Hong Kong court backs same-sex married couples on equal housing rights
CNN — A Hong Kong court has dismissed a government bid to deny same-sex married couples the right to rent and own public housing, saying that it was “discriminatory in…
‘No safe area’: CNN journalist details his family’s desperate flight south from Gaza City
Gaza and London CNN — Ibrahim Dahman and his family entered the hotel room and looked out toward the blue of the Mediterranean Sea. His two young sons were excited…
France moves homeless people out of Paris as city prepares for next summer’s Olympics
Paris CNN — It’s 6.30 a.m. on a late summer morning in Paris. Amid the rumbling coming from the Stalingrad Métro station, in the northeast of the French capital, hundreds…
Climate change threatens Hong Kong’s luxury cliffside mansions
Hong Kong CNN — Until recently, the upscale homes of the Redhill Peninsula seemed like an oasis for rich Hong Kongers aspiring to a tranquil lifestyle in an otherwise notoriously…
In Hong Kong, homes for the dead can be more expensive than for the living
Hong Kong CNN — Starting at $53,000 for a space not much larger than a shoebox, it is a pricey place to stay, even in a city famed for the…
Milan fire: Six people killed at retirement home
Reuters — An overnight fire in a retirement home in Milan killed six people and injured around 80, including three who are in a critical condition, Italian authorities said on…
Moscow buildings hit by drones in rare attack on Russian capital
CNN — Russia is blaming Ukraine for launching a drone attack on Moscow early Tuesday which reportedly left two people injured and several buildings damaged, a rare incident in the…
He smelled something strange in his Tibetan hotel room. It was a dead body under his bed
CNN — When a tourist at a Tibetan hotel noticed a foul smell in his room and asked to move, little could he have guessed he would get caught up…
Naked sunbather: German landlord wins right to keep sunbathe nude
Berlin CNN — A German landlord has won the right to sunbathe naked in the courtyard of his Frankfurt building, in spite of complaints from his tenants. The landlord, who…
Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni evicted from villa with original Caravaggio in Rome
Rome CNN — Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi – formerly Rita Carpenter, the former wife of Republican US Rep. John Jenrette – has been evicted from the home she once…