By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain, Natalie Gallón, Kylie Atwood and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Seventeen missionaries from the United States and Canada, some of them minors, were kidnapped in Haiti on Saturday, according to the organization Christian Aid Ministries. “The group of sixteen US citizens and one Canadian citizen includes five men, seven women, and five
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By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain, Natalie Gallón, Kylie Atwood and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Seventeen missionaries from the United States and Canada, some of them minors, were kidnapped in Haiti on Saturday, according to the organization Christian Aid Ministries. “The group of sixteen US citizens and one Canadian citizen includes five men, seven women, and five
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By Hannah Ryan and Max Foster, CNN The inaugural winners of Prince William‘s Earthshot Prize include the country of Costa Rica, an Indian organization that creates fuel from agricultural waste and a coral farming group in the Bahamas. The prize, a Nobel-like award founded by the Duke of Cambridge and renowned British naturalist David Attenborough,
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By Nada Bashir, Laura Smith-Spark and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer visited the church Saturday where lawmaker David Amess was fatally stabbed while meeting with constituents, hours after his killing was declared a terrorist incident. The murder has shocked the nation and prompted calls for
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By Nic Robertson, Rob Picheta and Jo Shelley, CNN Counter-terrorism police in the United Kingdom have formally declared the fatal stabbing of British lawmaker David Amess an act of terrorism. “The early investigation has revealed a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism,” according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police overnight. Authorities said they believed
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN An elk ditches his spare tire, Madonna flashes more than a smile, and a husband gives his wife the view of her dreams. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Tired out For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN An elk ditches his spare tire, Madonna flashes more than a smile, and a husband gives his wife the view of her dreams. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Tired out For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN An elk ditches his spare tire, Madonna flashes more than a smile, and a husband gives his wife the view of her dreams. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Tired out For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN An elk ditches his spare tire, Madonna flashes more than a smile, and a husband gives his wife the view of her dreams. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Tired out For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN An elk ditches his spare tire, Madonna flashes more than a smile, and a husband gives his wife the view of her dreams. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Tired out For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife
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By Radina Gigova, CNN Queen Elizabeth II has said the lack of action on tackling the climate crisis is “irritating.” The British monarch made the remarks on Thursday during a conversation at the opening of the Welsh Parliament in Cardiff. The Queen was chatting with the Duchess of Cornwall and Elin Jones, the parliament’s presiding
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, CNN Queen Elizabeth II has said the lack of action on tackling the climate crisis is “irritating.” The British monarch made the remarks on Thursday during a conversation at the opening of the Welsh Parliament in Cardiff. The Queen was chatting with the Duchess of Cornwall and Elin Jones, the parliament’s presiding
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By Angus Watson and Wayne Chang, CNN Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Friday he will travel to Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit later this month, marking an about-turn for the leader who previously indicated he might not attend the talks. Morrison has been under pressure from allies, including the United States, to announce
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By Stefano Pozzebon and Ana Victoria Cucalón, CNN The killing of two Venezuelan boys in Colombia is rapidly escalating into a diplomatic row with neighboring Venezuela. The Venezuelan youths, aged 12 and 18, were seized by bystanders in the Colombian town of Tibú last week, and accused of intending to rob a store, according to
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By Camilo Rocha and Taylor Barnes The drowning of two young boys in a river in the Brazilian state of Roraima has local community leaders asking if illegal mining played a role, amid a national debate over protections for Brazil’s Indigenous communities and their lands. The children were playing by a river on Yanomami territory
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Shawn Deng, CNN China has just revealed its first-ever group of national parks, all of which focus on preservation of specific animals native to the country — including, yes, pandas. Altogether, the protected land area from the parks covers a total of 230,000 square kilometers (88,800 square miles), from far northern
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Shawn Deng, CNN China has just revealed its first-ever group of national parks, all of which focus on preservation of specific animals native to the country — including, yes, pandas. Altogether, the protected land area from the parks covers a total of 230,000 square kilometers (88,800 square miles), from far northern
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By Jack Guy, CNN The owner of a bakery in northern England has been left with a bitter taste in his mouth after authorities told him he had to stop using banned sprinkles sourced from the US. West Yorkshire Trading Standards said the sprinkles contained an artificial coloring which isn’t approved for use in sprinkles
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By Daniela Mohor W., CNN One recent Saturday morning, Cristina Oyarzo, a 41-year-old historian who lives in the coastal Chilean city of Iquique, near the border with Bolivia, felt unusually nervous. Like many other residents, she had seen on social media that there would be an anti-immigrant rally a few hours later and she worried
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Samantha Chaney, CNN On a sticky September Saturday, Linwood Dillard and Shakeya Mervin work tirelessly on two of their regulars. Both barbers and business partners, Dillard and Mervin bring haircuts to the residents of Harlem, New York seven days a week on a reassembled white minibus on Lenox Avenue. And while the essence of a
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