Canadians demand action as they mourn discovery of a mass grave for children

Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Canada are calling on officials to do a thorough investigation of every former residential school in the country after the remains of more than 200 children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
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Photos challenge stereotypes by placing Asian models in 'all-American' settings

Andrew Kung was a teenager visiting New York when he was first called a racial slur.
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London launches one of the first major Covid-19 memorials

While the global Coronavirus death toll continues to climb each day, some people are beginning to ask: how can we mark the colossal loss of life that has been experienced around the world?
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1,000-year-old 'stolen' relics returned to Thailand

A pair of 1,000-year-old religious relics, which US investigators say were illegally taken from Thailand, have been returned after more than five decades.
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'This is a rich life': The rise of communal living

Picture a sunlit modern interior built from light wood, where private apartments open up into airy communal spaces. Residents organize their social activities and hobbies in groups, connecting over shared interests. They meet regularly to vote on community rules. If you are elderly or a new parent -- or simply lonely -- there is always someone around for support.
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Israel will remain Netanyahu's even if he is no longer prime minister

On Sunday night, Naftali Bennett, the right-wing politician who may become Israel's new prime minister in a week, finally broke cover and lambasted his old boss and mentor Benjamin Netanyahu for trying to lead the state of Israel to his own "personal Masada" -- a reference to the Jewish zealots who committed mass suicide rather than become Roman slaves in the first century A.D.
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France and Germany 'seeking full clarity' from US and Denmark on spying report

France and Germany are "seeking full clarity" on a report claiming that one of Denmark's intelligence agencies helped the United States spy on several senior European officials, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday.
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Child malnutrition is spiking in Haiti amid pandemic, says UNICEF

Severe acute childhood malnutrition in Haiti is expected to more than double this year as the country deals with rising violence, the coronavirus pandemic, and a lack of access to essential services, UNICEF, the United Nations' children's agency, said in a statement Monday.
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Anonymous donor is paying the college tuition of Black athletes who get straight As at this high school

Black athletes at a high school in Georgia received the gift of a lifetime when an anonymous donor offered to pay their college tuition if they made straight As.
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He opened his door to protesters in need of shelter. They changed his life forever

In the days following George Floyd's murder, millions of people around the world took to the streets protesting police violence and racial inequality. Rahul Dubey, a health care consultant in Washington, DC, wasn't one of them.
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Is it finally the end for Netanyahu, the great survivor of Israeli politics?

A quarter of a century ago, Israelis were stunned when Benjamin Netanyahu narrowly beat Shimon Peres to become Israel's youngest-ever Prime Minister.
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India's economy was starting to recover. Then a second Covid wave hit

India's economy was turning a corner earlier this year as the country started to accelerate out of the recession it suffered in 2020. But a disastrous surge in Covid-19 cases threatens that progress.
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These double-decker airplane cabin concepts could be the future of flying

Airplane seat designers have long been dreaming up innovative economy cabin concepts, looking for the ideal balance between squeezing in as many passengers in as possible, and keeping the experience relatively enjoyable for fliers.
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The rapid rise of 'Red tourism' in China

For a decidedly atheist political organization, China's ruling Communist Party is fond of talking about its origins in religious terms.
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Gunmen abduct schoolchildren in Nigeria

Students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger were indiscriminately shot at and abducted Sunday by a group of "armed bandits," state police said in a statement.
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Rolls-Royce will now build you any car you want, but it will cost millions

If you have the money -- and if Rolls-Royce executives like your idea -- the British ultra-luxury carmaker will build you the car of your dreams.
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AP explains why it fired Emily Wilder for pro-Palestinian tweets

The Associated Press' managing editor is speaking out after a firestorm that followed the ousting of former AP journalist Emily Wilder.
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Jamie Dimon: Some Americans 'don't feel like going back to work'

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon suggested Thursday that companies are having trouble hiring in part because some Americans don't feel like working right now.
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7 signs that summer is about to be lit

This weekend kicks off "Hot Vax Summer," an unofficial term meaning that vaccinated Americans are ready to go wild and make up for lost time.
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Facebook will no longer remove claims that Covid-19 was man-made

Facebook said it's no longer removing from its platforms claims that coronavirus was man-made.
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China to allow couples to have up to three children in attempt to reverse falling birth rates

The Chinese government will allow couples to have three children, according to state-run news agency Xinhua, the latest easing of strict family planning policies as the country tries to avert a demographic crisis.
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Vietnam detects a suspected new coronavirus variant that's a hybrid of the UK and India strains

Vietnam's health ministry has detected a suspected new coronavirus variant which it said appears to be a hybrid of two highly transmissible strains.
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Remains of 215 children found buried near school in Canada

Flags on all federal buildings are being lowered to half-staff following the horrific discovery of the remains of 215 children found buried near a residential school in Canada. CNN's Paula Newton reports.
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The Suez Canal is being widened. Will it be enough to stop another ship getting stuck?

