Surgeon general warns Covid misinformation is ‘serious public threat’
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned in a new advisory that health misinformation is “a serious threat to public health,”…
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Child tax credit payments now going out to parents: Here’s how it works
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is starting to deposit child tax credit money into the bank accounts of more than 35 million families.…
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Neutrogena, Aveeno sunscreens recalled due to cancer risk
Johnson & Johnson is issuing a voluntary recall for five Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreen lines in the United States after it said it discovered low…
Continue Reading NASA begins high-stakes repair to Hubble Space Telescope
By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA engineers are trying to work their magic on the Hubble Space Telescope, which stopped working on June 13 as a result of a…
Continue Reading Delta variant surges in Middle East and North Africa as region braces for ‘catastrophic consequences’
By Mostafa Salem, CNN The Middle East and North Africa is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases aggravated by the Delta variant of the virus —…
Continue Reading Lebanon’s Hariri steps down as prime minister-designate pushing crisis-ridden country further into uncertainty
By Tamara Qiblawi, Ghazi Balkiz and Ben Wedeman, CNN Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has stepped down nearly nine months after…
Continue Reading Deadly flooding hits Germany
Heavy rains have caused deadly flash floods across Germany and the Benelux region. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the…
Continue Reading Cocaine disguised as charcoal worth up to $41 million seized by police
By Jack Guy, CNN Cocaine disguised as charcoal with a potential street value of up to 35 million euros ($41.4 million) has been seized in a joint…
Continue Reading Germany mounts huge rescue effort after floods leave dozens dead and many more missing
By Nadine Schmidt, Schams Elwazer, Barbara Wojazer and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN A large-scale rescue effort was underway in Germany Friday after the…
Continue Reading Indonesia overtakes India as Asia’s new Covid-19 epicenter
CNN’s Will Ripley shows the Covid-19 tests, lines and paperwork he has to complete in order to travel to Japan for the Tokyo…
Continue Reading Indonesia overtakes India as Asia’s new Covid-19 epicenter
By Masrur Jamaluddin and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Indonesia reported 54,517 new cases of Covid-19, authorities said Wednesday, a single-day national…
Continue Reading New book claims top generals feared Trump coup attempt
WASHINGTON, DC — The top U.S. military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald…
Continue Reading US-Mexico border arrests in June are the highest in at least a decade
By Geneva Sands, CNN US border authorities in June arrested or turned away the highest monthly number of migrants at the US-Mexico border in at least…
Continue Reading FBI says missteps in sex abuse probe of gymnastics doctor Nassar are ‘inexcusable and a discredit to this organization’
WASHINGTON, DC — The FBI made “fundamental” errors in investigating sexual abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor…
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U.S. Senate Dems move toward federal cannabis legalization
WASHINGTON, DC — For the first time in U.S. Senate history, Democrats on Wednesday moved toward ending the federal prohibition on cannabis, removing…
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Drug overdose deaths hit highest number ever during pandemic
NEW YORK, NY — Overdose deaths nationwide soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported…
Continue Reading This family’s 24-year search for their abducted son inspired a movie. They’ve just been reunited
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN The abduction of 2-year-old Guo Xinzhen in eastern China in 1997 sparked a desperate, seemingly never-ending nationwide…
Continue Reading EU unveils ambitious climate package as it cools on fossil fuels
By Luke McGee, CNN The European Union has unveiled some of the world’s most ambitious proposals to reduce carbon emissions and wean its 27…
Continue Reading Taliban fighters execute 22 Afghan commandos as they try to surrender
CNN By Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu, Tim Lister and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Over clear but unsteady video, the words ring out: “Surrender, commandos,…
Continue Reading Pope Francis leaves hospital after undergoing surgery
By Delia Gallagher, CNN Pope Francis was discharged from Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery for colon…
Continue Reading Pope Francis arrives at Vatican 10 days after intestinal surgery, gets out of car at side gate to greet well-wishers
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is back at the Vatican after being discharged from a Rome hospital 10 days after intestinal surgery to remove half of his…
Continue Reading Chinese workers killed in bus explosion in northern Pakistan
By Sophia Saifi, CNN At least 10 people have died after a bus carrying Chinese engineers in northern Pakistan fell into a ditch following a…
Continue Reading Pope Francis is seen leaving Rome hospital in car, 10 days after intestinal surgery
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is back at the Vatican after being discharged from a Rome hospital 10 days after intestinal surgery to remove half of his…
Continue Reading Shocking footage shows looting in South Africa
Soldiers and police struggled to restore order in parts of South Africa after dozens of people were killed in the worst violence and looting the…
Continue Reading This family’s 24-year search for their abducted son inspired a movie. They’ve just been reunited
By Jessie Yeung, CNN The abduction of 2-year-old Guo Xinzhen in eastern China in 1997 sparked a desperate, seemingly never-ending nationwide search…
Continue Reading China could soon have an unlikely supporter in Central Asia — the Taliban
By Ben Westcott, CNN One is a government accused of detaining more than 1 million Muslims in a vast system of internment camps. The other is one of…
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Death toll in Chinese hotel collapse raised to 17 as search and rescue mission ends
BEIJING (AP) – The death toll in the collapse of a hotel in eastern China has been raised to 17 as authorities called an end to the search and…
Continue Reading Almost half of this capital city’s population may have contracted Covid-19, survey finds
By Amy Sood, CNN Nearly half of Jakarta’s residents may have contracted Covid-19, according to a health survey — more than 12 times the…
Continue Reading U.S. Senate Dems announce $3.5 trillion budget plan
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Democrats announced late Tuesday that they’d reached a budget agreement envisioning spending an enormous $3.5…
Continue Reading More than 70 killed in South Africa protests after former leader Jacob Zuma is jailed
By David McKenzie, Pierre Bairin and Samantha Beech, CNN Soldiers and police were struggling to restore order in parts of South Africa on Tuesday, as…
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