By Daria Markina Tarasova, Victoria Butenko, Kostan Gak, Josh Pennington, Yulia Kesaieva and Maria Kostenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — The battle for dominance in the Black Sea raged on this week between Ukraine and Russia, as elsewhere each side’s forces continued the bitter fight for control in Ukraine’s east with winter looming. Ukraine claimed it
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has removed a Texas bishop from his position after an investigation ordered by the Vatican. The Pope removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, after an apostolic visitation conducted by two bishops, according to a statement from Cardinal Daniel Nicholas
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The cosmos is filled with unexpected surprises. Observatories such as the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes and the Chandra X-ray Observatory see the universe in different wavelengths of light, showcasing new details that the human eye would never detect on its own. But when their powerful capabilities are
Continue Reading By Livvy Doherty, Dan Wright, Eve Brennan, Niamh Kennedy, Radina Gigova, and Sophie Tanno, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Around 300,000 people turned out for a large pro-Palestinian rally in London on Saturday as police arrested scores of counter-protesters for attempting to confront the marchers. There was heavy police presence in central London’s Hyde Park
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, Adam Pourahmadi, Caroline Faraj, Matog Zalah and Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Arab and Muslim leaders decried Israeli “war crimes” in Gaza at a summit in Riyadh where Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a first public meeting. The extraordinary summit, which gathered 57 leaders, demanded
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of pro-Palestinan protesters snarled Manhattan traffic and curtailed people’s access to Grand Central Terminal as they demonstrated in New York City on Friday night, in part demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Demonstrators, some waving Palestinian flags and holding signs with messages such as
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Lane Murdock sometimes finds herself preemptively looking for emergency exits even though she now lives and studies in a country where mass shootings are rare. More than five years after leading a national student walkout following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the 21-year-old from Connecticut occasionally
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of driving an SUV into a group of law enforcement recruits who were on a training run last year in Southern California has been charged in connection to the crash that left one trainee dead and others injured, prosecutors said. Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, 23, faces two counts
Continue Reading By Teele Rebane and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Iceland has declared a state of emergency, with police officials urging residents to evacuate the coastal town of Grindavík following an intense wave of earthquakes in the southwest of the country linked to a possible volcanic eruption. Nearly 800 quakes were recorded between midnight and 2
Continue Reading By Scarlette Whyte, CNN (CNN) — Lee Vernon Newby, Jr., was still a teenager when he became one of the first African American men to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps. “I was young and scared. I was so nervous, but I wanted the opportunity,” he said. Eager to fight for his country at the
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Adi Koplewitz, CNN Bethlehem, West Bank (CNN) — To be at work by 9 a.m., Joseph Handal gets up at 4:30 a.m., even though his workplace, a Franciscan church in the Old City of Jerusalem, is only a few miles from his home in Bethlehem. The journey should take 25 minutes
Continue Reading By Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — An Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to shut off the engines of a plane midflight told the New York Times he was affected by psychedelic mushrooms he’d taken two days before the flight. Joseph Emerson, 44, told the Times in a story published Friday he took the mushrooms
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A vessel with 34 migrants on board sank in the waters off Florida on Friday, prompting a rescue operation, according to the United States Coast Guard. The boat began sinking about eight miles south of Key Colony Beach, and a good Samaritan reported it, the Coast Guard said on X, the
Continue Reading By Stephanie Busari, CNN Kigali, Rwanda (CNN) — For over a decade, AfriLabs has been at the forefront of cultivating a vibrant tech ecosystem across the African continent. Through the strength of community networks, this organization has become a driving force for change, catalyzing innovation and technology advancements in Africa. The annual AfriLabs Gathering, held
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Just as Emperor Hirohito was announcing Japan’s surrender, two US Army Air Corps P-51 fighters attacked a Tokyo airfield on August 15, 1945 during the last few hours of World War II. Their strafing run on Japanese forces completed, the leader of the US mission, Capt. Jerry Yellin, and
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Grammy Awards. February 4, 2024 – The The 66th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles at the Crypto.com Arena. February 5, 2023 – The 65th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony takes place in Los Angeles at the Crypto.com Arena.
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Nebraska man was arrested early Friday after allegedly assaulting former Arizona Sen. Martha McSally while she jogged along the Missouri River, police said. The Council Bluffs, Iowa, Police Department identified the suspect as Dominic Henton, 25, of Papillion, who was charged with one count of assault with intent to commit sexual
Continue Reading By Abigail Holmes and Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A pond in Hawaii looks like something right out of a fairy tale. Water at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, one of the few coastal salt marshes on the island of Maui, has been bright pink since at least October 30, officials say, after its salt
Continue Reading CNN By Abigail Holmes and Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A pond in Hawaii looks like something right out of a fairy tale. Water at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, one of the few coastal salt marshes on the island of Maui, has been bright pink since at least October 30, officials say, after its
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — A British couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on holiday at a luxury resort in Egypt after the room next door was sprayed with pesticide to kill bed bugs, a coroner has found. John and Susan Cooper were staying at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel in the Red
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