By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea nearly tripled in 2023 compared to the previous two years, authorities said Thursday – including a higher number of youth and members of the North Korean elite. South Korea’s Unification Ministry recorded 196 defectors
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A Thai appeal court on Thursday extended a man’s prison sentence to a record 50 years for insulting the monarchy, in what is believed to be the toughest penalty ever imposed under the country’s draconian lese majeste law, according to a legal rights group. Mongkol Thirakhot, 30, an online clothes
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As Ukraine scrambles to keep international support with Russia’s invasion grinding into a third year, its leader has made clear one country he would like to see join his push for peace: China. Ratcheting up pressure on Beijing – Moscow’s most powerful political ally – appeared as
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After soaring hundreds of thousands of miles through space and battling a propellant issue that dashed its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander has likely met its fiery end. The spacecraft was expected to conclude its truncated, 10-day journey around 4 p.m. ET Thursday as it smashed into the Earth’s
Continue Reading CNN By Rachel Clarke, Shimon Prokupecz, Hannah Rabinowitz, Aaron Cooper and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Officers had many opportunities as the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was still unfolding to reassess their flawed response to the shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the US Justice Department concludes in a damning
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX rocket took off for the International Space Station on another trailblazing mission operated entirely by the private sector. On board is a group of European astronauts, including the first person from Turkey to visit outer space. The mission is the latest in a series of endeavors from
Continue Reading By Jenna Schnuer, 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. Early human settlements in what is now Alaska tracked closely with the movements of a female woolly mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago, according to a new
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — It was supposed to be a routine court appearance this week for Nicholas Rossi, who is facing a rape charge in Utah. Rossi appeared via video Tuesday from the Utah County jail, his face partially hidden under an oxygen mask and his voice barely audible. When the judge asked him, “Are you
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Ibrahim Dahman, Benjamin Brown, Jeremy Diamond and Muhammad Darwish, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces severely damaged a cemetery in Khan Younis in southern Gaza earlier this week, exhuming and removing bodies in what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN was part of a search for the remains of hostages seized by
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Primetime Emmy Awards, which recognize television programs and performers. September 15, 2024 – The 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony takes place with Dan and Eugene Levy as hosts. January 15, 2024 – The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony takes place with Anthony Anderson
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome “Jay” Powell. Personal Birth date: February 4, 1953 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Jerome Hayden Powell Father: Jerome Powell, attorney Mother: Patricia (Hayden) Powell, mathematician Marriage: Elissa (Leonard) Powell (1985-present) Children: Samuel, Lucy and Susie Education: Princeton University,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the social media network Meta, formerly known as Facebook. Facts Meta had 3.07 billion monthly active users around the world, as of December 31, 2023. There were 72,404 full-time employees at Meta, as of September 30, 2024. Facebook introduced words such as “friending” to the lexicon.
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A charter bus company hired by the state of Texas to transport migrants to Chicago is trying to flip the script on the border crisis in a federal lawsuit against the city alleging that its ordinance banning unannounced migrant drop-offs is unconstitutional and punishes transportation companies
Continue Reading CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — “‘Help! Help! Help!” “I don’t want to die. My teacher is dead.” “One of my teachers is still alive but shot.” “There is a lot of dead bodies.” A scathing US Justice Department review of one of America’s deadliest and most scrutinized school shootings highlights these pleas from
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — “‘Help! Help! Help!” “I don’t want to die. My teacher is dead.” “One of my teachers is still alive but shot.” “There is a lot of dead bodies.” A scathing US Justice Department review of one of America’s deadliest and most scrutinized school shootings highlights these pleas from terrified
Continue Reading By Mick Krever, Sana Noor Haq, Eyad Kourdi and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — A near-total communications blackout in Gaza, the longest of the war, has now lasted one week with no signs of abating, preventing humanitarian and emergency services from operating effectively in the territory. It is the ninth such outage since Israel’s war on Hamas began following
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — A Nassau County midwife was issued a $300,000 fine for creating false immunization records for approximately 1,500 school-aged children throughout New York state. The vaccine scheme began at the start of the 2019-2020 school year, three months after the June 2019 elimination of non-medical exemptions for
Continue Reading CNN By Rachel Clarke, Shimon Prokupecz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — Officers had many opportunities as the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was still unfolding to reassess their flawed response to the shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the US Justice Department concludes in a damning new report.
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers rappelled down a steep mountain slope in Hawaii Monday and airlifted a missing hiker found nearly 200 feet below the trail to safety after her barking dog caught the attention of bystanders. A hiker on the Lanipo Trail in Kaimuki called 911 Monday, saying an
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Hertz recently announced it was selling 20,000 electric cars out of its fleet, and replacing them with gasoline vehicles. One reason the company gave was that drivers kept crashing the cars. Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr noted that the costs of repairs of an electric vehicle are also much higher.
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