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By Stefano Pozzebon, Kara Fox and Megan Janetsky, CNN Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to partially decriminalize abortion on Monday, marking a major victory for the nation’s feminist movements and reflecting a wider shift in views toward the procedure across the region. The country’s Constitutional Court ruled in favor of legalizing abortion

By Luke McGee, CNN A day after it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for Covid-19, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to end self-isolation rules and the provision of free coronavirus tests in England. Speaking in parliament on Monday, Johnson outlined England’s roadmap to ending all legal restrictions and

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Carnival Cruises will be relaxing its mask rules. A release from the company indicated masks will be recommended but not required on board from sailings departing on and after March 1. “We have had a very successful restart of guest operations thanks to the support of our guests, the commitment of

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN Another weekend of protests against Canada’s Covid-19 mandates saw around 200 arrests in the nation’s capital as authorities moved to end the weekslong demonstration, towing vehicles and going after protesters’ pocketbooks with financial penalties. Police said they employed pepper spray and escalated tactics over the weekend to disperse crowds and make

Jack Guy, CNN Courteney Cox has opened up about aging, career insecurity and her changing attitude to cosmetic procedures. The 57-year-old “Friends” star was speaking with the UK’s Sunday Times Style magazine, ahead of the launch of her new comedy horror TV show, “Shining Vale,” in which she plays a depressed erotic novelist who moves

By Brendan Buckley, CNN A flock of birds suddenly falls from the sky, a runaway tire takes aim at a police cruiser, and a zoo welcomes a new addition with a striking resemblance to everyone’s favorite house-elf. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Migratory mystery Nearly 100 yellow-headed blackbirds suddenly fell to the

By Travis Caldwell, Paula Newton and Paradise Afshar, CNN Demonstrations in Ottawa turned violent Friday as protesters, according to authorities, assaulted officers and tried to remove their weapons. “All means of de-escalation have been used to move forward in our goal of returning Ottawa to (its) normalcy,” police in Canada’s capital said in a tweet.

By Sara Spary, CNN Meteorologists in the UK have issued a rare danger-to-life alert as Storm Eunice is forecast to batter parts of the country Friday, potentially creating a “sting jet” that could bring havoc to streets. On Thursday, the UK’s weather service, the Met Office, issued the rare red alert — the highest weather

By Jack Guy, Rodrigo Pedroso and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN At least 110 people have died in the Brazilian mountain city of Petropolis, local officials said Thursday, after heavy rains triggered landslides that washed out streets, swept away cars and buried homes. Another 134 people are missing, according to the Civil Defense of Rio, and continued

By Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved cruise travel out of the “very high” risk category of its travel health notices. Cruise travel was moved from Level 4 into the CDC’s Level 3 “high” risk category on Tuesday, about a week after the agency updated its Covid-19 criteria