Simon Billy is the fastest man in the world on two skis. In 2023, he set the world record, hurtling down a slope at 158.7 mph. He speaks to CNN about his ambitions and hopes to bring the sport to the 2030 Winter Olympics.
Simon Billy is the fastest man in the world on two skis. In 2023, he set the world record, hurtling down a slope at 158.7 mph. He speaks to CNN about his ambitions and hopes to bring the sport to the 2030 Winter Olympics.
Footage appears to show the moment a strike hit an area near Al-Hajaf on Yemen's southwestern coast along the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a crucial maritime chokepoint linking the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Susy Aponte, a journalist and candidate for regional governor of northern Peru’s Áncash, was shot and killed while talking to reporters at a campaign event.
In a video posted to a Colombian hotel’s social media account on Sunday, a woman asks for help to rescue around 20 guests from wildfires. All guests were later evacuated primarily by volunteers and hotel team members, according to a statement the hotel posted on Instagram. A post on X by the Interior Minister of Colombia credits the rescues to firefighters and the Civil Defense.
China’s Lian Yunzhi averaged 4.27 seconds across five solves, breaking the women’s 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube record she had set just three days earlier. Her 4.27-second mark made her the only female speedcuber in history to ever record an official average time under 4.5 seconds.
A police officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with an armed man outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, as worshippers gathered to mark Yom Kippur. Authorities have not said what led to the shooting.
France’s wine regulators have loosened rules around champagne after a series of heat waves struck this summer.
Video posted on social media shows the moment a Panama-flagged cargo ship collided with a Chinese fishing vessel in busy shipping lanes off Singapore. Ship-tracking data reviewed by CNN shows the fishing vessel later reached port in Singapore, while the cargo ship remained at the scene for several hours.