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At least 88 politicians have been killed in Mexico since September

Some parts of the campaign trail in Mexico look like anywhere else -- rallies, bumper stickers, candidates making lofty promises. Other parts -- the threats, the assaults, the murders -- are more unique.
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Parents of detained journalist in Myanmar: It's a total nightmare

The parents of an American journalist detained in Myanmar have a message for local authorities: Release him now.
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Biden says he will bring up human rights abuses with Putin during meeting

President Joe Biden said Sunday that he will discuss human rights abuses with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Switzerland next month.
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London police seize $7M after spotting man struggling to carry bags stuffed with cash

London's Metropolitan Police seized £5 million ($7 million) in cash -- the largest amount ever taken by the capital's police force -- after police noticed a man struggling to carry bags stashed full of money.
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92 earthquakes and tremors recorded in 24 hours around Mount Nyiragongo volcano

A further 92 earthquakes and tremors have been recorded in the past 24 hours around the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a local government official told CNN on Sunday.
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A Caribbean island bet its future on petrochemicals. Then oil rained down

The stench permeated Dyline Thomas' St. Croix home for weeks, she said, upsetting her stomach, making her nose run and her throat sore.
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How Belarus 'hijacking' has redrawn Europe's air map

In the week since Ryanair flight FR4978 from Athens to Vilnius was forcibly diverted to Minsk, travel in Europe already looks very different.
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Naomi Osaka starts French Open campaign with a straight sets victory

Naomi Osaka enjoyed the perfect start to her French Open campaign, beating Romania's Patricia Maria Tig in straight sets -- 6-4 7-6 (7-4) -- on Sunday.
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Manchester City duo Raheem Sterling and Kyle Walker racially abused online after Champions League defeat

Manchester City stars Raheem Sterling and Kyle Walker both received racist messages on Instagram after losing 1-0 to Chelsea in the Champions League final on Saturday.
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Boris Johnson marries Carrie Symonds in secret wedding

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds in what PA Media described as a "secret wedding" at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday.
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A brief history of French Open champ Rafael Nadal, in 5 statues

It's hard enough to beat defending French Open champion Rafael Nadal on the red clay courts of Roland Garros, where he has won a record 13 singles titles.
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Samoa's formidable female leader fights the man standing in her way

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China's cargo spacecraft docks with space station module

China's cargo spacecraft, carrying supplies, equipment and propellant, docked with the space station's key module Tianhe on Sunday, the official news agency Xinhua reported.
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Democratic Republic of Congo hit with 61 earthquakes in a day following volcano eruption

Seismologists in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported 61 earthquakes in a 24-hour period on Saturday around the Mount Nyiragongo volcano, which erupted a week ago, warning residents to keep well away from lava flows.
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172 runners started an ultra-marathon in China. 21 never came back

When Zhang Xiaotao set off last weekend on a 100-kilometer (62-mile) ultra-marathon through the jagged mountains of northwestern China, he didn't know he was embarking on one of the deadliest journeys in the country's sporting history.
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All the progress this US aid group has done in Gaza was nearly lost in an Israeli airstrike this month

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Mali's top court declares coup leader Goita as interim president

Mali's constitutional court on Friday declared Assimi Goita, the colonel who led a military coup this week while serving as vice president, to be the new interim president.
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State Department calls for release of US journalist detained in Myanmar

The State Department on Friday called on Myanmar's military regime to release Danny Fenster, an American journalist based in Myanmar who was detained earlier this week as he tried to board a flight out of the country.
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China counters Biden's Covid origins lab probe ... by calling for a US lab probe

US President Joe Biden's call for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus feels like déjà vu in Beijing.
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Lukashenko says documents about Ryanair flight will reveal 'what's going on' as Putin underlines his support for Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin cemented his support of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko in a meeting on Friday, saying that the West's reaction to the interception and forced landing of a passenger jet "was an outburst of emotion."
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New Zealand fugitive charters helicopter to turn himself in

A fugitive in New Zealand chartered a helicopter to surrender himself to police officers on Thursday.
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400,000 people flee Goma after warnings of second volcanic eruption

Around 400,000 people have fled the city of Goma and its surroundings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the threat of another volcanic eruption at Mount Nyiragongo looms, a provincial government spokesperson said Friday.
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Spain's postal service ends its skin color-inspired stamp campaign that made the lightest stamps the most expensive

Correos, Spain's postal service, ended a widely derided stamp campaign inspired by different skin tones, just three days after its launch, following criticism that it perpetuated racism.
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Architects plan world's second-tallest tower in Russia

A Scottish architecture firm has released plans for the second-tallest skyscraper in the world to be built in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Hundreds of detained Tigrayans released following CNN report

Hundreds of men in Ethiopia's restive region of Tigray were released on Thursday evening, eyewitnesses and aid workers said, following a CNN report into their detention that prompted international outcry.
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Afghan government warns al Qaeda is still thriving

Al Qaeda's presence in Afghanistan is very much alive and thriving as the US withdraws funding and troops. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports that the reason the US came to Afghanistan may one day be the reason they have to come back. Watch more: Ex-US general says the US may regret pulling troops from Afghanistan.
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