Wayne Gretzky Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here is a look at the life of Hall of Fame hockey player Wayne Gretzky, who is the all-time leading scorer in National Hockey League (NHL) history, with…
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…
Jamie Cail death: Autopsy says death was caused by ‘fentanyl intoxication with aspiration of gastric content’
CNN — The death earlier this year of former US swimming champion Jamie Cail has been ruled accidental and fentanyl related, according to a Facebook post from the US Virgin…
Mohamed Al-Fayed dead at 94
CNN — Mohamed Al-Fayed, the outspoken Egyptian tycoon who transformed the fortunes of two London institutions, the Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club, and waged a war of words…
Shark attack: Surfer fights for his life in New South Wales, Australia
CNN — A surfer is fighting for his life in the hospital after he was attacked by a shark off Australia’s east coast, police said Friday. The 44-year-old man was…
Jesus Lopez Ortiz: Crowds honor soccer player killed by crocodile in Costa Rica
CNN — Crowds of people accompanied the coffin of soccer player Jesus Lopez Ortiz in Guanacaste, northeastern Costa Rica, last week after his death following a crocodile attack. “Today we…
Italian fugitive’s love of soccer gets him caught
CNN — A dangerous fugitive linked the Camorra, a violent Italian criminal organization, has been arrested in Greece after authorities used his love of the Napoli soccer team to catch…
Iran shuts down for two days because of ‘unprecedented heat’
Iran has announced that Wednesday and Thursday will be public holidays because of “unprecedented heat” and told the elderly and people with health conditions to stay indoors, Iranian state media…
Europe weather: 110 people injured by tennis ball sized hail in Veneto, Italy
CNN — At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern Italy overnight Wednesday. In a surprise storm, hailstones of up…
Auckland shooting: Gunman kills two hours before Women’s World Cup in New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand CNN — A rare multiple shooting in the center of Auckland just hours before the opening of the Women’s World Cup rattled the city as tens of…