By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — Cuba’s energy grid has collapsed, leaving millions without power, the latest in a series of failures on an island struggling from creaking infrastructure, natural disasters and economic turmoil. The state-run utility company, the Cuban Electric Union, said workers were attempting to get the grid back online but
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CNN By Frederik Pleitgen and Edward Szekeres, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Russia will resort to “even stronger military means” in its war with Ukraine if the US and its allies fail to recognize it cannot be tested indefinitely, Moscow’s deputy foreign minister told CNN’s Fred Pleitgen in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. “Risks are high
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — A history of lead in gasoline may be behind tens of millions of mental health conditions in the US, according to new research. Cars ran on gasoline containing lead starting in the 1920s, and the US did not begin phasing out the substance until the 1980s — after substantial
Continue Reading CNN By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — A history of lead in gasoline may be behind tens of millions of mental health conditions in the US, according to new research. Cars ran on gasoline containing lead starting in the 1920s, and the US did not begin phasing out the substance until the 1980s — after
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Joseph Ataman, Sophie Tanno and Pierre Bairin, CNN Paris (CNN) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier submitted his resignation Thursday, after losing a vote of no confidence that triggered the collapse of the government and deepened the country’s political turmoil. Barnier formally handed in his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who accepted
Continue Reading By Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Iranian authorities have allowed Narges Mohammadi, the country’s most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, to leave prison for 21 days to recover from surgery for suspected cancer, a decision her family has criticized as “too little, too late.” An Iranian prosecutor on Tuesday suspended
Continue Reading By Frederik Pleitgen and Edward Szekeres, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Russia will resort to “even stronger military means” in its war with Ukraine if the US and its allies fail to recognize it cannot be tested indefinitely, Moscow’s deputy foreign minister told CNN’s Fred Pleitgen in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. “Risks are high and
Continue Reading Analysis by Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Last year, a blockbuster movie gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, when the assassination of President Park Chung-hee in 1979 led to a military coup and plunged the country into the iron grip of martial law. So when South Koreans
Continue Reading By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Montana lawmakers, including several Republicans, voted down a measure to ban the state’s first transgender legislator from using women’s restrooms at the State Capitol Tuesday. Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who was first elected in 2022, applauded the legislators who voted against the bathroom ban in a post to
Continue Reading By Lex Harvey and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The search for a Pennsylvania grandmother believed to have fallen into a sinkhole Monday while searching for her cat has transitioned from a rescue mission to a recovery effort, officials say. “We feel like we failed. It’s tough,” Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Trooper Steve Limani said
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea is reeling after a whiplash six hours during which the country’s embattled president declared martial law but was forced to lift it amid widespread condemnation, throwing the country’s political landscape into chaos and uncertainty. The saga began unfolding Tuesday night as most South
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea is reeling after a whiplash six hours during which the country’s embattled president declared martial law but was forced to lift it amid widespread condemnation, throwing the country’s political landscape into chaos and uncertainty. The saga began unfolding Tuesday night as most South
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea is reeling after a whiplash six hours during which the country’s embattled president declared martial law but was forced to lift it amid widespread condemnation, throwing the country’s political landscape into chaos and uncertainty. The saga began unfolding Tuesday night as most South Koreans
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CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Mark Morales, John Miller, Pete Muntean and Taylor Romine, CNN Paris (CNN) — A Russian woman who stowed away on a flight from New York to Paris last week was able to sneak through the security checkpoint by starting off in a lane reserved for airline flight crews, according to the
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A Russian tourist has died in Thailand after a huge wave swept her off a rock at a popular cliffside viewpoint, according to authorities in the Southeast Asian country. Kamilla Belyatskaya, 24, was last seen by witnesses Friday as she sat on a yoga
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Harsh weather conditions have slowed the search for two American men and a Canadian climber who went missing after they attempted to summit New Zealand’s highest mountain, officials said. Kurt Blair, 56, Carlos Romero, 50, and the Canadian national were reported overdue from their planned ascent of Mount Cook
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A California man confessed to helping the North Korean regime prepare for an attack in a “sophisticated scheme” to illegally obtain restricted weapons and military grade technology, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Shenghua Wen, a Chinese national residing unlawfully in Ontario, California, conspired with North Korean officials to obtain prohibited
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Dressed in a black sweatshirt and tie-dyed leggings, Hannah Kobayashi casually walked off her flight from Maui to Los Angeles International Airport on November 8. The 30-year-old had plans to fly to New York City the same day. But she did not board that plane. Then, she seemingly vanished.
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, Gloria Pazmino, Celina Tebor and Eric Levenson, CNN New York (CNN) — A Manhattan jury deliberated for a third day Thursday in the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny, the former Marine charged in the chokehold death of a homeless man on a New York City subway last year. Penny, 26, is
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CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Peter Wilkinson, Rob Picheta, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s cabinet has reversed a martial law order in the country, just hours after he issued the surprise decree that plunged Seoul into political uncertainty and sparked fierce backlash from lawmakers across the political
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