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By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Photos by Toby Hancock, CNN The sweltering heat did little to stop 53-year-old Eileen Hilton from topping up her tan last Tuesday as the UK recorded its highest temperature in history. As the sun beat down on her back garden in Dagenham, east London, the smell of smoke filled the air.

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN A professor who has dedicated decades to solving one of Australia’s most enduring mysteries claims he has discovered the identity of the Somerton man. Derek Abbott, from the University of Adelaide, says the body of a man found on one of the city’s beaches in 1948 belonged to Carl “Charles” Webb,

By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added six destinations to its “high” risk category for travel on Monday. Two Central American countries — El Salvador and Honduras — received a Level 3, “high” risk designation. Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland and Fiji were also added to

By Jack Guy, CNN Pope Francis has spoken of his “sorrow, indignation and shame” over the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse of Canadian Indigenous children in residential schools, as he kicked off a weeklong “penitential pilgrimage” to the country. The Pope apologized and promised a “serious investigation” into what happened in a speech at

By Niamh Kennedy The two final candidates in the race to become the UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, have both vowed to expand the government’s controversial Rwanda immigration policy. Former finance minister Rishi Sunak announced his plans to tackle illegal immigration in a nearly 5-minute video posted on Twitter Sunday, during

By Hira Humayun and Karen Smith, CNN Rescuers in the Bahamas have found the bodies of 17 Haitian migrants thought to have died after their vessel capsized in rough seas during a “suspected human smuggling operation,” the country’s leader said. The bodies of 15 females, a male and an infant were found in the water

By Rob Picheta, Livia Borghese and Cecilia Armstrong, CNN Pope Francis departed Rome on Sunday for a week-long trip to Edmonton, Canada, where he’s set to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse of Canadian Indigenous children in residential schools. The Vatican has called the trip a “penitential pilgrimage,” and the Pope will

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat. Zac Efron posted an Instagram snap of himself Friday in front of East High School, the real-life high school in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he filmed “High School Musical.” The 2006 film made Efron a teen icon and led to two sequels. “Don’t you…

By Rob Picheta and Martin Goillandeau, CNN Brexit has contributed to travelers being stuck in gridlock at the start of the summer holidays at the port of Dover, French and UK officials have said, as a war of words escalates between the two countries over hours-long delays at the border. Holidaymakers and heavy goods vehicles

By Daniela Gonzalez-Roman, CNN Authorities in Brazil have charged three men with “aggravated double homicide and concealment of a corpse” following the disappearance last month of British journalist Dom Philips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Amarildo da Cosa Oliveira, Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, and Jefferson da Silva Lima were processed as defendants for

By Lilit Marcus, CNN One of New York City’s best-known venues, Central Park’s Loeb Boathouse, will close this fall. The owner of the restaurant and event space, Dean J. Poll, filed paperwork with the city of New York stating his intention to close the business. “Due to rising labor and costs of goods, the business

By Niamh Kennedy William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have shared a photo of their son Prince George on the eve of his ninth birthday. The photo shows the young prince smiling on holiday and was taken by his mother, according to a statement from Kensington Palace on Thursday. The Duchess of

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN For Cubans, the heat is on and the power could go out any moment. Enduring broiling-hot summer temperatures and a short-circuiting electrical grid has long been part of life in Cuba but now the island is dealing with severe fuel shortages, failing power plants and widespread blackouts that are testing even