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By Ben Westcott and Caitlin McGee, CNN Australia’s largest state, New South Wales (NSW), has announced its highest number of new Covid-19 cases in three months, with local officials attributing the rise to an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The latest outbreak comes as multiple governments across Australia are moving to relax Covid-19

By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN So you’ll be home for Christmas? It looks like a lot of people are telling their families “you can plan on me.” New projections say winter holiday travel is about to roar back with a vengeance. AAA estimates more than 109 million Americans will travel over the long

By Paula Newton, CNN Toronto Police have released a video of a person they say is a suspect in the murders of Barry and Honey Sherman, the billionaire couple found murdered in their home in late 2017. “Through our investigation, we have been unable to determine what this individual’s purpose was in the neighborhood. The

By Lilit Marcus, CNN One of America’s most popular national parks — Arches National Park in Utah — is rolling out a timed entry system in a bid to prevent overtourism. “By implementing a temporary, timed entry reservation system, our goal is to better spread visitation throughout the day to reduce traffic congestion and visitor

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN A UN-backed investigation has found that Colombian police were directly responsible for the deaths of 11 people protesting police brutality in September 2020. Announcing the results of the report on Monday, Chief investigator Carlos Negret accused Colombian National Police (PNC) of committing a “massacre.” “The PNC openly dismissed any principle of

By Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added three nations to its highest-risk category for travel on Monday, including tourist favorite Italy. In its weekly update of Covid-19 travel advisories, the CDC also added giant, frigid Greenland and the tiny, tropical East African island nation of Mauritius to its “Level

By Vasco Cotovio, CNN Anne Sacoolas, the US woman accused of killing a British teenager while driving on the wrong side of the road in England, is expected to face criminal proceedings in the UK early next year, the UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Monday. The 44-year-old is charged with causing 19-year-old Briton Harry

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The UK’s largest spy agency, GCHQ, has sent out its annual Christmas card — with a set of puzzles aimed at inspiring young would-be secret agents. Every year, the intelligence, cyber and security agency releases a card containing a festive brainteaser to national security colleagues and partners across the world. But

Jessie Yeung, CNN Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial pageant hosted this year in southern Israel. In a speech on stage during the pageant, Sandhu urged young people to “know that you are unique and that’s what makes you beautiful, stop comparing yourself to