CNN By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison was notorious long before the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members there. The Center for Terrorism Confinement, to give it its full name, is considered the largest prison in the Americas – with a capacity of 40,000 inmates
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Eugenia Yosef, Pauline Lockwood and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Israeli police are seeking to keep a well-known Palestinian journalist in detention in Jerusalem on charges related to “incitement” and “support of terrorism,” despite an Israeli judge ordering her release on Monday. Latifeh Abdellatif is a freelance photojournalist whose work
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim and Charbel Mallo, CNN (CNN) — The defense ministers of Syria and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported, after cross-border attacks left 10 dead and more than 50 wounded. The two officials also agreed to strengthen coordination and cooperation between their countries, according to SANA.
Continue Reading By Jessica Hasbun and Chris Boyette, CNN Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (CNN) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have confiscated the passport of the man who is the last person known to have been with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, according to a source close to the investigation. Dominican Republic Attorney General Yeni
Continue Reading By Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — Matt Richtman won the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, making him the first American man to do so in more than three decades. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Storms A powerful storm system that tore across
Continue Reading CNN By Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — Matt Richtman won the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, making him the first American man to do so in more than three decades. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Storms A powerful storm system that tore
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — One nationalist influencer called it “truly gratifying.” Another said he was laughing his head off. And a state-media editorial hailed the demise of what it called the “lie factory.” Chinese nationalists and state media could hardly contain their schadenfreude after President Donald Trump signed an executive order
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, broke with tradition on Monday by visiting Europe rather than the United States for his first foreign trip as the country’s leader, with his warm welcome in France and the UK standing in stark contrast to his country’s fracturing relationship
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, Sarah El Sirgany, Allegra Goodwin and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — A mother and her daughter hunch down by the windows of their attic as armed men gather outside the gate. They try not to make a sound. But in the video that they furtively recorded of this fraught moment, it’s clear
Continue Reading By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Days after federal immigration agents showed up to Ranjani Srinivasan’s apartment – prompting her to leave the country out of fear she would be taken into custody – the student is disputing the Trump administration’s account of her story. Srinivasan, 37, an Indian national and Fulbright Scholarship recipient at
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — After months of tension, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would seek to remove the chief of the Shin Bet security service, Ronen Bar. Netanyahu met with Bar and informed him that he would propose his removal to the government this week, the prime
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — The Vatican has released the first photo of Pope Francis since his hospitalization. The photo shows Francis at the chapel in Rome’s Gemelli hospital. He is seen wearing a stole, a vestment worn to concelebrate Mass. The Vatican announced on Sunday, for the first time since
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In the days after immigration officers detained a pro-Palestinian activist on campus, the head of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School has been inundated with inquiries from students seeking answers to basic questions. “I have been individually counseling students on whether or not they should travel abroad,
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — The finances of low-income Americans are getting worse, and more shoppers are going without basic necessities. That’s according to Dollar General, whose “core customers” earn less than $40,000 a year. The discount chain is considered a bellwether of low and middle-income shoppers’ spending. Here’s what else you need to
Continue Reading CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — The finances of low-income Americans are getting worse, and more shoppers are going without basic necessities. That’s according to Dollar General, whose “core customers” earn less than $40,000 a year. The discount chain is considered a bellwether of low and middle-income shoppers’ spending. Here’s what else you need
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Officials in North Macedonia are investigating a fire that tore through a nightclub killing 59 people and injuring more than 150, with many crushed in the rush to escape flames suspected to have been sparked by on-stage pyrotechnics. Around 500 revelers were at the “Pulse” nightclub in the town
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — It’s a new day in Europe. Gone are the halcyon years of unshakeable American commitment to Europe’s defense against Russia. Here to stay – at least while Donald Trump is in the White House is something more transactional. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. Europe must “step up
Continue Reading By Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — “Hi, Mom. All good. I will be offline, probably for a long time, maybe a week or month. Don’t worry.” That was the last message Nazar Ocheretnyi sent his mother, on March 30, 2022. Nearly three years later, he still hasn’t been in touch. The Ukrainian combat
Continue Reading By Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — A Peruvian fisherman has been found alive in the Pacific Ocean after spending 95 days lost at sea, Peru’s state news agency Andina reported Saturday. Máximo Napa Castro, 61, set off on his fishing boat on December 7 from Marcona, a coastal town in the south of the country,
Continue Reading By Fred He, Nectar Gan, Marc Stewart and Yong Xiong, CNN Beijing/Hong Kong (CNN) — The shopfronts are decked out in white, blue and red, with Chinese and Russian flags hanging side by side from the ceiling. Waist-high Russian dolls greet customers at the entrance. Inside, shelves are stocked with an array of Russian goods
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