By Joe Sutton and Hollie Silverman, CNN Flooding in northern Colorado claimed the life of at least one person, while three other people are missing, authorities said Wednesday. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release it recovered the body of one female and was working to locate another female and two males
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By Michelle Toh and Selina Wang, CNN Business One of Japan’s most prominent business leaders says the Olympics are losing their commercial value. Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami told CNN Business in an exclusive interview on Monday that his company decided against being a sponsor of the upcoming Tokyo Games, saying it was “too expensive.” “We
Continue ReadingBy Hollie Silverman, Michael Guy and Joe Sutton, CNN Extreme heat and dry conditions are fueling raging wildfires in the western US, charring more than a million acres, requiring evacuations and creating smoky conditions visible from space. Smoke stretched early Wednesday all the way to the East Coast, including New York City, because high-level winds
Continue ReadingBy Julia Hollingsworth, CNN A 39-year-old man allegedly used a rope made from bed sheets to shimmy down from a fourth floor hotel room and flee Australian quarantine, police said. The man arrived in Western Australia from Brisbane on Monday afternoon, but didn’t meet the exemption requirements needed to enter the state, which currently has
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By Jackson Dill and Shawn Deng, CNN Typhoon In-fa weakened slightly Thursday morning local time over the northwestern Pacific Ocean as it impacted parts of Japan. The storm is expected to restrengthen and potentially lash Taiwan and parts of China by this weekend. This comes after Typhoon Cempaka rapidly strengthened on approach to China’s southeastern
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Oregon’s “Bootleg Fire” is so intense it’s now creating its own weather. CNN’s Dan Simon has more.
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By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The massive Bootleg Fire in Oregon has scorched an area larger than Los Angeles, and it’s only 30% contained. The fire is so large and is burning so hot that it’s creating its own weather. It’s just one of the many blazes raging in the West; the National
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Wages are going up as companies struggle to fill open jobs. Nela Richardson, Chief Economist at ADP Research Institute, explains why these increases might not be enough to attract new hires.
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Former US President Bill Clinton declined offers of tea with Queen Elizabeth and dinner at the British Prime Minister’s official country house because he wanted to “be a tourist,” go shopping and eat Indian food during his first official visit to the UK with Tony Blair as leader in 1997, according
Continue Reading By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Workers are in high demand. And companies are having a hard time finding people to fill the positions. There were more than nine million job openings in the US at the end of May, according to the Labor Department. To attract applicants away from the competition, employers are beefing up
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Hear US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry deliver a major policy speech emphasizing the urgency of climate action at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London. Under the Paris Agreement, most nations agreed to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees. The US remains the world’s second biggest greenhouse gas emitter after China and is by far the biggest emitter historically.
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan, CNN John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, urged the world’s governments to speed up efforts against the climate crisis Tuesday, saying the political response to it has “failed” to respond effectively for more than three decades. In a speech at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west London, Kerry
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By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser has claimed that the Prime Minister tried to maintain his weekly face-to-face audiences with Queen Elizabeth during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the elderly monarch being vulnerable to the virus. Dominic Cummings, who resigned late last year, told the BBC that he had
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At least 31 people were killed when torrential rain swept through Mumbai, India triggering landslides that crushed cars and houses and left neighborhoods devastated.
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, Michael Guy and Hollie Silverman, CNN As hot, dry weather conditions continue to fuel wildfires across much of the United States, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon has become so intense that it’s creating its own weather. The fire has scorched more than 606 square miles — an area larger than Los Angeles
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Two big storms have formed in the waters of East Asia, both of which are expected to lash the region with strong winds and heavy rains in the coming days. CNN’s Karen Maginnis has more on Typhoon Cempaka and Tropical Storm In-Fa.
Continue ReadingBy Reuters Divers have discovered rare remains of a military vessel in the ancient sunken city of Thônis-Heracleion — once Egypt‘s largest port on the Mediterranean — and a funerary complex illustrating the presence of Greek merchants, the country said on Monday, July 19. The city, which controlled the entrance to Egypt at the mouth
Continue Reading Two tropical systems are developing in the West Pacific. One is headed for Japan and the other for China. CNN Meteorologist Tom Sater has the latest track.
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, Karol Suarez and Jose Armijo, CNN Six weeks after voters headed to the polls in Peru, former schoolteacher and union leader Pedro Castillo has been formally declared the country’s President-elect. He will be sworn in on July 28, the bicentennial of Peruvian independence, election authorities announced Monday. Earlier Monday, the National Jury
Continue Reading By Jackson Dill and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Two big storms have formed in the waters of East Asia, both of which are expected to lash the region with strong winds and heavy rains in the coming days. Tropical Storm Cempaka strengthened into a typhoon early Tuesday over the South China Sea. The storm had winds
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