By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Patrons of glitzy Dubai bars could be sipping beverages cooled by a cube of ancient Arctic ice carved from a Greenland iceberg and shipped to the emirate — destined no longer to melt into the ocean, but into a very expensive drink. The startup company, Arctic Ice, shipped its
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan, Joe Sutton and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — As many as 500 structures have already been obliterated as the biggest wildfire in Texas history continues its deadly march across the state’s panhandle. And the devastation is far from over as the inferno is expected to spread more rapidly this weekend,
Continue Reading By Michael Rios, Caitlin Hu, Jim Rogers, Sahar Akbarzai and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Flights at Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti’s capital have been disrupted for the second straight day by heavy gunfire nearby, as the Caribbean nation grapples with surging gang violence and political instability. The US Embassy in Haiti issued a security alert on Friday,
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has died at age 84, according to Canadian media reports citing his daughter’s social media post. Mulroney died peacefully, surrounded by family, Caroline Mulroney said in a post on X. “On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we announce the passing of my father, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th Prime Minister,” Caroline Mulroney said in
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic crisis. It’s “now or never” to tackle declining births and the shrinking population, the country’s leader warned last
Continue Reading By Eric Cheung, Will Ripley and Nectar Gan, CNN Kinmen, Taiwan (CNN) — Two weeks after two Chinese fishermen drowned while being chased by Taiwan’s coast guard, tensions remain high in the waters around Kinmen, a group of outlying islands controlled by Taiwan but nestled just a stone’s throw from the shores of China. China’s
Continue Reading By Brammhi Balarajan and Isabel Rosales, CNN Montgomery, Alabama (CNN) — Gabbie Price says she’s designed her whole life around in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. She moved into a remodeled camper with her husband so they could afford the cost of IVF, she told CNN, adding the cost of their mortgage is now going toward IVF.
Continue Reading By Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) —The largest wildfire in Texas history has burned over a million acres and left scores homeless. At least five separate fires are burning across the state and in neighboring Oklahoma. The fire has also killed thousands of cattle – a major source of income in the region. If you’d like
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — When observing a hoard of golden-backed frogs at a roadside pond in Karnataka, India, a group of naturalists noticed something odd about one of the amphibians — the animal had a tiny mushroom sprouting out of its side. How the seemingly healthy frog came to grow its fungi companion
Continue Reading CNN By Rob Picheta, Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Khader Al Za’anoun, CNN (CNN) — Calls are growing for an investigation into one of the worst single tragedies to occur during Israel’s war with Hamas took, after scores of Palestinians were killed trying to access food aid in Gaza City on Thursday. At least 112 people were
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Khader Al Za’anoun, CNN (CNN) — Calls are growing for an investigation into one of the worst single tragedies to occur during Israel’s war with Hamas took, after scores of Palestinians were killed trying to access food aid in Gaza City on Thursday. At least 112 people were killed
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers, Shirin Faqiri and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Alabama House and Senate each passed bills Thursday aimed at protecting in vitro fertilization treatments as state lawmakers raced to respond to the state Supreme Court ruling that prompted IVF clinics to pause parts of treatments and left many families in limbo.
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, Nathan Hodge, Sahar Akbarzai and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Attempts to hire a hearse to take the body of Alexey Navalny body to his funeral have been thwarted by unknown people, the Russian opposition leader’s team said Thursday. Spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh claimed that drivers had been “called by unknown people and
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal hate crime, admitting he assaulted an Asian American college student in 2021 and blamed him for Covid-19 because of the victim’s race, according to a news release by US prosecutors. Darrin Johnson, 27, could be sentenced to nearly two years
Continue Reading CNN By Joe Sutton, Steve Almasy, Holly Yan, Robert Shackelford and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Catastrophic wildfires ripping across the Texas Panhandle have killed at least two people and threaten to destroy more homes, cattle and livelihoods as the biggest inferno in state history engulfs more land every minute. The Smokehouse Creek Fire has now
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as ChiefsAholic has pleaded guilty to federal bank robbery and other charges, admitting to a violent string of robberies of banks and credit unions in seven states, then to laundering the stolen money through casinos, a federal prosecutor in Missouri announced. Xaviar Michael
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 people were killed amid devastating scenes in northern Gaza, where Israeli troops opened fire Thursday, triggering panic as hungry Palestinian civilians were gathering around food aid trucks, Palestinian officials and eyewitnesses said. People had swarmed around newly arrived aid trucks in western Gaza City in the
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is February 29, a leap day that occurs every four years to keep our calendar in sync with the seasons. Without the extra days, the summer we generally experience in June would eventually arrive in December after several centuries. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is February 29, a leap day that occurs every four years to keep our calendar in sync with the seasons. Without the extra days, the summer we generally experience in June would eventually arrive in December after several centuries. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Anna Chernova, Sebastian Shukla and Katya Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West of the risk of nuclear war if they send their own troops to fight for Ukraine, saying Moscow had the weapons to strike Western targets. In his annual state of the nation address on Thursday,
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