By Lilit Marcus, CNN As multiple Southeast Asia countries begin to ease travel restrictions, Myanmar, which boasts some of the region’s most spectacular destinations, has announced that it hopes to begin welcoming international tourists in early 2022. While this might seem like great news for travelers planning their post-lockdown trips, in Myanmar, it’s complicated. Most
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN As multiple Southeast Asia countries begin to ease travel restrictions, Myanmar, which boasts some of the region’s most spectacular destinations, has announced that it hopes to begin welcoming international tourists in early 2022. While this might seem like great news for travelers planning their post-lockdown trips, in Myanmar, it’s complicated. Most
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By Matt Rivers and Natalie Gallón, CNN The man’s voice trembled as he spoke, standing in the middle of an open field in southern Nicaragua. He was tense, despite the cool breeze and the mid-morning sunshine. If any of his government colleagues knew he was speaking to foreign journalists, he would surely be imprisoned. “I
Continue Reading By Matt Rivers and Natalie Gallón, CNN The man’s voice trembled as he spoke, standing in the middle of an open field in southern Nicaragua. He was tense, despite the cool breeze and the mid-morning sunshine. If any of his government colleagues knew he was speaking to foreign journalists, he would surely be imprisoned. “I
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By Angus Watson, CNN The search for a man who went missing after a reported shark attack in Australia has been called off, police said on Sunday. Paul Millachip, 57, was swimming at Port Beach in North Fremantle, a suburb in the state of Western Australia’s capital city Perth, when he was believed to have
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By Ben Westcott, CNN A silent killer is spreading through Australia’s koala population, posing a threat that wildlife experts say could wipe out the iconic marsupial across large parts of the country. The culprit is chlamydia, a sexually transmitted bacteria that infects more than 100 million people worldwide annually and can cause infertility in humans
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By Caitlin Hu, Natalie Gallón and Mia Alberti, CNN They’ve been called “a parody,” “a sham,” and “the worst possible conditions” for a vote, but Nicaragua’s general elections went ahead this weekend anyway — the first since a wave of popular demonstrations rattled the country in 2018. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega claimed victory on Monday,
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott, CNN A silent killer is spreading through Australia’s koala population, posing a threat that wildlife experts say could wipe out the iconic marsupial across large parts of the country. The culprit is chlamydia, a sexually transmitted bacteria that infects more than 100 million people worldwide annually and can cause infertility in humans
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By Zahra Ullah, CNN A woman has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter following a paddleboarding incident in Wales last week in which four people died. Andrea Powell, 41, from the Bridgend area who was in hospital following the incident on the Cleddau River in Haverfordwest on October 30, was named by police
Continue ReadingLeah Asmelash, CNN On any given night, NBA games are a showdown between some of the best basketball professionals in the world. But increasingly, the courts are not just stages for athletes showing their physical prowess — they’ve also become an exhibition of some of the best, and most interesting, tattoos. From sprawling sleeves to
Continue ReadingBy Rodrigo Pedroso and Taylor Barnes, CNN Brazilian country music star MarÃlia Mendonça died in a plane crash on Friday in a rural region of the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, according to her public relations firm. She was en route to a concert at the time of the crash, which killed four other people
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A police chase takes a dramatic turn, a four-year-old girl is reunited with her family, and a deli is targeted with a Molotov cocktail. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Don’t try this at home A police chopper captured Hollywood-worthy footage of an alleged car thief attempting to evade
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A police chase takes a dramatic turn, a four-year-old girl is reunited with her family, and a deli is targeted with a Molotov cocktail. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Don’t try this at home A police chopper captured Hollywood-worthy footage of an alleged car thief attempting to evade
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A police chase takes a dramatic turn, a four-year-old girl is reunited with her family, and a deli is targeted with a Molotov cocktail. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Don’t try this at home A police chopper captured Hollywood-worthy footage of an alleged car thief attempting to evade
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A police chase takes a dramatic turn, a four-year-old girl is reunited with her family, and a deli is targeted with a Molotov cocktail. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Don’t try this at home A police chopper captured Hollywood-worthy footage of an alleged car thief attempting to evade
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A police chase takes a dramatic turn, a four-year-old girl is reunited with her family, and a deli is targeted with a Molotov cocktail. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Don’t try this at home A police chopper captured Hollywood-worthy footage of an alleged car thief attempting to evade
Continue ReadingBy AJ Davis, Karol Suarez and Matt Rivers, CNN A hotel in Mexico popular with American tourists was sent into chaos Thursday amid reports of gunfire. According to local authorities, a confrontation between drug dealers had exploded into lethal violence on a beach nearby. “There was a confrontation between members of hostile groups of drug
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova and Gerardo Lemos, CNN The International Criminal Court (ICC) will formally investigate allegations of crimes against humanity in Venezuela, the court announced Wednesday. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan and Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolas Maduro signed a “‘Letter of Understanding’ to facilitate cooperation and mutual assistance to advance accountability for atrocity crimes,” the
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By Patrick Oppmann, CNN A skinny, bespectacled, left-leaning playwright whose works until recently were promoted by the government would seem an unlikely candidate to become Cuba’s public enemy number one. But Cuban officials are increasingly taking aim at Yunior Garcia Aguilera and his proposal to hold a peaceful political march later this month — for
Continue Reading By Patrick Oppmann, CNN A skinny, bespectacled, left-leaning playwright whose works until recently were promoted by the government would seem an unlikely candidate to become Cuba’s public enemy number one. But Cuban officials are increasingly taking aim at Yunior Garcia Aguilera and his proposal to hold a peaceful political march later this month — for
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