Video shows home explode after hurricane evacuation
A New Jersey home exploded hours after its residents evacuated due to rising floodwaters from Hurricane Ida. CNN affiliate WABC has the details.
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'Almost intentional sabotage': Doctor reacts to Trump vaccine comments
Dr. Jonathan Reiner reacts to President Donald Trump telling the Wall Street Journal that he "probably won't" get a Covid-19 vaccine booster.
Game On: 'Pokémon GO' dev listens to fans
The popular mobile game's developer listens to its fan base and addressed issues after recent changes weren't received well. Rick Damigella reports.
Congresswoman against Texas abortion ban makes personal revelation
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) talks with CNN about her opposition to Texas' restrictive abortion ban.
Putin hopes Taliban will be 'civilised'
Vladivostok (Russia) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Taliban will behave in a "civilised" manner in Afghanistan so the global community can maintain diplomatic ties with Kabul. "Russia is not interested in the disintegration of Afghanistan.
Back to school: classes in the midst of crisis in Yemen
Taez (Yemen) (AFP) – Many Yemini school children have only ever known makeshift schooling. Classes take place wherever they can, on roofs, in bombed out buildings and on the streets. As a new school year rolls around, the students' simple hope of a 'real school' remains a distant reality in the war-torn city of Taez.
Colombia: Home to the world's largest variety of butterflies
Jardin (Colombia) (AFP) – Juan Guillermo Jaramillo, agronomist and Colombian nature photographer, is the co-author of an inventory that led to Colombia being recognized as having the widest variety of butterfly species in the world. The Checklist of Colombian Butterflies identifies 3,642 different species, which makes up 19.
Colombia: Home to the world’s largest variety of butterflies
Jardin (Colombia) (AFP) – Juan Guillermo Jaramillo, agronomist and Colombian nature photographer, is the co-author of an inventory that led to Colombia being recognized as having the widest variety of butterfly species in the world. The Checklist of Colombian Butterflies identifies 3,642 different species, which makes up 19.4 percent of the known global varieties.
Putin hopes Taliban will be ‘civilised’
Vladivostok (Russia) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Taliban will behave in a “civilised” manner in Afghanistan so the global community can maintain diplomatic ties with Kabul. “Russia is not interested in the disintegration of Afghanistan. If this happens, then there will be no one to talk to,” Putin says.
Back to school: classes in the midst of crisis in Yemen
Taez (Yemen) (AFP) – Many Yemini school children have only ever known makeshift schooling. Classes take place wherever they can, on roofs, in bombed out buildings and on the streets. As a new school year rolls around, the students’ simple hope of a ‘real school’ remains a distant reality in the war-torn city of Taez. With 600,000 people under government control but besieged by the Huthi rebels since 2015, Taez is one of Yemen’s most troubled cities, and has been repeatedly bombed by insurgents.
Swiss glaciologist documents ‘depressing’ impacts of climate change
Glacier d’Aletsch (Switzerland) (AFP) – As head of Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (Glamos), Matthias Huss is at the forefront of observing the impact of climate change because glaciers are like a “giant thermometer” that indicates that upheavals are “very, very fast”.
Bus driver caught in flood waters: I didn't know what was going to happen
CNN's Kate Bolduan speaks with New York City bus driver Rosa Almonte about getting her passengers away from harm during catastrophic flooding from Ida.
