By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Food banks across the country are struggling to find additional funding and donations after the US Department of Agriculture halted $500 million in food deliveries. The move comes as many Americans are struggling to afford groceries due to higher prices. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By Pierre Bairin, Saskya Vandoorne and Serene Nourrisson, CNN Paris (CNN) — The trial of Gérard Depardieu, who has been accused of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set in 2021, began on Monday after a five-month delay due to the French actor’s poor health. The 76-year-old arrived in the courtroom wearing a formal
Continue Reading By Angus Watson, Anna Chernova, Lauren Kent and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — A United States delegation met Monday with Kremlin negotiators in Saudi Arabia, where the Trump administration is pushing for progress toward a ceasefire in separate talks with Russia and Ukraine, just as Russian strikes injured scores of people in Ukraine, including children.
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy and Fred He, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — China is prepared for “possible unexpected shocks,” Premier Li Qiang told a gathering of global executives in Beijing, where he urged them to “resist protectionism” and defend globalization. CEOs including Apple’s Tim Cook, FedEx’s Raj Subramaniam and Pfizer’s Albert Bourla gathered in the Chinese
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Three federal agencies on Monday said they welcomed the policy changes announced Friday at Columbia University, following the Trump administration’s revocation of $400 million in federal funding following campus protests. Their statement seemed to signal the first steps of a possible restoration of money to the
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out over the weekend, killing four people and forcing thousands to evacuate. As of Sunday night, nearly 9,000 firefighters, police and civil servants and 120 helicopters had been
Continue Reading By Lex Harvey and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Greenland’s prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive,” plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory. But despite the backlash, Trump has insisted the
Continue Reading By Michael Rios and Omar Fajardo, CNN (CNN) — The first flight carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States landed in Venezuela early Monday, after the two governments reached an agreement to resume repatriation flights. Nearly 200 deportees were on the plane, which landed at an airport just north of capital Caracas. Video of
Continue Reading By Kara Fox and Zeena Saifi, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — At a military prison in central Israel, 18-year-old Itamar Greenberg sat in a US Army-issued army uniform as the Hollywood blockbuster “American Sniper” blared from the rec room’s TV. But Greenberg is not a soldier, and the desert camouflage fatigues are the only
Continue Reading Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court struck down the impeachment of the country’s prime minister Han Duck-soo and restored his powers on Monday, the latest twist in a months long political saga that started when President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late last year. The ruling comes as South Korea
Continue Reading By Merlin Delcid, CNN en Español (CNN) — Families of Venezuelan deportees held in El Salvador’s infamous Cecot prison can petition the Salvadoran government for their release – but the fruitfulness of that process is an open question in a country accused of arbitrary detention by rights groups and even the US State Department. The
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a federal election in a widely anticipated move where he met with Governor-General Mary Simon on Sunday to request for Parliament to be dissolved. “I’m asking Canadians for a strong, positive mandate to deal with President [Donald] Trump and to build a new
Continue Reading WSB, FAMILY HANDOUTCCSO, CNN By Hanna Park, Zoe Sottile, Matthew Rehbein, Rafael Romo and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old man from Honduras accused of killing a mother of five in an Atlanta suburb was in the United States illegally, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Hector Sagastume Rivas crossed the US border
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — More Americans are cutting back on snacks like chips, pretzels and cookies — but not for health reasons. Why then? Rising prices. Over the last four years, for example, the price of chips has surged by nearly 30%. That sharp increase is driving many consumers to
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — It’s not uncommon these days to hear the internet described as a hellscape. Hate speech proliferates in online spaces. Algorithms designed to maximize user engagement amplify divisive content that inevitably leaves us outraged. Disinformation and misinformation spread on social media at rates seemingly impossible to contain. If that weren’t
Continue Reading By Hanna Park, Zoe Sottile, Matthew Rehbein, Rafael Romo and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old man from Honduras accused of killing a mother of five in an Atlanta suburb was in the United States illegally, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Hector Sagastume Rivas crossed the US border illegally just over four
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN | Photographs by Laura Oliverio, CNN Waterbury, Connecticut (CNN) — “It’s just enough already,” a woman says, standing in front of her neatly trimmed home. She shakes her head and gestures toward the line of news vans parked outside 2 Blake Street before abandoning her gardening tools in the front yard
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Four people have been arrested in connection with a mass shooting in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Friday night that left three teenagers dead and 15 others injured, police said early Sunday. Tomas Rivas, 20, and a 17-year-old boy were arrested Saturday, according to Las Cruces Police. On Sunday, another
Continue Reading CNN By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Antonia Mortensen and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks, on Sunday, returning to the Vatican where he will continue his recovery. The pontiff left the hospital shortly after he made
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Antonia Mortensen and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks, on Sunday, returning to the Vatican where he will continue his recovery. The pontiff left the hospital shortly after he made his
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