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Juneteenth Fast Facts

August 5, 2022 1:42 PM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Juneteenth, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, over two and a half…

A shooting in a Las Vegas hotel room on August 4 left one man dead and two women in critical condition

Arrest made in fatal shooting in a Las Vegas hotel room, police say

August 4, 2022 11:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Tina Burnside, CNN A suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting in a Las Vegas hotel room Thursday night that left one man dead and…

Seen here is an artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. A French scientist has apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo

Top scientist admits ‘space telescope image’ was actually a slice of chorizo

August 5, 2022 9:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN A French scientist has apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a distant star…

Top scientist admits ‘space telescope image’ was actually a slice of chorizo

August 5, 2022 10:28 AM CNN

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN A French scientist has apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a distant star…

A fiery car crash in a busy Los Angeles intersection killed at least four people and sent eight others to the hospital on August 4.

At least 4 people killed including a toddler after a fiery collision in Los Angeles that left 8 others hospitalized

August 4, 2022 10:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A fiery car crash in a busy Los Angeles intersection left four people dead, including one who was pregnant and a toddler,…

People cool off at the Tigris River during hot weather in Baghdad

Bombs in Yemen have stopped but children are still denied life-saving treatment

August 5, 2022 9:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Nima Elbagir, CNN Yemen’s warring parties have renewed a two-month-long truce, first signed in April this year. It was one of the first…

Since reports emerged that the key US lawmaker would visit Taiwan during an Asia tour

Some nationalists felt China did too little to counter Pelosi. Beijing wants to change their minds

August 5, 2022 6:14 AM CNN

By Simone McCarthy, CNN As a US Air Force jet carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi approached Taiwan on Tuesday night, expectations ran high in China…

How a tiny Chinatown bookstore became a hub for authentic Asian American stories

August 5, 2022 5:22 AM CNN Newsource

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Lucy Yu found refuge in books growing up. An only child raised by a Chinese immigrant mother in west Los Angeles, she spent a…

Fatima Abdullahi extends her hand to touch her 8-month-old daughter Abdi

Huge relief as Ukrainian grain shipped out, but the food crisis isn’t going anywhere

August 5, 2022 4:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Tara John and Angela Dewan, CNN As the Razoni left the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Monday with the first shipment of grain since the early days of…

Scientists from Yale University have reanimated the cells and organs of pigs that had been dead for an hour using a treatment involving synthetic blood and pictured pigs are seen in a pen in a farm on the outskirts of Hanoi on June 2.

How scientists have reanimated cells from dead pigs

August 5, 2022 4:38 AM CNN

By Katie Hunt, CNN Since ancient times, the idea of eternal life has captivated the human imagination. Around the world, there are so-called blue…

Meet the tiny Patagonian monito that is a ‘living fossil’ from the ancient past

August 5, 2022 4:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN The monito del monte, an endearing mouselike creature that lives in the forests of Patagonia, races vertically up trees, covering…

Some nationalists felt China did too little to counter Pelosi. Beijing wants to change their minds

August 5, 2022 1:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy, CNN As a US Air Force jet carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi approached Taiwan on Tuesday night, expectations ran high in China…

A Russian missile is stuck in the ground as the harvest season is underway in the northern part of the region despite Russian shelling

Russia’s war in Ukraine

August 5, 2022 12:32 AM CNN

Russia’s war in Ukraine

August 5, 2022 12:32 AM CNN Newsource

The US and Russia have indicated they are ready to hold talks over a prisoner swap

Lavrov says Russia is ready to discuss prisoner swap with US after Griner conviction

August 5, 2022 12:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta, Josh Pennington and Vasco Cotovio, CNN The US and Russia have indicated they are ready to hold talks over a prisoner swap, a day…

China suspends cooperation with US on range of issues, sanctions Pelosi over Taiwan trip

August 4, 2022 11:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN China’s Foreign Ministry announced new countermeasures against Washington on Friday, including the suspension of climate…

After a Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner on August 4 to nine years in prison for a drug smuggling conviction

Brittney Griner is facing a 9-year sentence in a Russian jail following conviction. Here’s what could come next for the WNBA star

August 4, 2022 10:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Anna Chernova, Masha Angelova and Zahra Ullah, CNN After a Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday to nine…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying South Korea's first lunar orbiter

South Korea launches first lunar orbiter as space program advances

August 4, 2022 9:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea launched its first moon mission on Thursday as its homegrown lunar orbiter took off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral…

At least 14 people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out in the early hours of August 5 at a nightclub in Thailand

At least 14 killed, dozens injured as fire engulfs Thai nightclub

August 4, 2022 7:39 PM CNN Newsource

By Kocha Olarn, CNN At least 14 people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out in the early hours of Friday at a nightclub in…

Jurors from the sentencing portion of the trial for the gunman who killed 17 people are expected to visit the scene of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's 1200 building in Parkland

Jurors in Parkland gunman’s trial visit blood-stained mass shooting site sealed since 2018 as state rests its case

August 4, 2022 7:01 PM CNN

By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy and Karan Olson, CNN Jurors in the sentencing phase of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s trial on Thursday…