By Nectar Gan, CNN Liu, a 39-year-old tech worker in Beijing, arrived in the central city of Zhengzhou on Sunday with all the boxes ticked to travel under China’s stringent Covid restrictions. He had tested negative for Covid-19 the day before; his hotel had confirmed he could be checked in; and the health code on
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN Shorter work weeks aimed at boosting worker productivity and happiness are catching on in parts of the world like Iceland and the United Kingdom. But in crisis-hit Sri Lanka the concept is more about coping with crippling food and fuel shortages. The South Asian country, struggling with the shortages amid its
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN Shorter work weeks aimed at boosting worker productivity and happiness are catching on in parts of the world like Iceland and the United Kingdom. But in crisis-hit Sri Lanka the concept is more about coping with crippling food and fuel shortages. The South Asian country, struggling with the shortages amid its
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Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN A man who fired his weapon into a room where children were attending a summer camp just outside Dallas was shot and killed by police on Monday, according to authorities. The Duncanville Police Department identified the gunman Tuesday as Brandon Keith Ned, 42, of Dallas. Further information about the suspect will
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN Pakistanis have been urged to drink less tea to keep the economy afloat, as the world’s largest tea importer grapples with soaring inflation and a fast-depreciating rupee. The country’s Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, on Tuesday told reporters that Pakistanis could reduce their tea consumption by “one or
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, CNN A woman allegedly made anti-Asian remarks and pepper-sprayed four people in New York City over the weekend, authorities said. The New York Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force, which is investigating the incident, released several photos and a video of the woman they believe carried out the assaults Saturday in Manhattan’s
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy For decades the Amur River has separated modern China and Russia — its waters cutting though more than 1,000 of their roughly 2,500 border miles. But it’s always lacked one thing: a vehicle bridge. Now — as Russia’s economic isolation in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine pushes it closer to
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy For decades the Amur River has separated modern China and Russia — its waters cutting though more than 1,000 of their roughly 2,500 border miles. But it’s always lacked one thing: a vehicle bridge. Now — as Russia’s economic isolation in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine pushes it closer to
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The 14-year-old boy who fell to his death at a Florida amusement park earlier this year exceeded the ride’s weight limit by nearly 100 pounds, according to an autopsy report obtained by CNN. Tyre Sampson died March 24 while visiting ICON Park outside Orlando with family friends. He
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN The people believed to be affiliated with White nationalist group Patriot Front arrested in Idaho over the weekend appear to have been well-prepared with detailed plans and protective gear to “antagonize and cause disorder” at the Coeur d’Alene Pride event on Saturday, according to a new court filing. Among the items
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, CNN The last of three inmates who escaped from a Missouri jail after cutting through the ceiling was taken into custody Tuesday, authorities said. Lance Justin Stephens was recaptured near San Antonio, Texas, the Barry County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Stephens, along with Matthew Allen Crawford and
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova and Karen Smith, CNN Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been transferred from the penal colony where he was serving his term to a higher security prison facility. The jailed politician was relocated to a maximum-security prison in Melekhovo in the Vladimir Region, according to Russia’s state media outlet TASS citing Sergey
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday that an elephant at the Bronx Zoo is not a “person” and that the civil rights group fighting for her release to a sanctuary is not entitled to do so on her behalf. The elephant, named Happy, has been in captivity since she was one year old and has
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN Trevor Reed, the American veteran who spent nearly three years in a Russian prison, has filed a petition with the United Nations declaring Russia violated international law with his detention and poor treatment, he told CNN Tuesday. “This petition is to hold Russia accountable for wrongful imprisonment, mistreatment and violations of
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Catnip isn’t just intensely pleasurable for cats. It’s also practical. When your feline friend rubs, rolls against, chews and licks catnip leaves, it’s not just playful high jinks sparked by the plant’s intoxicating qualities. The behavior leads to the release of certain compounds that might protect cats from pesky mosquitoes, according
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Most Americans learn something about the Vietnam War at school. Fewer learn about the shadow war that was being fought alongside it. From 1964 to 1973, the US dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs on Laos — about as many as there were people in the tiny Southeast Asian
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN Texans are cranking on the air conditioning this week amid an unusually early heat wave, setting new records for electricity demand in the state, which surpassed 75 gigawatts on Sunday and smashed the 2019 record. Texas grid operator ERCOT projects it could approach that peak again on Tuesday. But unlike previous
Continue Reading By Hada Messia and Radina Gigova, CNN Pope Francis has said that the war in Ukraine “was perhaps in some way either provoked or not prevented” in remarks published by Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday. “What we are seeing is the brutality and ferocity with which this war is waged by the troops, generally
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