By Simone McCarthy and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — Some 5,000 people were rescued from flood-hit areas along North Korea’s border with China over the weekend in efforts supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, the country’s state media reported Monday. The North Korean army launched emergency operations in North Pyongan province as the region reeled
Continue Reading CNN By CNN Stefano Pozzebon, Karol Suarez, Abel Alvarado, Ivana Kottasová, Jessie Yeung and Tara John, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Both Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his political opponent claimed victory in the country’s election on Monday, a vote that was marked by accusations of fraud and counting irregularities. With 80% of votes counted,
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, Susannah Cullinane and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires are raging out of control in the Western United States and Canada – destroying homes, forcing evacuations and injuring residents. One inferno has reportedly destroyed the historic mining community of Havilah. Another has scorched more than 360,000 acres of California – an area
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu and Chris Lau, CNN Paris (CNN) — Olympics organizers have “deeply apologized” to South Korea over a “human error” that saw its 143 athletes wrongly introduced as North Korean at the opening ceremony. The mishap occurred on Friday, when the South Korean athletes made their debut on a boat cruising down the
Continue Reading By CNN Stefano Pozzebon, Karol Suarez, Abel Alvarado, Ivana Kottasová, Jessie Yeung and Tara John, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Both Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his political opponent claimed victory in the country’s election on Monday, a vote that was marked by accusations of fraud and counting irregularities. With 80% of votes counted, Maduro
Continue Reading By Polo Sandoval, Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, Ivonne Valdés and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo,” surrendered to US authorities on Thursday, leading to the arrest of alleged cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodríguez, citing
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Amid the stories of destruction from the Park Fire north of Sacramento, California, some good news came over the weekend: A rescue crew saved a Rottweiler and four puppies caught stranded in the Park Fire in Northern California, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednesday, a
Continue Reading KOVR By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Amid the stories of destruction from the Park Fire north of Sacramento, California, some good news came over the weekend: A rescue crew saved a Rottweiler and four puppies caught stranded in the Park Fire in Northern California, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednesday,
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Kareem El Damanhoury and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Israeli attacks killed at least 19 Palestinians, including children, and injured numerous others across Gaza on Sunday, according to health officials and Gaza’s Civil Defense. At least 10 people were killed in an airstrike on a house in central Khan Younis, a health
Continue Reading By Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — The attorney for Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, says his client “neither surrendered nor negotiated any terms with the US government,” but was instead kidnapped. Zambada’s attorney forcefully denied any suggestion previously raised by Mexican officials that his client may have surrendered of his own volition
Continue Reading CNN By Rob Picheta, Michael Schwartz, Catherine Nicholls, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Benjamin Brown, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israel vowed Hezbollah will “pay the price” after blaming the Lebanese militant group for a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children, touching off fears once again that an all-out war
Continue Reading KFOX, CNN By Polo Sandoval, Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The stunning arrests of two central figures in the infamous Sinaloa cartel featured dramatic allegations of a high-level power struggle, the betrayal of one co-founder by another co-founder’s son and a secret flight ending in American law enforcement’s custody. Now
Continue Reading By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport seized illegal drugs twice from the same traveler in one week, according to a news release. The first seizure took place July 14 when a 43-year-old man was referred to officers for a secondary inspection upon arrival on a
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Stephanie Becker, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — After California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a directive ordering state officials to take down homeless encampments, John Janosko returned to a dead-end street in Oakland where he once lived for years in one of the state’s largest camps. Longtime residents of the makeshift shelters
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — First-time homebuyers in the US are in for a shock: The number of cities where the price tag of an average entry-level home is $1 million or more has nearly tripled in the past five years. Click here to learn what’s driving home prices through the
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the United States’ and Germany’s decision to deploy US long-range missiles in Germany from 2026 is “reminiscent of the events of the Cold War” and could see Russia station similar missiles in response. “If the United States of America
Continue Reading By Tara John and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Venezuela, Caracas (CNN) — Venezuelans are anxiously awaiting the result of a highly consequential presidential election after casting their votes Sunday, in which the country’s longtime strongman, Nicolas Maduro, faces one of his greatest political challenges yet, say analysts. People began lining outside polling centers at dawn, casting
Continue Reading CNN By Rob Picheta, Michael Schwartz, Catherine Nicholls, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Israel vowed Hezbollah will “pay the price” after blaming the Lebanese militant group for a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children, touching off fears once again that an all-out war would envelop the region.
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Michael Schwartz, Catherine Nicholls, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Benjamin Brown, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israel vowed Hezbollah will “pay the price” after blaming the Lebanese militant group for a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children, touching off fears once again that an all-out war would
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Jotaka Eaddy was sitting on her parents’ porch in South Carolina on Sunday afternoon when she got a text from an activist friend with a link to President Joe Biden’s letter announcing he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. Eaddy said she started texting in a
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