By Ashley Strickland, CNN When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted underwater in January, it created a plume of ash and water that broke through the third layer of Earth’s atmosphere. It was the highest-recorded volcanic plume and reached the mesosphere, where meteors and meteorites usually break apart and burn up in our atmosphere. The
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, he was lauded as a regional peacemaker. A year later, he launched a conflict that spiraled into a brutal civil war, spawning one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. In November 2020, Abiy ordered a military
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on winning Israel’s elections, the prime minister’s office announced Thursday, just under 48 hours after polls closed. Israel‘s Central Election Committee on Thursday announced the final allocation of seats for the 25th Knesset, giving Netanyahu and his likely political allies
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Sara Finch, CNN The parents of Gabby Petito filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department on Thursday alleging its officers were negligent in their interactions with the 22-year-old and her fiancé Brian Laundrie two weeks before her death last summer. “The purpose of this lawsuit
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Homes in predominately White neighborhoods are being assessed at twice the value of homes in communities of color with comparable amenities, according to a new report released Wednesday. The report found that the racial gap in home values had increased by 75% in the last decade, underscoring numerous accounts from
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Affirmative action is on trial again, and this time Asian Americans are at the center. The conservative majority US Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in two cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina that challenge whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as a
Continue Reading By Alex Hardie and Hande Atay Alam, CNN As many as 14,000 people have been arrested in Iran during protests there since September, according to a top United Nations official. “Over the past six weeks, thousands of men, women and children — by some accounts over 14,000 persons — have been arrested, which includes human
Continue Reading By Alex Hardie and Hande Atay Alam, CNN As many as 14,000 people have been arrested in Iran during protests there since September, according to a top United Nations official. “Over the past six weeks, thousands of men, women and children — by some accounts over 14,000 persons — have been arrested, which includes human
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan has survived a shooting at a political rally on Thursday that his party called an assassination attempt, which killed one person and injured several others and prompted protests among Khan’s supporters. Video of the alleged attack shows Khan waving from an open-topped truck
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan has survived a shooting at a political rally on Thursday that his party called an assassination attempt, which killed one person and injured several others and prompted protests among Khan’s supporters. Video of the alleged attack shows Khan waving from an open-topped truck
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you plan to make a Starbucks run today, your hot drinks will look a bit different. The company is debuting its holiday cups, an annual tradition dating back to 1997 that unofficially rings in the season for the chain’s fervent fans. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you plan to make a Starbucks run today, your hot drinks will look a bit different. The company is debuting its holiday cups, an annual tradition dating back to 1997 that unofficially rings in the season for the chain’s fervent fans. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you plan to make a Starbucks run today, your hot drinks will look a bit different. The company is debuting its holiday cups, an annual tradition dating back to 1997 that unofficially rings in the season for the chain’s fervent fans. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you plan to make a Starbucks run today, your hot drinks will look a bit different. The company is debuting its holiday cups, an annual tradition dating back to 1997 that unofficially rings in the season for the chain’s fervent fans. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Tim Lister, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of “energy terrorism” after Moscow’s repeated attacks on key infrastructure knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people. About 450,000 households across Kyiv were without electricity on Friday as power outages across the country continue, according to the city’s mayor
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN The death of a 3-year-old boy following a suspected gas leak at a locked down residential compound in northwestern China has triggered a fresh wave of outrage at the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy. The boy’s father claimed in a social media post that Covid workers tried to prevent him from leaving
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN About 3,000 residents in a Louisiana community south of New Orleans have been warned saltwater permeated their drinking water supply, posing a threat to residents with health risks. Plaquemines Parish is not under a boil water advisory, but health officials are telling residents with high blood pressure or
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN About 3,000 residents in a Louisiana community south of New Orleans have been warned saltwater permeated their drinking water supply, posing a threat to residents with health risks. Plaquemines Parish is not under a boil water advisory, but health officials are telling residents with high blood pressure or
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