Eight children and a teacher were killed in Russia on Tuesday as two gunmen opened fire at a school in the western city of Kazan, according to state media reports. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports from Moscow.
In recent weeks, tourism indicators for New York City like hotel occupancy and museum attendance that had fallen off a pandemic cliff have ticked up slightly. It's a welcome sight for the city's tourism industry that was decimated by COVID-19.
Lafayette Square, the park across from the White House, reopened on Monday to the public nearly a year after federal authorities fenced off the area at the height of nationwide protests over policing following the killing of George Floyd. (May 11)
Mexico City (AFP) – Hundreds of mothers and relatives of missing people and victims of violence march in Mexico City to demand justice on Mother's Day. "Today I am protesting and the struggle continues, with my heart broken in two, because the day they took my son, they also took my life," says one demonstrator.
Cali (Colombia) (AFP) – Cali residents form long queues at petrol stations while supermarket shelves are near-empty as the southwestern Colombian city feels the effect of continuing unrest. Many roads leading to the city are blocked as part of ongoing protests against the government of President Ivan Duque that began on April 28.
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
India's devastating second wave of Covid-19 shows no sign of abating and there are signs the virus is spreading fast into rural areas. CNN's Sam Kiley reports from a remote village in the state of Gujarat where 90 people have died in the last month.
Tensions have hardly dissipated in Colombia after weeks of protests as people hope the government will answer their pleas to address police violence and an economy crisis that's dragging millions into poverty. CNN's Polo Sandoval reports.
Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges both Israel and the Palestinians to lower tensions as violence flares in the Middle East. More than 300 people were injured Monday as clashes erupted between Israeli police and Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which is sacred both in Islam and Judaism.
Follow the peeping. Police used ducklings to lure a mother duck to a Central Park reunion. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on a "bird emergency."
From toxic embalming fluid to air pollution from cremation, there are many funeral practices that are bad for the environment. Now there's a growing movement to think more sustainably about dying.
The Covid-19 crisis in India has affected the country's ability to distribute vaccines to other places in need, like Syria. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.
