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Year: 2021

Warren Buffett resigns from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Warren Buffett has resigned from his trustee position at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the 90-year-old investor announced Wednesday. In a statement, Buffett didn’t specify why he’s leaving the foundation, but noted he has already resigned from all corporate boards other than Berkshire Hathaway’s. Buffett added that the foundation’s

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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner distance themselves from the former President and his constant complaints

By Kate Bennett and Gabby Orr, CNN With each passing day away from Washington, former President Donald Trump’s grievances continue unabated. And those complaints appear to be driving away two of the people who were closest to him during his White House tenure: his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Sometimes the former President

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Italian lawmakers reject ‘interference’ after Vatican protests anti-homophobia law

By John Allen, CNN Senior Vatican Analyst and editor of Crux, and Nicola Ruotolo Senior lawmakers in Italy pushed back Wednesday against “interference” from the Vatican after it protested against a draft Italian law designed to combat homophobia. The Italian “parliament is sovereign and won’t accept interference,” the President of Italy’s lower house of parliament,

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Nigeria announces talks with Twitter after ban, as Ecowas court bars government crackdown on users

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has assembled a reconciliation team to lead negotiations with Twitter, more than two weeks after the American social media company’s operation was indefinitely suspended in the West African nation. The move came about after Twitter wrote to the President “seeking to engage with the Federal Government over

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Andrew Yang concedes in NYC mayoral race

Democratic NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang conceded in a speech as the results from early and primary day in-person voting came in showing he placed a distant fourth behind candidates Eric Adams, Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley. CNN projects the New York City Democratic mayoral primary winner will be determined using ranked-choice voting tabulation.

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Tom Perez launches bid for Maryland governor

By Dan Merica, CNN Tom Perez, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, announced Wednesday that he was running for governor of Maryland, seeking to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. Perez, who previously led the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and served as Labor Secretary for then-President Barack Obama, made the announcement

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Pacific Northwest expected to endure oppressive heat this weekend amid the West’s drought misery

By Aya Elamroussi and Joe Sutton, CNN Parts of Oregon and Washington state will be under an excessive heat watch this weekend as scorching, possibly record-breaking heat settles into the region. The excessive heat watch will go into effect Friday afternoon and continue through at least Monday, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. Portions of

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Ahora casi todas las muertes por covid-19 se pueden prevenir por completo, dice directora de los CDC

Mariana Toro (CNN) — La peligrosa variante delta representa un riesgo para Estados Unidos mientras el país trabaja para salir de la pandemia de covid-19, pero los expertos dicen que la nación tiene las herramientas necesarias para superar la amenaza, si la gente las aprovecha. «Las vacunas de covid-19 están disponibles para todas las personas

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