CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement reached in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, mandating that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Facts 192 parties have ratified the protocol (191 states and one regional economic integration organization). The United States has not; it dropped out in 2001. The protocol mandated
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of writer and activist Gloria Steinem. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1934 Birth place: Toledo, Ohio Birth name: Gloria Marie Steinem Father: Leo Steinem, an antique dealer Mother: Ruth (Nuneviller) Steinem Marriage: David Bale (2000-2003, his death) Education: Smith College, B.A., 1956 Other Facts Steinem’s paternal
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By Petro Zadorozhnyy, Yulia Kesaieva, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Seán Federico-O’Murchú, Adam Renton and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Russia launched missile strikes near an airport in Lviv on Friday, a strategic Ukrainian city not far from the Polish border that had until now largely been spared from the relentless bombardment witnessed across much of the country during the
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Thousands of miles away from the violence that’s engulfing Ukraine and forcing millions to leave their homes, many Americans are looking for answers. Google says searches about how to help Ukrainian refugees have been spiking in the United States, in addition to other questions about the crisis. Some queries come
Continue Reading By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Thousands of miles away from the violence that’s engulfing Ukraine and forcing millions to leave their homes, many Americans are looking for answers. Google says searches about how to help Ukrainian refugees have been spiking in the United States, in addition to other questions about the crisis. Some queries come
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN The University of the Southwest golf teams — a mix of students from the US, Canada, Mexico and Portugal — were returning to campus after a tournament when a pickup truck suddenly veered in front of their van in rural Texas. The fiery crash Tuesday night killed nine people — including
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Acclaimed Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets has been killed in a Russian rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv. The Young Theater — a Ukrainian theater troupe she had been part of since 1980 — announced the star’s death on Thursday. In a statement shared on its Facebook page, the company
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN As Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine disrupts energy supply and forces world leaders to examine their dependence on Russian oil and natural gas, leaders in the United States and Europe are scrambling to fill the gaps. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week advocated for new oil and gas drilling in
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an impassioned appeal to the Russian people in a video posted on social media, asking them to resist their country’s disinformation as the devastating invasion of Ukraine continues. Schwarzenegger said he was “sending this message through various different channels” for Russian citizens and soldiers, and
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, CNN His victim begged for mercy, police say. But all Gerald Brevard allegedly did, according to court documents, was pull the trigger, then sit on a nearby curb. A surveillance camera picked up music playing. New details have emerged in court documents that describe the shooting spree in which Gerald Brevard allegedly
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By Christina Maxouris, Alaa Elassar and Joe Sutton, CNN A central Texas sheriff’s deputy died Thursday while going door to door and helping people evacuate as several wildfires ravaged the area, authorities said. Deputy Sgt. Barbara Fenley, 51, was assisting evacuation efforts in Carbon and was last heard from when she was on her way
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Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN Months before Russian troops attacked Ukraine, American Jimmy Hill went there to be with his Ukranian partner, Ira, who has multiple sclerosis. When war broke out, Hill stayed, despite the deteriorating conditions in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. “He was not going to leave Ira’s side in her condition,” Hill’s
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell, CNN Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an impassioned appeal to the Russian people in a video posted on social media, asking them to resist their country’s disinformation as the devastating invasion of Ukraine continues. Schwarzenegger said he was “sending this message through various different channels” for Russian citizens and soldiers, and
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By Nicole Chavez and Rebekah Riess, CNN A group of police officers in Montgomery County, Maryland, are being accused of repeatedly making hateful comments against people of color in a group text message chain — including that they hoped Black Lives Matter protesters would die. One of their colleagues, Mark Miles, filed a lawsuit this
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By Chris Hippensteel and Christina Maxouris, CNN A former police officer is facing a federal charge of using unreasonable force against an individual in the moments leading up to the fatal police shooting of Black restaurant owner David McAtee during the 2020 summer police brutality protests in Louisville. The indictment, filed Wednesday, alleges that former
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By Gabriel Kinder, CNN Survivors of Russia’s siege on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol are reporting that some residents are being forced to collect rain and melt snow for drinking water. For Doc Hendley, the water crisis in Ukraine is only getting more urgent. “Bottled water and sometimes even tap water in these communities is
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