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Haiti official says acting prime minister to step down in wake of president’s assassination

July 19, 2021 8:18 AM Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s elections minister says that interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph will step down in the wake of the July 7…

Kurt Westergaard, cartoonist whose depiction of Mohammed sparked outrage, dead at 86

July 19, 2021 7:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Jack Guy and James Frater, CNN Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose depiction of the prophet Mohammed wearing a turban made out of a bomb…

The Hubble Space Telescope is functioning again after more than month offline

July 19, 2021 7:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN The Hubble Space Telescope is functioning again after more than a month offline as a result of a problem with the payload computer…

Deadly floods inundated parts of Europe, but the Netherlands avoided fatalities. Here’s why

July 19, 2021 5:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová and Mick Krever, CNN As communities devastated by the catastrophic flooding in parts of western Europe start picking up the…

Picturesque German town now choked with mud and debris

July 19, 2021 9:11 AM CNN

The streets of Altenahr, Germany, or what remains of them, are buried under mud, with cars wedged between collapsed buildings and piles of debris.…

Biden administration transfers 1st detainee from Guantanamo Bay facility to home country in break with Trump policy

July 19, 2021 5:04 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has transferred a detainee out of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility for the first time, a step…

Biden administration blames China for massive Microsoft hack, other cyberthreats

July 19, 2021 4:59 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is blaming China for a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of…

Afghanistan withdraws diplomats from Pakistan following alleged kidnapping of ambassador’s daughter

July 19, 2021 1:16 AM CNN Newsource

By Sophia Saifi and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Afghanistan is withdrawing its diplomats from Pakistan following the alleged abduction of the…

Austria investigating reports of ‘Havana syndrome’ among US diplomats

July 19, 2021 12:30 AM CNN

Austrian authorities are investigating reports that US diplomats in Vienna have experienced symptoms of a mystery illness known as Havana Syndrome.…

China’s already spending billions on overseas investments. Does it need to fund security, too?

July 19, 2021 12:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN The death of nine Chinese workers in a bus explosion in Pakistan has underscored the security risks attached to China’s…

Biden unfriends Facebook, betrays Covid frustration

July 18, 2021 5:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Stephen Collinson, Caitlin Hu and Shelby Rose, CNN “They’re killing people.” President Joe Biden’s shot at social media…

When a woman stole his dog, this man didn’t press charges. Instead, he’s paying for her drug rehab

July 18, 2021 11:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Drug addiction sabotaged Brayden Morton for five years. During that span, he attempted to get clean of fentanyl 16 times before…

Enormous scale of destruction is revealed as water subsides after historic western Europe flooding

July 18, 2021 9:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN At least 189 people are dead and hundreds more remain missing after catastrophic flooding hit large swaths of western…

OPEC, allied countries reach ‘full agreement’ after earlier dispute that roiled oil prices

July 18, 2021 5:41 AM Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The energy minister of the United Arab Emirates says OPEC and allied countries have reached a “full…

Several shot outside stadium, halting Padres at Nationals game

July 17, 2021 7:55 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — The game between the San Diego Padres and Washington was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside…

Austria probes reports of Havana Syndrome among US diplomats in Vienna

July 19, 2021 12:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Denise Hruby and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Austrian authorities said they are investigating reports that US diplomats in Vienna have experienced…

Tokyo 2020: Two South African footballers test positive for Covid-19 in Olympic Village

July 18, 2021 6:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Just days before the Olympics are set to begin, three members from South Africa’s Olympic football team have tested…

1st positive Covid tests for 2 athletes in Tokyo’s Olympic Village

July 17, 2021 9:49 PM Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Two athletes living in the Tokyo Olympic Village have tested positive for Covid-19, the first to do so with the Games opening on…

Indonesia is battling a devastating Covid-19 crisis. And its peak is likely still to come

July 18, 2021 2:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Masrur Jamaluddin, Atika Shubert and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN The last time Aris Suharyanto saw his wife was through a hospital window. He never…

Picturesque German town now choked with mud and debris

July 18, 2021 9:55 AM CNN

The streets of Altenahr, Germany, or what remains of them, are buried under mud, with cars wedged between collapsed buildings and piles of debris.…

Wife of slain Haitian president arrives in Haiti

July 17, 2021 2:51 PM Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An official says that Martine Moïse, the wife of Haiti’s assassinated president who was injured in the July 7…

‘Titane’ wins Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; Julia Ducournau becomes 2nd female filmmaker to win top honor

July 17, 2021 12:51 PM Associated Press

CANNES, France (AP) — “Titane” has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Julia Ducournau the second female filmmaker to win…

Ford recalls nearly 775,000 Explorer SUVs following reports of six injuries

July 17, 2021 10:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Ford said Friday that it has recalled nearly 775,000 of its popular Explorer sports utility vehicles around the…

Living on Earth while your dad walks on the moon

July 17, 2021 9:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN There is something about stargazing that inspires us to dream, to imagine the impossible. What if, as you looked to the…

CNN correspondent reports from ground as Belgium sees extreme flooding

July 17, 2021 1:02 PM CNN

More than 100 people have died in Germany and Belgium following severe flooding in the area, caused by what experts described as the heaviest…

Desperate search for survivors as western Europe reels from a ‘catastrophe of historic proportion’

July 17, 2021 4:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Vasco Cotovio, Atika Shubert and Ivana Kottasová, CNN In Altenahr in western Germany, even the dead were not spared in this week’s…

Palestinians describe fight against a West Bank settlement as an existential battle. Jewish settlers say the same

July 17, 2021 1:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Andrew Carey and Abeer Salman, CNN A small boy sits on a hillside in the occupied West Bank. Like the adults around him, he trains a green laser…

Singapore and the UK are both planning to ‘live with Covid.’ They are worlds apart on how to do that

July 16, 2021 8:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Tara John and Nectar Gan, CNN More than a year and a half into the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s rich nations are beginning to accept…

Cannabis may have originated in northwest China, study suggests

July 16, 2021 5:59 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Cannabis’ earliest roots may have stemmed from northwestern China — not South Asia as commonly believed, according…

Federal judge in Texas blocks new DACA applications as illegal

July 16, 2021 3:41 PM Associated Press, CNN

HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program shielding certain…