Revisiting my Soviet childhood in Moldova, 30 years on
(CNN) — For as long as I can remember, I have struggled to explain to…
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Airbus Beluga XL enters service at long last
(CNN) — It’s finally here. One of the aviation world’s most hotly anticipated planes, the…
Henley Index: Japan tops 2020 list of world’s most powerful passports
(CNN) — What’s the travel document that opens more doors around the world than any…
How the village that inspired ‘Frozen’ is dealing with overtourism
(CNN) — When a restaurant, hotel, street, town or city becomes “Insta-famous,” it seems it’s…
This 5-year-old paid off the lunch balances for 123 students by selling cocoa and cookies
Katelynn Hardee, a kindergartner at Breeze Hill Elementary School, overheard a parent say she was…
Video shows a man rescuing neighbor’s dog after its leash got stuck in elevator doors
Johnny Mathis, 27, was coming home from work in Houston, Texas and had just parked…
Meet the 2019 CNN Hero of the Year
Freweini Mebrahtu has dedicated her life to keeping girls in school by designing a reusable…
Two actors die in rehearsal for Mexican TV series ‘Sin Miedo a la Verdad’
Jorge Navarro Sánchez and Luis Gerardo Rivera were rehearsing a scene Thursday when the incident…
State media hailed Putin’s power shake-up. Moscow residents seem less enthused
But when Russia’s government announced it was resigning on Wednesday, it took a good 20…
Libya’s renegade general ‘agreed to comply’ with ceasefire, says Germany
The agreement would consolidate a current truce between Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) and…
Earthquake-damaged buildings cripple Puerto Rico
But after a series of tremors and aftershocks that have rattled Puerto Rico’s southern coast…
Christopher Tolkien, the son of ‘Lord of the Rings’ author, has died at 95
Tolkien was his father’s literary executor, editing much of the author’s work published posthumously after…
Thunderstorms bring temporary relief to Australia – CNN Video
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Nestlé is spending billions to create a market for recycled plastics
The world’s biggest food company said in a statement Thursday that it would cut costs…
Google wants to change the way cookies work
In a blog post Tuesday, Chrome’s director of engineering, Justin Schuh, said the company intends…
Davos VIPs are worried about the climate crisis. They’re still using private jets
In an era of “flight shaming” and increased public awareness over climate change, the organizers…
New lithium-sulfur battery could charge your phone for five days, researchers say
If the technology comes to be used widely, it would represent a significant breakthrough in…
