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Linda Yuen Lambrecht stands in front of a webcam, with her head to her hips -- her signing space -- perfectly centered in the frame; a white plumeria fastened above her left ear. On screen, three women look back at her.

Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, some of the world's major business hubs are reopening as travel restrictions relax and daily life resumes, from New York to London and Paris.

World View is offering the trip of a lifetime -- the opportunity to go to the edge of space. With tickets starting at $50,000, the price-tag is significantly lower than other offerings.

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex have each forged their own stylish paths as members of the royal family, commanding the attention of the fashion press and causing the garments they're photographed wearing to sell out.

Taiwan does not seek military confrontation but will do whatever it takes to defend its freedom, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday, amid a rise in tensions with China that has sparked alarm around the world.

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According to local media, two construction workers are trapped after a large scaffold collapsed next to a high rise in Hong Kong's Happy Valley residential area. The structure fell as heavy rain and wind batter the city, which is under a tropical cyclone warning.

Just four years ago, the half dozen teenage girls from Afghanistan strode confidently into competition, waving their country's flag.

CNN's David McKenzie reports from Ghana as the country's parliament is set to debate a bill that critics from the LGBTQ+ community call a "homophobe's dream."

A New Jersey man arrested in July after a video showed him shouting racial slurs at a neighbor has been charged "with leaving a threatening note on one of his victim's cars earlier this year," as well as vandalizing the victim's vehicle, according to a news release from the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has emerged as a lightning rod within the field of potential GOP presidential contenders, serving as such a forceful champion for former President Donald Trump that she's been talked about as a possible running mate if he vies for the White House again in 2024.

The Senate voted Thursday evening to extend the nation's debt limit through early December after Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to avert economic disaster following weeks of partisan deadlock over the issue.

Tesla HQ is getting a new home.

If you've watched the breakout hit Netflix series "Squid Game," innocent children's games like tug of war and red light, green light may take on a whole new meaning for you.

At first glance, the three names beside a series of surreal high-contrast paintings, moody black and white photographs and Jackson Pollock-esque splatters might not jump out among over 70 artists appearing at a London art fair next week.

Hwang Dong-hyuk, creator of Netflix phenomenon "Squid Game," reveals some facts you may not know about the series, including his thoughts on season two. Warning, spoilers ahead.

A US nuclear powered submarine struck an object underwater in the South China Sea on Saturday, according to two defense officials.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the debate over the US debt ceiling amounts to "flirting with a self-inflicted crisis" but that everyone "breathed a sigh of relief" after Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to avert economic disaster.

The debt ceiling deal proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is putting his GOP conference in a bind, with some Republicans accusing the formidable Senate tactician of folding in his standoff with Democrats and others refusing to go along with his strategy.

Jake Tapper discusses how Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) responded to a new Senate report that detailed the efforts former President Trump took to overturn the 2020 election.

An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck Japan's northwestern Chiba Prefecture, which lies east of the capital Tokyo, on Thursday evening, according to Japan Meteorological Agency.

The Biden administration has described a CNN report that Ethiopian Airlines shuttled weapons to Eritrea as "incredibly grave" and warned that it was prepared to impose sanctions on Ethiopia and any other parties who prolonged the conflict in Tigray.

CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig joins New Day to discuss the newest details in former President Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 Presidential Election.

The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents."

At least 20 people were killed and nearly 200 injured after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan in the early hours of Thursday, according to welfare organization the Edhi Foundation.

The CIA announced a number of structural changes on Thursday, including a new mission center for China, the result of a months-long review and a reflection of the intelligence community's view of China as the greatest long-term threat to the United States.

Astronomical increases in natural gas prices. Skyrocketing coal costs. Predictions of $100 oil.

Half a billion dollars of aircraft that flew for about a year. A huge $85 million hotel that never opened, and sits in disrepair. Camouflage uniforms for the Afghan army whose fancy pattern would cost an extra $28 million. A healthcare facility listed as located in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Amazon rainforest is at severe risk from deforestation and fires that are eroding the forest's ability to absorb heat-trapping greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Even worse, the fires themselves are releasing carbon and adding to the problem. CNN's Isa Soares reports.

More Americans are getting Covid-19 vaccine booster shots daily than are getting vaccinated for the first time or becoming fully vaccinated, federal health data showed Wednesday.

Officers from several agencies are at the scene of a shooting at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, police said Wednesday.

Extreme, climate-fueled rainfall broke records this week in a part of Italy known for its rain and an area in Oman not known for rain at all.

A school safety officer in Long Beach, California, has been fired after shooting an 18-year-old woman following a physical altercation last month, school officials said Wednesday.

The investigation into the disappearance of Brian Laundrie, whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found dead in a Wyoming campground last month, has uncovered new details about his earlier movements as well as traces of human activity at the nature reserve that's been the focus of a massive search.

Ethiopia's government has used the country's flagship commercial airline to shuttle weapons to and from neighboring Eritrea during the civil war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, a CNN investigation has found.

My unvaccinated 7-year-old son began hacking and sneezing in late September as the hospitals in our home state of Montana started buckling under the latest Covid-19 surge. I took him to get tested when his symptoms wouldn't go away.

For everyone who hates setting their alarm an hour earlier to hit the gym, scientists may have some good news.

Turkey became the last G20 nation to ratify the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday, almost six years after initially signing it.

Bruce Becker has spent nearly his entire adult life designing buildings -- 33 years to be exact.

A Brazilian footballer is facing a charge of attempted murder after kicking a referee in the head and knocking him unconscious.

Indonesia's healthcare workers bore the brunt of a deadly second wave of coronavirus as a record number of doctors succumbed to the virus. CNN's Paula Hancocks takes a look at the toll a highly virulent Delta variant took on the country's frontline workers.

With the decision last week to delay a promised vote on the bipartisan infrastructure legislation, this unfolding spectacle proves a point I have been making for years: The political center of America is underrepresented in the United States Congress, especially in the House of Representatives.

Australian airline Qantas has set a company record by flying a one-off direct flight from Buenos Aires to the city of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.

Water rescues are underway in Birmingham, Alabama, as heavy rain has sparked a flash flood emergency and water is rising in low-lying areas across the region.

The US and China have agreed in principle that President Joe Biden and Preident Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting before the end of the year, part of an effort to ensure stability in one of the world's most consequential and fraught relationships, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

The lesson is always the same, but Republicans who want a future must ignore it.