By David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelans voted by a wide margin Sunday to approve the takeover of an oil-rich region in neighboring Guyana – the latest escalation in a long-running territorial dispute between the two countries, fueled by the recent discovery of vast offshore energy resources. The area in question, the densely forested Essequibo
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova, Gul Tuysuz and Jen Deaton (CNN) — Police carried out raids on gay venues in Russia late Friday, two online Russian news outlets reported, one day after the country’s top court ruled to ban the “international LGBTQ movement” and labelled it an extremist organization. Thursday’s landmark ruling by the Supreme Court sent a
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Sultan Al Jaber, the oil executive who is leading the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, sent shockwaves through the gathering by claiming in the days before the UN-backed talks that there is “no science” that says phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to keep global warming under a critical threshold — comments Al
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Minnesota are investigating a landslide that killed a 19-year-old in a state park over the weekend. Law enforcement received a 911 call about a landslide at Minneopa State Park’s falls area on Saturday, the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Facebook. “Someone was
Continue Reading By Maya Szaniecki and Sophie Tanno, CNN Paris (CNN) — French police this week arrested yoga guru Gregorian Bivolaru and 41 others on accusations of kidnap, rape and human trafficking. Alleged victims were drawn in with promises of a spiritual awakening, only to be indoctrinated and mentally manipulated into sexual relations with 71-year-old Bivolaru, a
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Massachusetts has now become the fifth state in the US to allow inmates to make phone calls for free, thanks to a new bill signed into law by Governor Maura Healey. The new law went into effect on Friday and includes all 14 correctional facilities in the state, according
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN Aboard HMCS Ottawa (CNN) — A nighttime transit through the Taiwan Strait is a test of nerves, seamanship and political awareness in an environment where a slight miscalculation could potentially lead to an international conflict. It’s the first night in November. It’s dark – ink black before the moonrise – and
Continue Reading By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Festivus is here! Which means it’s time to unbottle any pent-up anger to confront whatever or whoever has gotten under your skin this year – and later this month the Tampa Bay Times will publish these grievances. While Festivus is held days before Christmas, the tradition is nearly polar
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Michigan Wolverines, Washington Huskies, Texas Longhorns and Alabama Crimson Tide will compete in next month’s College Football Playoff, while the undefeated Florida State Seminoles were left out. In the semifinal games set for January 1, No. 1 Michigan (13-0) will play No. 4 Alabama (12-1) at the Rose Bowl in
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Mirna El Helbawi sits on a Cairo rooftop, her face illuminated by the moonlight and a phone in her hands, as she texts a terrified father whose wife and children are trapped in Gaza. “I don’t want a single thing from this world right now,” he
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A 3-month-old baby in Alabama died after being bitten by a “wolf-hybrid” kept as the family’s pet, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. Around 12:54 p.m. on Thursday, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and county animal control officers responded to a 911 call about an apparent animal
Continue Reading By Yulia Kesaieva and Benjamin Brown, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating whether Russian troops killed two Ukrainian service members after the pair had surrendered. The probe, which is being overseen by the Ukraine prosecutor general’s office, was announced a day after video of the incident was shared by Ukrainian government on
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Wow, suddenly Christmas seems right around the corner. If you’re thinking of going old school this year when it comes to your true love, we should warn you that the cost of the dozen gifts outlined in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song hit an all-time
Continue Reading By Celina Tebor and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Four people are dead, including two children, and one person was critically injured in a stabbing in Far Rockaway, Queens, on Sunday morning, police said. Two police officers were injured responding to the home, where a fire also broke out, and the suspect is dead. An
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Thomas Randele was dying of lung cancer and had a secret. In March of 2021, with his daughter at his bedside in suburban Boston after his first chemotherapy session, he made a stunning confession: He was a fugitive, and had been one for more than five decades. More than 50 years
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar and Sara Tonks, CNN (CNN) — Multiple atmospheric rivers are expected to roll across the northwestern US over the next few days, bringing heavy rain, feet of snow and strong winds. In total, more than half a dozen western states are under some type of winter weather alert Sunday, as these atmospheric
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — As global leaders and delegates gather in Dubai for the annual UN climate summit, a new analysis shows how the host cities of previous summits could be inundated — if not entirely submerged — by rising ocean waters. The relentless rise of planet-warming pollution has already resulted in severe
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Hisham Awartani, one of the three Palestinian college students who were shot while walking in Vermont over Thanksgiving weekend, is paralyzed from the chest down after a bullet became lodged in his spine, his mother said. Awartani’s family has launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help the 20-year-old junior at Brown University,
Continue Reading By Tara John and Lotte Beilin, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — When human rights activist Ziv Stahl was awakened to the booms of rocket fire on October 7, while staying at her sister’s home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, she did not for a moment anticipate the scale of the terrorist attack unfolding around her. Nor
Continue Reading By Heather Chen and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion that ripped through a Catholic mass service at a university gym in the southern Philippines on Sunday. At least four people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the blast at the Mindanao State University in
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