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Results 1 to 30Tyson Fury retains WBC heavyweight title after beating Dillian Whyte in front of 94,000 at Wembley
2022-04-24, 00:09Wembley Stadium, London (CNN)Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight title after beating Dillian Whyte by technical knockout in the sixth round in front of a raucous 94,000 fans at Wembley Stadium. It was a true boxing masterclass from Fury, who further cemented his place at the top of this...
'My heart is torn': As war rages on at home, these young disabled Ukrainian swimmers ...
2022-04-23, 20:45(CNN)On February 17, a team of young disabled Ukrainian swimmers traveled to Turkey to nurture their ambitions of becoming elite professionals. The camp of seven budding athletes arrived with their three coaches in the town of Silivri, just outside of Istanbul, to take part in a two-week training...
Bayern Munich wins 10th consecutive Bundesliga title after beating Borussia Dortmund
2022-04-23, 20:45(CNN)Bayern Munich clinched its 10th straight Bundesliga title after beating fierce rivals Borussia Dortmund 3-1 on Saturday. It is the first club in Europe's top five leagues to win 10 consecutive titles. The beer was flowing as Bayern's players celebrated on the pitch, with teammates...
'The Flight Attendant' Season 2 charts a path toward Cassie's sobriety amid spy hijinks
2022-04-23, 17:26(CNN)Pardon me while I focus on travel. I'm heading out of the country for some much-needed rest and relaxation and to celebrate the wedding of a pair of dear friends. But I would never leave you without some Pop Life, while I pop off to vacay, and the first offering is in line with flying off for...
New Ebola outbreak declared in DRC after single case confirmed
2022-04-23, 17:11(CNN)Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new Ebola outbreak on Friday, after a case was confirmed in the city of Mbandaka, in the northwestern Equateur Province, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement Saturday. This is the third outbreak in the...
Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki dies at 90
2022-04-23, 16:35(CNN)Mwai Kibaki, one of the biggest names in Kenyan politics and the nation's third president, has died, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. He was 90. His political career spanned decades, including serving as vice president to Daniel arap Moi, the man he replaced as president of the...
Hong Kong and Shanghai lose their international luster as Covid restrictions bite
2022-04-23, 08:39Hong Kong (CNN)The glittering skylines of Hong Kong and Shanghai have long been associated with wealth and glamor. But in recent weeks, they have become synonymous with a much grimmer reality, as authorities in the two international finance hubs struggle to contain raging Omicron outbreaks. Extreme...
Why India can buy Russian oil, and still be friends with the US
2022-04-23, 05:21(CNN)What a difference a few weeks make. Just last month India was taking flak from the West for its relationship with Russia. Not only was the South Asian country refusing to condemn Moscow's brutal assault on Ukraine, but its purchases of discounted Russian oil -- said critics -- were flying in...
Opinion: McCarthy and McConnell's U-turn on Trump shows extent of GOP's partisan rot
2022-04-23, 01:26(CNN)That Donald Trump acknowledged some responsibility for the January 6, 2021, insurrection, according to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, pulls back the curtain on a former president who has publicly downplayed the actions of his supporters at the US Capitol that day and shown little remorse...
Opinion: Gerrymandering on steroids is the new normal
2022-04-22, 21:34(CNN)In a redistricting cycle filled with indecent affronts to democracy, the US House of Representatives map drawn by New York Democrats is among the most obscene partisan gerrymanders nationwide. It threatens to wipe away four competitive districts, and in a state that awarded nearly 61% of the...
From 'The Rum Diary' to court: A timeline of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's relationship
2022-04-22, 20:23(CNN)Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are currently spending their days in a Fairfax, Virginia courthouse. Depp, who testified for three days this week, is suing his ex-wife for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she wrote. How they landed there --13 years after first meeting -- is a story of...
Ed Sheeran releases music video filmed in Ukraine, days before Russian invasion
2022-04-22, 19:10(CNN)British pop star Ed Sheeran has revealed he filmed his latest music video in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, just days before Russia invaded the country. The singer-songwriter released the video for his track...
Janelle Monáe confirms that they're nonbinary
2022-04-22, 19:10(CNN)Janelle Monáe, the Grammy-nominated performer, actor and author, has confirmed that they identify as nonbinary in interviews tied to their new book. "I'm nonbinary," Monáe said in an appearance this week on "Red Table Talk," the Facebook series co-hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith. "So I don't see...
Opinion: Locked out of classrooms, Afghan girls are taking drastic measures
2022-04-22, 17:40(CNN)When Heela came out tops in her 9th grade school grades last year, the 14-year-old girl ran home full of excitement, bursting to tell her family the happy news. This was in June of last year, shortly before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Heela's mother, a former government service...
Nicolas Cage shows off his silly side playing himself (sort of) with 'Massive Talent'
2022-04-22, 14:58(CNN)Nicolas Cage appears to have a great time spoofing his career in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," but unlike many movies about Hollywood, audiences should have tons of fun too. Flanked by a very funny Pedro Pascal, the movie nearly buckles under its own weight at times but possesses...
