By Pete Muntean, CNN Airlines and passengers are having the worst day for flight cancellations in a week because of thunderstorms bearing down on East Coast hubs. FlightAware data showed 544 cancellations nationwide as of 7:50 p.m. ET Tuesday. In the New York area, 9% of flights at LaGuardia International Airport had been canceled and
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN Airlines and passengers are having the worst day for flight cancellations in a week because of thunderstorms bearing down on East Coast hubs. FlightAware data showed 544 cancellations nationwide as of 7:50 p.m. ET Tuesday. In the New York area, 9% of flights at LaGuardia International Airport had been canceled and
Continue ReadingBy Etant Dupain and Luke McGee, CNN Thousands of Haitians are trapped in capital city Port-au-Prince without access to water, food or other essential supplies, according to aid groups and a local official. Residents in the neighborhood of Cité Soleil have been isolated by ongoing fighting between rival groups vying for control, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks is planning to close 16 locations across various cities, citing safety concerns. “After careful consideration, we are closing some stores in locations that have experienced a high volume of challenging incidents that make it unsafe to continue to operate,” a spokesperson told CNN Business in an email. The stores
Continue ReadingMegan Marples, CNN King Arthur, the mythical ruler of Camelot, may be best known for pulling the magical sword Excalibur from a stone, but there’s another rock formation that bears his name hidden away in the English countryside. Archaeologists are for the first time excavating a 5,000-year-old Neolithic chambered tomb that’s called Arthur’s Stone in
Continue ReadingZahid Mahmood, CNN Long distance running legend Mo Farah has told the BBC that he was trafficked into the UK as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. The revelation comes in a new documentary by the British broadcaster set to air on Wednesday. In it, Farah also says his real name
Continue ReadingBy Flora Charner and Shasta Darlington, CNN It should have been a happy occasion as Marcelo Arruda, a member of Brazil’s left-wing Worker’s Party, celebrated his 50th birthday with a politically-themed party over the weekend. Instead, deadly gunfire erupted at the gathering in the southern Brazilian city of Foz de Iguaçu, claiming Arruda’s life in
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved two South American destinations, one Middle Eastern country and a North African nation to its “high” risk category for travel. Four destinations were moved to Level 3, or “high” risk on Monday: • Bolivia• Lebanon • Peru •
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved two South American destinations, one Middle Eastern country and a North African nation to its “high” risk category for travel. Four destinations were moved to Level 3, or “high” risk on Monday: • Bolivia• Lebanon • Peru •
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN When the engine on his small plane failed three times, Vincent Fraser had no choice but to make an emergency landing in mountainous terrain just south of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. GoPro video of his perilous landing in western North Carolina shows Fraser maneuvering his single-engine plane under power lines
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN When the engine on his small plane failed three times, Vincent Fraser had no choice but to make an emergency landing in mountainous terrain just south of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. GoPro video of his perilous landing in western North Carolina shows Fraser maneuvering his single-engine plane under power lines
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN The largest anti-government protests to take place in Cuba since the 1959 revolution started with a blackout on a boiling hot summer day. After days of power cuts by the government, residents in the small city of San Antonio de los Baños ran out of patience. On July 11, 2021, they
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN The largest anti-government protests to take place in Cuba since the 1959 revolution started with a blackout on a boiling hot summer day. After days of power cuts by the government, residents in the small city of San Antonio de los Baños ran out of patience. On July 11, 2021, they
Continue ReadingBy Nicky Robertson, CNN British Member of Parliament Liz Truss has joined the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party, outlining her campaign in an op-ed published Sunday in The Telegraph. “I am putting myself forward because I can lead, deliver and make the tough decisions. I have a clear vision
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants have had a tough couple of years, with the pandemic, soaring ingredient prices and labor shortages. Now they have another problem: Gen Z isn’t all that interested in dining out. According to a recent survey from market research company NPD Group, people between the ages of 18 and 24
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants have had a tough couple of years, with the pandemic, soaring ingredient prices and labor shortages. Now they have another problem: Gen Z isn’t all that interested in dining out. According to a recent survey from market research company NPD Group, people between the ages of 18 and 24
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN It’s winter in Australia and for the first time in three years thousands of residents are flying to the Indonesian island of Bali to spend the July school holidays basking in the sun. But Australian officials are becoming increasingly concerned about what they’ll bring home and are considering advising travelers to
Continue ReadingBy Rodrigo Pedroso and Daniela Gonzalez-Roman Brazil faces potentially dangerous unrest around the country’s upcoming presidential vote, a senior elections official has warned. Speaking at the Wilson Center in Washington DC on Wednesday, Superior Electoral Court Minister Edson Fachin said that the next elections run a risk of unrest “more severe” than the January 6,
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Mackintosh and Luke McGee, CNN The race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ramping up, with 11 candidates declaring their intention to run, many on platforms of lowering taxes and promises to clean up government following Johnson’s crisis-plagued leadership. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative party backbenchers
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Mackintosh and Luke McGee, CNN The race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ramping up, with 11 candidates declaring their intention to run, many on platforms of lowering taxes and promises to clean up government following Johnson’s crisis-plagued leadership. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative party backbenchers
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