"Chances to find somebody alive are close to zero," rescue unit official says
www.cnn.com "Chances to find somebody alive are close to zero," rescue unit official says… Read More
CNN traces Taiwan's military past as Beijing warns island to 'prepare for war'
www.cnn.com As Beijing steps up its military propaganda and warns Taiwan to “prepare for war,” experts say the bigger threat to the island and western democracies is the large-scale cyberattacks that could potentially paralyze physical infrastructure and business simultaneously. CNN’s Will Ripley visits old military installations in Kinmen, Taiwan, and speaks with people in Taipei…
Former South African President Jacob Zuma likens his treatment by courts to apartheid-era South Africa
www.cnn.com After succeeding in a last-ditch legal effort to delay his arrest for contempt of court, former South African President Jacob Zuma likened his treatment to Apartheid-era detention without trial.… Read More
More than 100 people feared missing in deadly ‘tsunami’ mudslide in central japan
www.cnn.com Japanese rescue workers continued to search for survivors Monday, two days after a devastating “tsunami” of mud swept through a coastal city, killing at least three and leaving more than 100 feared missing.… Read More
Bidens host first big White House event of their tenure for July 4th
www.cnn.com President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Sunday are hosting their biggest party yet at the White House as the administration looks to use July Fourth to celebrate the progress the nation has made in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic.… Read More
Officials pause operations at Surfside collapse site to focus on demolition ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa
www.cnn.com As search and rescue operations at the site of a partial building collapse in Surfside, Florida, stretched into a tenth day Saturday, authorities announced they would pause operations to prepare for the likely demolition of what remains of the Champlain Towers South condo building.… Read More
Pope Francis has surgery for ‘colon diverticulitis’
www.cnn.com Pope Francis is undergoing surgery for “colon diverticulitis,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told CNN on Sunday.… Read More
Here’s how to design drug trials to defeat the next pandemic
www.cnn.com Dr. Myron Cohen began his career fighting HIV in the early 1980s, and he’s been battling the epidemic around the world ever since. But he has never worked as hard to generate new therapies and save lives as he has during the Covid-19 crisis.… Read More
Tropical Storm Elsa weakens and slows, but a tropical storm watch is in effect for South Florida
www.cnn.com Tropical Storm Elsa is a little weaker and slower Sunday as it swirls away from Haiti toward Jamaica and Cuba, according to the National Hurricane Center, but a tropical storm watch is in effect for the Florida Keys.… Read More
Unprecedented heat, hundreds dead and a town destroyed. Climate change is frying the Northern Hemisphere
www.cnn.com The tiny town of Lytton has come to hold a grim record. On Tuesday, it experienced Canada’s highest-ever temperature, in an unprecedented heatwave that has over a week killed hundreds of people and triggered more than 150 wildfires across British Columbia, most of which are still burning.… Read More