Sharif Paget - News Desk Researcher, CNN International
Sharif Paget
News Desk Researcher, CNN International
Sharif Paget is a News Desk Researcher on the International Desk at CNN's World Headquarters in Atlanta.
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Powerful tornadoes tear across Nebraska and Iowa as weather service warns of ‘catastrophic’ damage
Apr 27, 2024
Devastating tornadoes tore across parts of eastern Nebraska and northeast Texas Friday as a multi-day severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United States, injuring at least three people.
7 taken to New York hospital for observation after ‘severe turbulence’ on United flight, official says
Mar 30, 2024
Seven people were taken to a New York hospital for observation after experiencing severe turbulence on a United Airlines flight, according to a local EMS chief.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry visit family of Uvalde shooting victim
Mar 10, 2024
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, visited Uvalde, Texas on Saturday and met with the family of Irma Garcia, a beloved schoolteacher killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting.
Family describes violent scene left behind on missing American couple’s yacht after alleged hijacking in Grenada
Feb 26, 2024
The family of two Americans who may have been killed after prison escapees allegedly hijacked their yacht in Granada are clinging to hope the couple might be found alive.
2 National Guardsmen killed in military helicopter crash in Mississippi
Feb 24, 2024
Two Mississippi National Guardsmen were killed Friday in a military helicopter crash that is under investigation, the Mississippi National Guard said in a news release.
2 dead after plane crashes on I-75 near Naples, Florida
Feb 10, 2024
Two people are dead after a small plane crashed Friday afternoon on Interstate 75 near the Florida city of Naples and collided with a vehicle, authorities said – a wreck that came shortly after a pilot reported an emergency to an air traffic controller.
Alaska Airlines says flight disruptions will likely continue as FAA inspections of 737 Max 9 aircraft will ‘take more time’
Jan 7, 2024
Alaska Airlines has temporarily grounded its fleet of Boeing 737-9 aircraft after one of its planes made an emergency landing in Oregon Friday, officials said – an incident that a passenger says involved a panel and window blowing out in flight.
Marty Krofft, co-creator of hit kids’ TV shows, dies of kidney failure at 86
Nov 26, 2023
Marty Krofft, co-producer of iconic children’s television shows including “H.R. Pufnstuf” and “Land of the Lost,” died Saturday afternoon in California, his representative announced. He was 86.
State Department official resigns over Biden administration’s handling of Israel-Hamas conflict
Oct 20, 2023
A State Department official has resigned from the agency over the Biden administration’s approach to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the official announced on LinkedIn Wednesday.
Desert horror: Music festival goers heard rockets, then Gaza militants fired on them and took hostages
Oct 9, 2023
The rockets began around 6:30 a.m., Tal Gibly told CNN. Thirty minutes later, she and hundreds of others attending an Israeli music festival were running as Gaza militants fired at them.
Taxiing airplane and shuttle bus collide at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, injuring at least 2, officials say
Oct 7, 2023
A taxiing airplane collided with a shuttle bus at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Friday evening, injuring at least two people, the city’s fire department said.
The football jersey Tom Brady wore on his final game is headed to auction, where it could sell for a record $2.5 million
Oct 6, 2023
The jersey Tom Brady wore in the last game of his 23-season career is heading to auction in Las Vegas next month, where it could fetch as much as $2.5 million.
Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps dies suddenly after falling ill during event
Sep 19, 2023
Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps died suddenly Tuesday afternoon after falling ill during a university memorial service, the school said in a statement.
Seattle police officer under investigation as footage shows him saying woman’s life had ‘limited value’ after she was fatally hit by police car
Sep 15, 2023
A Seattle police officer is under investigation after his body-worn camera captured a phone conversation following the death of a woman who was fatally struck by a police car in which the officer is laughing and says the victim “had limited value,” according to the footage and a statement from the Seattle Police Department.
Morocco earthquake kills more than 2,000 and damages historic Marrakech
Sep 9, 2023
Rescuers were digging through rubble in remote mountainous areas of Morocco on Saturday in a desperate bid to find survivors after more than 2,000 people were killed in the deadliest earthquake to strike the country in decades.
About
Sharif Paget is a News Desk Researcher on the International Desk at CNN’s World Headquarters in Atlanta.
Since joining CNN, he has covered a wide range of international news from the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani to the US occupation of Afghanistan, writing pieces on various conflicts in the Middle East.
Before coming to CNN, Paget was awarded a year-long fellowship from the Knight Foundation and worked for VICE News Tonight on HBO as a researcher and producer with television’s first dedicated climate news team. Prior to that, Paget worked abroad in Cairo and the Sinai for Egypt’s only independent English newspaper, Daily News Egypt.
Paget grew up in London, Madrid, and New York City. He is fluent in English, can speak Arabic, and has a working knowledge of Spanish.
He holds a Master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where he specialized in business and data journalism. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and the History of Mathematics and Science from St. John’s College.
