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.
Dozens of people have been injured in direct Iranian missile strikes on Tel Aviv and cities across southern Israel over the weekend, with one of the strikes resulting in the highest number of people injured in a single attack since the start of the war, according to Israel’s emergency response service.
Editor’s note: This video has been updated to add that the Israeli military is examining whether friendly fire killed a civilian in the northern Israeli community of Misgav Am, according to the IDF.
Follow CNN’s Justin Robertson as he boards the only direct train from Beijing to North Korea. The route, suspended during the pandemic, resumed operations in March.
The Israeli military struck a critical bridge in Southern Lebanon over the Litani River on Sunday amid escalating tensions with Hezbollah.
Cuba is suffering a second nationwide power outage within a week amid a worsening energy crisis and a US oil embargo, leaving streets dark, school hours cut and hospitals struggling to keep the lights on. CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports.
The Persian Gulf has become one of the key battlegrounds of the Iran War – and one where the US is looking vulnerable, CNN's Matthew Chance reports from Doha, Qatar.
Hawaii’s Oahu island has been battered by the largest flooding in 20 years, according to Gov. Josh Green. Crews have rescued hundreds of residents, as others on the northern shore have been issued evacuation orders.
This shrine in a Hezbollah stronghold of Beirut is filled with bodies of civilians and fighters, many of whom died in the previous conflict with Israel in late 2024. Some graves carry a picture of the late Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh saw families visiting to mourn their dead.
