LONDON (CNN) – Deep in the forest of China’s Qinling Mountains, two golden snub-nosed monkeys surveyed their surroundings — and Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten was there to capture the moment.
(CNN) – A stark new report from the global scientific authority on climate change calls on individuals, as well as governments, to take action to avoid disastrous levels of global warming.The repo
(CNN) – Governments around the world must take “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” to avoid disastrous levels of global warming, says a stark new report from the
(CNN) – They’re voting on a new president in Brazil. Yet another deadly disaster has struck Haiti. And Bansky, the graffiti artist, just pranked the art world — again.Here’s what else you need
(CNN) – Here is a look at the life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, a professional Brazilian football (soccer) player.During his World Cup appearances, he scored 12 goals in 14 game
(CNN) – Here’s a look at Operation Enduring Freedom, which began on October 7, 2001 with allied air strikes on Taliban and al Qaeda targets. The United States linked the September 11, 2001 terrorist
(CNN) – A year after Cassini ended its 20-year mission to study Saturn, the last data the spacecraft recorded before plunging into the planet’s atmosphere are revealing its long-held secrets. Cass
(CNN) – Here’s a look at earthquakes worldwide. The US Geological Survey describes an earthquake as “the ground shaking caused by a sudden slip on a fault. Stresses in the earth’s outer layer push
(CNN) – Here is some background information about tsunamis.Tsunamis are formed by a displacement of water – a landslide, earthquake, volcanic eruption, or slippage of the boundary between two of t
(CNN) – Typhoon Kong-rey will be the ninth tropical system of the season to impact Japan this year. The typhoon is projected to track near southern Japan on Saturday morning local time with sustai
(CNN) – The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years, and for only the third time in its history.Donna Strickland, a Canadian physicist, was awarded the 20
(CNN) – Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. The next Islamic New Year begins on the evening of August 31, 2019.Exact date varies depending on method used to determine start of new year: usi
(CNN) – Here is a look at the life of Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX.Personal:Birth date: June 28, 1971Birth place: Pretoria, South AfricaBirth name: Elon R
(CNN) – A 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday followed by a massive tsunami, which killed more than 830 people.Hundreds of others have been injured and tens
(CNN) – Here’s what you need to know to Start Your Week Smart.(You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. You give us five minutes, and we give you five
(CNN) – Despite what your social media feeds are telling you, an asteroid shaped like a skull is not going to zip by Earth this Halloween.Asteroid 2015 TB145 looked like a skull when it passed by
(CNN) – An offer of free beer to supporters of President Donald Trump has sparked an international brouhaha.Scottish craft brewery BrewDog canceled a series of planned events with US brewery Scoff
LONDON (CNN) – It was a day in which Brett Kavanaugh did himself few favors. After the US Supreme Court nominee’s hearing on Thursday, even commentators on Fox News portrayed him as an aggressor with,
(CNN) – Here’s a look at the International Criminal Court, a court comprised of 123 states from around the world. Facts:Although created by the Rome Statute, a treaty first brought before the Uni
