By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Hundreds of posters have appeared on billboards across Italy this summer, bearing the slogan: “Russia is not our enemy” and depicting a handshake in the colors of the Italian and Russian flags. Some, including those that appeared in Rome this week, also feature the words, “Enough money
Continue Reading Thousands of tips have poured in from several states. But the man accused of raining bullets onto Interstate 75 in Kentucky keeps evading capture – prompting more school closures and a plea for nearby residents to avoid the wilderness.
Continue Reading By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has written a rare letter to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, according to the Lebanese militant group, in which he reaffirms his commitment to fighting Israel and supporting the Iran-backed alliance of regional militants known as the “Axis of Resistance.” Sinwar, Hamas’ political leader who
Continue Reading By Allie Torgan, CNN Sacaton, Arizona (CNN) — Often, the calls from case workers come with great urgency. A baby, a toddler – a child who is in desperate need of a safe home. For Elisia Manuel, one of those urgent calls came in 2012. There was an infant in need of immediate care. “A
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Whether you are superstitious or not, you probably won’t be able to escape the chatter around today’s spooky calendar date: Friday the 13th. The fear of the number 13 dates back centuries and has a combination of religious and cultural origins — but it could be just as
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Whether you are superstitious or not, you probably won’t be able to escape the chatter around today’s spooky calendar date: Friday the 13th. The fear of the number 13 dates back centuries and has a combination of religious and cultural origins — but it could be just as lucky
Continue Reading WDRB, WLS, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Whether you are superstitious or not, you probably won’t be able to escape the chatter around today’s spooky calendar date: Friday the 13th. The fear of the number 13 dates back centuries and has a combination of religious and cultural origins — but it could be
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For decades, Chinese workers have wrapped up their working lives at relatively young ages: 60 for men and as early as 50 for women. But all that is about to change as the Chinese government passed new legislation on Friday laying out a plan to delay the
Continue Reading Story by Kathleen Magramo, photo curation by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN (CNN) — Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, has left dozens dead since sweeping across southern China and Southeast Asia last week, leaving a trail of destruction with its intense rainfall and powerful winds. After hitting the Philippines, where it killed more than
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Kostya Gak, CNN Sumy region, Ukraine (CNN) — Vasyl was several miles deep in Russian territory when he heard the whizz of an approaching drone loaded with explosives. He had seconds to react. “It was very quick. We ran to the trees and then there was a bang a meter or
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Lucas Lilieholm and Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — New pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touring what state media said is a uranium enrichment facility have given an extremely rare glimpse inside the isolated nation’s closely guarded nuclear weapons program. According to a report from Korean Central
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea has for decades been known as the world’s largest “baby exporter” – sending hundreds of thousands of children overseas after the country was ravaged by war and many mothers left destitute. Many of those adopted children, now adults scattered across the
Continue Reading By Avery Schmitz and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned NATO alliance leaders that a move to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of longer-range Western missiles to strike deep inside his country would be considered an act of war. “This will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hauser and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli intelligence commander, who critics say played a pivotal role in failing to prevent the October 7 attacks, is resigning, Israel’s military told CNN. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Brigadier General Yossi Sariel, who led its 8200 intelligence unit, has informed them he will
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The trial against Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, will be moved to the county surrounding the state capital of Boise, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled Thursday. District Judge Steve Hippler will take on the case in Ada County, the
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Gloria Pazmino and Brynn Gingras, and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned, he said Thursday in a statement, marking the first high-profile departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration since the start of four separate federal investigations into Adams’ office and the NYPD. Adams appointed
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan and Devon Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The 14-year-old shooter who confessed to killing four people last week at Apalachee High School in Georgia was allowed to leave his classroom with his belongings before returning with a rifle in his backpack, the state Bureau of Investigation said Thursday. The revelation supports previous
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, Darya Tarasova, Svitlana Vlasova and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Russia has launched a counter-attack in the Kursk border region where Ukrainian forces last month launched a surprise cross-border incursion. “The Russians have started counteroffensive actions,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a news conference Thursday, his first comments since reports emerged
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri judge on Thursday rejected an effort by the St. Louis prosecutor to vacate the conviction of Marcellus Williams, a death row inmate who has long claimed he’s innocent of the murder for which he’s scheduled to be executed in less than two weeks. Williams,
Continue Reading KCBS By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has been detected in California’s Ventura County, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake, which struck at 7:28 a.m., was centered about 4 miles north of Malibu, the USGS said. The USGS recorded at least five aftershocks, with the largest one –
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