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Reality check: Here’s what the COP26 deals actually mean for our future climate

November 6, 2021 11:26 PM CNN Newsource

By Angela Dewan, Ivana Kottasová, Amy Cassidy and Ingrid Formanek, CNN Delegates from around the world hammered out a number of agreements in the…

Iraqi Prime Minister survives exploding drone assassination attempt

November 6, 2021 7:50 PM CNN Newsource

By Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday after an explosive-laden drone targeted…

Federal appeals court issues stay of Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for private companies

November 6, 2021 2:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue and Rachel Janfaza, CNN A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new vaccine rules that could…

End of daylight saving time means set clocks back an hour Sunday

November 5, 2021 11:21 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter is on the horizon again with the end of daylight saving time coming Sunday across most of the United States. Standard time…

Biden says families separated at the border under Trump deserve compensation for ‘outrageous’ immigration policy

November 6, 2021 10:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Jason Hoffman and Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday strongly endorsed the idea of the US government compensating immigrant families…

The search for another Earth across the galaxy heats up

November 6, 2021 10:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN I’ve always been a bit dazzled by the fact that, as humans, we truly are made of star stuff. This week, an element…

Young mother and elderly priest among Tigrayans arrested in Addis Ababa, witnesses say

November 6, 2021 6:41 AM CNN

Journalist Tsedale Lemma, founder of The Addis Standard, digs into the crisis in Ethiopia and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s…

Ethiopia’s military calls on former members to rejoin army as rebels advance on capital

November 6, 2021 6:41 AM CNN Newsource

By David McKenzie, CNN Ethiopia’s military is calling on veterans to rejoin the army as two aligned rebel groups threaten the capital, marking…

Camels escape from circus and venture out to explore Madrid

November 6, 2021 5:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Ryan, CNN Spanish police had an unusual encounter on Friday night when a number of camels and a llama escaped from a circus and wandered…

Police searching for missing swimmer after a shark attack in Western Australia

November 6, 2021 3:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Angus Watson, CNN A man is missing after a reported shark attack at a beach in North Fremantle, Western Australia according to police and the…

At least 98 killed in Sierra Leone fuel tanker explosion

November 6, 2021 1:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Teele Rebane and Yong Xiong, CNN At least 98 people died on Friday after a fuel tanker exploded in a suburb of Sierra Leone‘s capital,…

U.S. House passes $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure bill, sends it to Biden

November 5, 2021 9:35 PM ABC News, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House has approved a $1.2 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a…

Dems end deadlock, House hands Biden infrastructure win

November 5, 2021 2:02 PM Associated Press

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after…

Police: Armed man fatally shot at a North Carolina Walmart

November 5, 2021 7:17 PM Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say police have fatally shot an armed man who reportedly pointed a gun at a worker at a Walmart store in North…

US offers $5 million rewards for 4 Mexican drug lords

November 5, 2021 6:52 PM Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government is offering $5 million rewards for information leading to the capture of four Mexican drug lords. Those…

The Dutch are masters at taming water. Climate change is teaching them to just let it flood

November 5, 2021 5:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Mick Krever and Phil Black, CNN Video with Martin Bourke and Mark Baron, CNN Design by Henrik Pettersson, CNN In the spitting rain that is endemic…

The Dutch are masters at taming water. Climate change is teaching them to just let it flood

November 5, 2021 5:45 PM CNN

Parts of Germany were devastated by flooding earlier this year. Hundreds of miles upstream along those rivers, people in the Netherlands have been…

Denver Zoo reports world’s first coronavirus cases in hyenas

November 5, 2021 4:54 PM Associated Press

By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed…

Man burst into flames after Taser used on him, police say

November 5, 2021 3:42 PM Associated Press

CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say an upstate New York man is in grave condition at a hospital after police used a Taser to subdue him and he…

5 takeaways from Day 5 of COP26: Kids in the streets, carbon capture cost, caution on net-zero pledges

November 5, 2021 3:39 PM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Ingrid Formanek and Rachel Ramirez, CNN TGIF! It’s been a long week at the COP26 climate conference, where Friday’s…

Stocks rally to new record highs on strong jobs data, Pfizer Covid pill news

November 5, 2021 2:17 PM CNN, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Wall Street got a double dose of good news to cheer on Friday as stocks pushed further into record heights. The job market…

House Dems delay huge social bill, plan infrastructure vote

November 4, 2021 10:53 PM Associated Press

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats have abruptly postponed an expected House vote on a 10-year, $1.85 trillion social…

WATCH: Funeral for former secretary of state, military leader Colin Powell

November 5, 2021 10:04 AM ABC News

WASHINGTON, DC — Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing and widely praised soldier-diplomat who rose from humble beginnings to national prominence, was…

Mexico announces its biggest seizure of pure fentanyl

November 4, 2021 6:04 PM Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it has made the biggest seizure of pure fentanyl in its history, after five suspected drug traffickers were arrested…

Thousands of young campaigners descend on COP26 as Greta Thunberg leads climate protest

November 5, 2021 9:43 AM CNN

CNN’s Phil Black reports from a youth climate protest in Glasgow, Scotland, as the COP26 climate summit…

Russian diplomat found dead on street outside Berlin embassy

November 5, 2021 9:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Tara John, Nadine Schmidt and Zahra Ullah, CNN A Russian diplomat found dead on the sidewalk outside the embassy in Berlin last month is believed…

300 million-year-old fossil skeleton in Utah could be the first of its kind

November 5, 2021 7:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Sherry Liang, CNN An approximately 300 million-year-old fossil skeleton discovered at Canyonlands National Park in Utah could be the first of its…

Greta Thunberg slams COP26 as a ‘failure’ at youth protest in Glasgow

November 5, 2021 7:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Greta Thunberg criticized world leaders and called the COP26 summit a “failure” on Friday, as…

Armed groups join forces in Ethiopia in biggest threat yet to embattled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

November 5, 2021 5:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Armed groups fighting Ethiopia’s central government are swelling in numbers as they advance on the capital, Addis…

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%

November 5, 2021 4:50 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by…