By Michael Rios and Omar Fajardo, CNN (CNN) — The first flight carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States landed in Venezuela early Monday, after the two governments reached an agreement to resume repatriation flights. Nearly 200 deportees were on the plane, which landed at an airport just north of capital Caracas. Video of
Continue Reading By Kara Fox and Zeena Saifi, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — At a military prison in central Israel, 18-year-old Itamar Greenberg sat in a US Army-issued army uniform as the Hollywood blockbuster “American Sniper” blared from the rec room’s TV. But Greenberg is not a soldier, and the desert camouflage fatigues are the only
Continue Reading Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court struck down the impeachment of the country’s prime minister Han Duck-soo and restored his powers on Monday, the latest twist in a months long political saga that started when President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late last year. The ruling comes as South Korea
Continue Reading By Merlin Delcid, CNN en Español (CNN) — Families of Venezuelan deportees held in El Salvador’s infamous Cecot prison can petition the Salvadoran government for their release – but the fruitfulness of that process is an open question in a country accused of arbitrary detention by rights groups and even the US State Department. The
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a federal election in a widely anticipated move where he met with Governor-General Mary Simon on Sunday to request for Parliament to be dissolved. “I’m asking Canadians for a strong, positive mandate to deal with President [Donald] Trump and to build a new
Continue Reading WSB, FAMILY HANDOUTCCSO, CNN By Hanna Park, Zoe Sottile, Matthew Rehbein, Rafael Romo and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old man from Honduras accused of killing a mother of five in an Atlanta suburb was in the United States illegally, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Hector Sagastume Rivas crossed the US border
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — More Americans are cutting back on snacks like chips, pretzels and cookies — but not for health reasons. Why then? Rising prices. Over the last four years, for example, the price of chips has surged by nearly 30%. That sharp increase is driving many consumers to
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — It’s not uncommon these days to hear the internet described as a hellscape. Hate speech proliferates in online spaces. Algorithms designed to maximize user engagement amplify divisive content that inevitably leaves us outraged. Disinformation and misinformation spread on social media at rates seemingly impossible to contain. If that weren’t
Continue Reading By Hanna Park, Zoe Sottile, Matthew Rehbein, Rafael Romo and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old man from Honduras accused of killing a mother of five in an Atlanta suburb was in the United States illegally, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Hector Sagastume Rivas crossed the US border illegally just over four
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN | Photographs by Laura Oliverio, CNN Waterbury, Connecticut (CNN) — “It’s just enough already,” a woman says, standing in front of her neatly trimmed home. She shakes her head and gestures toward the line of news vans parked outside 2 Blake Street before abandoning her gardening tools in the front yard
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Four people have been arrested in connection with a mass shooting in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Friday night that left three teenagers dead and 15 others injured, police said early Sunday. Tomas Rivas, 20, and a 17-year-old boy were arrested Saturday, according to Las Cruces Police. On Sunday, another
Continue Reading CNN By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Antonia Mortensen and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks, on Sunday, returning to the Vatican where he will continue his recovery. The pontiff left the hospital shortly after he made
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Antonia Mortensen and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks, on Sunday, returning to the Vatican where he will continue his recovery. The pontiff left the hospital shortly after he made his
Continue Reading CNN Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — Welcome to the Age of Adaptation, when a growing number of people are coming to realize that the Big, Bad Climate Wolf isn’t going away — and is only getting stronger. As the children’s story warns, many homeowners will learn the hard way that their shelter
Continue Reading Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — Welcome to the Age of Adaptation, when a growing number of people are coming to realize that the Big, Bad Climate Wolf isn’t going away — and is only getting stronger. As the children’s story warns, many homeowners will learn the hard way that their shelter is
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel’s war with Hamas began, the territory’s health ministry said Sunday, a grim milestone for a war with no end in sight as Israel resumes fighting and warns of even tougher days ahead. The ministry on
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond, Michael Rios, Dana Karni, Caitlin Danaher and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike hit a hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, leaving a part of the hospital in flames and causing multiple casualties, two doctors working at Nasser Medical Complex told CNN, as the country pressed a
Continue Reading By Sebastian Shukla, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Central Germany (CNN) — “Do you think you can trust Putin?” German Brig. Gen. Ralf Hammerstein asks with a wry smile. It’s a rhetorical question to which most of Europe would give the same answer – no. As the Trump administration continues to pursue a deal
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Robert Antic has never been to Hungary’s annual Budapest Pride, due to mark its 30-year anniversary this summer. But now, the 37-year-old content creator who is representing Hungary at this year’s “Mr. Gay Europe” wants to join the festivities for the first time – and the
Continue Reading CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado business owner called her immigration attorney in a panic this week, wrestling with a worry she never expected: If she travels abroad for a conference, could she end up getting deported? A woman from Cameroon who lives in the Midwest made a heartbreaking decision: Flying
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