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UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid

UK Health Secretary tweets people shouldn’t ‘cower’ from Covid, before deleting it and apologizing

By Martin Goillandeau and Kara Fox, CNN UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who recently tested positive for and recovered from Covid-19, has apologized after suggesting people shouldn’t “cower” from Covid-19. “I’ve deleted a tweet which used the word “cower,” he said. “I was expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society,

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Forest undergrowth smolders on the north front of the Bootleg Fire on July 23 near Silver Creek

The largest fire in the US continues to defy crews’ efforts to tame it. And the weather isn’t helping

By Aya Elamroussi and Claire Colbert, CNN Despite the efforts of firefighters battling the Bootleg Fire, the raging flames of the nation’s largest wildfire continued to spread in southern Oregon as officials declared weather warnings in the area. The fire has scorched 408,930 acres as of Sunday, an expansion of more than 6,000 acres since

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At least 125,000 customers in Michigan left without power after suspected tornadoes and severe storms

By Hollie Silverman, Artemis Moshtaghian, Gene Norman and Claire Colbert, CNN At least 125,000 customers in Michigan are without power after a series of severe storms and possible tornadoes tore through the state Saturday night. There were 125,606 power outages reported in the state as of midafternoon Sunday, according to Poweroutage.us. Most of the outages

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Mukesh Ambani Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Personal Birth date: April 19, 1957 Birth place: Aden, Yemen Birth name: Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani Father: Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Mother: Kokilaben Ambani Marriage: Nita Ambani (1985-present) Children: Akash and

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Dee McCauley surveys charred wreckage on her property on July 22 in Bly

Hundreds are still under evacuation orders as the nation’s largest wildfire chars more than 400,000 acres

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Bootleg Fire is now the Oregon’s third-largest wildfire since 1900, and more than 2,000 people are still under some form of evacuation order, officials said Thursday. “It’s kind of a dubious honor,” Oregon Department of Forestry spokesperson Marcus Kauffman said of the fire that started July 6 and had charred

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Fidel Castro Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Fidel Castro, former leader of Cuba. Personal Birth date: August 13, 1926 Death date: November 25, 2016 Birth place: Biran, Cuba Birth name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz Father: Angel Castro, landowner Mother: Lina Ruz, cook and maid to Angel Castro’s first wife Marriage: Dalia Soto

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