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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Big, bright lunar displays will bookend August as the moon nears its closest point to Earth. When the moon reaches this position in its orbit while also appearing full, the result is a supermoon — and there will be two this month. The first of the supermoons will peak

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Hubble Space Telescope captured an unexpected observation of a nearby planet that’s having its atmosphere blasted away by energetic outbursts from its star. It’s a dramatic change from the last time Hubble checked up on the planetary system and saw nothing amiss. The red dwarf star, called AU

By Frederik Pleitgen and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — When thousands of people hit Israel’s streets to protest against the passage of the first law in the government’s controversial judicial overhaul plan last week, a smaller group of Israelis was celebrating. Right-leaning Israelis who mostly identify with the country’s more conservative, religious and Jewish nationalist

By Olga Voitovych and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A day after Volodymyr Zelensky said war was “returning to Russia” with an attempted drone strike on Moscow, the Kremlin launched a deadly airstrike against the Ukrainian president’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih. At least six people were killed, including a 5-year-old girl, and dozens

By Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN (CNN) — Verifying the provenance of antiquities has always been a tricky business. The New York Met discovered this when, in 2019, it announced it was returning an Egyptian coffin purchased from an art dealer after learning it had been looted from Egypt during the unrest of 2011. Now, some are

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Before Alix Dorsainvil was kidnapped with her child in Haiti, the American nurse described Haitians as a “resilient people” who are “full of joy and life and love.” Her comments came in a video on the website of El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization for which she

By Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN (CNN) — With most of the world’s population residing in cities, it’s often challenging to understand how our actions affect remote and wild regions. For Call to Earth Day 2023, we will focus on the vital link between urban areas and wilderness, and shed light on the impact cities have on

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Prince William has shocked unsuspecting members of the public at a food truck in London when he appeared as the server handing out veggie burgers. The heir to the British throne teamed up with Youtube channel Sorted Food to create the meat-free burger, which was made using the environmental

By Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in Beijing after Typhoon Doksuri, one of the strongest storms in years, dumped torrential rain across China and left at least four dead, as forecasters warned another hurricane-level storm was on its way. Like much of the world,

By Josh Pennington, Alex Stambaugh and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Russia may be forced to use a nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeds, senior Russian official Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday – the latest in a series of nuclear threats made during Moscow’s invasion by the key ally of President Vladimir Putin. “Just imagine that

Omar Hama Saley, CNN Niamey, Niger (CNN) — Tense and sometimes violent scenes played out in front of the French Embassy in Niger Sunday as thousands of people who support a military coup voiced anger over France’s influence in its former colony. Demonstrators shouted shouted support for Russian leader Vladimir Putin despite calls from the

By Sophia Saifi and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — At least 54 people died after a suicide bomber attacked a political convention organized by an Islamist party in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, police said. Shaukat Abbas, deputy inspector general of police, said 12 of those who died were under the age of 12.

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — About 150 million years ago, a marine turtle with a massive head dived through a shallow, tropical sea covering what is now Europe. Few complete fossils of this Jurassic sea turtle, named Solnhofia parsonsi, have been discovered. However, scientists recently described a remarkable fossil that has all its limbs

By Kocha Olarn and Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people were killed and 121 injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand. The incident – in the village of Mu No – reduced the warehouse and surrounding area to rubble, drone footage showed. At least two of the victims

CNN By Heather Law and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization she works for. Alix Dorsainvil, wife of El Roi Haiti Director Sandro Dorsainvil, and their child were reportedly abducted Thursday morning, according to a

CNN By Josh Pennington, Mariya Knight, Zahra Ullah and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that war is “gradually returning” to Russia hours after the Kremlin accused Kyiv of targeting Moscow with drones, the latest in a series of attacks. The Russian Defense Ministry said three drones were intercepted Sunday but

By Josh Pennington, Mariya Knight, Zahra Ullah and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Russia says Ukraine targeted Moscow with drones on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks that have brought the Ukraine war to Russia’s capital. The Russian Defense Ministry said three drones were intercepted but a business and shopping development in the

CNN By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Daria Martina Tarasova, CNN Ukraine (CNN) — At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van and pickup truck tow two gray objects covered by tarpaulin mounted on trailers. In the driving rain, they resemble something more akin to a Boston Whaler, rather than hiding one of Ukraine’s