Young people are traveling the world for free — and they’re risking everything to do it

Travel volunteering has long been a pillar of the backpacking community. However, while some opportunities lead to careers and life-long passions, others end in disaster.

China’s Xi in the limelight at Pacific summit with Trump conspicuous by his absence

Leaders of Pacific countries and territories, including China’s Xi Jinping, are gathering in South Korea for a major summit Friday. But the leader of one global powerhouse is conspicuously absent: ...

Hurricane Melissa full coverage: Jamaica cleans up catastrophic destruction as the deadly Category 1 storm continues moving through the Atlantic

Hurricane Melissa is on track to pass through the southeastern islands of the Bahamas, which are sparsely populated compared ...

Her dad was detained in China for leading a church. She hopes Trump can free him in meeting with Xi

Dozens of pastors and church members in China have been detained in a mass crackdown. The daughter of pastor Ezra Jin hopes ...

Shutdown impacts widen in the US as Trump next meets China’s Xi during Asia tour

As the shutdown stalemate continues in the US, President Donald Trump is in South Korea during his Asia diplomacy tour, where he’s set to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Follow for live news ...

He declared himself the youngest ‘president’ in the world. Then he was deported

Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old Australian, is the self-declared “president” of the “Free Republic of Verdis,” located on a patch of land in the Danube River between Croatia and Serbia.

Effort to free Americans detained in China gains steam ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

When President Donald Trump sits down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, trade will be the subject at hand. But it is ...

October 28, 2025 - Hurricane Melissa

Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet this year. Follow for live ...

CNN has a new way to watch — here’s what you need to know

You may have noticed some changes around here. CNN’s family of websites and apps now features All Access, a new way to ...

What Amazon’s mass layoffs are really about

Amazon is laying off thousands of people, part of a familiar impulse in Corporate America to reduce headcount in the face of rising prices, an unpredictable trade war and a potential (though still ...
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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell rages at ‘deranged’ CNN for employing ‘rabid, lying Trump supporter’ Scott Jennings

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell rages at ‘deranged’ CNN for employing ‘rabid, lying Trump supporter’ Scott Jennings - Lawrence O’Donnell said that Scott Jennings wasn’t always like this, claiming he was ...

CNN charts new course with All Access streaming subscriptions

CNN is introducing a streaming subscription option called All Access, charting a new course in a media era defined by direct-to-consumer relationships and mobile-first news reports.