How the Northern Sea Route is bringing China and Russia together | CNN
The Moscow-controlled shipping route is a controversial artery cutting through a region that’s increasingly cast as a new arena of great-power rivalry.
Violent Earth | CNN
Violent Earth with Liev Schreiber explores the unbelievable science behind epic natural disasters. Featuring incredible footage and interviews with scientists, storm chasers, and survivors, this series examines our changing climate.
Trump wants to split the MMR vaccine into separate shots. Experts say it’s a bad…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week that seeks to dramatically reshape vaccine policy in the United States, including a change that contradicts one of his other stated goals: to give children fewer shots.
Apply to YC | Y Combinator
To apply for the Y Combinator program, submit an application form. We accept companies in batches four times a year. The program includes weekly dinners, office hours with YC partners and access to the network of other YC founders. The program culminates in De…
How Google is Making Private AI Practical with Homomorphic Encryption
Today we're excited to showcase HEIR, the latest powerful tool added to our Private Computing Toolkit. HEIR is an open source compiler that unlocks cryptographically-secure private AI inference.Homomorphic encryptionAs new benefits emerge with the growth of AI…
NBA legends react to FBI gambling probe | CNN
NBA figures including Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups, and Damon Jones are facing charges, law enforcement sources told CNN Sports. The FBI said rigged poker games and the use of insider information to place bets on NBA games are two major focuses of its probe.
TSA shortages trigger hours-long airport lines | CNN
Hours-long TSA security lines snarled major US airports as staffing shortages worsened during the partial DHS shutdown. Discover more videos, including live streams and exclusive storytelling, on our Watch page
‘You won’t understand unless you chew on it’: Hideo Kojima wants you to remember…
With narrative storytelling, multimillion-dollar budgets and A-list casts, Hideo Kojima’s arthouse games — including the critically acclaimed “Metal Gear Solid” and “Death Stranding” franchises — are as cinematic as, well, cinema.
Facelifts aren’t just to combat aging. Young people are using it to finesse faci…
Traditionally used to reduce signs of ageing, the facelift is often associated with those in later life. However, an increasing number of younger people have been seeking out the surgery.
‘Sinners’ is so much bigger than the BAFTA chaos around it | CNN
The British awards show incident cannot distract from the fact that “Sinners,” with its deep ancestral history and record-breaking 16 Oscars nominations, has changed the game for film.
Space | CNN
Explore the universe through the latest space news, including astronomy, space exploration, aerospace and more.
Gen Z is outsourcing hard conversations to AI. Why it matters | CNN
Younger generations, including Gen Z, are using AI chatbots to navigate social situations. Experts explain what’s at stake.
Make It Make Sense: How will this war impact affordability and the U.S. economy?…
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer speaks with CNN Senior Reporter David Goldman as we break down economic headlines and cut through the white noise to help you make sense of it all. This segment covers new data on the state of the economy, rising gas prices, and how much the…
Analysis: The GOP’s increasing blind eye to anti-Muslim bigotry | CNN Politics
Republican leaders appear to have increasingly given up policing bigoted commentary from their ranks — at least publicly.
‘Use it or lose it’: Pentagon spending binge set record in final days of fiscal…
Pentagon spending in September included nearly $9 million on Alaskan king crab and lobster tails, more than $200 million in furniture and $5.3 million in Apple devices – just some of the expenditures that added up to a record $93 billion price tag for the mont…
Trump pick for deputy UN job questioned loyalty of American Muslims | CNN Politi…
President Donald Trump’s pick to be the US deputy representative to the United Nations, former Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce, for years promoted inflammatory, anti-Muslim and conspiratorial claims, including suggesting that former President Barack Obama was…
Pritzker Prize 2026: Chile’s Smiljan Radić wins ‘Nobel’ of architecture | CNN
The architect, whose experimental designs include a doughnut-shaped pavilion and a restaurant held up by boulders, was praised for his “radical originality.”
Iran is using cluster munitions to bypass Israel’s defenses | CNN
Iran is increasingly using ballistic missiles outfitted with cluster munitions to attack Israel, in an attempt to pierce its air defenses. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond reports.
US military confirms 4 crew killed after Air Force refueling plane crashed in Ir…
The US military says four crew members died when a US Air Force refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq. Officials said the incident involved a second US tanker but was “not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”
South Africa’s extravagant matric balls are the ‘Met Gala’ of high school dances…
Before South African high school students complete their final exams, they first walk the red carpet, pulling out all the stops for their celebratory matriculation, or ‘matric,’ balls. The photographer Alice Mann documented the increasingly lavish dances for f…