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International Desk
''International Desk'' (also referred to as the ''I-Desk'') was a news program on CNN International. It delivered a round-up of the day's events. The show was a late night programme for Asia, an afternoon broadcast in Europe and a mid-morning news programme for the Americas. ''I-Desk'' aired live weekdays during the 10am hour ( ET) from CNN Center in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg .... The show was launched in 2009 as part of a slate of new programming for primetime in Europe. Gorani was initially the sole anchor when ''I-Desk'' premiered on 9 February 2009, with the program airing once a day. Isha Sesay joined on 20 April 2009 to host the 10:00 ET edition, with Gorani hosting a second block two hours later. Sesay swapped roles with Holmes in September 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Curnow
Robyn Curnow is a South African journalist, broadcaster, and author. She was an anchor and foreign correspondent for CNN International and CNN USA. She hosted CNN’s ''Newsroom with Robyn Curnow'' from 2020 to 2022 from the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Previously, she anchored ''The International Desk with Robyn Curnow'' from 2014 to 2019. The program was a fast-moving news show that showcased CNN’s global reach by going live to CNN's reporters around the world, tracking the day-by-day developments and global news for CNN's international viewers. Before moving to the USA, Curnow was CNN’s Africa correspondent based in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2006 to 2014. She was based at CNN’s London Bureau as a correspondent and anchor from 2002 to 2006. After more than 20 years on-air at CNN, on 3 May 2022, Curnow announced she would be leaving CNN. Curnow launched a podcastSearching for America which aims to decode America from an Outsider's point of view. Curnow is ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hala Gorani
Hala Basha-Gorani (; born March 1, 1970) is an American journalist, working as a correspondent for NBC News. Previously she was an anchor and correspondent for CNN International, based in London. She is also a war correspondent. She previously anchored CNN's ''Hala Gorani Tonight'' weeknights at 8 p.m. CET. Gorani co-hosted '' Your World Today'' with Jim Clancy until February 2009 and then International Desk until April 2014 from CNN's Atlanta headquarters. Since February 2022, Gorani has been a special war anchor based in Lviv, in western Ukraine, during the Russian invasion. Although broadcast in the late evening to her American audience, the time difference means that she is coming live in the early morning from Ukraine. On 28 April 2022, Gorani announced she would be leaving CNN, and would present her final episode of ''Hala Gorani Tonight'' that evening. Early life Gorani was born in 1970 in Seattle, Washington. According to her, she comes from "quite an internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Holmes (broadcaster)
Michael Holmes is an Australian journalist, best known as news anchor and correspondent for CNN International, where he worked from 1996 to 2024. His most recent assignment was anchoring CNN Newsroom with Michael Holmes at 12am ET from Friday through Monday. Prior to that he anchored '' CNN Today'' with Amara Walker. He has also anchored the 10a ET edition of ''International Desk'' and in early 2013 joined Suzanne Malveaux as co-anchor of CNN USA's ''Around The World'' at noon ET, an hour-long bulletin focusing on international news. Previously, he was the host of CNNI's behind-the-news program BackStory and other CNN International programs. He attended Wesley College in Perth from 1973 to 1977. Holmes began his career at the '' Daily News'' newspaper in Perth at the age of 17. Prior to his work at CNN, he was a reporter for more than a decade for Australia's Nine Network in Perth, Sydney, London and Melbourne. He spent four years based in London, covering Northern Irelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isha Sesay
Isha Isatu Sesay ( ; born 6 January 1976) is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent. From 2005 to 2018, she worked as an anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Originally based at CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. and now based in Los Angeles, California, where she hosted the news programs ''CNN Newsroom Live from Los Angeles''. In addition, she was the presenter of the ''360 Bulletin'' on ''Anderson Cooper 360°''. In 2012, Sesay also joined HLN as a co-anchor for ''Evening Express''. She left CNN in 2018 to support a girl's education project called W.E. Can Lead for African girls, write a book and follow various other personal projects. Youth and education Born in London, England in 1976 to Temne parents from Sierra Leone, Sesay returned with them at the age of seven to their homeland. Raised in their Muslim faith, she lived in Sierra Leone for most of her childhood. She is one of three children, with an older sister and a younger brother. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fionnuala Sweeney
