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Biden’s fist bump with MBS ‘a win’ for US President: Saudi foreign minister

July 17, 2022 2:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Nic Robertson, Sarah El Sirgany and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Joe Biden’s controversial fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…

Filipinos are buying books to preserve the truth about the Marcos regime

July 16, 2022 6:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Filipinos living abroad are snapping up books about the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, not just to read about…

Murder convictions overturned decades after 3 men were convicted in a New York attack that resembled a scene from the ‘Money Train’ film

July 16, 2022 1:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Beech and Amya Henry, CNN Three men who served decades in prison for the arson murder of a New York City subway clerk, a murder that…

Akron mayor intends to lift city curfew implemented following police shooting of Jayland Walker

July 16, 2022 10:41 AM CNN Newsource

By John Couwels, CNN The nightly curfew in Akron, Ohio, put in place following the police shooting of Jayland Walker will be lifted if there are no…

What we learned from the Uvalde shooting video, and what remains unknown

July 16, 2022 9:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Ray Sanchez and Peter Nickeas, CNN The gunman walked into the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and casually pushed back his long hair before…

Webb telescope’s first photos reveal unseen aspects of the universe

July 16, 2022 9:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN If you have ever watched “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the film has an unexpected cosmic cameo. A group of…

Dust storm causes a 21-vehicle pileup in Montana, killing 6 people, including 3 children

July 16, 2022 7:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Jamiel Lynch, Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN A dust storm caused a 21-vehicle pileup on Interstate 90 in Big Horn County, Montana, on Friday…

MBS hits back at Biden after the President confronts Saudi prince about Khashoggi

July 16, 2022 7:00 AM CNN

President Biden’s highly anticipated meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohmamed Bin Salman came under sharp criticism, with the president defending the…

MBS hits back at Biden after the President confronts Saudi prince about Khashoggi

July 16, 2022 5:17 AM CNN

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer presses Saudi diplomat Adel al-Jubeir, who was in the room during President Joe Biden’s meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed…

MBS hits back at Biden after the President confronts Saudi prince about Khashoggi

July 16, 2022 5:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Phil Mattingly, Allie Malloy, Tamara Qiblawi and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, hit…

Ukraine’s harvest becomes the new battlefield, as fires blacken its arable heartlands

July 16, 2022 4:26 AM CNN

Russia is setting Ukrainian wheat fields on fire, putting a strain on the country’s grain exports. CNN’s Ivan Watson reports from a farm in southern…

Can prison gardens help address the problem with mass incarceration?

July 16, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Stacker consulted academic research, program reports, and government data to find out what the U.S. prison population looks like today and how…

US Navy challenges Chinese claims in South China Sea for second time in a week

July 15, 2022 11:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN A US Navy warship on Saturday challenged Chinese claims to disputed islands in the South China Sea, the US 7th Fleet said in a…

Sri Lanka crisis: How do you fix a broken country?

July 15, 2022 6:53 PM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, CNN For years it had been one of Sri Lanka’s grandest and most heavily guarded buildings, serving as the official residence…

Sri Lanka crisis: How do you fix a broken country?

July 15, 2022 6:53 PM CNN

CNN By Heather Chen, CNN For years it had been one of Sri Lanka’s grandest and most heavily guarded buildings, serving as the official…

Biden set to take calibrated approach in effort to shift US-Saudi dynamics in push for more oil

July 15, 2022 9:13 AM CNN

CNN By Phil Mattingly, CNN Soaring gas prices may have been the driving factor behind President Joe Biden’s decision to visit Saudi Arabia, but…

Putin reshuffles top officials, names new space agency head

July 15, 2022 9:10 AM Associated Press

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has reshuffled his top officials, naming a new head of the…

NASA releases first Webb Telescope images of Jupiter and moon Europa

July 15, 2022 7:48 AM Noelia Gonzalez

Exciting new images of Jupiter are now available thanks to some new technology from NASA. NASA’s James Webb space telescope team unveiled the…

Biggest pay raises in 15 years are on tap for 2023

July 15, 2022 7:24 AM Noelia Gonzalez

The biggest pay raises in 15 years are on tap for next year, but experts say those raises will not make up for inflation. That’s according to…

Blue whales end up as ‘ocean’s roadkill’ in the crowded waters of Patagonia

July 15, 2022 6:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN The blue whale’s giant corpse was lying washed up on a rocky beach on the Pacific coast of Patagonia, at the southern tip of…

Russia’s war in Ukraine

July 15, 2022 6:43 AM CNN

CNN’s Scott McLean reports from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, where civilians are caught in the middle of Russian missile attacks, wounding many severely and…

Former German soldier gets five-and-a-half years in prison for far-right plot

July 15, 2022 6:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Nadine Schmidt, CNN One of postwar Germany’s most publicized terrorism trials concluded Friday as a former German soldier was sentenced to…

UK forecasters issue first-ever ‘red’ warning for exceptional heat with all-time records poised to topple

July 15, 2022 6:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Temperatures in the UK are expected to soar to all-time highs early next week, prompting the British government to issue a…

Saudi Arabia opens airspace to Israeli flights

July 15, 2022 5:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Kyle Blaine and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Saudi Arabia on Friday opened its airspace to all civilian carriers, including all flights to and from…

Russia’s war in Ukraine

July 15, 2022 3:12 AM CNN

Vinnytsia, a central Ukrainian town far from the front lines, was struck by three Russian missiles. The attack left over 20 civilians dead, including…

5 of the biggest perceived problems that small-business owners face

July 15, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Simply Business outlines major problems small-business owners face based on years of research by…

Sri Lanka’s former President has stepped down — but larger problems loom for the crisis-hit country

July 15, 2022 1:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, Iqbal Athas and Kunal Sehgal, CNN Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country earlier this week, has…

Russia’s war in Ukraine

July 15, 2022 1:30 AM CNN Newsource

US and Japanese warplanes put on show of force as tensions spike with China and Russia

July 14, 2022 10:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN More than 50 US and Japanese warplanes flew over waters near Japan this week as the two allies put on a show of force amid rising…

These robots could search for life in our solar system’s ocean worlds

July 14, 2022 12:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Ocean worlds in our solar system are attractive places in the search for life beyond Earth. Beneath a thick, icy shell,…