CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has pulled off a stunning victory in the 2024 race. The win for the Republican Party will also see JD Vance sworn in as the first millennial vice president. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As the US election results began to roll in, Chinese state media didn’t miss the chance to accentuate America’s political polarization – and play up the threat of post-vote turmoil in its democratic superpower rival. Beijing has long bristled at Washington’s criticism of its
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By Kareem Khadder and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A series of Israeli raids and airstrikes in towns and villages in the occupied West Bank that stretched overnight from Monday into late Tuesday have killed at least eight people, according to Palestinian authorities and local residents. Two Palestinians were killed in the town of
Continue Reading By Tamar Michaelis, Tara John and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after months of clashes over domestic politics and Israel’s war efforts. In a recorded statement Tuesday evening, Netanyahu said that “trust between me and the minister of defense has cracked.” Israel Katz, currently
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — Several non-credible bomb threats that briefly disrupted voting at twelve Georgia polling places originated from Russia, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters Tuesday. “We’ve heard some threats that were of Russian origin. I don’t know how to describe that that’s viable – we don’t
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A Tennessee man “dedicated to white supremacist ideology” faces federal charges in an alleged plot to blow up a Nashville energy facility, an attack that if successful could have left thousands without power three days before the US presidential election, the US Justice Department said Monday. Skyler Philippi, 24,
Continue Reading By Jack Guy and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — Homeowners in France have discovered a skeleton in the attic of an outbuilding while undertaking renovation work. The body is thought to belong to the former occupant of the property, which is located in Erstroff in eastern France, who disappeared in 2009, according to a statement
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Melonie White was a young mother of a baby boy, a stylish lover of fashion and on an inspired search for a new career when her body was found strangled and lifeless. White was 27 years old when hikers found her body near Lake Mead National Recreation Area, around
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s air force is set to officially debut its new stealth fighter jet, the J-35A, giving observers the first look at a highly anticipated asset that adds to the country’s fast growing military capabilities. The fighter, an image of which was released during an air force press
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Artemis Moshtaghian and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — An American-Iranian journalist who once worked for a US-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained in Iran, according to his former employer and multiple press freedom groups. Reza Valizadeh was arrested in Tehran in September, a source close to his family told his
Continue Reading By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — At least 25 people, including several children, died after their boat was “deliberately capsized by traffickers” near the Comoros Islands, the local office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. “IOM Comoros is saddened to hear about the deaths of at least 25 people after their boat
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Continue Reading By Tara John, Eve Brennan, Pete Muntean and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Incendiary devices that ignited in Germany and the United Kingdom in July were part of a covert Russian operation that aimed to start fires aboard cargo and passenger flights heading to the US and Canada, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday,
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — The family of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi have accused the Iranian regime of trying to bring about her “slow death” by depriving her of a vital surgery needed to confirm her cancer diagnosis. In an exclusive statement to CNN on Monday, the family accused
Continue Reading By Atika Shubert, CNN Valencia, Spain (CNN) — The photos are happy occasions. A dad with two kids on holiday. Family pets with tails wagging. Teen daughters posing for selfies. This is a gallery of the missing. DANA Desaparecidos is a social media effort to find those still unaccounted for in the devastating flash floods
Continue Reading CNN By Andrew Torgan and Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of the 2020 election, big corporate names like Nike, Under Armour and Absolut Vodka released splashy get-out-the-vote advertising campaigns. But in 2024, in an election cycle as divisive as ever, these same companies and others have been less active in encouraging voting — and
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of the 2020 election, big corporate names like Nike, Under Armour and Absolut Vodka released splashy get-out-the-vote advertising campaigns. But in 2024, in an election cycle as divisive as ever, these same companies and others have been less active in encouraging voting — and those
Continue Reading By Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — The New Haven Museum in Connecticut displays a collection of libraries in a recreated walkthrough of the city’s 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. But one bookshelf stands empty throughout those 300 years: what would have been the 1831 shelf of publications from the College of Black Youth. New Haven
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — “I did it. I killed Abby and Libby.” This is what members of the jury heard Richard Allen say in an audio recording of a phone call he made to his wife from prison. The call from Allen, an Indiana man on trial for the murder
Continue Reading By Irene Nasser, Mick Krever, Lauren Izso and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israeli police have arrested a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegedly leaking classified information to foreign media. Opposition leaders say the intelligence was “faked,” and part of a ruse to thwart a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. The
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