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By Karol Suarez, Rafael Romo and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Mexico’s ruling political coalition is projected to lose its qualified majority in the lower house of Congress after a poor showing in midterm elections Sunday, according to initial figures released by the government. The defeat will prevent President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from passing major legislative

By Rob Picheta, CNN Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and other dating apps will allow more users to show whether they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 and roll out perks to those who say they have received a jab. The platforms will give British users the option of displaying their vaccination status, they announced on Monday, after

By Rodrigo Pedroso Police have been ordered into the streets of the Brazilian city of Manaus, amid a wave of attacks on buses, cars and banks that began on Saturday night and forced the city to halt public transportation and left some residents afraid to leave home. State officials said criminal gangs in Manaus organized

By Sara Spary, CNN Members of the royal family have wished Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, son of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, a happy birthday as he turns 2 years old. Archie, who is seventh in line to the throne but does not have an official royal title, has lived in California with the

By Marcia Reverdosa and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN Hope has returned to the small city of Serrana, Brazil, after researchers vaccinated almost its entire adult population in a city-wide medical experiment this spring. “Everything is practically open now, and the atmosphere is so different, so much lighter and joyful. We feel safe while the other cities

By Gene Norman, CNN Meteorologist During the record 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, something happened that many people overlooked — hurricane forecasts improved. And that saved lives. With another active hurricane season expected, that’s great news. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) believes it can build upon last year’s success thanks to a targeted initiative, new strategies

By Tyler Mauldin, CNN More than five million Americans are under heat alerts as a record-breaking heat wave continues to grip the country. The heat wave has dominated the West this week, but it makes its long-awaited arrival in the Northeast today. The hottest temperatures of the year are expected. Saturday will be the first

Two candidates with drastically different visions for Peru’s future face off in a presidential run-off vote on Sunday, polarizing an electorate battered by the pandemic.

By Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologist If you think it’s been unreasonably wet and gloomy in southeast Texas, you are not alone. Rain has been recorded in Houston for 19 of the last 23 days and more is on the way from Texas to Louisiana, increasing the flood potential through early next week. Victoria, Texas,

By Jack Guy and Claudia Rebaza, CNN Two candidates with drastically different visions for Peru’s future face off in a presidential run-off vote on Sunday, polarizing an electorate battered by the pandemic. Left-wing frontrunner Pedro Castillo is promising greater state control over markets and natural resources as part of a plan to bring the benefits

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN A lot is at stake in Mexico’s midterm elections on Sunday. With more than 21,000 seats up for grabs, this is the country’s largest poll ever. Voters will be deciding on all of the 500 deputies in the lower house of Congress as well as state governors. Thousands of state and

Patrick Renna, who played Ham Porter in the 1990’s baseball movie “The Sandlot,” took to TikTok to recreate an iconic scene from the movie after his son Flynn got his first black eye.

Opinion by Moss Cohen for CNN Business Perspectives It’s not Hong Kong in 1988. It’s New York City in 2021. But the light from the movie projector was coaxing me into believing the opposite. It had been 15 days since I received my second Covid-19 vaccination and 444 days since I was last transported to

By Allison Chinchar and Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologists The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has officially declared the onset of the monsoon over the state of Kerala. The monsoon, which usually starts on June 1, is a few days late. But while the onset date is important, the overall forecast is much more crucial. “Southwest monsoon

Marlon Sorto, Kiarinna Parisi, Abel Alvarado and Philip Wang Nicaraguan presidential challenger Cristiana Chamorro has been placed under house arrest and could now be disqualified from running for office, according to local officials. Chamorro, a journalist and the daughter of former Nicaraguan President Violeta Barrios, is likely the only opposition candidate to challenge incumbent Daniel

Opinion by Paul R. La Monica for CNN Business Perspectives “What do you think about bitcoin?” This is often the first question I’m asked by friends and family members whenever I bring up my job. And any time I introduce myself to someone new and tell them what I do, the conversation quickly turns to

By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business Roblox. Doordash. Bumble. Airbnb. Coinbase. The list of companies that have gone public in the past year goes on and on. The result has been an initial public offering bonanza on Wall Street that has shown no signs of stopping any time soon. So far, there have been 475 IPOs

By Sara Spary, CNN A truck laden with tomato puree crashed in England this week, turning a highway red and prompting a number of food-related puns from people on social media. The vehicle was involved in a crash with another truck in Cambridgeshire, eastern England, on Tuesday, Highways England told CNN. The government highways authority

Today’s outlook has severe storms in the East and extreme heat from the West Coast into the Plains, CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the details plus a potential weekend flood threat.

By Derek Van Dam and Michael Guy, CNN Meteorologists Everything is bigger in Texas — but these forecast weekend rainfall totals are super-sized. Rainfall totals in Southeast Texas and Coastal Louisiana could exceed 10 inches, creating more misery for regions hit hard by recent flooding. Record May rainfall has left the soil saturated and river