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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was dealt a huge and sudden blow on Tuesday when two of his top ministers announced their resignations, saying they could no longer work for a government mired in scandal. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced their decisions to quit within minutes of

By Reuters The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. The wrought-iron 324-meter (1,063 ft) high tower, built by Gustave

By Jorge Engels and Jack Guy, CNN Chile’s Constitutional Assembly presented President Gabriel Boric with a historic proposal for a new constitution for the South American country on Monday. Chileans will decide whether to adopt or reject the constitution in a nationwide plebiscite on September 4. “I know, and all of Chile is conscious that

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN On a fine day, locals arrive on boats that motor up the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales to dine on the back deck of the Paradise Café. But for the fourth time in 18 months, café owner Darren Osmotherly is rushing to move his equipment to higher ground as floodwater

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Fourth of July celebrations are going to be a lot more expensive this year. The silver lining? Beer is still relatively cheap. In the four weeks ending on June 12, the price of a hot dog package jumped about 17% compared to last year, according to the market research firm

By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Travel for the July 4 holiday weekend is revving up, and things are already getting messy. By 4:30 p.m. ET Friday, thunderstorms in the Northeast were causing delays of an hour or more at some of the region’s major airports, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s flight delay

By Manveena Suri and Chris Liakos, CNN Business A chocolate factory in Belgium has temporarily shut its doors after discovering salmonella in a production batch. Swiss chocolate producer Barry Callebaut paused production at its plant in Wieze, Belgium, on Monday, the company said in a statement Thursday. The Wieze plant is the biggest chocolate factory

By John Branch, CNN A wild boat ride in Florida, a pup named ‘Mr. Happy Face,’ and the inside of a country music legend’s tour bus. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Lightning strikes boat with 7 people aboard The US Coast Guard rescued seven people after the boat they were in was

Reuters Bhutan will reopen for international tourists from September for the first time since the pandemic began more than two years ago, officials said on June 30, as the tiny Himalayan kingdom looks to revive its economy. Wedged between China and India, the country with scenic natural beauty and ancient Buddhist culture, took drastic early

By Camilo Rocha and Daniela Gonzalez-Roman, CNN A Brazilian court ruled on Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaro must pay “moral damages” of 35,000 reais (approximately $6,700) to a Brazilian journalist after making remarks with sexual innuendo about her in 2020. The Brazilian president publicly claimed that Patricia Campos Mello, a reporter for newspaper Folha de

By Lilit Marcus, CNN A popular Vermont ski resort originally known as Suicide Six has announced that it will change its “insensitive” name in the weeks to come. The resort shared the news in a post on its website on June 28. “Our resort team embraces the increasing awareness surrounding mental health and shares the

By Sharif Paget, Amy Simonson and Laura James, CNN A shootout outside a Canadian bank in British Columbia Tuesday left six officers injured and two suspects dead, authorities said. The suspects were killed after exchanging fire with police outside the bank in Saanich, according to Dean Duthie, the chief constable of the Saanich Police Department.