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Approval polls show a dip in support for Brazil's scandal-plauged president Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil’s scandal-plagued President may face a reckoning as lawmakers consider impeachment

July 21, 2021 6:10 PM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Beech, Rodrigo Pedroso and Juliana Koch, CNN Corruption inquiries, a spreading Covid-19 crisis, plunging popularity and persistent bouts of hiccups. Brazil’s scandal-plagued President Jair Bolsonaro just can’t seem to catch a break. The President said he’s now feeling “100% well” after his recent health scare, a consequence he says of a failed assassination

People pose forming an 'X' at Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires

Argentina creates an ID for nonbinary people

July 21, 2021 3:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Karol Suarez, CNN Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez announced a new National Identity Document (DNI) for nonbinary people on Wednesday. The DNI’s goal is to guarantee the right to gender identity fo people who don’t recognize themselves as either female or male, he said. “There are other identities besides man and woman that must be

A satellite view shows Typhoon In-fa over the northwest Pacific Ocean on July 20.

Weakening In-Fa to bring heavy rain to China as new storm could affect Tokyo Olympics

July 23, 2021 6:16 PM CNN

By Jackson Dill, CNN A weakening In-fa is beginning to track away from the southern Japanese islands but has its eye set on eastern China by the end of this weekend. The storm could bring extremely heavy rainfall to millions in China. And behind In-fa, there is a growing tropical threat from newly named Tropical

Truck drivers are essential workers. We need to treat them that way

July 21, 2021 9:33 AM CNN Newsource

Opinion by Pete Buttigieg and Marty Walsh for CNN Business Perspectives If you have walked into a store and seen items missing, or wondered why home improvement contractors are backed up, or found your business waiting for vital orders — then you have witnessed just some of the effects of America’s challenges with truck driver

The rain-dredged Northeast has another threat for severe weather on July 21

Severe storms threaten the Northeast but will also help clear wildfire smoke from the skies

July 21, 2021 8:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The rain-drenched Northeast has another threat for severe weather on Wednesday, including New York City and Boston, as a cold front pushes eastward from the Great Lakes. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) warns of a slight risk (level 2 of 5) Wednesday of severe weather for coastal portions

Wildfire smoke blankets the East

July 21, 2021 8:51 AM CNN

Smoke and haze shroud portions of the East which is also bracing for severe storms. CNN Meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the details.

At least 1 person is dead and 3 others are missing after dangerous flooding in northern Colorado

July 21, 2021 9:05 PM CNN Newsource

By Joe Sutton and Hollie Silverman, CNN Flooding in northern Colorado claimed the life of at least one person, while three other people are missing, authorities said Wednesday. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release it recovered the body of one female and was working to locate another female and two males

Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami speaks during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Top Japanese CEO says economic losses from no-fan Tokyo Olympics will be ‘enormous’

July 21, 2021 10:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Michelle Toh and Selina Wang, CNN Business One of Japan’s most prominent business leaders says the Olympics are losing their commercial value. Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami told CNN Business in an exclusive interview on Monday that his company decided against being a sponsor of the upcoming Tokyo Games, saying it was “too expensive.” “We

Western wildfire smoke is contributing to New York City’s worst air quality in 15 years

July 21, 2021 9:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Hollie Silverman, Michael Guy and Joe Sutton, CNN Extreme heat and dry conditions are fueling raging wildfires in the western US, charring more than a million acres, requiring evacuations and creating smoky conditions visible from space. Smoke stretched early Wednesday all the way to the East Coast, including New York City, because high-level winds

Man flees Australian Covid quarantine using a bed sheet

July 20, 2021 11:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN A 39-year-old man allegedly used a rope made from bed sheets to shimmy down from a fourth floor hotel room and flee Australian quarantine, police said. The man arrived in Western Australia from Brisbane on Monday afternoon, but didn’t meet the exemption requirements needed to enter the state, which currently has

Typhoon In-fa impacting parts of Japan with its eye set on China by next week

July 21, 2021 5:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackson Dill and Shawn Deng, CNN Typhoon In-fa weakened slightly Thursday morning local time over the northwestern Pacific Ocean as it impacted parts of Japan. The storm is expected to restrengthen and potentially lash Taiwan and parts of China by this weekend. This comes after Typhoon Cempaka rapidly strengthened on approach to China’s southeastern

A pyrocumulus cloud from the Bootleg Fire drifts into the air near Bly

Huge and intense Oregon wildfire creating its own weather

July 21, 2021 9:30 PM CNN

Oregon’s “Bootleg Fire” is so intense it’s now creating its own weather. CNN’s Dan Simon has more.

Haze from wildfire smoke is seen near Wolcott

Wildfire smoke from the West’s massive blazes stretches all the way to the East Coast

July 20, 2021 2:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The massive Bootleg Fire in Oregon has scorched an area larger than Los Angeles, and it’s only 30% contained. The fire is so large and is burning so hot that it’s creating its own weather. It’s just one of the many blazes raging in the West; the National

Workers are in high demand and companies are having a hard time finding people to fill the positions.

Economist explains why there are so many job openings

July 20, 2021 12:56 PM CNN

Wages are going up as companies struggle to fill open jobs. Nela Richardson, Chief Economist at ADP Research Institute, explains why these increases might not be enough to attract new hires.

US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary pose in front of London's Tower Bridge with British Prime Minister Tony Blair his wife Cherie

Bill Clinton turned down tea with the Queen to ‘be a tourist’ and eat Indian food

July 20, 2021 11:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Former US President Bill Clinton declined offers of tea with Queen Elizabeth and dinner at the British Prime Minister’s official country house because he wanted to “be a tourist,” go shopping and eat Indian food during his first official visit to the UK with Tony Blair as leader in 1997, according

$30,000 signing bonuses, childcare help: What companies are doing to attract workers

July 20, 2021 12:56 PM CNN Newsource

By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Workers are in high demand. And companies are having a hard time finding people to fill the positions. There were more than nine million job openings in the US at the end of May, according to the Labor Department. To attract applicants away from the competition, employers are beefing up

Hear John Kerry’s stark warning about our ongoing climate crisis

July 20, 2021 11:46 AM CNN

Hear US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry deliver a major policy speech emphasizing the urgency of climate action at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London. Under the Paris Agreement, most nations agreed to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees. The US remains the world’s second biggest greenhouse gas emitter after China and is by far the biggest emitter historically.

John Kerry warns ‘time is running out’ to address climate crisis, calling the last 30 years a ‘failure’

July 20, 2021 11:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Angela Dewan, CNN John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, urged the world’s governments to speed up efforts against the climate crisis Tuesday, saying the political response to it has “failed” to respond effectively for more than three decades. In a speech at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west London, Kerry

Boris Johnson's former chief adviser has claimed that the Prime Minister tried to maintain his weekly face-to-face audiences with Queen Elizabeth during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic

Boris Johnson had to be talked out of meeting the Queen early on in the pandemic, ex-adviser claims

July 20, 2021 6:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser has claimed that the Prime Minister tried to maintain his weekly face-to-face audiences with Queen Elizabeth during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the elderly monarch being vulnerable to the virus. Dominic Cummings, who resigned late last year, told the BBC that he had

At least 31 people were killed when torrential rain swept through India's financial capital late on July 18

See aftermath of deadly landslides in Mumbai, India

July 20, 2021 3:04 AM CNN

At least 31 people were killed when torrential rain swept through Mumbai, India triggering landslides that crushed cars and houses and left neighborhoods devastated.