By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — More than 51 million people in South Korea awoke on Wednesday to find themselves a year or two younger – at least, according to the law. Under legislation that came into effect Wednesday, “all judicial and administrative areas” across the East Asian country
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By Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — More than third of the US population is under air quality alerts, covering more than a dozen states from the Midwest to the East Coast, as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps across parts of the United States, prompting officials to call on the public
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Originally Published: 27 JUN 23 16:41 ET Updated: 27 JUN 23 17:33 ET By Raja Razek, CNN Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 800-273-8255 to connect with a trained counselor, or visit 988lifeline.org.
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By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The parents and nephew of race car driver Jimmie Johnson’s wife, Chandra Janway Johnson, were killed Monday at a home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, according to a news release from the Muskogee Police Department. A police spokesperson told CNN it was a suspected murder-suicide. On Monday, police received a 911
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By Rob Picheta and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko claims he convinced Russian leader Vladimir Putin not to “destroy” the Wagner group and its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, talking up his role in halting the mercenaries’ military insurrection that caused crisis in Russia at the weekend. Lukashenko on Tuesday described his view
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko claims he convinced Russian leader Vladimir Putin not to “destroy” the Wagner group and its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, talking up his role in halting the mercenaries’ military insurrection that caused crisis in Russia at the weekend. Lukashenko on Tuesday described his view
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CNN, WEWS By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A Cleveland woman has been indicted on murder charges after she left her 16-month-old child alone for 10 days while she vacationed in Detroit and Puerto Rico and the baby died, prosecutors say. “On June 6, 2023, Kristel Candelario left her 16-month-old daughter alone and unattended at
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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Rip currents have claimed the lives of 11 people within two weeks along the Gulf Coast, amid warnings from officials about the hazardous water conditions, according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service. The deaths have spanned the Gulf of Mexico between Fort Morgan, Alabama,
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By Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — At least five people, including a child, have died and four others were injured after a building collapsed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Monday, state newspaper Al-Ahram reported. A fifth victim, identified as Mohamed Hussein, 28, was retrieved from the rubble Tuesday, Al-Ahram reported. Search operations
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By Mick Krever, Mariya Knight, Ben Wedeman and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — Russian missiles struck the busy city center of the east Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and a nearby village on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, according to Ukrainian officials. A 17-year-old girl was among those killed, and an eight-month-old
Continue Reading By Mick Krever, Mariya Knight, Ben Wedeman and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — Russian missiles struck the busy city center of the east Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and a nearby village on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, according to Ukrainian officials. A 17-year-old girl was among those killed, and an eight-month-old
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By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio was sworn into a second term on Tuesday, just hours after the country’s electoral authority certified his victory at the polls over the protests of rivals. Bio’s Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) won nearly 1.6 million votes – 56.1% of the total ballots
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio was sworn into a second term on Tuesday, just hours after the country’s electoral authority certified his victory at the polls over the protests of rivals. Bio’s Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) won nearly 1.6 million votes – 56.1% of the total ballots
Continue Reading By Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — At least five people, including a child, have died and four others were injured after a building collapsed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Monday, state newspaper Al-Ahram reported. A fifth victim, identified as Mohamed Hussein, 28, was retrieved from the rubble Tuesday, Al-Ahram reported. Search operations
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By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — The destruction of the world’s rainforests ramped up last year, despite global pledges to end deforestation by 2030, according to a new report. An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost in 2022, as forest destruction rose by 10% compared to the previous year, according to
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Nicola Bulley – a British woman whose missing person case triggered feverish conspiracy theories and criticism of the police investigation – died from drowning after she accidentally fell into cold water in January, UK’s PA Media reported. A senior coroner for Lancashire, James Adeley, said Bulley suffered “cold
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A Cleveland woman has been indicted on murder charges after she left her 16-month-old child alone for 10 days while she vacationed in Detroit and Puerto Rico and the baby died, prosecutors say. “On June 6, 2023, Kristel Candelario left her 16-month-old daughter alone and unattended at her residence
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CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Ralph Yarl, the Missouri teen who was shot in the head after ringing the wrong doorbell, has spoken out for the first time in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “I’m just a kid and not larger than life because this happened to me,” Ralph told Robin
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Ralph Yarl, the Missouri teen who was shot in the head after ringing the wrong doorbell, has spoken out for the first time in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “I’m just a kid and not larger than life because this happened to me,” Ralph told Robin Roberts
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at soldier on soldier attacks in the US military. 2009 Fort Hood Shooting November 5, 2009 – Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 people and an unborn child and injures 32 more during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood military base (now Fort Cavazos)
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