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Istanbul, Turkey CNN — Turkey has ended most search and rescue operations, nearly two weeks after a huge earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, the country’s disaster management authority said. Search and rescue efforts are still underway in 40 buildings in two provinces, Kahramanmaraş and Hatay, the agency’s head…
Passengers on a boat tour in The Bahamas caught the moment a daredevil dog jumped directly onto a 12-foot hammerhead shark Source link
CNN — Who else but Lionel Messi? The Argentine struck a magnificent late winner for Paris Saint-Germain Sunday to secure a thrilling 4-3 comeback win over Lille. The downside for the Parisian club, however, was that Neymar was taken off on a stretcher in the second half with a suspected…
CNN — The BAFTA Film Awards, England’s biggest night in film, is on Sunday and the show has some exciting moments in store. The winners of the final four categories – EE rising star, leading actor, leading actress and best film – will be announced live during the telecast for…
Washington CNN — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday announced $100 million in disaster relief aid for Turkey and Syria as the countries grapple with the aftermath of a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 46,000 people. The top US diplomat, who took a helicopter…
CNN — Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor, is hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a brain aneurysm, his spokesperson told CNN on Sunday morning. Sizemore is in critical condition and is in a “wait and see situation,” said the spokesperson, Charles Lago. “His family is aware and waiting…
CNN — Police searching for missing UK mom Nicola Bulley said Sunday they had found a body. A body was recovered from a river near where Bulley went missing in the northern English village of St. Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire Police said. The body has yet to be formally identified,…
CNN — Romanian prosecutors said on Saturday they have opened a criminal investigation into five doctors suspected of reusing hundreds of medical implants extracted from dead patients. One of the five doctors, who was working at a hospital in the eastern Romanian city of Iasi, has been taken into custody…
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Hong Kong CNN — A new online shopping platform linked to one of China’s top retailers has quickly become the most downloaded app in the United States, surpassing Amazon and Walmart. Now it’s looking to capitalize from an appearance on America’s biggest stage. Temu, a Boston-based online retailer that shares…
CNN — Letesenbet Gidey was the pre-race favorite and with the finishing line in sight it seemed as if the Ethiopian was to win gold with ease. But meters from the tape the 24-year-old fell, and in a blink of an eye, victory was dramatically gone. In a spectacular conclusion…
Johannesburg, South Africa CNN — As the anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine approaches, a Russian warship armed with one of Moscow’s most powerful weapons pulled into a port on South Africa’s east coast this weekend. The frigate Admiral Gorshkov has a “Z” and “V” crudely painted in…
CNN — Bulgarian prosecutors have charged six people with human trafficking after 18 Afghans were found dead inside a truck dumped on a dirt road near the capital Sofia on Friday. Prosecutors said the truck was abandoned near the village of Lokorsko after the driver and his companion found that…
Gen. David Petraeus attends the Warsaw Security Forum in 2022. (Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images) Gen. David Petraeus told CNN he believes Ukrainian troops will be able to push Russian forces further back this summer, contingent on arms supply and strategy. It will take successful combined arms warfare — a complementary approach…
CNN — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is fond of a phrase, “the wonderful Russia of the future,” his shorthand for a country without President Vladimir Putin. But in the year that has passed since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has gone back to a dark, repressive past. Over…
Moscow is displeased that Moldova appears to be moving closer to the European Union, Russian state media reports, amid growing US concerns that Russia could attempt to destabilize the small eastern European country. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Saturday that Moscow remains open to “constructive and pragmatic” dialogue…
CNN — The US military and Syrian Democratic Forces conducted a helicopter raid in eastern Syria early Saturday, capturing an ISIS official, according to a statement from US Central Command. Batar, “an ISIS Syria Province Official involved in planning attacks on SDF-guarded detention centers and manufacturing improvised explosive devices,” was…
CNN — The US has recently begun seeing “disturbing” trendlines in China’s support for Russia’s military and there are signs that Beijing wants to “creep up to the line” of providing lethal military aid to Russia without getting caught, US officials familiar with the intelligence told CNN. The officials would…
London CNN — Britain’s King Charles III has enlisted the help of acclaimed British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to write the flagship anthem for his upcoming coronation. Charles’s coronation will take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London, and will see Camilla, Queen Consort crowned alongside her husband.…
CNN — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday, in the first face-to-face between senior US and Chinese officials since the US military shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon earlier this month. In a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich…
Earthquake survivors are being rescued 10 days later — here’s how they’ve survived Dr. Sanjay Gupta breaks down how some people are able to survive for many days under the rubble, and why some international rescue teams adhere to “the rules of fours.” Source link
CNN — Former US President Jimmy Carter will begin receiving hospice care, according to a statement from The Carter Center on Saturday. “After a series of short hospital stays, former US President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care…
New York CNN — Twitter Blue subscribers will be the platform’s only users able to use text messages as a two-factor authentication method, Twitter announced Friday. The change will take place on March 20. Twitter users will have two other ways to authenticate their Twitter log-ins at no cost: an…
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — I’ll never forget reading “Treasure Island” as a kid. Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel made me want to set out immediately on a tall-masted ship and…
Sleep specialist has 4 tips to help stop snoring Weill Cornell sleep specialist Dr. Daniel Barone tells you what daily habits are making your snoring unbearable. If you don’t have sleep apnea (which can be dangerous), he has a few tricks and contraptions that can help ease that racket you’re…
CNN — Watching soccer seems to be becoming a favorite pasttime for Hollywood stars. Last week, Will Ferrell was spotted at Wrexham, before watching Manchester City and then Liverpool. This week, it was Tom Hanks who experienced the joyful highs and agonizing lows of being a soccer fan. A long-time…
Moscow is displeased that Moldova appears to be moving closer to the European Union, Russian state media reports, amid growing US concerns that Russia could attempt to destabilize the small eastern European country. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Saturday that Moscow remains open to “constructive and pragmatic” dialogue…
CNN — Soccer star Victor Osimhen is enjoying a season that will live long in the memory. So prolific has the Napoli forward been in helping his team dominate Italy’s Serie A, the striker is arguably currently the world’s best forward. He is certainly the most in-form striker in Europe’s…
‘It’s game over’: Car spun 5 times by cops during wild chase California Highway Patrol spent nearly 2 hours trying to stop a suspect in a silver Kia. The chase continued after several collisions, even at speeds as slow as 15mph. Source link
CNN — William Bower II feared he would never know where his father’s final resting place was, but he hung on to hope for decades. On Thursday, the Missouri retired aerospace engineer fought back tears as he was notified that a submarine wreck, discovered off the coast of Japan last…
