By Alex Stambaugh, Josh Pennington, Heather Chen and Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — The ethnic Armenian population in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region will leave for Armenia after Azerbaijan reclaimed the territory in a brief offensive, a local official says. “Our people do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan. Ninety-nine point nine percent prefer
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — The City of Fort Lauderdale was bilked out of $1.2 million dollars in what police in South Florida are saying was a phishing scam. The city made the large payment on September 14 for what they believed was a legitimate bill from Moss Construction, according to the Fort Lauderdale
Continue Reading By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old girl who walked barefoot more than three miles with her family’s two dogs was found sleeping off a wooded Michigan trail using the smaller dog as a pillow, authorities said. Troopers were called to a house in rural Faithorn, Michigan, around 8 p.m. on Wednesday after the
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s playgrounds are becoming parade grounds. At schools from the Pacific to the Black Sea, children in nursery grade don uniforms and take part in marching practice. Older kids are being taught how to dig trenches, throw grenades and shoot with real ammunition. In schools across
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It’s only early spring in Australia and the country is already grappling with heat and fire, sparking fears of a potentially devastating summer. Last weekend, more than 20 runners in the Sydney Marathon were hospitalized during a heat wave. Ski resorts, including Perisher, the country’s largest, have closed early
Continue Reading By Caitlin Hu, Sahar Akbarzai and Darya Tarasova, CNN New York (CNN) — After a week at the UN General Assembly dominated by discussion of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow struck back on Saturday, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressing delegates first in a speech to the General Assembly hall, then turning to the
Continue Reading CNN By Caitlin Hu, Sahar Akbarzai and Darya Tarasova, CNN New York (CNN) — After a week at the UN General Assembly dominated by discussion of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow struck back on Saturday, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressing delegates first in a speech to the General Assembly hall, then turning to
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Until recently, the upscale homes of the Redhill Peninsula seemed like an oasis for rich Hong Kongers aspiring to a tranquil lifestyle in an otherwise notoriously cramped metropolis of 7.5 million. Its cliffside location and unobstructed views of the South China Sea made for
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in north Florida were surprised to discover a 10-year-old behind the wheel when they pulled over a stolen vehicle this week. Officers pulled over a white sedan on Interstate 75 just before 4 a.m. Thursday in the city of Alachua, according to the Alachua County
Continue Reading CNN By Eva Rothenberg and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — After four days of marathon negotiations, the Writers Guild of America could reach a deal with major film and television studios as early as Sunday, people familiar with the matter told CNN. The major film and television studios on Saturday evening delivered their “best and
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt, Emma Tucker and Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Mexico has made an agreement with the United States to deport migrants from its border cities to their home countries and take several actions to deter migrants as part of a new effort to combat the recent surge in border crossings. Mexican
Continue Reading By Jessica Xing and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The transportation company that owns the bus involved in a fatal crash in New York this week while bringing high school students to a band camp was listed as an “unacceptable operator” by the state after failing several safety inspections since 2022. New York State Department
Continue Reading CNN By Maija Ehlinger and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has told Volodymyr Zelensky never to “insult Poles again” after the Ukrainian president suggested his neighbor was putting on a show over their disputes on grain exports. The Polish leader fired back at Zelensky after the Ukrainian leader offered a
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, James Frater and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — The European Commission has sent a letter to Poland asking for “clarifications,” amid reports that Polish officials have been involved in an alleged cash-for-visas scandal. Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Polish consulates have been accused of participating in a widespread illegal scheme through
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An FBI special weapons and tactics team stormed a Southern California motel Friday morning, rescuing a kidnapped 17-year-old boy who was being held for ransom, a law enforcement source familiar with the operation told CNN. Fidel Jesús Patino Jaimes, Jair Tomás Ramos Domínguez and Ezequiel Felix
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — A group of anti-monarchy campaigners on Saturday staged what organizers are calling the “first-ever” protest inside Buckingham Palace. “The group of local activists from different parts of the UK visited the palace as tourists, before standing in the Grand Hall,” Britain’s largest anti-monarchist group, Republic, said
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, Priscilla Alvarez and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — The international railway bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, reopened Saturday after personnel were redirected earlier this week to assist with a surge in migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border. The bridge was temporarily closed Wednesday following the declaration of a state of emergency by
Continue Reading CNN By Melissa Alonso, Priscilla Alvarez and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — The international railway bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, reopened Saturday after personnel were redirected earlier this week to assist with a surge in migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border. The bridge was temporarily closed Wednesday following the declaration of a state of emergency
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — It’s the little spacecraft that could. On September 8, 2016, the OSIRIS-REx probe launched with a lofty goal to become NASA’s first mission to collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid and bring it to our planet. Each step of the seven-year journey has been an unexpected one, full
Continue Reading CNN By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — “Now the family tree goes like this,” the man on the tape extolled confidently. “John John and…Trump are cousins. And Trump’s uncle is JFK Sr., and Joe Kennedy, who is also not dead…. And Trump’s father is General George Patton, and his brother is Mussolini…” Colleen Protzman listened
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