US cities are losing 36 million trees a year. Here’s why it matters and how you can stop it
But tree cover in US cities is shrinking. A study published last year by the…
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Rising seas are turning Miami’s high ground into hot property
In Miami these days, it’s all about elevation, elevation, elevation.And long before melted ice caps…
Could rich people be the answer to the climate crisis?
The more stuff you own, and the more you travel, the more fossils fuels are…
Vintage photos capture the passion and restlessness of East Germany’s youth
Photography from the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, has received limited exposure in the…
A ‘fake’ Rembrandt painting that was stored in a basement for decades might be real
Written by Rob Picheta, CNNLondonA Rembrandt painting that was thought to be fake and was…
China’s Three Gorges Dam is one of the largest ever created. Was it worth it?
Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydropower project ever built. When construction began in 1994,…
Pakistan blocks Tinder, Grindr and other dating apps
The country’s telecom watchdog said Tuesday that it blocked access to Tinder, Tagged, Skout, Grindr…
Novichok nerve agent used in Alexey Navalny poisoning, says German government
Navalny, who fell ill on a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow…
Prominent journalist Hopewell Chin’ono granted bail in Zimbabwe — with strict conditions
Chin’ono is charged with inciting violence ahead of a planned anti-government protest — a charge…
UAE denies knowledge of Hotel Rwanda film hero’s arrest as family raise ‘kidnap’ fears
After landing in Dubai on Thursday, Rusesabagina went to a hotel, said the official, before…
How a child with a fractured skull grew up to become the ‘world’s fastest human calculator’
While the average person would still be reaching for their calculator, 20-year-old Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash…
China accuses India of conducting ‘flagrant provocations’ as simmering border standoff heats up
In a statement Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in India said that Indian…
Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee indicted over controversial merger in South Korea
Lee, the billionaire Samsung vice chairman and son of ailing chairman Lee Kun-hee, was indicted…
With Macron’s visit to Beirut, Lebanon’s future is looking a lot like the past
President Emmanuel Macron toured neighborhoods where Lebanese officials have been personae non gratae, embraced activists…
French students are heading back to school. Here’s how – CNN Video
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The hospitals where Covid-19 sufferers wait for others to die before they can be put on a respirator
This is the situation in government-controlled parts of Syria, where medics say the coronavirus pandemic…
Russian jet violated NATO airspace while attempting to intercept US B-52 bomber
“The Russian Su-27, flying from Kaliningrad, followed the B-52 well into Danish airspace over the…
India presses ahead with reopening, despite skyrocketing Covid-19 cases
The country of 1.3 billion people has reported more than 75,000 infections for five consecutive…
‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero Paul Rusesabagina arrested
The country’s bureau of Investigation said in a Twitter statement that Rusesabagina was now in…
Lebanese diplomat Mustapha Adib named Prime Minister-designate ahead of Macron visit
Adib, who has been Beirut’s Berlin envoy since 2013, is affiliated with a small Sunni…
