Freddy, un alano celebrato dal Guinness World Records come il cane più alto del mondo, è morto.
US sprinter Grant Holloway breaks the world record for the indoor 60m hurdles in Madrid
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US track and field athlete Grant Holloway just broke the world record for the indoor 60-meter hurdles. Holloway, 23, set the record Wednesday in Madrid during the indoor track and field World Championships by runni...
In prima mondiale, La Germania condanna un ufficiale del regime siriano per crimini contro l'umanità
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Berlino Un tribunale tedesco ha condannato un ex ufficiale del regime siriano per crimini contro l'umanità, in un primo processo in assoluto contro persone legate al governo a Damasco. Ex ufficiale dell'intelligence Eyad al-Gharib, 44, w ...
Czech free-diver breaks ice-swim world record
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Czech free-diver David Vencl swam nearly 81 metres (265.75 ft) beneath the ice on Tuesday, breaking the world record after braving the freezing water wearing only a swimsuit. "This will do," Vencl said after emerging...
‘I was behind it.’ The man responsible for the 1973 oil shock has died
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(CNN Business)Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the long-serving Saudi oil minister who masterminded an OPEC embargo that plunged western economies into recession in 1973, è morto all'età di 90, Saudi state TV reported on Tues...
Hundreds of drones took Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ to the skies — and set a Guinness World Record
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Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" has found a home on many surfaces. The instantly recognizable work of art has been plastered on posters, coffee mugs and even a bike path. It seemed like the painting had made it every...
Snowmobiler who died in Colorado is the 28th killed in avalanches across the US this season
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The body of a snowmobiler missing near Rand, Colorado has been found, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The grim discovery marked the 28th avalanche death this season. According to officials, ...
Government action took months as nursing home workers died during the pandemic
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The federal agency responsible for protecting workers did little to hold nursing homes accountable for dangerous conditions during the coronavirus pandemic until it was too late, its own records show. A CNN analys...
Blinken says US intends to pay contributions to World Health Organization by end of month
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Secretary of State Tony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States "intends to pay over $ 200 million in assessed and current obligations" to the World Health Organization by the end of the month, making good on...
Fino a 90 healthy volunteers to be exposed to Covid-19 in world first trial
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The world's first Covid-19 human challenge study will begin within a month in the UK, deliberately exposing up to 90 healthy young people to the coronavirus. The study received ethics approval this week, the countr...
The gaming world often overlooks players of color. This new studio is changing that
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At age nine, Nicodemus Madehdou moved from Monrovia, Liberia to Philadelphia and discovered how video games could connect him to a new culture. Always a puzzle aficionado, Madehdou liked the ways that visual exercis...
Maxence Muzaton recalls miracle save from crash at skiing world championships
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It might be one of the luckiest escapes in skiing, but it's not the moment Maxence Muzaton wants to be remembered for. The French skier was competing in the men's downhill world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, ...
Il CEO di Marriott Arne Sorenson è morto dopo la lotta contro il cancro al pancreas
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New York (CNN Business)Il presidente e CEO di Marriott International, Arne Sorenson, è morto lunedì dopo una battaglia durata quasi due anni contro il cancro al pancreas, la catena alberghiera ha annunciato martedì. L'azienda ha annunciato due settimane ...