By Aliza Kassim and Iqbal Athas, CNN Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday found the country’s former President Maithripala Sirisena and four other senior government officials responsible for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings that killed at least 290 people and injured hundreds. A seven-judge bench ruled Sirisena was negligent because he failed to
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN A well-known riddle compares an egg to treasure, asking: A box without hinges, key or a lid, yet inside golden treasure is hid. What am I? And for archaeologists in Israel, eight prehistoric ostrich eggs — thought to be between 4,000 and 7,500 years old — proved as valuable as treasure
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN As Jo Wang, an event planner in Beijing, watched her family members fall ill with Covid-19 one by one late last month she had a single goal: find antiviral pills to protect her elderly grandfather when his turn came. After three days of trying and failing to purchase a box of
Continue Reading By Junko Ogura, Emiko Jozuka, Aliza Kassim Khalidi and Heather Chen, CNN Japanese prosecutors on Friday said they have indicted a man suspected of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year in a fatal shooting. Nara prosecutors’ office said in a statement it had indicted Tetsuya Yamagami on murder and firearms charges after Abe
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Sara Smart, Rashard Rose and Amanda Watts, CNN Nearly a decade before Ana Walshe went missing, the mother of three told police the man who would later become her husband, Brian Walshe, threatened to kill her and a friend, according to a police report. Ana Walshe — who has not been seen
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Friday the 13th might have ended up being someone’s lucky day. The winning numbers for the Mega Millions lottery drawing on Friday were 30-43-45-46-61 with a Mega Ball of 14. Officials said the estimated annuitized jackpot could be worth $1.35 billion — the second-largest in the lottery’s history — while the
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse and Alaa Elassar, CNN More than a year after an Asian man died after being assaulted in New York City, Jarrod Powell pleaded guilty in his death and will serve 22 years in prison, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Powell, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter in the
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past. Scientists have taken a fresh look at the unique amber fossil, which was first documented in 1872 as belonging to a
Continue Reading By Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. But his defiance, according to his political team, has put him in a race against time with the Russian autocrat. The question, according to Navalny’s chief investigator, Maria Pevchikh, is whether he can
Continue Reading By Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. But his defiance, according to his political team, has put him in a race against time with the Russian autocrat. The question, according to Navalny’s chief investigator, Maria Pevchikh, is whether he can
Continue Reading By Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. But his defiance, according to his political team, has put him in a race against time with the Russian autocrat. The question, according to Navalny’s chief investigator, Maria Pevchikh, is whether he can
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez and Brandon Miller, CNN For three years, California has been in desperate need of rain. Years of unfavorable precipitation trends and more intense heat waves have fed directly to the state’s unrelenting, historic drought that has triggered dire water shortages. But the past several weeks of rain and snow have “significantly reduced”
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq and Teele Rebane, CNN The United Arab Emirates has appointed the head of one of the world’s largest oil producers to preside over the UN’s COP28 climate summit, in a move activists warned could undermine this year’s global conference. Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, will
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past. Scientists have taken a fresh look at the unique amber fossil, which was first documented in 1872 as belonging to a
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, Joe Sutton, Jason Hanna and Melissa Alonso, CNN Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Thursday evening there have been six deaths in the state following the severe weather outbreak that spawned more than two dozen tornadoes across the South. “I am sad to have learned that six Alabamians were lost to the storms
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Twin reports released Thursday by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found the last nine years were the hottest nine on record, with 2022 being the warmest La Niña year ever recorded. That’s significant, scientists said, since the La Niña phenomenon typically has a cooling effect on global temperatures.
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN As central California floodwater swept away their SUV Monday morning, 5-year-old Kyle Doan, now missing, encouraged his mother. “Don’t worry, Mommy,” the boy said, his father, Brian Doan, recalled Wednesday. “He wasn’t quite processing what was going on,” Doan told CNN. “But he was so calm talking to my wife while
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Sara Smart, Rashard Rose and Amanda Watts, CNN Nearly a decade before Ana Walshe went missing, the mother of three told police the man who would later become her husband, Brian Walshe, threatened to kill her and a friend, according to a police report. Ana Walshe — who has not been seen
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN When you fill up your coffee machine or humidifier, is tap water your choice? Naturally, many of us question how sterile our tap water is — or maybe even get a bit anxious thinking about the microorganisms in our faucets. Despite some misconceptions, tap water is generally harmless when ingested during
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN When you fill up your coffee machine or humidifier, is tap water your choice? Naturally, many of us question how sterile our tap water is — or maybe even get a bit anxious thinking about the microorganisms in our faucets. Despite some misconceptions, tap water is generally harmless when ingested during
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