By Brad Lendon, CNN Consider it a win for 18th century technology over late 20th century criminal innovation. A three-masted sailing ship belonging to the Ecuadorian Navy last week captured a so-called narco sub, a homemade low-profile vessel (LPV) designed to transport illegal narcotics, in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia, according to a statement from
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, Ben Westcott and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed the plan he’ll take to COP26 in Glasgow later this week after coming under intense pressure at home and abroad to commit to net zero emissions by 2050. Dozens of countries have already put forward plans to reach net-zero
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By Nina Avramova and Jack Guy, CNN UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid is “leaning towards” requiring staff in the National Health Service (NHS) to be vaccinated against Covid-19, he said Monday. “Those fantastic people working in the NHS, they are naturally more vulnerable to being exposed to diseases and viruses, and of course that includes
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By Tara John, CNN Lockdowns, spiraling cases and a vaccine divide is framing the start of Europe’s second pandemic winter, bringing chaos to eastern European countries and uncertainty to those in the West. Despite the widescale availability of vaccines this winter compared to the last, Europe is the only part of the world reporting an
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By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord has been captured by authorities in what has been heralded as the biggest blow to the country’s narcotics traffickers in decades. Colombia’s President Iván Duque Márquez confirmed the capture of Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as “Otoniel,” in a televised national address Saturday. “This coup is only comparable
Continue Reading By Tara John, CNN Lockdowns, spiraling cases and a vaccine divide is framing the start of Europe’s second pandemic winter, bringing chaos to eastern European countries and uncertainty to those in the West. Despite the widescale availability of vaccines this winter compared to the last, Europe is the only part of the world reporting an
Continue Reading By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord has been captured by authorities in what has been heralded as the biggest blow to the country’s narcotics traffickers in decades. Colombia’s President Iván Duque Márquez confirmed the capture of Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as “Otoniel,” in a televised national address Saturday. “This coup is only comparable
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN Australian actress Nicole Kidman has matched Daniel Craig‘s £10,000 ($13,760) donation to three British fathers, who have completed a 300-mile walk for a suicide prevention charity after their daughters took their own lives. Kidman said she was “profoundly moved” by the efforts of the three men, who spent two weeks walking
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite and Kara Fox, CNN Five British police officers will face misconduct action over social media messages sent in relation to Sarah Everard, who was raped and murdered by a serving police officer, the UK’s police watchdog said Friday. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which oversees the police complaints system in
Continue ReadingBy Martin Goillandeau and Kara Fox, CNN A man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses in connection with the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, which killed 22 people and injured hundreds more, according to police. A 24-year-old, from the Fallowfield area of Manchester, was arrested “shortly after arriving back in the UK” and remains
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A pug’s predictions go viral, a massive fish almost breaks scientists’ scale, and John Legend is serenaded by a street performer. These are the must-watch videos of the week. ‘No bones’ to pick A 13-year-old adopted pug has over 1.7 million followers on TikTok for his hilarious forecasts of the future.
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A pug’s predictions go viral, a massive fish almost breaks scientists’ scale, and John Legend is serenaded by a street performer. These are the must-watch videos of the week. ‘No bones’ to pick A 13-year-old adopted pug has over 1.7 million followers on TikTok for his hilarious forecasts of the future.
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A pug’s predictions go viral, a massive fish almost breaks scientists’ scale, and John Legend is serenaded by a street performer. These are the must-watch videos of the week. ‘No bones’ to pick A 13-year-old adopted pug has over 1.7 million followers on TikTok for his hilarious forecasts of the future.
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A pug’s predictions go viral, a massive fish almost breaks scientists’ scale, and John Legend is serenaded by a street performer. These are the must-watch videos of the week. ‘No bones’ to pick A 13-year-old adopted pug has over 1.7 million followers on TikTok for his hilarious forecasts of the future.
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A pug’s predictions go viral, a massive fish almost breaks scientists’ scale, and John Legend is serenaded by a street performer. These are the must-watch videos of the week. ‘No bones’ to pick A 13-year-old adopted pug has over 1.7 million followers on TikTok for his hilarious forecasts of the future.
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By Ben Westcott, CNN At midnight, Australia’s second-largest state emerged from what some experts and local media called the world’s longest lockdown. Victoria is the third state or territory — after New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) — to begin living with Covid-19 after reaching its target of a 70% adult
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott, CNN At midnight, Australia’s second-largest state emerged from what some experts and local media called the world’s longest lockdown. Victoria is the third state or territory — after New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) — to begin living with Covid-19 after reaching its target of a 70% adult
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By David Wilkinson and Max Foster, CNN Queen Elizabeth II spent Wednesday night at a hospital while undergoing “preliminary investigations,” according to a Buckingham palace spokesperson, after abruptly canceling a planned trip to Northern Ireland this week. The 95-year-old UK monarch entered the hospital on Wednesday and returned to Windsor Castle on Thursday, the spokesperson’s
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By Caitlin Hu, AnneClaire Stapleton, Matt Rivers, Natalie Gallón and David Shortell, CNN The leader of the gang that kidnapped 17 US and Canadian missionaries in Haiti has threatened to kill them if he doesn’t get what he wants, according to a video released Thursday. The video appears to show Wilson Joseph — who goes
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By Hannah Ritchie, CNN London has more public sculptures of animals than it does of women or people of color, a new study has revealed. Across London, 8% of public sculptures depict animals, while only 4% depict women, according to the study from the British charity Art UK, which was published on Thursday. People of
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