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By Daniela Mohor W. Elisa Loncón, a Chilean linguist, grew up in a “ruka,” a traditional wood and straw hut where the Indigenous Mapuche people live in rural areas of south-central Chile. She went to school in the nearest city, where she was the only Indigenous child in her class and had to endure daily

Opinion by Mark Wolfe for CNN Business Perspectives Record-breaking temperatures are starting to become the new normal. Just last week, Portland reached 116 degrees, Seattle reached 108 degrees, and British Columbia reached 121 degrees. And the extreme heat could last until mid-July in some areas. Heat waves are a major cause of weather-related deaths in

By Duarte Mendonca and Sarah Dean, CNN Face masks are set to become a “personal choice” in England with the further easing of coronavirus restrictions, a senior UK government minister said Sunday. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told Sky News: “I don’t particularly want to wear a mask, I don’t think a lot of people enjoy

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Prince Charles has revealed some of his favorite songs — including one song that would give him “an irresistible urge to get up and dance.” The Three Degrees, Diana Ross and Edith Piaf all made the cut as part of the prince’s list, which he shared as part of an hour-long

By Jason Hanna, Alanne Orjoux, Haley Brink, and Alaa Elassar, CNN Tropical Storm Elsa is a little weaker and slower Sunday as it swirls away from Haiti toward Jamaica and Cuba, according to the National Hurricane Center, but a tropical storm warning is in effect for the Florida Keys. The hurricane center said Elsa was

By Jason Hanna and Haley Brink, CNN A tropical storm watch was issued for the Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Elsa battered parts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti with heavy rain and high winds as its center passed to the south on Saturday. Elsa should move near or even over far southwestern Haiti later

By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN The Fourth of July finally falls on a weekend and people are looking to get outdoors — but in some regions of the US, an umbrella will be on the packing list, while sunscreen and a way to cool down are on others. The South is looking at

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Well, guys, July has arrived and still Covid-19 and its variants are refusing to pack their bags and take a summer break. Luckily CNN Travel is here to guide you through this week’s news on which destinations are opening their borders, loosening their regulations or battening down the hatches. The Americas

By Manveena Suri and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin has an efficacy rate of more than 93.4% against severe Covid-19 infection and 77.8% against symptomatic infection, according to data released Saturday by the shot’s developer. Pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech announced it had concluded the final analysis of its Phase 3 clinical trials,

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Typically, a new car is considered a bad investment because it loses a big chunk of its value the minute you drive it off the dealer lot. That’s unless you bought that new car during the pandemic. In that case, you likely made an amazing investment because you could now

CNN’s Pete Muntean reports that the Fourth of July weekend is expected to be one of the busiest days for US airports since the start of the pandemic.