Olympic swimmer saves drowning man in Sardinia
The bather got into trouble while attempting to chase a swan float that had been…
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UK’s ‘biggest modern slavery network had 400 victims’
The gang is thought to have made more than £2 million ($2.5 million) from trafficking…
Amal Clooney will represent Philippines journalist Maria Ressa
“It is clear that the government is manipulating the law to muzzle and intimidate one…
‘Americanized’ anti-abortion protests are on the rise in the UK. But a fight back has begun
On the ground nearby lay plastic fetus models, candles and images of mothers gazing adoringly…
Dutch company develops partly solar powered car
The car, created by Dutch startup Lightyear, has a charging port to plug into a…
Electric planes herald new era for aviation at the Paris Air Show
The rise of hybrid and electric aircraft was on full display at the biannual aviation…
More bad news for coal: Wind and solar are getting cheaper
Wind and solar costs have plunged so rapidly that 74% of the US coal fleet…
Indian farmers are using the sun to help water their crops
Rain evaporates fast in the country’s punishing summer heat, forcing farmers to rely on expensive…
Are small cities the smartest?
But, the cities at the forefront of this growing urban revolution are often the unexpected….
Amazon destruction accelerates 60% to one and a half soccer fields every minute
The rate of rainforest destruction had been stable during the first few months of Bolsonaro’s…
Climate crisis made Europe heat wave 5x more likely
The analysis was published by World Weather Attribution, a partnership made up of several university…
Sea ice in Antarctica is now shrinking
After decades of gradual increases, Antarctic sea ice is now decreasing faster than that in…
The artificial glacier growing in the desert
In the far north of India, a cold mountain desert is the stunning backdrop to…
How the Soviet Concorde crashed and burned
Read more unknown and curious design origin stories here. When the Soviet rival to the…
A Melania Trump tree statue gets mixed reviews in her Slovenian hometown
Written by Matthew Robinson, CNNMelania Trump has made a surprise reappearance near her Slovenian hometown…
Vintage photos of British elites gone wild
Written by Tom Seymour, CNNIn the early 1980s, at secretive night-time events around Oxford University…
Rise of Japan’s mixed-race models
Written by Stephy Chung, CNNJunko Ogura, CNNContributors Momo Moussa, CNNNaotomo Umewaka, CNNThis article was originally…
Simon Stålenhag’s hauntingly beautiful retro sci-fi art
Simon Stålenhag’s paintings are a strange, irresistible mix of mundane scenes from the Swedish countryside…
10 things that happen before a plane takes off
(CNN) — Sitting in the terminal building waiting to be called for our flight is…
Dare to bare: 15 of the world’s best nude beaches
(CNN) — Although still taboo in many places, casting aside your clothes at the shore…
