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By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Southwest Airlines is offering a new appeasement to some customers after last week’s glut of cancellations while the misplaced baggage fiasco could grind on for days longer. On Tuesday, Southwest informed some passengers affected by its Christmas travel meltdown that they would receive 25,000 frequent flier bonus points

By Marnie Hunter, CNN A teenage pilot flying a single-engine plane with several family members on board made an emergency landing near a two-lane highway in the San Bernardino National Forest in California on Monday. “We’re coming through the pass and I hear a boom and then I lose all my engine power,” pilot Brock

By Jessie Yeung, Hilary Whiteman and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Australia’s top medical officer advised the government against imposing any restrictions on travelers coming from China, a day before the health minister announced new testing requirements, internal documents show. China’s Covid cases are surging after Beijing abandoned its costly zero-Covid strategy, prompting a number of countries

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Two British nationals, believed to be a husband and wife, were among four people killed when two helicopters collided midair near Australia’s Gold Coast on Monday, police said Tuesday. Investigators believe one helicopter was taking off while the other was landing, authorities said Monday. One crashed on a sand bank near

By Fernando Almanzar, CNN en Español At least 14 people died in a brazen armed assault on a prison in the Mexican border city of Juarez on Sunday, officials said. The Chihuahua state attorney general’s office said in a statement that 10 security guards and four prisoners were killed and 13 others were injured. The

By Hira Humayun A cruise ship was prevented from docking in Australia due to fungal growth on the ship’s hull, according to statements issued by the cruise line and Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (DAFF). The DAFF National Maritime Coordination Center was notified of “small amounts of biofoul” on the hull of the

By Pierre Meilhan and Jessie Yeung, CNN A midair collision between two helicopters in Australia has left four people dead and three others in critical condition, authorities said Monday. The collision happened around 2 p.m. local time near the popular tourist strip of Main Beach on the Gold Coast, south of Brisbane. “Those two aircraft,

By Heather Chen, CNN Chaos erupted on New Year’s Day in the Philippines after a severe power outage temporarily impacted air traffic control at the country’s largest airport, disrupting hundreds of flights and leaving tens of thousands of travelers stranded in the Southeast Asian hub. Despite a power restoration, some travelers are still struggling to

By Christian Edwards, CNN In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time) for her two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building in a town north of London, where a train could get her to work in the

By Camilo Rocha, CNN Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States on Friday, according to CNN Brasil, two days before the inauguration of his successor, President-elect Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva. Bolsonaro took off from Brasília’s air base in a Brazilian Air Force plane. He was accompanied by advisers and first lady

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A 5-year-old girl saved her baby brother’s life after a car crash killed their parents, leaving three young children trapped in the wreckage for more than two days in a remote part of rural Western Australia, CNN affiliate Nine News reported. In a statement, Western Australia Police said the family’s Land

By Marcia Reverdosa and Maija Ehlinger, CNN The man arrested for being involved in a bombing attempt at Brasilia International Airport over the weekend said in a written statement to police that he intended to “create chaos” so a “siege state in the country” would be installed to prevent former President Luiz Inácio Lula da

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN In a community center in central London, a young child plays in a makeshift area as her caregiver rocks her stroller and chats to a friend. The Oasis Centre in Waterloo sits in a four-story building that has a warm, inviting feeling, with plush chairs and lots of potted plants.