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
Continue ReadingSamantha 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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By Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN Indonesia’s Bali and Riau Islands are reopening to visitors from 19 countries starting Thursday, according to the country’s Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan. “We have given permission to 19 countries to be able to travel to Bali and the Riau Islands,” Luhut announced in a meeting in
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By Forrest Brown, CNN Yellowstone National Park has done it again. After setting an attendance record in August of more than 920,000 recreational visitors, it’s set a record for September as well. That number is 882,078 recreation visits, a National Park Service news release said. It’s a 5% increase from September 2020. Perhaps even more
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By Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he decided not to get a Covid-19 vaccine, in an on-air interview with Jovem Pan radio on Tuesday night. Previously, Bolsonaro — who has been eligible to get vaccinated since April — has said he would take the vaccine after the last Brazilian was immunized. “I
Continue ReadingBy Allegra Goodwin, Vasco Cotovio, Sharon Braithwaite and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Relatives of Covid-19 victims have hit out at “deeply upsetting” images of Boris Johnson seen painting while on vacation — just one day after his government was slated for its handling of the pandemic. The photographs appear to show the British Prime Minister painting
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, CNN Queen Elizabeth II is resting at Windsor Castle after “reluctantly” accepting medical advice to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland, planned for Wednesday and Thursday, Buckingham Palace has said. The 95-year-old UK monarch has been advised to rest for the “next few days,” the palace said in a statement. A source
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, Max Foster and Jack Guy, CNN Queen Elizabeth was pictured using a rare walking stick in London’s Westminster Abbey Tuesday, as she attended a service to mark the centenary of UK armed forces charity the Poppy Legion. A royal source told CNN that the monarch used the stick for her “comfort.” It
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By Kocha Olarn, CNN Thailand has taken another step toward fully reopening to tourism by allowing fully vaccinated visitors from a handful of approved countries to bypass quarantine from November 1. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the move was needed to allow Thailand to take advantage of travelers hoping to escape during upcoming wither holidays.
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By Hande Atay Alam Two teenage boys have been charged after “allegedly deliberately killing 14 kangaroos” in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) at the weekend, police said Tuesday. Police were called to the Long Beach area shortly after 7 a.m. local time on Saturday following reports that several kangaroos had been killed,
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By Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN A group of climate lawyers has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for his alleged attacks on the Amazon, which they say amount to “crimes against humanity.” Austrian not-for-profit AllRise filed a landmark complaint at the court in the Dutch city of The Hague on
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The tobacco plant has shaped the fortunes of humanity. Today, the substance is used and abused by a billion people around the world. It is a habit that dates back to the Stone Age, new research shows. Charred seeds found in an ancient hearth used by hunter-gatherers in what’s now Utah
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By Caitlin Hu, CNN A record number of children crossed on foot the treacherous stretch of jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap this year: 19,000, half of whom were under 5 years old, according to UNICEF. The infamous 60-kilometer (37-mile) trek north brings migrants from Colombia to Panama — a crucial
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