claims are “child protection” issues. Gergely Gulyas, the chief of staff for Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor
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Continue Reading CNN Library (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of the late Kim Jong Il, former Leader of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Details of his life were mysterious and varied from source to source. Personal:Birth date: February 16, 1942 (some sources say 1941) Death date: December 17, 2011 Birth place: Sources vary
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Personal Birth date: August 17, 1926 Death date: November 30, 2022 Birth place: Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China Birth name: Jiang Zemin Father: Jiang Shijun Mother: Wu Yueqing Marriage: Wang Yeping Children: Jiang Miankang and Jiang Mianheng Education: Shanghai Jiao
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Chicago police announced five new murder charges against a man they say killed six people within a nine-month span in 2020 when he was a teenager. Antonio Reyes, now 21, was charged with five felony counts of first-degree murder and four felony counts of attempted first-degree murder Tuesday, Chicago
Continue Reading CNN Library (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Barbara Bush, wife of former President George H.W. Bush and mother of former President George W. Bush. Personal:Birth date: June 8, 1925 Death date: April 17, 2018 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Barbara Pierce Father: Marvin Pierce, publisher Mother: Pauline
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. Personal:Birth date: June 12, 1924 Death date: November 30, 2018 Birth place: Milton, Massachusetts Birth name: George Herbert Walker Bush Father: Prescott Bush, investment banker and senator Mother: Dorothy (Walker) Bush Marriage: Barbara
Continue Reading By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor who endured both German and Japanese oppression but lived for eight decades beyond the end of World War II, has died at age 113. The death was confirmed by her daughter, Reha Bennicasa. She was the oldest known living Holocaust survivor according
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