Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 23:56:11 GMT
During the global scramble to secure vaccines, many countries in Asia-Pacific were slow off the mark. This time, they're not making the same mistake.
Posted:Sun, 17 Oct 2021 04:52:43 GMT
As many as 17 American missionaries have been reported kidnapped by gang members in Haiti on Saturday, including 14 adults and three minors, a source in Haiti's security forces told CNN.
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Demonstrations took place in several cities of Northern Italy on Monday, following new restrictions to curb the country's second wave of Covid.
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Robert Durst, the notorious subject of the HBO docuseries "The Jinx," who was found guilty last month of first-degree murder and was sentenced earlier this week to life in prison without parole, has been diagnosed with Covid-19, his lawyer told CNN on Saturday.
Posted:Sun, 17 Oct 2021 03:00:44 GMT
Myanmar's military junta said Saturday it was "extremely disappointed" with a decision by Southeast Asian foreign ministers to exclude its leader Min Aung Hlaing from an upcoming summit.
Posted:Sun, 17 Oct 2021 01:41:55 GMT
Los Angeles County wants to compel the widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and others involved in a lawsuit over leaked photos of the helicopter crash that killed him, their daughter and seven others to take psychiatric exams before the case goes to trial, court filings show.
Posted:Sun, 17 Oct 2021 02:18:59 GMT
Five United States citizens and a permanent resident who were serving house arrest in Caracas, Venezuela, were picked up by the country's intelligence service SEBIN on Saturday, just hours after the extradition of Alex Saab, a Colombian financier close to embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the families of two of the detainees and one of their lawyers told CNN.
Posted:Sun, 17 Oct 2021 05:30:35 GMT
After filming the first movie in space, Russian actress Yulia Peresild, producer-director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy have safely returned home.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 15:41:56 GMT
The warning was hardly veiled. Vladimir Chizhov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's tough-minded representative to the European Union, recently said that if Europe wants to resolve any future issues with its supply of natural gas quickly, treating Russia as a "partner," not an "adversary," will help.
Taiwan's Defense Minister, former general Chiu Kuo-cheng, stood in front of the island's legislature last week and made a dire prediction -- by 2025, China will be able to mount a "full-scale" invasion of Taiwan.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:27:13 GMT
Tensions are high between between Taiwan and mainland China as state media shows Beijing training for an invasion in a new propaganda video.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 14:09:07 GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of making a sexist remark to a female journalist at an event this week. CNN's Sam Kiley reports.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:42:32 GMT
The pressure on Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was ratcheted up a few notches on Saturday afternoon as his side lost 4-2 to Leicester City in the Premier League.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 23:35:09 GMT
Former President Bill Clinton will remain at University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, for at least one more night, and is expected to be discharged Sunday, his spokesperson Angel Ureña said in a statement Saturday on Twitter.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 10:57:10 GMT
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Russia has reported a record number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the past 24 hours, data from the country's Coronavirus Response Center showed Saturday.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 08:06:01 GMT
At least three people have died in Bali after a magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit the Indonesian island in the early hours of Saturday, damaging buildings and leaving people trapped in the rubble.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 14:00:53 GMT
Mohamed Salah scored his second wonderful solo goal in as many Premier League games as Liverpool spoilt Claudio Ranieri's return to management in the UK.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 15:18:45 GMT
The city of Vienna is taking an offbeat approach to the censorship of art and has turned to using the adults-only online platform OnlyFans to put its most "explicit" artworks on full display.
Posted:Sun, 17 Oct 2021 02:16:24 GMT
Workers are saying enough is enough.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 11:05:35 GMT
A teenager triggered a large-scale police operation after a restaurant owner mistook a Lego toy gun he was carrying for a real weapon.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 01:01:08 GMT
China's three-person crew arrived at its new space station Saturday morning -- a major step for the country's young space program, which is rapidly becoming one of the world's most advanced.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:54:56 GMT
Two of Africa's Covid experts are clearing out their desks and counting the hours as they prepare to take up new roles offered to them overseas.