Fionnuala Sweeney ( , ; born 1965) is an Irish anchorwoman and reporter. Based at CNN's headquarters in Atlanta and at CNN London, Fionnuala was also the solo host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 from Millstreet, County Cork. Early life and education Fionnuala was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1965, where she lived until she was 12, before moving to Dublin. She graduated with an Honours bachelor's degree in English and History and a Higher Diploma in Education from University College Dublin. Career Radio Fionnuala's career in broadcasting began as newscaster on Chris Cary's Energy Power 103 FM in 1987, a "Superpirate" in Dublin where she was a co-presenter on "Wake Up With Energy" along with Pat Courtenay and Bob Gallico. In 1988 she left Energy to work as a newscaster at RTÉ 2FM before becoming a television reporter with RTÉ news. In early 2018, she returned to the RTÉ airwaves to co-present the political commentary show Late Debate ww.rte.ie/radio1/lated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNN Center
The Center, formerly and still commonly called the CNN Center, is the former international headquarters of U.S. cable network CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The main newsrooms and studios for several of CNN's news channels were located in the building. The facility's commercial office space was occupied by various units of the former Turner Broadcasting System, now part of Warner Bros. Discovery. The Center is located in downtown Atlanta adjacent to Centennial Olympic Park. In 2020, CNN announced that it would relocate its Atlanta operations back to the Turner Broadcasting Techwood campus in Midtown Atlanta. The One CNN Center office building was acquired by CP Group in 2021. Production activities moved back in October 2023, while the last of CNN's domestic programs moved in February 2024. On April 4, 2024, CP Group announced that CNN Center would be renovated, and was in the process of being rebranded as "The Center." History 1970s and 1980s The building opened in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNN International
Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network CNN's national and international news bureaus. Unlike its sister channel, CNN, a North American-only subscription service, CNN International is carried on a variety of TV platforms across the world, and broadcast from studios inside and outside the United States, in Atlanta, New York City, London, Mumbai, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi. In some countries, it is available as a free-to-air network. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC News (international TV channel), BBC News, France 24, CGTN (TV channel), CGTN, Deutsche Welle, DW, RT (TV network), RT, DD India, NHK World-Japan, NHK World, TRT World or Al Jazeera English. History Early years CNN International began broadcasting on September 1, 1985, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilisations. Its 4.7 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population. Asia shares the landmass of Eurasia with Europe, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. In general terms, it is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. The border of Asia with Europe is a social constructionism, historical and cultural construct, as there is no clear physical and geographical separation between them. A commonly accepted division places Asia to the east of the Suez Canal separating it from Africa; and to the east of the Turkish straits, the Ural Mountains an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 U.S. states, states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Observed during standard time (late autumn/winter in the United States and Canada). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00). Observed during daylight saving time (spring/summer/early autumn in the United States and Canada). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT, creating a 23-hour day. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, which results in a 25-hour day. History The boundaries of the Eastern Time Zone have moved westward since the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) took over time-zone management from railroads in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premiere (magazine)
A premiere, also spelled première, (from , ) is the debut (first public presentation) of a work, i.e. play, film, dance, musical composition, or even a performer in that work. History Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the film premiere to showman Sid Grauman, who founded Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The first ever Hollywood premiere was for the 1922 film ''Robin Hood'', starring Douglas Fairbanks, in front of the Egyptian Theatre. By the late 1920s the red carpet had become synonymous with film premieres. Classification There are a number of different types: A single work will often have many premieres. For example, in film, the 2019 United States movie ''Aladdin'' held its world premiere at the Grand Rex in Paris, France, on 8 May 2019, its first regional premiere in Jordan on 13 May 2019, and its United States premiere on 24 May 2019. Likewise, in music, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 received its world premiere in the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
