By Karla Cripps, CNN Singapore’s Changi Airport has long been considered a destination in itself, so much more than just a generic space one passes through to hop on a plane and fly somewhere else. For a decade, it went undefeated in the annual Skytrax ‘World’s Best Airports” awards, losing its crown to Qatar’s Hamad
Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam, CNN Anne Sacoolas, the American woman accused of killing 19-year-old British motorcyclist Harry Dunn in a traffic accident, will make a “virtual” appearance in a UK court on Thursday, her legal team confirmed to CNN on Monday. A spokesperson for Arnold and Porter, the US law firm representing Sacoolas, confirmed to CNN
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuba has legalized same-sex marriage after Cubans voted in favor of a family code that increased protections for minorities on the island, the country’s National Electoral Council announced on Monday. The Electoral Council said 74.1% of those eligible to vote in Sunday’s national referendum had turned out to cast their ballot.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about Cuba, a communist country located in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 90 miles south of Florida. About Cuba (from the CIA World Factbook) Area: 110,860 sq km (slightly smaller than Pennsylvania) Population: 11,008,112 (2022 est.) Median age: 42.1 years Capital: Havana Ethnic Groups: White 64.1%, mixed 26.6%, Black
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The Kentucky Parole Board on Monday denied parole to Michael Carneal, a man serving a life sentence for killing three students in a school shooting in 1997, when he was 14 years old.
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Italians were voting Sunday in national elections in which the far-right Brothers of Italy party — led by Giorgia Meloni — appears poised to make big gains after the collapse of two governments since the last election.
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Police encounters with people dealing with mental health issues can go very wrong, very quickly. Often, the presence of a law enforcement officer can escalate the situation.
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The City of Fort Worth, Texas, has reached a settlement with Jacqueline Craig, a Black woman whose 2016 arrest after she called the police for help was documented in a Facebook video.
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Marnette Gordon was doing laundry at home in Minneapolis one summer morning last year when a call came from her 36-year-old son.
Continue ReadingCNN By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuba has legalized same-sex marriage after Cubans voted in favor of a family code that increased protections for minorities on the island, the country’s National Electoral Council announced on Monday. The Electoral Council said 74.1% of those eligible to vote in Sunday’s national referendum had turned out to cast their
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN The cake with figurines of two brides on top melted in the Caribbean heat and the wedding guests fretted aloud that one of Cuba’s frequent blackouts could strike at any moment but for Annery Rivera Velasco and Yennys Hernandez Molina, the day was one of the happiest of their lives. The
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A Detroit radio news anchor is dead following an apparent domestic dispute that left four others injured.
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Sana Noor Haq and Jorge Engels, CNN Buckingham Palace has released a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II’s final resting place within St. George’s Chapel following her interment in Windsor on Monday. An engraved ledger stone featuring the name of the late monarch was installed in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, an
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, CNN Near a dry, red rock peninsula on Australia’s far western coast, a dusty highway separates two communities with contrasting fortunes tied to an ancient land. One is home to the small but booming city of Karratha, a regional hub scattered with four-wheel drives that was purpose-built in the 1960s to accommodate
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN It’s officially autumn, and the US National Park Service has a great way for people to celebrate the equinox this week and a return to cooler weather. September 24 marks another free entry day to all National Park Service sites that usually charge an entrance fee. This free day is in
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee and Jake Tapper, CNN Liz Truss has defended her government’s controversial announcement to cut taxes for citizens and businesses in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. Truss told Tapper that by cutting taxes, her government was “incentivizing businesses to invest and we’re also helping ordinary people with their taxes.” While the
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN The Church of England has banned Archbishop Desmond Tutu‘s daughter from conducting her godfather’s funeral because she is married to a woman. Martin Kenyon, who died earlier this month at age 92, left explicit wishes for his goddaughter, Reverend Mpho Tutu van Furth, who is an Anglican priest, to conduct his
Continue ReadingCNN By Marnie Hunter, CNN A passenger who allegedly took psilocybin — the hallucinogenic chemical found in certain mushrooms — before boarding a United Airlines flight in Miami last week was arrested after allegedly assaulting two members of the flight crew. Cherruy Loghan Sevilla is charged with interfering with a flight crew and assaulting two
Continue ReadingBy Gerardo Lemos and Caitlin Hu, CNN The government of Nicaragua abruptly took CNN en Español off the air this week, shortly after 10 p.m. local time on Wednesday. It has not explained why it removed CNN’s Spanish-language service, and did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. The cable operators carrying CNN en Español
Continue ReadingBy Aliza Kassim Khalidi, CNN Japan, one of the world’s last major holdouts during the pandemic, is dissolving its Covid-19 restrictions and opening the door back up to mass tourism. Beloved for its unique mix of vibrant urban culture and natural beauty, the country is lifting its tight regulations on foreign tourists, according to a
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