By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Border officials in South Africa say they have intercepted dozens of buses carrying more than 400 young children from Zimbabwe without parents or legal guardians in an anti-trafficking operation. The officials say the children were being “trafficked” into South Africa, although an organization representing foreign nationals living
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address U.S. senators by video during a classified meeting Tuesday. The Biden administration invited Zelenskyy as it is sending Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine,
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By Steve Contorno, Jeff Zeleny and Kit Maher, CNN Newton, Iowa (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had only moments earlier departed a Saturday celebration marking his completion of a 99-county tour of Iowa – a feat he has hyped for months – when word began to spread that another wave of turmoil had hit the
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TODAY: We’ll start with a chance for some light showers with the possibility to produce a few snowflakes, early this morning. How much of these snowflakes is uncertain, as a small temperature change can have a big difference. This is part of a low that is spinning off to the east of us by sunrise,
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The US government has announced new regulations that aim to keep Chinese batteries out of cars sold in the United States, a move that could push up the price of electric vehicles for American drivers. The Biden administration on Friday proposed rules that would cut subsidies for
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CNN By Michelle Cohan, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Fire has played a crucial role in humanity for millennia. It’s allowed us to cook, construct, and keep warm. But this essential element is also the cause of major destruction — as witnessed by the increase in wildfires all over the world, which the UN Environment
Continue Reading By Michelle Cohan, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Fire has played a crucial role in humanity for millennia. It’s allowed us to cook, construct, and keep warm. But this essential element is also the cause of major destruction — as witnessed by the increase in wildfires all over the world, which the UN Environment Program
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, and shipping industries could drum up hundreds of billions to poorer countries adapt to and cope with global warming.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and the remains of five crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced Monday. The CV-22 Osprey carrying eight American personnel crashed last Wednesday off Yakushima island during
Continue Reading By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — Imagine a world where nothing ends up in landfill. Instead, everything can be reused, recycled and repurposed, creating products that never reach their “end of life.” According to a recent report by the Circle Economy Foundation, only 7.2% of all used materials are being cycled back into the economy
Continue Reading By Edward-Isaac Dovere, Arlette Saenz and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is preparing a package of health care measures that he would aim to pass in a second term, with announcements starting this week centered on cutting prescription drug prices. Biden and aides see the potential to transform health care coverage and
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s birthrate. He described it as crucial for the “strengthening of national power and progress of the revolution,” state media said Monday. It
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — While Ukrainian diplomats take part in negotiations at the United Nations COP28 climate talks, Russia’s war on the country lurks just in the background. That’s even as the United Arab Emirates has seen its business ties to Moscow surge despite Western sanctions. As Ukraine
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s disaster management agency says a moderately strong earthquake has struck the country’s northwest, sending people out into the streets in fear. There was no immediate report of injuries or damage. Monday’s magnitude 5.1 earthquake was centered in the Sea of Marmara, off the town of Gemlik in Bursa province. It
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Mirna El Helbawi está sentada en una azotea de El Cairo, con el rostro iluminado por la luz de la luna y un teléfono en las manos, mientras le envía mensajes de texto a un padre aterrorizado cuya esposa e hijos están atrapados en Gaza. “No quiero nada de este mundo
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The bowl matchups are in and Mizzou has a major assignment — beat one of the Big Ten’s historic powers.
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — One of the most prominent faces of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement revealed Sunday that she is living in Canada and will not return to meet bail conditions as police investigate allegations she endangered national security. Agnes Chow, a former student activist and politician, broke more than two
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot his wife, their two adult daughters and his brother before killing himself at a Washington state home. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office says it is investigating the case as a murder-suicide. Authorities received a call around 1 p.m. Sunday requesting a welfare check at a
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes heavily bombarded an area around Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday as the military ordered mass evacuations from the town in the face of a widening ground offensive that is pushing Palestinians into a progressively shrinking
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Heavy rains and strong winds are pelting India’s southern and eastern coastlines and states have been put on high alert after a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a powerful storm. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states in the south and Odisha in the east braced for flooding
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