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Search Is Suspended for Passenger Who Went Overboard From Cruise Ship

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday that it halted its hourslong search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a Holland America Line cruise ship near Cuba. from World News https://ift.tt/prUyRkS

Extreme Weather Is Coming. Someone Has To Tell The Chimps.

How do you teach 300 chimpanzees to seek safety in a storm? With cowbells, sound machines and a bright orange Frisbee. from World News https://ift.tt/IMDNhkB

Crowds honor soccer player killed by crocodile in Costa Rica

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. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/jrFm4sD

Tuesday Briefing: Elite Chinese Generals Ousted

Also, South Korea relocates an international scout convention as a typhoon looms. from World News https://ift.tt/mdVN7Q4

Seeking Love, With Help From the City Government

Singles are signing up in droves for city-hosted blind-dating events, but some point to their inability to address real issues with family planning. from World News https://ift.tt/IDoljr9

As critical deadline for Niger's military coup expires, the country's airspace closes due to 'threat of intervention'

Niger’s airspace closed on Sunday, the day imposed as a deadline by a group of African countries for Nigerien military coup leaders to release power and reinstate the country’s democratically-elected president. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/uVkS7lW

World's smallest bear finally has its time in the sun. But is that a good thing?

The world’s smallest bear is finally having its moment in the sun – thanks to a viral video that sparked a conspiracy theory on Chinese social media. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/hGu5AdJ

Woman Dies After Recent Mass Attack in South Korea

The victim was one of 14 people hurt in a car-and-stabbing rampage on Thursday in a city near Seoul. She had been hit by the car. from World News https://ift.tt/QGDI6Pa

World Scout Jamboree in limbo as American and British groups pull out over extreme heat

The World Scout Jamboree in South Korea faced calls to be canceled on Saturday after large contingents from the United States and Britain pulled out a week early over extreme heat and weather conditions. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/XqTH8wu