Posted:Sun, 17 Oct 2021 01:10:14 GMT
The first NASA mission that will fly by a total of eight ancient asteroids has launched on its ambitious journey.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 11:16:39 GMT
For many in Lebanon, Thursday's scenes from central Beirut brought a sense of deja vu.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 20:49:59 GMT
Netflix fired an employee for sharing "confidential, commercially sensitive information" outside of the company about David Chappelle's controversial stand-up special "The Closer," the company confirmed to CNN on Saturday. The employee leaked the information to Bloomberg, which published it in an article on Wednesday.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 11:49:53 GMT
Adele's new single has dropped, but people are still talking about her weight loss more than her music. This week on "Pop Off," CNN entertainment reporter Lisa Respers France and her best friend Audrey Irvine examine our obsession with celebrities' bodies. Subscribe to Lisa's "Pop Life Chronicles" newsletter here.
Posted:Thu, 14 Oct 2021 02:18:31 GMT
Luxury brand Coach announced that it will no longer destroy damaged or "unsaleable" goods returned to its stores, after a viral TikTok video claimed the label intentionally "slashed" unwanted items for tax purposes.
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Airport security found a Texas couple's pet chihuahua stowed away in a boot inside their luggage before they left for a Las Vegas vacation.
Posted:Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:52:08 GMT
Actor Jamie Costa is making waves online after posting a video to his YouTube channel, showing a scene featuring himself as Williams and Sarah Murphree as Pam Dawber on the set of "Mork & Mindy."
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 08:42:06 GMT
Almost two decades since Concorde retired, interest around supersonic travel has been picking up pace, and several super-fast planes are under development. Airlines seem interested: United has already committed itself to offering supersonic routes as early as 2029.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 08:17:52 GMT
It was another good week in terms of travel reopenings as tropical paradises including Fiji and Bali announced relaxed restrictions. And the Caribbean's Dominican Republic celebrated its best month for tourism ever.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:04:01 GMT
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Eve is definitely feeling satisfaction...
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 15:07:46 GMT
The United States' new international travel policies are just weeks away from going into effect.
Posted:Sat, 16 Oct 2021 04:00:17 GMT
Think of cricket-playing nations and the likes of India, Australia and England might come to mind. Not so much Oman, a country nestled on the corner of the Arabian Peninsula with limited history when it comes to red or white-ball versions of the game.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:04:14 GMT
Previous offerings include a yacht in the form of a swan and another devised to resemble a shark, but Lazzarini Design Studio's latest superyacht concept may be one of its most daring yet.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:12:56 GMT
Debbie Blount is, for the most part, your average college undergrad, trying to make it through the semester amid piles of homework and a packed after-school schedule.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:34:26 GMT
CNN's Richard Quest visits England's Highclere Castle, recognizable to most as the setting for the hit TV series "Downton Abbey," and speaks to the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon about the challenges of maintaining the massive property during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:11:53 GMT
Success hasn't spoiled "Succession," as the Emmy-winning drama returns with all its Shakespearean and Murdochian overtones intact, with a bruising father-son battle over its fictional media empire. Stripped of that, the HBO series remains enormously fun, filled with cringe-inducing moments and the kind of vicious insults that would make the writers of "Veep" blush.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:22:18 GMT
Coming not long after the splendid Val Kilmer documentary, "Introducing, Selma Blair" provides more deeply personal access to an actor in the throes of a health crisis, following her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2018. In this case, the focus is less on her career than her struggles and treatment, with the goal of assisting others facing similar challenges.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:12:52 GMT
The global fashion industry employs millions of people and is worth trillions of dollars.
Posted:Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:32:39 GMT
Showers embellished with 24-carat gold tiles. Duvets filled with eiderdown harvested from abandoned duck nests in Iceland. Pillow menus. Thirty different types of marble. A ceiling made of 21,000 Swarovski crystals representing the Milky Way. These are just some of the luxuries that await at Dubai's Burj Al Arab, one of the world's most exclusive hotels.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:11:12 GMT
Pop star Billie Eilish visited "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and checked off some items from a bucket list she wrote when she was 12.
Posted:Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:53:16 GMT
I taught my 12-year-old daughter to change a car battery at 8 p.m. in a grocery store parking lot.
Posted:Thu, 14 Oct 2021 01:14:26 GMT
CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why he went one-on-one for over three hours with Joe Rogan on his podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience."
Posted:Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:38:11 GMT
The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to schoolchildren in the United Kingdom has opened up a new front in the disinformation war: anti-vax campaigners are now taking their protests to the school gates.
