By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Burkina Faso has been named the world’s most neglected displacement crisis by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) for the second year. In its annual report, released Monday, the NRC said the West African country saw a record-high 707,000 new displacements in 2023, driven by escalating violence and a worsening humanitarian
Continue Reading By AnneClaire Stapleton and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces claimed Monday that they had successfully hit a Russian S-300 missile system using Western-supplied weapons inside Russian territory. “It burns beautifully. It’s a Russian S-300. On Russian territory. The first days after permission to use Western weapons on enemy territory,” Ukrainian government minister Iryna Vereshchuk
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Step aside, Pepsi. After years of steady growth, Dr Pepper is now the No. 2 soda brand in the United States. The peppery drink with a devoted following capitalized on our taste for sweet and spicy. Coke still holds the top spot by a comfortable margin with
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A fresh salad sounds appetizing today — minus the cucumber. According to the FDA, cucumbers in 14 states have been recalled due to possible contamination with salmonella. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Hunter Biden Opening statements
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has blocked a Black-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs. In an opinion released Monday, the judges ruled that the Fearless Fund’s Fearless Strivers Grant Contest is “substantially likely to violate” the provisions of Title 42
Continue Reading By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Many may consider their jewelry necessary but for one Colorado man, his was, quite literally, a lifesaver. According to police in Commerce City, Colorado, about 10 miles northeast of Denver, a 32-year-old man was shot but escaped with only a puncture wound thanks to his silvery necklace. Witnesses told
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The criminal charges against a Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot a Black motorist during a traffic stop in Minneapolis last year are being dropped, the lead prosecutor announced Sunday, sparking fierce criticism from the victim’s family, who said they were outraged and want federal officials to investigate.
Continue Reading By Lauren Izso and Larry Register, CNN (CNN) — The Israel Defense Forces says its representatives have informed the families of four hostages being held in Gaza “that they are no longer alive.” The IDF said it had told the families of Chaim Peri, Yoram Metzger, Amiram Cooper, and Nadav Popplewell “who were brutally abducted
Continue Reading By CNN’s Maria Sole Campinoti and Lauren Mascarenhas (CNN) — Two New York police officers were shot in an exchange of gunfire during a chase in Queens early Monday, New York city officials said. The officers are both in stable condition. The suspect, who was shot in the leg according to Joe Kenny, the NYPD
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A nationwide strike in Nigeria brought air travel to a standstill and plunged the country into darkness on Monday as union workers stormed the national grid and shut down the nation’s power supply, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Tens of millions are without power and flights
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards and Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — Nigel Farage, the “architect” of Brexit and a perennially disruptive force in British politics, has announced his intention to stand as a candidate for the hard-right Reform UK party in the country’s July 4 general election. In an “emergency” press conference Monday, Farage announced he
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Amy Simonson, Maxime Tamsett, Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta remains under a state of emergency Monday as it battles disruptions to its water service that began last week, leaving a swath of a major city under boil-water advisories and highlighting the pervasiveness of problems caused by America’s aging
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection is to begin Monday in a federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after the collapse of a deal with prosecutors that would have avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024
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CNN By Kathleen Magramo, Karol Suarez and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Known as “la Doctora” for her glittering academic credentials, Claudia Sheinbaum is a physicist with a doctorate in energy engineering, the former mayor of one of the world’s most populous cities, and was part of the United Nations panel of climate scientists that
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Chad Daybell was sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and two of his second wife’s children this weekend, but when and whether he will be executed remain wide-open questions. It’s typical for the appeals process in capital cases to go on for years, and they often
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, Karol Suarez and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Known as “la Doctora” for her glittering academic credentials, Claudia Sheinbaum is a physicist with a doctorate in energy engineering, the former mayor of one of the world’s most populous cities, and was part of the United Nations panel of climate scientists that received
Continue Reading By Tara John and CNN en Español (CNN) — Mexico has elected its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and Mexico City’s former mayor, is on track to win the country’s largest election in history. Sheinbaum has won between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to what is known as Quick
Continue Reading CNN By Heather Chen, Hanako Montgomery and Moeri Karasawa, CNN Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt, Hideki Tokoro spends much of his days thinking about the world’s largest mammals. But he doesn’t want to protect them. He wants to hunt them. To do that his
Continue Reading By Nadine Schmidt and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Pavlo Kushnirov was among the Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the eastern city of Bakhmut with the 114th territorial defense brigade on a sunny day last winter when Russian shelling changed his life forever. “For two days our unit was under heavy bombardment from Russian artillery and drones.
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China on Monday accused Britain of recruiting a married couple employed by the Chinese central government to spy for its MI6 intelligence service, as the two countries trade allegations of espionage. In a statement, China’s civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), said it had recently cracked
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