By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Australia learned about Chinese live-fire naval drills off the country’s coast that forced dozens of flights to be diverted via an alert from a commercial pilot, authorities said on Monday. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s unprecedented show of firepower in waters between Australia and New
Continue Reading By Saskya Vandoorne, Martin Goillandeau, Jerome Taylor and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Paris (CNN) — A US teenager has been detained in Paris after her newborn baby was allegedly thrown out of a hotel window and died, prosecutors and French media say. The young woman, who was not named, was taken to hospital to undergo an
Continue Reading By Mike Valerio, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a string of legal battles as the suspended leader fights to save his political career – and avoid prison – following his brief imposition of martial law last year. Yoon’s December 3 decree threw
Continue Reading By Max Saltman, Katharina Krebs and Matthew Chance, CNN (CNN) — Russia says it is open for economic cooperation with the United States, including on energy and mining rare earth minerals. Moscow’s comments came after US President Donald Trump said Monday he was in “serious discussions” with Russia about ending its war with Ukraine and
Continue Reading WHP, FAMILY HANDOUTS, CNN By John Miller and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The gunman who held intensive care unit staff hostage at UPMC Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania before killing a police officer and injuring five other people Saturday believed that more could have been done to save his wife, who was on life support
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Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Shorter hours. Longer lines. And no more guided tours. Visitors to America’s national parks can expect some of those impacts after the Trump administration fired 1,000 park employees as part of its latest effort to dramatically reduce the federal workforce. The cuts come as hundreds of
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines flight to Columbia, South Carolina, was forced to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday morning after a “haze” was observed inside the plane, according to officials. The plane returned to the airport around 9 a.m. after the crew reported
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines flight to Columbia, South Carolina, was forced to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday morning after a “haze” was observed inside the plane, according to officials. The plane returned to the airport around 9 a.m. after the crew reported possible
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — An 81-year-old Louisiana death row inmate died Saturday, several weeks before he was scheduled to be put to death for his young stepson’s murder in what would have been one of the state’s first two executions in 15 years as it shifts posture on capital punishment. The inmate, Christopher
Continue Reading By John Miller and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The gunman who held intensive care unit staff hostage at UPMC Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania before killing a police officer and injuring five other people Saturday believed that more could have been done to save his wife, who was on life support for a terminal illness,
Continue Reading By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military this weekend deployed tanks to the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades. In the background of a Gaza ceasefire, Israel has steadily escalated an intense military operation in Palestinian cities in the West Bank, killing dozens and displacing tens of thousands of
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Early on October 18, 2024, Wales police received a phone call from a member of the public. It was the start of a mystery that remains unsolved four months later. There was a body in the water of the Claerwen Reservoir, the caller said, according to a statement released
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt rejected a controversial state Board of Education proposal to ask students’ families about their immigration status and criticized the board’s “needless political drama” in a challenge to the state’s increasingly Trumpian educational direction. The proposal, which requires parents to report their immigration or citizenship status
Continue Reading CNN By Antonia Mortensen and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is showing “slight improvement” but is still in “critical” condition, the Vatican said in an update on Monday, adding that his mild kidney issues are not concerning. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father, although critical, show a slight improvement. Even today there
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman and Serène Nourrisson, CNN Paris (CNN) — The numbers involved in France’s largest child abuse trial are staggering: 299 alleged victims, sexually abused in 10 hospitals and clinics over 25 years – all by one doctor, prosecutors say. Joel Le Scouarnec, a retired gastrointestinal surgeon accused of decades of abuse, told the
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Italian Air Force jets had to escort an American Airlines plane to Rome because of a security concern, which ultimately proved to be “non-credible.” The flight was on its way from New York to New Delhi, India, on Sunday when it was abruptly diverted, causing panic in the cabin.
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Italian Air Force jets had to escort an American Airlines plane to Rome because of a security concern, which ultimately proved to be “non-credible.” The flight was on its way from New York to New Delhi, India, on Sunday when it was abruptly diverted, causing panic in the
Continue Reading By Hanna Park and Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — Federal employees are raising alarms over Elon Musk’s push to reshape the US government, an effort now compounded by a weekend directive for workers to justify their jobs in writing. The mounting pressure has left many in the federal workforce feeling vulnerable. Latisha Thompson, a clinical
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