U.S. House passes $3.5T budget plan
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a budget framework that will pave the way for Democrats to spend up to…
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1st US troops start leaving Afghanistan as withdrawal deadline looms
Nick Kay, a former UK ambassador to Afghanistan, says the Taliban’s hardening rhetoric is concerning and stressed the “urgent need” to facilitate…
Continue Reading Biden to stick with Aug. 31 deadline for Afghanistan
WASHNGTON, DC — President Biden has decided to stick with his self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline for a military withdrawal from Afghanistan, U.S.…
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WATCH: White House Covid-19 task force briefing
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States is facing a Covid-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 629,000 Americans…
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Drummer Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones backbone, dies at 80
By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80. Publicist Bernard…
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Taliban cuts off airport access for fleeing Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban said Tuesday that it would not allow Afghans to leave the country and rejected talk of extending the deadline for…
Continue Reading US veteran reunited with Italian siblings he almost shot in World War II
By Livia Borghese and Jack Guy, CNN A US veteran has traveled to Italy to be reunited with three siblings who he almost shot dead during World War…
Continue Reading CIA director met with Taliban leader in Kabul on Monday amid evacuation efforts
By John Harwood, Phil Mattingly and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN CIA Director William J. Burns met face-to-face with the top Taliban leader in Kabul…
Continue Reading Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema sworn in as President in rare victory for an African opposition leader
By Stephanie Busari and David McKenzie Zambia’s newly-elected president, Hakainde Hichilema, has been sworn into office after pulling off a…
Continue Reading Biden holds to Kabul Aug. 31 deadline despite criticism
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ROBERT BURNS AND RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press U.S. President Joe Biden says he will stick with his Aug. 31 deadline for finishing…
Continue Reading Germany’s deadly floods were up to 9 times more likely because of climate change, study estimates
A historic 20-year megadrought, fueled by the climate crisis, is reducing the supply of water for some Arizona…
Continue Reading Kenya’s coffin makers say Covid means they’re busier than ever. Some still won’t get vaccinated
A fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit Kenya so hard that hospitals across the country are turning away new patients. But many Kenyans are…
Continue Reading Kenya’s coffin makers say Covid means they’re busier than ever. Some still won’t get vaccinated
By Scott McLean and Idris Mukhtar, CNN Inside a hospital in a leafy campus in the shadow of Mount Kenya, workers dressed head-to-toe in pale green…
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The record holder for tallest living man in the US dies at 38
By Amanda Jackson and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Igor Vovkovinskiy, crowned the tallest living man in the US by Guinness World Records in 2010, died…
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FDA gives full approval to Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, becoming the first Covid-19…
Continue Reading Germany’s deadly floods were up to 9 times more likely because of climate change, study estimates
By Angela Dewan, CNN Record rainfall that triggered deadly floods in Western Europe in July was made between 1.2 and 9 times more likely by…
Continue Reading A new king was crowned in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region and young Nigerians are inspired
By Anita Patrick, CNN The coronation of a dashing monarch in the oil-rich Delta region has sparked a resurgence in royalty, tradition and ancestry…
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Pentagon to mandate COVID-19 vaccine, as Pfizer is approved
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it will require service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now that…
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Internal probe clears officer in Capitol riot shooting
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say an officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…
Continue Reading President Buhari’s son marries royal bride in glitzy and glamorous ceremony
By Nimi Princewill, CNN It was a roll call of Nigeria’s most powerful political elites during the wedding of Yusuf Buhari, son of…
Continue Reading ‘Expecting the worst, hoping for the best’: Nurse recalls delivering baby on Afghanistan evacuation aircraft
Thousands of evacuees that were airlifted out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover are now safe at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Atika…
Continue Reading ‘Expecting the worst, hoping for the best’: Nurse recalls delivering baby on Afghanistan evacuation aircraft
By Atika Shubert, James Briggs and Jack Guy, CNN A nurse who delivered a baby girl on board an aircraft evacuating people from Afghanistan has said…
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LIVE Updates: Slow-moving storm Henri drenches East Coast
WESTERLY, Rhode Island — Tropical Storm Henri made landfall along the coast of Rhode Island near Westerly on Sunday as the slow-moving…
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Tennessee flooding leaves 21 people dead and around 20 others missing
By Gregory Lemos, Dakin Andone and Hollie Silverman, CNN At least 21 people are confirmed dead while about 20 others remain missing after severe…
Continue Reading Pentagon activates US airlines to assist with evacuation efforts from Afghanistan
By Ellie Kaufman, Oren Liebermann, Veronica Stracqualursi and Alexis Benveniste, CNN The Department of Defense is mobilizing commercial airline…
Continue Reading Surgeon general tells ABC News: U.S. must vaccinate Americans, rest of world to end pandemic
On what Americans need to know about vaccine booster shots, Surgeon General @vivek_murthy tells @martharaddatz: "We are recommending that people…
Continue Reading Crush at Kabul airport kills 7 as Afghans try to flee
By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The British military says at least seven Afghans died in a…
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Manny Pacquiao loses to Yordenis Ugás by unanimous decision
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Yordenis Ugás beat Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision. The Cuban champion put on an impressive…
Continue Reading Baby girl born aboard an evacuation plane from Afghanistan
Thousands of evacuees that were airlifted out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover are now safe at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Atika…
Continue Reading The Middle East is running out of water, and parts of it are becoming uninhabitable
By Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto, Angela Dewan and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The ferries that once shuttled tourists to and from the little islets in…
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