Families and friends remember the victims of the Uvalde school massacre as the first funerals are held
Ten-year-old Maite Rodriguez wanted to be a marine biologist before she could say the words. Source: Latest CNN News
A timeline of how the Texas school massacre — and the police response — unfolded
As a broken community tries to make sense of a massacre that took the lives of 19 young children and two teachers, authorities have offered shifting timelines of what happened inside the Uvalde, Texas, school. Source: Latest CNN News
Russia is about to shut off some of Germany's gas
Russia is about to shut off its natural gas supplies to Shell's German customers. Source: Latest CNN News
Bankrupt Sri Lanka hikes taxes
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced steep, across-the-board tax hikes to shore up revenue as the country suffers its worst economic downturn and seeks an IMF bailout. The value-added tax (VAT) applied on almost all goods and services was raised from 8.0 percent to 12 percent with immediate effect, while corporate taxes were also increased [...]
African Union leader warns EU bank sanctions hit food purchases
The chairman of the African Union warned EU leaders Tuesday that their decision to expel Russian banks from the SWIFT financial messaging system risks hurting food supplies to the continent. The war in Ukraine and Russia's blockade of its neighbour's ports, combined with African conflicts and climate change, have already sent world cereal prices surging [...]
EIB, AFD and EU officials meet in Seychelles to review Port Victoria expansion
The various European lenders involved in the project to expand Seychelles' Port Victoria, were updated on its progress in a meeting with senior officials of the Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) and the Ministry of Transport on Tuesday. The main lenders in the expansion project are the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Agence Francaise de Developpement [...]
Supreme Court officials alarmed as probe of leaked draft opinion escalates
Supreme Court officials are escalating their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, taking steps to require law clerks to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits, three sources with knowledge of the efforts have told CNN. Source: Latest CNN News
The EU's Russian oil ban is a big achievement, but the limits of Western unity will face further tests down the road
The European Union's historic agreement to ban the vast majority of imports of Russian oil by the end of the year is without question a major achievement. Source: Latest CNN News
Increase in illegal fishing in Seychelles' waters, 6 foreign vessels caught in 2022
Six foreign vessels have been caught on suspicion of illegal fishing in Seychelles' waters since the beginning of the year and bilateral discussions are ongoing to discourage this practice, said the island state's fisheries minister on Tuesday. Minister Jean-Francois Ferrari made the statement when answering questions from Philip Arrisol, the elected member of the National [...]
Russia and China ahead of US in key warfare tech. Here's why
Russia and China are ahead of the US in developing and testing hypersonic missile technology, especially when it comes to building wind tunnels. CNN's Kristin Fisher has the details. Source: Latest CNN News