Thousands gather for Japan’s annual ‘Naked Festival’

By CNN,

Thousands braved chilly weather on Saturday to gather at the annual "Naked Festival" in Okayama prefecture in the southern part of Japan's Honshu isla...

Hadaka Matsuri , JAPAN , Naked Festival

Victims thought they were paying millions to free hostages. But the ‘minister’ who asked them was a fraudster in a mask

By CNN,

There was a sense of urgency in the voice of the man claiming to be France's defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian. "We're talking about the lives...

France , Gilbert Chikli , hostages , Jean-Yves Le Drian

Five-year-old pulls sister and dog out of house fire

By CNN,

A five-year-old Georgia boy awoke to flames in the bedroom. But he didn't panic, and his actions helped save his entire family. Noah Woods is being...

Ukrainian president: ‘Now I am very popular in the USA’

By CNN,

In a CNN interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday strongly rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that Ukraine is corrupt. He...

Ukrainian president

Over 1,700 medics infected by Coronavirus

By CNN,

Ning Zhu, a nurse in Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the heart of a deadly coronavirus outbreak, is restless. Instead of helping on the frontlin...

Corona Virus

Uproar as newspapers run photos of woman who was brutally murdered and skinned

By CNN,

The brutal killing and mutilation of a 25-year-old woman in Mexico has sparked outrage and prompted calls for a change in the country's law, after sev...

newspaper publishes photos of woman brutally murdered

Photo of mice fighting wins wildlife photography award

By CNN,

The sight of two mice scurrying across a London Underground platform in the evening is, to many, an unwelcome feature of life in the city. But a yo...

mice , wildlife photography award

Coronavirus deaths in China top 1,300 with big jump in cases

By CNN,

The Chinese province at the center of the novel coronavirus outbreak reported a record spike in deaths Thursday, bringing the total number to more tha...

coronavirus

30 killed in Nigerian millitant attack

By CNN,

At least 30 people, including a pregnant woman and a baby, are dead after suspected Boko Haram militants set fire on sleeping travelers in Borno state...

Boko Haram

Coronavirus kills doctor who warned of outbreak

By Tonny Ndungu,

A Wuhan doctor who attempted to warn authorities about a potential new coronavirus outbreak died on Friday from the infection, as the number of virus-...

coronavirus

Plane breaks apart after skidding off runway, kills three

By CNN,

Three people have died after a passenger plane skidded off the runway and broke apart while landing at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport, Turkey's Heal...

Plane breaks apart after skidding on the runway

A man suffered splitting headaches for years. Turns out, tapeworms were living in his brain

By CNN,

After years of splitting headaches, a Texas man's long-awaited diagnosis was something out of a Google symptoms search nightmare: The aches were ca...

Headache , tapeworms

Kobe Bryant helicopter crash: Company suspends operations

By CNN,

Island Express Helicopters, the company that owns the helicopter that crashed Sunday, is "suspending all flight service for operational reasons," two ...

Kobe Bryant

Coronavirus cases top 7,000 as countries evacuate citizens from Wuhan

By CNN,

At least 170 people are dead and more than 7,700 cases have been confirmed in mainland China, as the Wuhan coronavirus spreads across Asia and the res...

coronavirus

United Airlines suspends some flights to China as coronavirus spreads

By CNN,

United Airlines is temporarily reducing its schedule between the United States and three cities in China in light of the Wuhan virus. The airline s...

coronavirus

‘Kenyans in China are safe from coronavirus, no need for evacuation,’ Envoy Serem says

By Tonny Ndungu,

Ambassador Sarah Serem has said there is no need to evacuate Kenyans in China as they are safe from the coronavirus. Speaking to Citizen TV on Wedn...

coronavirus

Cases of coronavirus in China jump by 30% overnight

By CNN,

As of Wednesday, there were 5,974 confirmed cases of the virus in China, including 132 deaths, according to the National Health Commission (NHC). T...

coronavirus

Kenya’s basketball family mourn legend Kobe

By Dennis Kamariki,

Following the untimely demise of former Los Angeles Lakers player Kobe Bryant on Sunday, Kenyan social media was packed with posts of shock and grief ...

basketball , Kenya's , Kobe Bryant , NBA

KQ passenger from Guangzhou quarantined over fears of coronavirus

By Citizen Reporter,

A Kenya Airways passenger who arrived from Guangzhou with flu-like symptoms has been quarantined at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) over fears of...

coronavirus , KNH , kq

This year’s Samsung Galaxy phones may be called the S20 and S20+

By CNN,

Telecom giant Samsung is set to launch a new set of flagship Galaxy phones according to a listing on a Thai Government website. The new flagships S...

Samsung