By Raja Razek, CNN Former NFL player Kevin Ware has been indicted on charges of murder and tampering with evidence, specifically a corpse, in the death of his girlfriend, Taylor Pomaski, who disappeared in 2021, according to a news release from the Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. “Prosecutors presented the evidence to a Harris
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson and Danielle Sills, CNN Seattle Pacific University is under investigation for alleged hiring discrimination, the state attorney general confirmed Friday. “Seattle Pacific University admits that it refuses to hire gay faculty and staff,” Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in a statement obtained Friday by CNN affiliate KIRO. Lori Windham, senior
Continue Reading By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN London’s High Court has ruled in favor of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in a battle for the control of gold reserves worth almost $2 billion held in the Bank of England, in a blow to Venezuela’s authoritarian President, Nicolas Maduro. After a four-day trial, the court ruled that the British
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to launch yet another military incursion into northeast Syria. Pledged almost two months ago yet awaiting what analysts say is probably a green light from Moscow, the operation raises questions about Turkey’s ultimate plans for Syria. Erdogan says he wants to initiate his fourth operation
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Victoria Butenko and Gul Tuysuz, CNN Ukrainian authorities have detained a ship at one of the ports where grain shipments are expected to resume through the Black Sea this week — asserting the vessel is owned by a Russian company. The ship is a bulk carrier, the Emmakris III, and is currently
Continue Reading By Nima Elbagir, CNN Sudan’s military authorities have launched a “manhunt” for people suspected of providing information to CNN for an investigation that exposed Russia’s plundering of gold in the African nation, according to multiple former and current officials. Relatives were also threatened in a bid to silence suspected leakers. One source said authorities were
Continue Reading CNN Exclusive by Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Tamara Qiblawi, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammed Abo Al Gheit and Darya Tarasova Video by Alex Platt and Mark Baron Graphics by Sarah-Grace Mankarious, Marco Chacón, Natalie Croker and Henrik Pettersson Days after Moscow launched its bloody war on Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane stood on a Khartoum runway, a
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Wayne Chang, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other Congress members visited Singapore on Monday, their first official stop in a high-profile Asia tour that has attracted international attention over speculation she may visit Taiwan. The delegation started their two-day visit to the city-state by meeting Singaporean President Halimah
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of one of the most successful investment financiers in the world, George Soros. An active philanthropist, Soros has donated more than $30 billion to various causes over the years. Personal: Birth date: August 12, 1930 Birth place: Budapest, Hungary Birth name: György Soros Father: Tivadar Soros,
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents. Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina,
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents. Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina,
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva and Josh Pennington, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday the attack on a prison in separatist-held eastern Ukraine, which resulted in the deaths of at least 40 prisoners, was “a deliberate war crime by the Russians.” Russia, meanwhile, blamed Ukraine for the attack. The Olenivka prison near Donetsk has
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN There’s just something about penguins — and for the scientists and conservationists who work with Patagonia’s flightless marine birds, it’s usually love at first sight. Marine biologist Andrea Raya Rey decided on her career at age 10. As an animal lover who wanted to study the unique behaviors of creatures, she
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN There’s just something about penguins — and for the scientists and conservationists who work with Patagonia’s flightless marine birds, it’s usually love at first sight. Marine biologist Andrea Raya Rey decided on her career at age 10. As an animal lover who wanted to study the unique behaviors of creatures, she
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN There’s just something about penguins — and for the scientists and conservationists who work with Patagonia’s flightless marine birds, it’s usually love at first sight. Marine biologist Andrea Raya Rey decided on her career at age 10. As an animal lover who wanted to study the unique behaviors of creatures, she
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, Kathleen Magramo and Lauren Lau, CNN A back-up dancer for the Cantopop boy band Mirror is in intensive care after being hit by a giant video panel that fell from the ceiling during a concert in Hong Kong. Five people were injured when the panel — measuring about four square meters —
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN In the first case of its kind, a Chinese court has ruled against an unmarried woman who sued a hospital that refused to freeze her eggs — sparking a debate over gender equality in the country. Xu Zaozao was age 30 and unmarried in 2018 when a doctor at the Beijing
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Continue Reading By Tara John and Angela Dewan, CNN As the Razoni left the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Monday with the first shipment of grain since the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, there were sighs of relief from Somalia to Turkey, Indonesia and China, given how reliant these countries have been on Ukrainian grain
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, Selina Wang, Eric Cheung and Simone McCarthy, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan Tuesday evening, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China’s threats of retaliation over the visit. Pelosi’s stop in Taipei is the first time that a US House speaker has visited Taiwan in 25
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