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Daniel Dae Kim explores booming South Korean pop, film, cosmetics and food influences for CNN series
NEW YORK | Not too long ago, Daniel Dae Kim had an unusual encounter with a salmon. It had nothing to do with dinner. The actor, director and producer lay down in a doctor’s office in Seoul and underwent microinjections into his face of DNA from salmon sperm. The hope was to reduce inflammation and […]
Starmer says he won’t quit after local elections deliver losses for Labour and wins for Reform UK
LONDON | Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted Friday that he will not resign after bruising elections that saw his governing Labour Party suffer big losses and the hard-right party Reform UK make major gains. The local and regional elections are widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, whose popularity has plummeted since he led […]
Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
NEW YORK | No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U.S. government’s top public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has […]
US employers defy economic shock from Iran war and add a surprisingly strong 115,000 jobs in April
WASHINGTON | America’s employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war. Hiring beat the 65,000 jobs forecasters had expected, though it decelerated from the 185,000 jobs created in March. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%, the Labor Department reported Friday. The Iran war has […]
Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs and says the public can draw its own conclusions
WASHINGTON | The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on “unidentified anomalous phenomena” like an object that a drone pilot says shone a bright light in the sky and then vanished. It said in a post on X on Friday that while past […]
Pope Leo XIV sought a pastoral role in his first year, but verbal sparring with Trump intervened
VATICAN CITY | Pope Leo XIV had tried during his first year as pontiff to insist that his essential role was that of a pastor accompanying his flock. President Donald Trump’s continuing criticisms – and Leo’s increasingly bold retorts – complicated the effort and overshadowed Friday’s anniversary of Leo’s election. Leo spent the eve of […]
Hungary’s incoming prime minister plans a ‘regime-change celebration’ to mark Orbán’s departure
BUDAPEST, Hungary | As incoming prime minister Péter Magyar takes his oath of office within the halls of Hungary’s sprawling neo-Gothic parliament on Saturday, thousands are expected to gather on a square just outside to celebrate the final moments of Viktor Orbán ‘s 16-year rule. Magyar’s center-right Tisza party defeated Orbán’s nationalist-populist Fidesz in a […]
Person dies after being hit on runway by Frontier plane taking off at DIA — VIDEO
DENVER | A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, airport authorities said. The collision sparked an engine fire and forced passengers to evacuate. The plane, on route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport, “reported striking […]
Person dies after being hit on runway by Frontier plane taking off at DIA — VIDEO
DENVER | A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, airport authorities said. The collision sparked an engine fire and forced passengers to evacuate. The plane, on route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport, “reported striking […]
Disappearing before our eyes: One photographer’s passion project of capturing local newsrooms
NEW YORK | If you think the life of a journalist is glamorous, take a look at Ann Hermes’ photograph of Tom Haley from a winter day in Rutland, Vermont. He scribbles in a notebook, leaning back in an office chair while dressed in ill-fitting khakis and a baseball cap. His left foot rests on […]