[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — The pandemic dislodged the global supply chain, hurling once smoothly running businesses, industries and economies into a state of disarray. After almost three years of enduring wild swings and extremes, the system is slowly getting up to speed and into better sync: Ocean freight timelines are …
Read More »Prosecutors drop charges against NYPD officer accused of acting as foreign agent for China
[ad_1] New York CNN — Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn moved to dismiss charges against a New York Police Department officer who had been accused of acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the Chinese government. Baimadajie Angwang, 33, was charged in September 2020 with acting as a foreign agent …
Read More »Opinion: Why Lisa Marie Presley’s untimely death was so jarring
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Michael T. Bertrand is a professor of history at Tennessee State University. He is the author of “Race, Rock and Elvis.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. CNN — Lisa Marie Presley died unexpectedly last week at 54. Occurring …
Read More »Search resumes for missing people as Yeti Airlines disaster highlights dangers of flying in Nepal
[ad_1] CNN — Hundreds of emergency personnel on Monday resumed a search and recovery mission in Nepal following a deadly plane crash that has once again highlighted the dangers of air travel in a country often referred to as one of the riskiest places to fly. Of the 72 people …
Read More »‘Russia’s Rambo,’ once a Putin favorite, says he’d now fight for Ukraine
[ad_1] CNN — Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov was the star of one of President Vladimir Putin’s favorite films – about a Soviet unit making a last-ditch stand against Afghan insurgents. Now he is classified as a “foreign agent” and faces criminal investigation. Smolyaninov was the hero of “Devyataya Rota” (The …
Read More »Davos draws record crowds, but its relevance is fading
[ad_1] London CNN — Every year, business leaders, billionaires and politicians gather in Davos, Switzerland under the banner of forging ties that can help solve global problems. It’s a glitzy exercise often criticized as out of touch. It also looks increasingly out of date as the biggest war in Europe …
Read More »Five locations throughout the US have been renamed to remove a derogatory term for Indigenous women
[ad_1] CNN — The United States Department of the Interior has replaced a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for centuries in five areas across the country. The Board on Geographic Names (BGN) voted on replacement names to remove the word sq—, an “offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly …
Read More »How Ukraine became a testbed for Western weapons and battlefield innovation
[ad_1] CNN — Last fall, as Ukraine won back large swaths of territory in a series of counterattacks, it pounded Russian forces with American-made artillery and rockets. Guiding some of that artillery was a homemade targeting system that Ukraine developed on the battlefield. A piece of Ukrainian-made software has turned …
Read More »9-year-old Maryland girl discovers ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ megalodon tooth
[ad_1] CNN — A 9-year-old aspiring paleontologist found the find of a lifetime on Christmas morning: a massive 5-inch tooth from a prehistoric megalodon. Molly Sampson, a fourth grader from Prince Frederick, Maryland, made the astonishing find on Calvert Beach. Molly told CNN that she has spent years combing Maryland’s …
Read More »SpaceX’s most powerful rocket returns to flight
[ad_1] Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, the towering launch vehicle known for its boosters’ aerial acrobatics and synchronized landings when returning to Earth, took to the skies Sunday, delivering …
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