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Donations poured in and volunteers rushed to help: Here’s how Martha’s Vineyard communities responded to the arrival of migrants

By Miguel Marquez and Christina Maxouris, CNN In the hours after roughly 50 migrants touched down on Martha’s Vineyard in two planes sent by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the island’s community — still jarred by the unexpected arrival — rushed to help the newcomers. “We received food, we received clothes, we received … different things,

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Ocasio-Cortez calls out GOP lawmaker for ‘disrespect’ shown to environmental lawyer in heated exchange

CNN By Shawna Mizelle and Sonnet Swire, CNN Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday condemned Republican Rep. Clay Higgins‘ treatment of an environmental lawyer during a congressional hearing on the climate crisis. “In the four years that I’ve sat on this committee, I have never seen members of Congress, Republican or Democrat, disrespect a witness

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Experts slam ‘pittance’ in aid to Pakistan as they find climate crisis played a role in floods

CNN By Angela Dewan, CNN An analysis of Pakistan’s devastating floods has found “fingerprints” of the human-made climate crisis on the disaster, which killed more than 1,500 people and destroyed so much land and infrastructure it has plunged the South Asian nation into crisis. The analysis, published Thursday by the World Weather Attribution initiative, was

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China and Russia present united front at summit as Ukraine war risks exposing regional divisions

By Nectar Gan and Rhea Mogul, CNN When Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit down with other Asian leaders at a summit in Central Asia Friday, they will seek to present a united front to counterbalance the United States and its allies. But within their “no-limits” relationship, potential differences over Russia’s

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