By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — US President Joe Biden, along with leaders of India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, announced on Saturday the launch of a new trade route connecting India to the Middle East and Europe through railways and ports. The White House said the project would usher
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a record-smashing year for the most expensive weather and climate disasters in the United States this year after severe storms, the deadly Maui wildfire and Hurricane Idalia tipped the scales last month. With four months still left in the year, the US has been hit with 23
Continue Reading CNN By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers. As states lower the certification standards to become a teacher, education experts worry these tactics could
Continue Reading CNN By Jason Carroll and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The number of first responders who have died from 9/11-related illnesses now almost equals the number of firefighters who died during the terror attacks themselves. A total of 341 New York City Fire Department firefighters, paramedics and civilian support staff who died from post-911 illnesses
Continue Reading By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers. As states lower the certification standards to become a teacher, education experts worry these tactics could delay
Continue Reading CNN, BROSI FAMILY, FDNY, FOLEY FAMILY By Jason Carroll and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The number of first responders who have died from 9/11-related illnesses now almost equals the number of firefighters who died during the terror attacks themselves. A total of 341 New York City Fire Department firefighters, paramedics and civilian support staff
Continue Reading By Jason Carroll and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The number of first responders who have died from 9/11-related illnesses now almost equals the number of firefighters who died during the terror attacks themselves. A total of 341 New York City Fire Department firefighters, paramedics and civilian support staff who died from post-911 illnesses are
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee is fluctuating in intensity over the Atlantic and its effects may soon be felt at beaches up and down the East Coast. The storm’s pressure will weaken in the coming days, meteorologists say, but some states could still experience coastal flooding and dangerous rip currents. Here’s what
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Gawon Bae, Jake Kwon, Jessie Yeung, Brad Lendon and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Kim Jong Un’s heavily armored private train has crossed into Russia and the North Korean leader has met with officials, state media reported Tuesday, ahead of an expected and closely watched summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin that
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, Raja Razek and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began erupting again after nearly three months of quiet, with glowing lava flows bursting within one of its craters Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey. The eruption started around 3:15 p.m. local time in Halemaʻumaʻu crater in Kilauea’s summit caldera at Hawai’i
Continue Reading CNN By Melissa Bell, Daria Martina Tarasova and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — They are created with one single aim in mind: to be destroyed as quickly as possible. And in that, the steelworks company behind them boasts, these decoy weapons are remarkably successful: hundreds have been targeted by Russian forces almost as soon as
Continue Reading By Melissa Bell, Daria Martina Tarasova and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — They are created with one single aim in mind: to be destroyed as quickly as possible. And in that, the steelworks company behind them boasts, these decoy weapons are remarkably successful: hundreds have been targeted by Russian forces almost as soon as they
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania killer who escaped from prison nearly two weeks ago has been spotted again, this time with authorities warning he is “possibly armed with a weapon.” Danelo Cavalcante was sighted in Chester County’s South Coventry Township, about 20 miles north of the prison
Continue Reading Story by Reuters (CNN) — The prime ministers of two small island nations that face ongoing impacts from rising sea levels will appear at legal hearings at an international court in Hamburg, Germany, on Monday, and seek an advisory opinion on the obligations of countries to combat climate change. Prime Ministers Kausea Natano of Tuvalu
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people in central Illinois were injured Sunday in an explosion at a processing plant, officials said. The explosion happened at an Archer Daniels Midland Company plant in Decatur just after 7 p.m., a spokesperson for the company said. It’s unclear what led to the blast. The
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Zeena Saifi, Mark Esplin and Sam Kiley, CNN Moulay Brahim, Morocco (CNN) — Moulay Brahim was once a happy place for Sami Sensis. The village is located high in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains, and its scenery, the fresh air, the friendly people drew his parents there nearly every summer. Now they are
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have closed portions of Custer Gallatin National Forest just outside of Big Sky, Montana, after a person was attacked by a grizzly bear while hunting. The US Forest Service announced the emergency closure in a Friday news release. The agency didn’t specify how long the
Continue Reading CNN By Amarachi Orie and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers are searching through rubble and trying to reach isolated communities after a devastating earthquake struck Morocco, killing thousands and leaving more injured or unaccounted for. The quake is the strongest to hit the nation’s center in more than a century, and its epicenter was
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey law enforcement and wildlife officials teamed up as alligator investigators to capture a reptile running rampant across two towns over the last two weeks. The Middlesex Borough Police Department chronicled the missing gator saga on its Facebook page. The alligator, described as a “non-indigenous reptile” between
Continue Reading CNN, WPVI By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The massive manhunt for the convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison stretched into a 12th day Monday after he slipped past a police perimeter over the weekend, stole a van, changed his appearance and tried to contact past acquaintances, authorities said. The search for Danelo
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