By Kocha Olarn, Irene Nasser and Rhea Mogul, CNN Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew by private jet from Singapore to Thailand on Thursday, according to a high-ranking police official with direct knowledge of his movements. The source said Rajapaksa’s jet landed at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport and that his stay in Thailand will
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A lone male puma stalked through the tall grass of Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park, and it appeared to be heading straight for a film crew. The crew, led by Chilean producer and director René Araneda, had secured a special permit to film pumas off of the park’s main trail.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A lone male puma stalked through the tall grass of Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park, and it appeared to be heading straight for a film crew. The crew, led by Chilean producer and director René Araneda, had secured a special permit to film pumas off of the park’s main trail.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A lone male puma stalked through the tall grass of Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park, and it appeared to be heading straight for a film crew. The crew, led by Chilean producer and director René Araneda, had secured a special permit to film pumas off of the park’s main trail.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A lone male puma stalked through the tall grass of Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park, and it appeared to be heading straight for a film crew. The crew, led by Chilean producer and director René Araneda, had secured a special permit to film pumas off of the park’s main trail.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN When things feel overwhelming, an escape into nature is just the ticket. That’s what happened for the film crew and scientists who worked on the CNN docuseries “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World” after the pandemic began. “I think it kept us dreaming that we could go and actually
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As sea ice vanishes, Greenland melts and wildfires scorch the planet’s northernmost forests, new research confirms what scientists are sounding alarms about: the Arctic has warmed much faster than the rest of the world in the past several decades. The phenomenon, called Arctic amplification, is caused by the heat-trapping emissions from
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As sea ice vanishes, Greenland melts and wildfires scorch the planet’s northernmost forests, new research confirms what scientists are sounding alarms about: the Arctic has warmed much faster than the rest of the world in the past several decades. The phenomenon, called Arctic amplification, is caused by the heat-trapping emissions from
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers and Ashley Strickland, CNN Tonight’s sturgeon supermoon could have you dancing in the moonlight — the type that only happens three to four times per year. Named by the Native American Algonquin tribe after sturgeon fish that were more easily caught in the Great Lakes and other bodies of water during this
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN A former Boston public high school dean and alleged Latin Kings recruiter pleaded guilty Tuesday to racketeering charges according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the district of Massachusetts. Shaun Harrison entered a plea agreement last week, according to court documents. The plea agreement stated Harrison agreed
Continue Reading By Jorge Engels and Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said he had raised “serious concerns” related to human rights as well as issues about regional tensions with the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo during a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the capital Kigali. Speaking at a press
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, Stephanie Busari CNN and Reuters Eight police officers were killed during violent anti-government protests in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the country’s youth minister told CNN Thursday, while hospital sources told Reuters that at least 21 civilians were killed in different locations in the country. The officers, six men and two women, were
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN An armed man held employees and customers hostage at a bank on Beirut‘s bustling Hamra street Thursday demanding his frozen funds be released, according to a security source and Lebanon‘s state-owned National News Agency. After an hours-long standoff, the man surrendered to security forces after receiving a portion of his bank
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN When Frances Garrett lost her mentally ill daughter to police violence in 2014, she channeled her grief by demanding change. Garrett said Phoenix police fatally shot Michelle Cusseaux at her apartment after she threatened officers with a hammer. Police, Garrett said, were not properly trained to respond to someone like
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, CNN When a series of explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea on Tuesday, sending Russian vacationers fleeing from nearby beaches, it was clearly an embarrassment for Moscow. Western officials and analysts have since offered competing explanations about the cause. The Russian Defense Ministry said the explosions — which sent enormous
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The summer travel season is in full swing, so here’s an important tip ahead of your next overseas trip. Before entering the US with any food products, make sure the items are not banned or restricted. US border officials have recently handed out hefty fines — sometimes thousands of dollars —
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The summer travel season is in full swing, so here’s an important tip ahead of your next overseas trip. Before entering the US with any food products, make sure the items are not banned or restricted. US border officials have recently handed out hefty fines — sometimes thousands of dollars —
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The summer travel season is in full swing, so here’s an important tip ahead of your next overseas trip. Before entering the US with any food products, make sure the items are not banned or restricted. US border officials have recently handed out hefty fines — sometimes thousands of dollars —
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The summer travel season is in full swing, so here’s an important tip ahead of your next overseas trip. Before entering the US with any food products, make sure the items are not banned or restricted. US border officials have recently handed out hefty fines — sometimes thousands of dollars —
Continue Reading By Jade Gordon and Preston Fore, CNN A city council in Alabama has voted to dissolve its three-member police department after the assistant chief sent a racist text message to other officers, according to the mayor, James Latimer. At an emergency meeting of the Vincent City Council on August 4, members moved to suspend with
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