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Month: May 2022

Colombia’s presidential vote headed for a runoff

CNN CNN’S Stefano Pozzebon and Michelle Velez Colombia’s presidential election appears destined for a runoff, after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50% of the votes. With 98% of the votes counted, early results showed left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro with just over 40% of the votes, the populist former mayor of

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Biden calls on 2022 Naval Academy graduates to be ‘defenders of democracy’ amid mounting global challenges

By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday called on this year’s graduating class at the US Naval Academy to be “defenders of democracy” in an address outlining the many challenges the world and the graduates now face, including Russia’s war on Ukraine. The President reiterated his oft-used line that the

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Must-watch videos of the week

By Colby Hentges, CNN ‘SNL’ goodbyes, a “Don’t Say Gay” graduation speech, little league dance moves, and a pair of topless rescues. These are the must-watch videos of the week. ‘SNL’ farewells from three cast members During the season finale of “Saturday Night Live,” several longtime cast members said their goodbyes. Proud of his curls

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Julia Buckley, CNN Summer in the northern hemisphere is hotting up, travel chaos reigns, and tourists are intent on having some “revenge travel.” And in Venice, that makes for a perfect storm of visitors behaving badly. The past couple of weeks have seen a slew of tourist transgressions in the city, from skinny dipping in

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