Zahid Mahmood, CNN Long distance running legend Mo Farah has told the BBC that he was trafficked into the UK as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. The revelation comes in a new documentary by the British broadcaster set to air on Wednesday. In it, Farah also says his real name
Continue ReadingBy Flora Charner and Shasta Darlington, CNN It should have been a happy occasion as Marcelo Arruda, a member of Brazil’s left-wing Worker’s Party, celebrated his 50th birthday with a politically-themed party over the weekend. Instead, deadly gunfire erupted at the gathering in the southern Brazilian city of Foz de Iguaçu, claiming Arruda’s life in
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved two South American destinations, one Middle Eastern country and a North African nation to its “high” risk category for travel. Four destinations were moved to Level 3, or “high” risk on Monday: • Bolivia• Lebanon • Peru •
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved two South American destinations, one Middle Eastern country and a North African nation to its “high” risk category for travel. Four destinations were moved to Level 3, or “high” risk on Monday: • Bolivia• Lebanon • Peru •
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN When the engine on his small plane failed three times, Vincent Fraser had no choice but to make an emergency landing in mountainous terrain just south of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. GoPro video of his perilous landing in western North Carolina shows Fraser maneuvering his single-engine plane under power lines
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN When the engine on his small plane failed three times, Vincent Fraser had no choice but to make an emergency landing in mountainous terrain just south of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. GoPro video of his perilous landing in western North Carolina shows Fraser maneuvering his single-engine plane under power lines
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN The largest anti-government protests to take place in Cuba since the 1959 revolution started with a blackout on a boiling hot summer day. After days of power cuts by the government, residents in the small city of San Antonio de los Baños ran out of patience. On July 11, 2021, they
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN The largest anti-government protests to take place in Cuba since the 1959 revolution started with a blackout on a boiling hot summer day. After days of power cuts by the government, residents in the small city of San Antonio de los Baños ran out of patience. On July 11, 2021, they
Continue ReadingBy Nicky Robertson, CNN British Member of Parliament Liz Truss has joined the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party, outlining her campaign in an op-ed published Sunday in The Telegraph. “I am putting myself forward because I can lead, deliver and make the tough decisions. I have a clear vision
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants have had a tough couple of years, with the pandemic, soaring ingredient prices and labor shortages. Now they have another problem: Gen Z isn’t all that interested in dining out. According to a recent survey from market research company NPD Group, people between the ages of 18 and 24
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants have had a tough couple of years, with the pandemic, soaring ingredient prices and labor shortages. Now they have another problem: Gen Z isn’t all that interested in dining out. According to a recent survey from market research company NPD Group, people between the ages of 18 and 24
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN It’s winter in Australia and for the first time in three years thousands of residents are flying to the Indonesian island of Bali to spend the July school holidays basking in the sun. But Australian officials are becoming increasingly concerned about what they’ll bring home and are considering advising travelers to
Continue ReadingBy Rodrigo Pedroso and Daniela Gonzalez-Roman Brazil faces potentially dangerous unrest around the country’s upcoming presidential vote, a senior elections official has warned. Speaking at the Wilson Center in Washington DC on Wednesday, Superior Electoral Court Minister Edson Fachin said that the next elections run a risk of unrest “more severe” than the January 6,
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Mackintosh and Luke McGee, CNN The race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ramping up, with 11 candidates declaring their intention to run, many on platforms of lowering taxes and promises to clean up government following Johnson’s crisis-plagued leadership. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative party backbenchers
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Mackintosh and Luke McGee, CNN The race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ramping up, with 11 candidates declaring their intention to run, many on platforms of lowering taxes and promises to clean up government following Johnson’s crisis-plagued leadership. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative party backbenchers
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN Billed as Nashville’s third skyscraper and the city’s first million-dollar hotel when it opened in 1910, The Hermitage has endured for more than a century in Tennessee’s changing capital. And the grand hotel has recently undergone a transformation of its own. A multi-year restoration and redesign, complete with a makeover of
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The crisis that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing right now might be the gravest for his leadership so far — but it’s definitely not the first. Johnson’s government has been plagued by a series of scandals, from accusations of his disregard for rules and revelations of
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The crisis that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing right now might be the gravest for his leadership so far — but it’s definitely not the first. Johnson’s government has been plagued by a series of scandals, from accusations of his disregard for rules and revelations of
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Boris Johnson’s scandal-ravaged premiership was dangling by a thread on Thursday as he battled efforts to force him from office even as a growing number of government ministers urged the beleaguered British Prime Minister to resign. The United Kingdom woke on Thursday morning to more than 50 members
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Luke McGee, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing his biggest crisis yet, after dozens of government officials, including two senior Cabinet ministers resigned over his the handling of allegations of sexual misconduct by a member of the government. Johnson has weathered multiple storms during his time as Prime Minister,
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