The 40,000-seat Ras Abu Aboud arena will host seven matches at Qatar 2022. It’s unique in that it’s built with shipping containers made from recycled steel and is the first World Cup stadium that was built to be torn down.
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By Zeena Saifi, CNN It was once a quiet waterfront, only enjoying the occasional sounds from the nearby Gulf shores. Now, it’s a dizzying burst of color and life — soon to be filled with up to 40,000 screaming fans. It is Qatar’s Ras Abu Aboud stadium — the first built in World Cup history
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A car crash on Worley Street and North Garth Avenue is believed to be the cause of a Sunday morning power outage in Columbia according to the Columbia Police Department. CPD told ABC News crews on the scene that bystanders saw sparks from transformers after one car hit a pole along Worley
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Throughout the country, the names of birds, moths, and geographical sites are being changed as Americans reconsider the outdated stereotypes and racist connotations some of these names may carry. The names of some varieties of fish are next. Grass, bighead, silver and black carp have been commonly known as “Asian” carp
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MORGAN Co. (KMIZ) A Gravois Mills man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Morgan County on Saturday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, 52-year-old Michael Boettcher was driving southbound along Route 135 near Little Proctor Road when his motorcycle went off the right side of the road. The motorcycle then
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Florida officials have released new 911 audio from the moments following the deadly Surfside condo collapse. CNN’s Rose Flores reports.
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN An engineer who was hired by Surfside, Florida, to analyze last month’s residential building collapse said he was denied access to the site because police agencies are investigating the scene. “Until they do their job, we can’t go in to do samples of materials and take those samples and test them
Continue ReadingBy Camille Furst The pilot of a hot air balloon died after becoming entangled under its basket and falling to the ground in Bradford, Vermont, Thursday afternoon, according to state police. Vermont State Police (VSP) identified the pilot as 72-year-old Brian Boland of Post Mills, Vermont. The hot air balloon took off late Thursday afternoon
Continue ReadingBy Ben Tinker and Alaa Elassar, CNN If the health misinformation currently spreading regarding coronavirus vaccines existed during the days of polio, it would have never been eradicated, Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, said Saturday. Asked by CNN’s Jim Acosta about the misinformation spread by Fox News regarding the Covid-19 vaccines,
Continue ReadingA suspect has been arrested in the attempted kidnapping of a five-year-old boy in Queens, according to authorities. CNN affiliate WABC has the story.
Continue ReadingBy Evan Simko-Bednarski and Liam Reilly, CNN A 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged after the attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old boy in Queens caught on video, the New York City Police Department tweeted. The man, who has not been named publicly, faces charges of attempted kidnapping, reckless endangerment and acting in a manner
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Panamá, Ernesto Pérez Balladares, fue fotografiado al lado de un leopardo muerto y con un arma en la mano durante una aparente cacerÃa. Pérez Balladares, quien gobernó al paÃs entre 1994 y 1999 con el Partido Revolucionario Democrático, la misma organización polÃtica del actual presidente Laurentino
Continue Reading As the Tokyo Olympics get underway, there are some who are not happy about Japan’s investment and others who can’t wait. CNN’s Will Ripley reports from Tokyo, Japan.
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright and Will Ripley, CNN Kazunori Takishima has been traveling the world to support Japan at every Olympic Games for the past 15 years, so it was a dream to see the event in his home city of Tokyo. But when a ban on spectators was announced last week due to Covid-19, that
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Driving up Highway 54 on the way to Lake of the Ozarks, visitors are greeted by an old symbol waving high above the trees: a Confederate flag.
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CNN’s Miguel Marquez meets with recovering Covid-19 patients Louie Michael and Pattie Bunch, who talk about not getting vaccinated and their experience in fighting coronavirus.
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By Dakin Andone and Travis Caldwell, CNN With Covid-19 cases rising and the Delta variant gaining increased prevalence in the United States, health experts are reiterating that vaccines are effective in the ways that matter most: preventing severe disease, hospitalization and death. Speaking to CNN’s Jim Acosta on Saturday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the vaccines
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By Dakin Andone, CNN Dry thunderstorms on Saturday will raise the risk of sparking new wildfires in the Western US, where numerous blazes have already scorched hundreds of thousands of acres. Red-flag warnings were posted for Idaho, Oregon and a small portion of Northern California, CNN meteorologist Robert Shackelford said. And heat advisories and heat
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By Daniel Dale As deadly floods ravaged Germany and other parts of western Europe this week, an image began circulating on social media — among people speaking multiple languages. The image showed a BMW partially submerged in the floodwaters. A sticker on the back windshield reads, “F**K YOU GRETA.”(We’ve censored the profanity.) Greta is presumably
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By Melissa Alonso, Sonnet Swire and Aaron Pellish, CNN A 6-year-old girl was killed and five adults were injured in a drive-by shooting in Washington, DC, on Friday night, officials said. The incident happened shortly after 11 p.m. in the southeast part of the district. In a video released by DC police, a silver or
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