By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Formula One is to return to Africa for the first time in more than three decades, with Rwanda granted a 10-year contract to host a Grand Prix from the early 2030s – a deal described by F1 chief Stefano Domenicali as a “landmark” moment. For Rwandan President Paul Kagame,
Continue Reading By Max Saltman, Barbie Nadeau, Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer surgery last week was a success, and no further treatment is required, the Vatican press office said in a bulletin Wednesday. “The final histological reports and molecular biology analyses of the tissue removed during the Holy Father’s surgery have been
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CNN By Rebekah Riess, Aidan Johnstone, Lauren Mascarenhas, Aidan Johnstone (CNN) – The chemical release in Toledo was due to an “error that occurred when the material was being transferred,” according to Bryant Somerville, a spokesperson for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA confirmed the released chemical, which came from a 5,500-gallon tank, is
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Aidan Johnstone, Lauren Mascarenhas, Aidan Johnstone (CNN) – The chemical release in Toledo was due to an “error that occurred when the material was being transferred,” according to Bryant Somerville, a spokesperson for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA confirmed the released chemical, which came from a 5,500-gallon tank, is glycidyl
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look back at the events of 2026. Notable US Events January 3 – President Donald Trump announces that the US carried out a “large scale strike against Venezuela” and that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, have been captured and removed from the
Continue Reading By Jack Guy (CNN) — An image of ink droplets inside a printer has won first prize at the Nikon Small World photomicrography competition, which focuses on images taken through a microscope. Ole Bielfeldt, a student and experimental photographer from Germany, took the photo using an imaging rig he built himself, according to a statement
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Two women have alleged this month they were sexually assaulted at different fraternity homes near the University of Chicago campus, adding to a string of allegations roiling the nation’s universities as they face a reckoning over sexual assault in their communities. A woman recently reported she was
Continue Reading By Lucie Lepellec and Billy Stockwell, CNN Paris (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron has slammed what he called “stupid comments” from some foreign leaders over protests sweeping the country, after his US counterpart Donald Trump claimed migrants were fueling the unrest. “We’ve had people claiming that we were invaded by hordes of migrants and
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The Stanford Prison Experiment lasted less than a week in 1971, but its claims about human nature endured for decades. Now, a new Netflix series is bringing one of psychology’s most controversial studies, and some of the biggest concerns surrounding it, back into the spotlight. Organized by American psychologist
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Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Orionid meteor shower creates one of the most brilliant displays in the night sky each fall — but this year’s celestial event may have a dimmer showing due to a bright moon. Unlike the recent Draconid meteor shower, a treat for early sleepers, the Orionids will reward those
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Hubbard, an American who had been imprisoned in Russia for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, was heading to the US late Wednesday after he was freed by Moscow following a direct plea from President Donald Trump. Hubbard, a
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rhoam Summer, the 5-year-old who was among the four victims fatally shot at an Oregon elementary school, is the youngest person ever killed in a deliberate mass attack at a US school, according to his family’s attorney and experts who track school shootings. The littlest victim, his two classmates
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent, Arina Porkhovnik, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin would be ready to resume trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine peace talks after mid-November, at the request of US special envoy Steve Witkoff who met with Putin for around three hours Wednesday. The meeting in St. Petersburg came off the back
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The Australian lawmaker hit by a car in an allegedly deliberate attack has now had both legs amputated, her husband announced Wednesday. Helen Haines, an independent federal MP, remains in a critical condition in hospital after being hit on a main road outside her electorate office in
Continue Reading By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A UN climate report released Wednesday finds the globe will unavoidably slip past the Paris Climate Agreement’s 1.5-degree Celsius warming target in the next few years. The task now, the report states, is to make the period of warming “overshoot” as limited as possible, eventually bringing global average temperatures
Continue Reading By Jeff Winter, Kara Scannell, Jason Carroll, CNN (CNN) — A woman who sued Cornell University last month over an alleged gang rape at a fraternity house in 2024 said she felt “unsupported and disbelieved” by Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff shortly after she reported her alleged sexual assault, according to a letter she wrote to
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By Nic Robertson, Billy Stockwell, Max Saltman, CNN London (CNN) — British counterterrorism police said Tuesday they have rearrested two men in their investigation into last month’s incident at RAF Fairford in England, where US B-1 bombers were based. A 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual British-Iranian national were rearrested on suspicion of assisting
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — It’s illegal in Oregon for anyone under 18 to possess a firearm, with a few exceptions. So how exactly did the 16-year-old who carried out a school shooting in Bend, Oregon, last week get access to a gun and ammunition? That question has yet to be answered and is
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The United States’ two largest reservoirs have dropped to unprecedented lows this year as drought grips the Southwest, but below the ground there’s another water crisis playing out — one that’s much less visible, but no less alarming. The amount of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin is declining
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