(CNN Business) Lidl Ireland will offer free menstrual products to women and girls as part of a new initiative targeting period poverty. The grocery giant said in a statement Monday that it's the world's first major retailer to offer such an initiative, whic...
(CNN) France was aware that a genocide was being prepared in Rwanda ahead of the 1994 killings and the French government bore a significant responsibility for enabling it, the Rwandan government said in a report published on Monday. Between April and July o...
New York (CNN Business) Shang-Chi is getting his turn on the big screen, and the superhero's debut couldn't come at a better time. The pandemic put the Marvel movies and TV shows on pause last year with nothing to maintain the momentum of 2019's "Avengers:...
(CNN) The Wuling Hong Guang Mini EV is tiny, cute and super cheap, helping to make it China's best-selling electric car. And soon there will be a convertible version. General Motors GM Produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling, a company partially owned by, the Hong Guang...
(CNN) Toyota unveiled an electric SUV, the BZ4X, at the Shanghai Motor Show Monday. Currently, the BZ4X is a concept vehicle but Toyota intends to put it into production soon as a part of a major push into electric vehicles. While it has been a pioneer in h...
New York (CNN Business) Facebook has long dominated much of our screen time. Now it's coming for our listening breaks. Facebook FB announced several new tools for creating and sharing audio on Monday. Similar to its moves into video behind YouTube, disappea...
(CNN) Twelve of Europe's top soccer clubs have announced plans to form a so-called European Super League, in a move that looks set to rock the foundations of the sport's top competitions. Rumors of a proposed Super League have been circulating for years wit...
(CNN) Hair-raising footage released Monday shows the moment an Indian railroad employee rushed to save the life of a child who had fallen onto the tracks. The CCTV video, posted to Twitter by India's Ministry of Railways , showed a station worker at Vangani...
Moscow (CNN) Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been moved from a penal colony to a regional hospital for prisoners east of Moscow as concerns grow over his health. Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) said in a statement Monday that the oppos...
London (CNN Business) HSBC is scrapping the executive floor at its Canary Wharf headquarters in London, as one of the world's biggest banks slashes office space and moves towards new ways of working following the pandemic. The bank's top executives, includi...
CNN's Robyn Curnow speaks with Vladimir Milov, an adviser to Alexey Navalny, about the health conditions of the Kremlin critic who went on a hunger strike on March 31. Navalny's allies have been raising concerns over his health , saying Navalny "is dying" a...
For a week, the 29-year-old Chinese feminist was subject to incessant chauvinist and misogynist attacks on Weibo, one of China's most popular social media sites. Then, a barrage of vicious messages and comments descended, with trolls reporting their account...
Ko Surin, Thailand (CNN) — These days, Salamak Klathalay, like most of us, lives in a house, on land. Salamak is a member of Thailand's Moken ethnic group. Also known as the "sea gypsies" or chao ley -- Thai for "sea people" -- the Moken lay claim to an ast...
(CNN) The first super typhoon of the season in the West Pacific made a close approach to the Eastern Philippines this weekend. Monday morning, Surigae's maximum wind speed decreased to 140 mph (220 kph). While it is no longer a super typhoon, it is still a...
(CNN) An "out of control" fire has broken out in Cape Town's Table Mountain National Park on Sunday, according to South African officials, prompting the evacuation of hikers from the city's most famous landmark. More than 120 firefighters are battling the m...
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) At least 97 people were injured when a train went off the tracks near the city of Toukh, north of Cairo on Sunday, according to Egypt's Ministry of Health. More than 50 ambulances were dispatched by the Ministry of Health to rescue the in...
Moscow (CNN) Nearly a dozen Russian politicians have published an open letter to President Vladimir Putin, saying that he was personally responsible for the life of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who has been on a hunger strike in a penal colony in the Russ...
Most, if not all, CIA operators working in Afghanistan are almost certain to leave as well, current and former officials told CNN. Without the support of a conventional military presence, on-the-ground intelligence gathering becomes significantly more diffi...
Hong Kong (CNN) The US and China have agreed to cooperate on climate change after two days of high-profile meetings in Shanghai, despite rising tensions between the two countries. In a joint statement released on Sunday, Washington and Beijing said the clim...
São Paulo (CNN) Brazil has warned women to postpone pregnancy until the worst of the coronavirus pandemic has passed, saying that the variants of the coronavirus in Brazil have been more aggressive in pregnant women. "If possible, (the women should) postpon...
