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Month: January 2025

Ashraf Ghani Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Ashraf Ghani, former president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: 1949 Birth place: Logar Province, Afghanistan Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Father: Shah Pesand Mother: Kawkaba Lodin Marriage: Rula (Saade) Ghani Children: Tarek and Mariam Education: American University in Beirut, Lebanon, 1973; Columbia University,

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Bono Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Bono, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter of the band U2. Personal Birth date: May 10, 1960 Birth place: Dublin, Ireland Birth name: Paul David Hewson Father: Brendan Robert Hewson, post office worker Mother: Iris Elizabeth (Rankin) Hewson Marriage: Ali (Stewart) Hewson (August

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Mahmoud Abbas Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Personal Birth date: 1935 Birth place: Safed, Palestine Marriage: Amina Abbas Children: Three sons Mazen (died in 2002), Yasser and Tareq Education: Damascus University, B.A.; Oriental College (in Moscow), Ph.D. Other Facts His family left the British Mandate area

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Richard Reid Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Richard Reid, who attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his sneakers while on an American Airlines flight. He is serving a life sentence at the US Penitentiary Administrative Maximum facility in Florence, Colorado. Personal Birth date: August 12, 1973 Birth place: England Birth

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Ayad Allawi Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Ayad Allawi, the former interim Prime Minister of Iraq. Personal Birth date: 1945 Birth place: Iraq Marriage: Thana Allawi (1987-present) Children: Three Education: Studied medicine/neurology in Baghdad and London. Religion: Shia Muslim Timeline 1960s – Joins the Baath Party while in medical school

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Ibrahim al-Jaafari Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Ibrahim al-Jaafari, former prime minister of Iraq. Personal Birth date: 1947 Birth place: Karbala, Iraq Marriage: Married, name unavailable publicly Children: Five Education: Mosul University, M.D., 1974 Religion: Shiite Muslim Timeline 1968 – Joins the Islamic Dawa Party. Al Dawa (formally the Hizb

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Trump says it ‘doesn’t matter’ whether Republicans use one or two bills to pass his agenda

By Sarah Ferris, Eric Bradner and Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump stressed in a meeting with the Senate GOP on Wednesday that he wants to pass his agenda as urgently as possible, while downplaying divisions over specific strategy among Republican leaders on Capitol Hill. Inside the room, Trump delivered wide-ranging remarks

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El 41% de las empresas de todo el mundo planea reducir su fuerza laboral para 2030 debido a la IA

Por Olesya Dmitracova, CNN La inteligencia artificial viene por tu trabajo: el 41% de los empleadores tienen la intención de reducir su fuerza laboral a medida que la IA automatiza ciertas tareas, según mostró el miércoles una encuesta del Foro Económico Mundial (WEF, por sus iniciales en inglés). De los cientos de grandes empresas encuestadas

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Politics may have driven pre-election leak of Trump DOJ Covid nursing home probe, watchdog suggests

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Multiple senior officials in the Justice Department under the first Trump administration improperly leaked non-public details of inquiries into Covid-19 deaths at nursing homes in Democratic-led states, according to a newly-released inspector general report released following a CNN Freedom of Information Act request. The report expressed suspicions that the

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Estos mapas y gráficos muestran el alcance de los incendios forestales de Los Ángeles

Por Matt Stiles, Sean O’Key, Byron Manley y Curt Merrill, CNN en Español Una serie de incendios amenazantes, el mayor de ellos en Pacific Palisades, están destruyendo hogares mientras avanzan rápidamente por el condado de Los Ángeles y áreas circundantes. CNN está monitoreando los incendios a través de mapas y gráficos. Aquí tienes un vistazo

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Water crisis forces Richmond restaurants to shut down, await resolution: ‘We can’t operate’

By Maggi Marshall Click here for updates on this story     RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — Richmonders hoping to snag a reservation at Bookbinders Restaurant on Tuesday were met with a disappointing sight: lights off and empty tables. John Taxin, the owner of Bookbinders, expressed his frustration with the situation. “We can’t operate. No if, ands, or

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