By Luke McGee and Lindsay Isaac, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson celebrated his birthday with a gathering at his official residence in June 2020 while the United Kingdom was in its first Covid-19 lockdown, a spokesperson said Monday, marking the latest scandal for the country’s leader. In a statement, a Downing Street spokesperson said:
Continue ReadingBy Richard Allen Greene, Luke McGee and Bianca Nobilo, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in trouble. Large chunks of the British public are furious about reports of boozy summer garden evenings and Christmas parties at his Downing Street office, all taking place at a time when the rest of the country was under
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By Richard Allen Greene, Luke McGee and Bianca Nobilo, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in trouble. Large chunks of the British public are furious about reports of boozy summer garden evenings, Christmas parties and a birthday party or two for him at his Downing Street office and residence, all taking place at a
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By Camilo Rocha and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN Last June, as Covid-19 cases were surging across Brazil, Camila Basto waited at a São Paulo hospital to find out what was wrong with her 9-year-old daughter, Manuela. Manuela had a fever that reached 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), spots all over her skin and a lump growing out
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By Forrest Brown, CNN Tripadvisor says a 20th-century fishing village that has boomed into a 21st-century global hot spot for high-end travel is its most popular destination in the world for 2022. The travel platform has just released its Travelers’ Choice Awards for 2022: The Best of the Best Destinations. While ultramodern Dubai snags the
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By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved a whopping 22 nations into its highest-risk travel category for Covid-19 on Tuesday. By contrast, it moved only two nations to Level 4, or “very high” risk, last week. Adding to the impact: The CDC also moved 22 additional
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Love at White Castle just got canceled. Thanks, Omicron. The burger chain’s restaurants in select markets have long held a special dining-in experience on Feb. 14 for lovesick couples who want to remember their special day with $1 burgers and french fries. In years past, White Castle would add a
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Love at White Castle just got canceled. Thanks, Omicron. The burger chain’s restaurants in select markets have long held a special dining-in experience on Feb. 14 for lovesick couples who want to remember their special day with $1 burgers and french fries. In years past, White Castle would add a
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By Niamh Kennedy and Luke McGee, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied claims he was told in advance that a “bring your own booze” party held in the garden of his residence at the height of a national lockdown was a potential breach of Covid-19 restrictions. Johnson continues to face criticism from politicians
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN Hawaii may soon require travelers arriving from other US states and territories to have a Covid booster shot if they want to travel to the islands without quarantine or testing requirements. Gov. David Ige said on a recent livestream show with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper that his office is considering changing
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By Forrest Brown, CNN National parks in the United States proved to be wildly popular in 2021. They set various attendance records with a pandemic-fatigued public looking for safe things to do. And now the US National Park Service has an offer in 2022 for an inflation-shocked public as well: Five days when the entrance
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By Max Foster and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Britain’s Prince Harry is making a legal challenge to a UK government decision that prevents him from personally paying for police protection for himself and his family when they are in the UK, according to his legal representatives. Harry’s legal team said they had initiated the legal challenge
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By Luke McGee, Robert Iddiols and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Staff at 10 Downing Street held gatherings dubbed “wine-time Fridays” during England’s coronavirus lockdowns, British tabloid newspaper The Mirror reported on Friday. A former No 10 source, who worked at the UK Prime Minister’s official residence all through 2020, confirmed to CNN that such gatherings regularly
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Two men have been jailed for attempting to smuggle $341,875 (£250,000) worth of cocaine in baked beans and condensed coconut milk tins. Daniel Kelly and Steven Gilhooly were sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison at Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, on January 12, according to London’s Metropolitan Police.
Continue ReadingBy Phil Black, Hannah Ritchie and Ben Rothenberg, CNN Tennis star Rafael Nadal has said decisions have “consequences,” and while he respects his close rival Novak Djokovic, those in the public eye “need to be responsible.” In an interview with CNN on Saturday, the 35-year-old, who is in Melbourne ahead of next week’s Australian Open,
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By Nina dos Santos, CNN The British government had been directing investors towards the law firm run by a woman accused by the country’s own intelligence service of political interference on behalf of China for years, documents from its trade department show. On Thursday Britain’s domestic counter-intelligence service, MI5, issued an “interference alert” about a
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream of racial equality and social justice reverberated out of his region, into the whole country and around the world. And it wasn’t just his vision that spanned the globe — the man himself embarked on travels
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A family escapes a house fire thanks to a boy’s quick thinking, Jimmy Kimmel has a touching moment, and an Uber driver helps a stranded teen in need. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Child saves his family A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after alerting
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A family escapes a house fire thanks to a boy’s quick thinking, Jimmy Kimmel has a touching moment, and an Uber driver helps a stranded teen in need. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Child saves his family A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after alerting
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A family escapes a house fire thanks to a boy’s quick thinking, Jimmy Kimmel has a touching moment, and an Uber driver helps a stranded teen in need. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Child saves his family A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after alerting
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