National-World Archives

Afghan women are sharing photos of dresses to protest the Taliban’s black hijab mandate

September 13, 2021 1:00 PM CNN

By Masoud Popalzai and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban‘s new hijab requirement in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful traditional dresses on social media. In recent days the Taliban has mandated the segregation of genders in classrooms and said female students, lecturers and employees must wear

The Louisiana Department of Health was aware of plans to evacuate nursing home residents to a warehouse to shelter during Hurricane Ida. Pictured is a mass shelter in Independence

Louisiana Department of Health aware of plans for nursing homes to use warehouse for evacuation site

September 14, 2021 3:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The Louisiana Department of Health was aware of plans from seven nursing homes to evacuate their residents to a warehouse in Independence, Louisiana, to shelter during Hurricane Ida. Seven residents died before state health officials transported hundreds of people from the warehouse to other nursing facilities on September 2, five

Afghan women are sharing photos of dresses to protest the Taliban’s black hijab mandate

September 13, 2021 1:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Masoud Popalzai and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban‘s new hijab requirement in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful traditional dresses on social media. In recent days the Taliban has mandated the segregation of genders in classrooms and said female students, lecturers and employees must wear

Observers watch calves during toilet training.

Scientists are potty-training cows in a bid to help save the planet

September 13, 2021 10:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN If you can potty-train a child, you can potty-train a cow. At least, that was the theory a group of researchers in Germany decided to test, in a bid to find a solution to the environmental damage caused by livestock waste. “It’s usually assumed that cattle are not capable of controlling

Ray DeMonia died after he was unable to get a cardiac ICU bed in dozens of hospitals

A heart patient died after he couldn’t get a cardiac ICU bed in 43 hospitals. Now his family is pleading for people to get vaccinated

September 13, 2021 12:17 PM CNN Newsource

By Alta Spells and Holly Yan, CNN Ray DeMonia wasn’t seeking Covid-19 treatment when he arrived at an Alabama hospital with heart problems. But the 73-year-old became an indirect victim of Covid-19 patients filling hospitals and ICU beds. The cardiac patient from Cullman, Alabama, died in a Mississippi hospital about 200 miles from his home

AA is shown walking on his way to the food bank.

He was lucky to escape Afghanistan, but many of his relatives, friends and other Afghan allies were left behind, in danger and pleading to be evacuated

September 13, 2021 10:08 AM CNN

By Liam Reilly, CNN After a perilous 14-hour drive from Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, to the capital of Kabul, a flight to Qatar, another to Washington, DC, and a week in Fort Lee, Virginia, AA and his family finally made it to New Haven, Connecticut, their new home. AA worked as a contractor and translator

South Africa will start to ease several Covid-19 restrictions as infection rates decrease in the country. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa here addresses the nation in Pretoria

South Africa mulls vaccine passports as Covid-19 restrictions are eased

September 13, 2021 9:33 AM CNN Newsource

By David McKenzie, CNN South Africa will start to ease several Covid-19 restrictions as infection rates decrease in the country, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday. Amongst other measures, the nationwide curfew will be reduced to 11pm until 4am, the size of gatherings can increase to 250 people indoors and 500 outdoors, and restrictions on

At least 240 prisoners have escaped after gunmen stormed a correctional facility in Nigeria's Kogi's Kabba district on Sunday.

Gunmen storm Nigerian jail to break out more than 200 prisoners

September 13, 2021 9:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Nimi Princewill, CNN At least 240 prisoners have escaped in a prison break in Nigeria’s north-central Kogi State after gunmen carried out a blitz attack on the facility, prison authorities said Monday. A spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service said in a statement the correctional facility in Kogi’s Kabba district came under fire from

China's strict 21 day quarantine is under question after a new Covid-19 outbreak emerges. A medical worker here collects a throat swab on September 11

China rushes to contain ‘school centered’ Delta outbreak before major holiday season

September 14, 2021 5:31 AM CNN

By Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese authorities are rushing to contain a widening Delta variant outbreak in the southern province of Fujian ahead of a major upcoming national holiday, when hundreds of millions of people are expected to travel across the country — creating a window for the highly infectious variant to spread far and wide.

The British tennis player defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez in a straight-sets victory on Saturday.

Emma Raducanu, US Open winner, finds new fans in China

September 13, 2021 5:30 AM CNN

By Jessie Yeung, CNN China has a new sweetheart: 18-year-old US Open winner Emma Raducanu. The British tennis player defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez in a straight-sets victory on Saturday, becoming the youngest grand slam winner since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004. Raducanu, who was born in Canada to a Chinese mother and a Romanian