Russian court shuts down human rights group Memorial International
By Anna Chernova and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial International, one of the…
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Drugs, violence and racism are creating a ‘cocktail of neglect’ in Marseille
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The southern French port city of Marseille has made headlines in recent months over the deaths of several young people in…
Continue Reading China tightens Xi’an lockdown as city reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in nearly 2 years
By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Nectar Gan China’s Xi’an has further tightened lockdown measures and rolled out a fifth round of mass…
Continue Reading Japan and China agree to set up defense hotline amid territorial tensions
By Brad Lendon, CNN The defense ministers of Japan and China on Monday agreed to set up a joint communication hotline by the end of 2022, a news…
Continue Reading December 28 coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant news
By Helen Regan, Adam Renton, Aditi Sangal, Melissa Macaya, Mike Hayes and Melissa Mahtani, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News…
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Airlines canceled over 6,000 flights during Christmas weekend due to staffing shortages resulting from the Omicron variant, technical difficulties,…
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Police: Gunman in Denver who killed 5 targeted some victims
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a gunman who went on a deadly shooting rampage in several locations in the Denver…
Continue Reading Fauci: US should consider vaccine mandate for US air travel
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. infectious disease expert says the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for…
Continue Reading The 3,500-year-old mummy of an Egyptian king has been ‘digitally unwrapped’ for the first time
By Katie Hunt, CNN Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about…
Continue Reading Israel announces plan to double Golan Heights population, drawing condemnation from Syria
By Nada Bashir, Hamdi Alkhshali and Jennifer Deaton, CNN Israel said on Sunday that it intends to double the population of the contested area of the…
Continue Reading Thousands left homeless and hungry at Christmas as Philippines faces up to climate crisis reality of super typhoon
By Erwin M. Mascariñas and Rhea Mogul, CNN Usually, Jay Lacia wakes at midnight on Christmas Day to start the festivities — but this year, all…
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US officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who test…
Continue Reading Travel nightmare: Another 2,500 flights canceled Monday
By Chris Liakos and Sonnet Swire, CNN Business More than 2,800 flights have been canceled Monday as Covid cases surge across the globe. Of the more…
Continue Reading Taliban says ‘no need’ for Afghanistan’s election commission and peace ministries
By Ehsan Popalzai, CNN The Taliban said Monday it had dissolved Afghanistan’s election commission as well as its ministries for peace and…
Continue Reading As South Africa mourns Desmond Tutu, so do LGBTQ groups, Palestinians and climate activists
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN On Monday, cathedral bells tolled at midday in Cape Town as South Africa began a week of mourning for the Nobel Peace Prize…
Continue Reading ‘Horrified’ UN official condemns reported killings in Myanmar
Story by Reuters A senior United Nations official said he was horrified by the reported killing of at least 35 civilians in Myanmar and called on…
Continue Reading Fears of political violence rise as Somalia’s president and prime minister jockey for power
By Larry Madowo Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo has suspended the powers of the prime minister amid an ongoing tussle for power,…
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Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy tells CNN’s Dana Bash that one of the most important things parents can do to help their children is “to let them…
Continue Reading December 27 coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant news
By Helen Regan, Adam Renton, Tara John, Aditi Sangal, Mike Hayes, Melissa Macaya and Melissa Mahtani, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable…
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Dr. Chris Pernell shares a tweet from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health that uses a classic Christmas movie to emphasize how vaccines help fight…
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Continue Reading Suicide bomber kills at least 8 at east Congo restaurant
Story by Reuters and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Beni on…
Continue Reading Windsor Castle intruder with crossbow detained under Mental Health Act, police say
By Katharina Krebs, CNN An armed 19-year-old man arrested Saturday morning for trespassing at Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II is staying for…
Continue Reading Thousands of flights canceled on Christmas weekend
CNN, KARE, WJLA, KUSA By Pete Muntean, CNN Business Major US airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, the third day in a row of mass…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Personal Birth date: October 7, 1931…
Continue Reading Mourners pay tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu as his body lies in state
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human…
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Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, dies at 90
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice, has…
Continue Reading As the Taliban swept Kabul, one friend escaped. The other was trapped. They shared their anguish on WhatsApp
By Eliza Mackintosh and Nilly Kohzad, CNN Illustration by Alberto Mier, CNN In the four months since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Nilofar, a…
Continue Reading Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid leader and voice of justice, dead at 90
By Todd Leopold, Larry Madowo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor,…
Continue Reading More than 30 reported killed, Save the Children staff missing, in Myanmar attack
By Cape Diamond, Jessie Yeung and Maija Ehlinger, CNN At least 30 people, including women and children, were killed in the eastern Myanmar state of…
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