'They Call Me Magic' celebrates Magic Johnson's life on and off the court
2022-04-22, 14:58(CNN)It's a testament to Magic Johnson, the man, that basketball only accounts for about half of "They Call Me Magic," a four-part Apple TV+ docuseries devoted to his life, including the rich chapters that followed his NBA stardom. Think of it as a more satisfying companion to HBO's "Winning Time,"...
Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev says Wimbledon ban is 'illogical' and 'discriminatory'
2022-04-22, 13:27(CNN)Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev said that the decision made by Wimbledon organizers to ban Russian and Belarusian players from competing because of the war in Ukraine is "illogical" and amounts to "complete discrimination." The Belarusian Tennis Federation (BTF) also released a statement...
Opinion: What my great-great-grandfather, Theodore Roosevelt, got wrong about climate justice
2022-04-22, 13:09(CNN)As president of the MacArthur Foundation and Theodore Roosevelt's great-great grandson, I recognize Earth Day with a deep personal and professional commitment to a world in which the planet and all its people flourish. John Palfrey As president of the United States, Roosevelt established 150...
Opinion: 'The Northman' turns Shakespeare inside out
2022-04-22, 13:09(CNN)"The Northman" isn't an adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Instead, the film -- with an all-star cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk and Willem Dafoe -- is an adaptation of one of Shakespeare's sources, the legend of Amleth in...
Opinion: If we want to solve climate change, businesses need to invest in our planet
2022-04-22, 13:09(CNN)Environmentalists' traditional role is to hold governments and corporations accountable and to inform, motivate and engage the broader public of the dangers posed by government inaction or corporate malfeasance. And our relationships with both government and business have often been uneasy. On...
She defied the odds to lead the first all-women fishing cooperative. Now they stand to ...
2022-04-22, 11:39Binga, Zimbabwe (CNN)The Zambezi River is one of the largest bodies of water in Africa. It rises in Zambia, then it curves, snake-like on its 2,500km journey first to the west through Angola, skimming Namibia and Botswana, then flowing south along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, before...
Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole combine for 80 points as Golden State Warriors ...
2022-04-22, 11:21(CNN)The Golden State Warriors offense is purring and it's fun, must-watch TV. The Dubs' trio of stars -- Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole -- combined for 80 points as the Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets, 118-113, in Game 3 on Thursday night. The 'Splash Bros' -- Curry and Thompson --...
Minnesota Timberwolves suffer epic collapse to blow 26-point lead at home to Memphis Grizzlies
2022-04-22, 11:21(CNN)"We in Minnesota now," a cocky Karl-Anthony Towns was heard saying on the bench. "Like I said after [Game 2] to the media: 'Cool, we got to come back to our house now. I only seen them at their house.'" At the time, his Minnesota Timberwolves held a 17-point lead over the Memphis Grizzlies as...
Tiger Woods-designed golf course opening in Florida
2022-04-22, 09:50(CNN)Tiger Woods announced that he has designed two 18-hole putting courses at the PopStroke Sarasota entertainment center in Florida scheduled to open on April 28. PopStroke Entertainment Group is a "golf and casual dining concept" co-owned by Woods and Greg Bartoli -- an entrepreneur and former...
Didier Drogba: Chelsea great hopes club's new owners can 'carry on the vision and passion ...
2022-04-22, 09:50(CNN)Chelsea great Didier Drogba has said he hopes the club's new owners, whoever they will be, will "carry on the vision and the passion of the of the fans." In March, Chelsea owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich announced he planned to sell the club in the best interests of "the fans, the...
Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte: 94,000 fans to watch the biggest heavyweight fight of the ...
2022-04-22, 09:14(CNN)"Who would have thought it?" Tyson Fury asked, almost incredulous. "Even we didn't think we'd be doing 90-odd thousand at Wembley." Such is the grandeur of Saturday's WBC world heavyweight title fight against Dillian Whyte, set against the backdrop of a record-breaking 94,000 fans at Wembley...
Opinion: What we owe new mothers
2022-04-21, 22:07(CNN)She was four months pregnant when she came into the clinic, having just relocated from Texas to California. As I moved the ultrasound probe across her stomach to visualize her baby, I asked why she had moved. She responded that she could not risk repeating what happened the last time she was...
Opinion: The biggest threat to American democracy
2022-04-21, 19:43(CNN)The most urgent policy change needed to help dismantle racism in 2022 and going forward is ending the largely unchecked voter suppression that has targeted Black and low-income voters since the 2013 Shelby v. Holder Supreme Court decision gutted section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which...
The harmful trope that's still haunting queer TV
2022-04-21, 19:25(CNN)For four seasons, "Killing Eve" seduced fans with a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between the titular Eve, a British intelligence agent, and the assassin Villanelle -- two women bound by blood and crime who shared a sexy mutual obsession. These years of flirtation and tension were fully realized...
'The Northman' goes heavy on blood-soaked style and light on substance
2022-04-21, 19:25(CNN)Part "Hamlet," part "Conan the Barbarian" and a whole lot of "Vikings," "The Northman" is a gorgeously shot exercise in visceral thrills that goes heavy on atmospherics and very, very light on story. Director/co-writer Robert Eggers ("The Lighthouse") has sought to make the definitive Viking...
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