By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — November 28 was the third annual Call to Earth Day, an initiative dedicated to sustainability and conservation. Partnering with individuals, schools and organizations across the globe, CNN aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and encourage education. Themed “Our Shared Home,” this year’s Call to Earth Day focuses on
Continue Reading CNN By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — November 28 was the third annual Call to Earth Day, an initiative dedicated to sustainability and conservation. Partnering with individuals, schools and organizations across the globe, CNN aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and encourage education. Themed “Our Shared Home,” this year’s Call to Earth Day focuses
Continue Reading CNN, DUNALASTAIR SCHOOL, CHILE By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — November 28 was the third annual Call to Earth Day, an initiative dedicated to sustainability and conservation. Partnering with individuals, schools and organizations across the globe, CNN aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and encourage education. Themed “Our Shared Home,” this year’s Call to
Continue Reading CNN, CHIREC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — November 28 was the third annual Call to Earth Day, an initiative dedicated to sustainability and conservation. Partnering with individuals, schools and organizations across the globe, CNN aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and encourage education. Themed “Our Shared Home,” this year’s Call to
Continue Reading CNN By Rhea Mogul, Aishwarya Iyer, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui and Jack Guy, CNN New Delhi, India (CNN) — Cheers greeted a group of 41 workers as they emerged from a collapsed tunnel under the Himalayas on Tuesday, the climax of an incredible rescue operation to drill through rock and debris. The men had been
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Fresh gunfire was heard in a suburb of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, on Tuesday as security forces combed through the city in search of suspects linked to a jailbreak and a foiled attack on a military barracks that left more than 13 people dead. Residents of Freetown said on social
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher, Dakin Andone and Wesley Bruer, CNN (CNN) — Alex Murdaugh – the disgraced former South Carolina attorney serving two life sentences for the murders of his wife and son – was sentenced to another 27 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to nearly two dozen state financial crimes, including money
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Not all science is carried out by folks in white lab coats under the fluorescent lights of academic buildings. Occasionally, the trajectory of the scientific record is forever altered inside a pub over a pint of beer. Such is the case for the sweeping purple and green lights that
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania water utility is still dealing with the fallout of pro-Iran hackers breaching some of its industrial equipment four days ago, including having to operate one of its water pump stations in manual mode, the utility’s general manager told CNN on Tuesday. “It’s a pain,”
Continue Reading By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Rachel Clarke, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Emily Hand had to run from house to house, forced to move by Hamas as Israeli forces attacked Gaza, her father Thomas Hand told CNN. “That’s terrifying. Being pulled, dragged, pushed … under gunfire probably,” he said on Tuesday. It’s one of the
Continue Reading CNN By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Rachel Clarke, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Emily Hand had to run from house to house, forced to move by Hamas as Israeli forces attacked Gaza, her father Thomas Hand told CNN. “That’s terrifying. Being pulled, dragged, pushed … under gunfire probably,” he said on Tuesday. It’s one of
Continue Reading By Maria Kostenko and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — At least 10 people have died and thousands remain cut off from the power grid in Ukraine, in three days of stormy weather that has blanketed parts of the country in heavy snow, a senior official said Tuesday. More than 400 settlements across 11 regions were
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Throughout the 50 days Noam and Alma Or were held captive in Gaza, one thought kept the siblings going: reuniting with their mother, who they’d been separated from on October 7 during Hamas’ brutal attacks on their community. But when Noam, 17, and Alma, 13, were released together
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is Giving Tuesday, a day of generosity dedicated to volunteering, donating, and doing good for others. If you’d like to participate, you can start by contemplating the causes close to your heart. Then, consider charitable giving to reputable non-profits in those fields, or you can make a difference
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — As any smoker will tell you, quitting tobacco isn’t easy – and it’s something New Zealand’s new government just isn’t prepared to do right now. A year after passing a world-leading smoking ban designed to save thousands of lives and prevent new generations of young adults from smoking, New
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An attorney representing Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, said he was able to speak with officials at the Federal Bureau of Prisons after his client was stabbed in prison and has learned Chauvin’s health is “decent and improving.” Officials have told
Continue Reading KOLD, POOL, CNN By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An attorney representing Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, said he was able to speak with officials at the Federal Bureau of Prisons after his client was stabbed in prison and has learned Chauvin’s health is “decent and improving.”
Continue Reading By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Anna Coren and Helen Regan, CNN Avdiivka, Ukraine (CNN) — “Guys, leave me here. I can’t walk,” pleads a Ukrainian soldier sitting in a narrow trench under constant Russian bombardment. His legs have been injured by shrapnel and he is bleeding through the bandages. He smokes a cigarette as he lies on the ground,
Continue Reading CNN By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Anna Coren and Helen Regan, CNN Avdiivka, Ukraine (CNN) — “Guys, leave me here. I can’t walk,” pleads a Ukrainian soldier sitting in a narrow trench under constant Russian bombardment. His legs have been injured by shrapnel and he is bleeding through the bandages. He smokes a cigarette as he lies on the
Continue Reading CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — One of the three Palestinian college students who were shot while walking in Vermont may not be able to move his legs for the rest of his life after a bullet became lodged in his spine, according to his family, who shared his account of
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