CNN By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Fresno, California (CNN) — At some point in the dawn of humanity, a smarter-than-average homo sapien moved a rock away from the fire for warmth and invented the thermal battery. Over a million years later, as humanity struggles to evolve past fossil fuels in time to avoid
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain says a Royal Navy warship has shot down a suspected attack drone targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said Saturday that HMS Diamond fired a Sea Viper missile and destroyed a drone that was “targeting merchant shipping.” It’s the first time the Royal Navy has shot
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin to attack President Joe Biden as a “threat to democracy” and doubled down on language condemned for its ties to White supremacist rhetoric, saying at a campaign event in New Hampshire that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of
Continue ReadingBy Ruba Alhenawi and Sophie Tanno, CNN Kuwait (CNN) — The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, has died aged 86 after ruling the Gulf state for three years. Sheikh Nawaf had been admitted to hospital in November following an emergency health issue, according to state news agency KUNA. The 86-year-old’s condition was
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to install a golden rooster atop its spire. Saturday’s event marks a major milestone in the cathedral’s restoration following the devastating fire in April 2019. The rooster, designed by chief architect Philippe Villeneuve, will replace the original that was destroyed
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have discovered a previously hidden ecosystem with an expansive system of lagoons in the salt plains of Puna de Atacama, an arid plateau in Argentina — with giant stromatolites that could provide a glimpse into the earliest life on Earth and possibly even on Mars, according to new
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — When Tim Wollak’s 6-year-old daughter first saw something unusual while fishing in Lake Michigan, she thought it was an octopus. But the unusual item they detected off Wisconsin’s Green Island over the summer turned out to be something much more rare: The never-before-seen wreck of a
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis have begun voting for the first time in a decade to select new provincial council members, who in turn will appoint governors, with the outcome seen as a bellwether for the parliamentary elections due to take place in 2025. Saturday’s vote is restricted to military and
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — By the time the tornado siren sounded one week ago, the roof of Sydney Moore’s mobile home in Clarksville, Tennessee, had been sheared off and her 4-month-old son Lord sucked up by the twister. “There was no warning,” said Moore, 22, who immediately moved to shield
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s ruling emir has died at age 86. State television reported Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah’s death on Saturday. Kuwait TV broke into programming with Quranic verses just before making the announcement. Sheikh Nawaf was rushed to a hospital in late November for
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian Navy says it is shadowing a bulk carrier that was boarded by unknown attackers in the Arabian Sea. Suspicion has fallen on Somali pirates and the Maltese-flagged MV Ruen, with a crew of 18, is heading for the coast of Somalia. The Ruen sent a Mayday message on Thursday,
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine each reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day, just hours after Hungary vetoed 50 billion euros ($54.5 billion) of EU funding to Ukraine. Ukraine’s air force said Saturday that Ukrainian air defense had shot down 30 out of 31 drones launched overnight against 11 regions
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At just 17 years old, a California law clerk has become the youngest person ever to pass the state’s rigorous bar exam, achieving the history-making feat on his first attempt. Peter Park, who took the California Bar Exam in July and received his results in November, has been
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A prolonged communications blackout that severed telephone and internet connections compounded the misery Saturday in the besieged Gaza Strip, where a United Nations agency said hunger levels had spiraled in recent days. Internet and telephone lines went down Thursday evening and were
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay nearly $150 million in damages to former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whom he defamed following the 2020 presidential election. But as with all major jury awards, the question is whether
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by Sophia A. Nelson (CNN) — It’s remarkable to see just how far Rudy Giuliani has fallen from grace. He’s come a long way from being the once celebrated “America’s Mayor” to now being held liable for defaming two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. On Friday, a jury ordered Giuliani
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that an Israeli Mossad spy has been executed in the country’s southeast. The report said the spy was linked to foreign intelligence services, including Israel’s Mossad, and was charged with involvement in releasing classified information. The judiciary body executed the person in a prison in Zahedan,
Continue ReadingBy Skylar Harris and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Michigan State University reached a $15 million settlement with the families of the three students who were killed in a mass shooting on campus this year, an attorney for two of the slain victims said Friday. The university’s board of trustees agreed to a settlement with
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Lilian Nabulime hasn’t forgotten the time in the 1990s when the Ugandan capital had just one commercial art gallery, a small space that emerging artists struggled to get into. Now, there are at least six in Kampala, including one whose curator recently exhibited the sculptor’s contrarian
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Isaiah Hill’s 13 points helped Fresno State defeat Cal State Bakersfield 61-58 on Friday. Hill added nine assists for the Bulldogs (6-4). Donavan Yap scored 12 points while going 5 of 7 and 2 of 3 from the free throw line, and added three steals. Enoch Boakye
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