World News

• Life inside ground zero of deadly virus outbreak January 22, 2020
  The Lunar New Year -- the most important festival in the Chinese calendar -- is just three days away, but in the Chinese city of Wuhan, there are few reasons to celebrate.
• Saudi Arabia says it didn't hack Amazon boss' phone. Its crown prince was implicated January 22, 2020
  A forensics team hired by Jeff Bezos has concluded with medium to high probability that a hack of the Amazon CEO's mobile phone originated from an account controlled by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to a source.
• Greece gets its first female president January 22, 2020
  High court judge and human rights advocate Katerina Sakellaropoulou has been elected Greece's first female president by parliament on Wednesday.
• Watch Prince Charles' exclusive CNN interview January 22, 2020
  Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne and lifelong environmentalist, sat down with CNN's Max Foster for an exclusive interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "I've always worried about the fact that so often, in terms of humanity, we leave everything too late," said Prince Charles.
• First fires, then floods. Now Australians need to watch out for deadly spiders January 22, 2020
  Australia has already dealt with extreme fires, flooding and hail this year. Now experts are warning people to watch out for deadly funnel-web spiders due to "perfect conditions" for the arachnid to thrive.
• The world's largest offshore wind farm is nearly complete October 11, 2019
  The world's largest offshore wind farm is taking shape off the east coast of Britain, a landmark project that demonstrates one way to combat climate change at scale.
• The big differences between 4G and 5G January 17, 2020
  The development of ridesharing apps, such as Uber and Lyft, was made possible by 4G. With 5G, ridesharing cars could one day navigate themselves — no human driver required.
• 'The clearest view ever made of our galaxy': Building one of the world's best telescopes June 3, 2019
  A telescope built in South Africa is revealing new details about the Milky Way.
• This luxury ice cream is made from insects July 25, 2019
  After a long day under the beating South African sun, an ice cream might be a tempting treat.
• US cities are losing 36 million trees a year. Here's why it matters September 18, 2019
  If you're looking for a reason to care about tree loss, the nation's latest heat wave might be it. Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a recent study.