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A man stands on a balcony in San Juan after a major power outage on April 6.

A Bad Bunny rant, an ex-governor in handcuffs and Puerto Rico still reels nearly five years after Hurricane Maria

By Ray Sanchez, CNN A week before former governor of Puerto Rico Wanda Vázquez was arrested by the FBI on bribery charges, pop superstar Bad Bunny riled up a throng of concertgoers in San Juan, calling out the current governor and the island’s private electric company in an expletive-filled rant. “We have a government over

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Five state-owned Chinese companies to delist from New York Stock Exchange

By Tara Subramaniam and Philip Wang, CNN Five state-owned Chinese companies, including the country’s leading energy and chemical company, have chosen to delist from the New York Stock Exchange by the end of August. In separate statements issued Friday, China Life Insurance, PetroChina, Sinopec, Aluminum Corporation of China and Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical said they had

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Local residents use garden hoses to assist fire crews tackle a crop fire that swept over farmland and threatened local homes on August 11

Parts of England officially fall into drought after months of scant rainfall

By Angela Dewan, CNN Large swaths of England have officially descended into drought, authorities announced Friday, urging residents and businesses in affected areas to conserve water in the driest summer in 50 years. The Environment Agency announced that England’s south, southwest and southeast are in drought, along with central and eastern regions, after convening the

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On August 10

Unexpected storms diverted 100 American Airlines flights and sparked hundreds of cancellations

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Severe thunderstorms around Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Wednesday caused 100 American Airlines flight diversions and led to hundreds of cancellations that extended into Thursday’s schedule. More than 320 American Airlines flights had been canceled by midafternoon Thursday, or 10% of its schedule, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. A total

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Unilever renamed its controversial South Asia-focused brand

After rebranding in the West, many beauty companies are still offering to ‘whiten’ skin elsewhere

Oscar Holland, CNN Editors: Meera Senthilingam, Eliza Anyangwe; Design: Gabrielle Smith; Researchers: Lizzy Yee, Gawon Bae and Mengchen Zhang; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow In 2020, as the Black Lives Matter movement amplified calls for racial justice in the US and beyond, a succession of corporate announcements signaled what appeared to be a watershed moment for

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Alma Resort is in the up-and-coming Cam Ranh area

Eight of Vietnam’s hottest new hotels

By Chris Dwyer, CNN One of Anthony Bourdain’s favorite countries — he said his first trip there was “life-changing” — Vietnam also represents one of Asia’s best value destinations. Now that the country has relaxed arrival rules for international travelers, visitors are beginning to return. The hospitality industry is beginning to return, too. Although Covid

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Director General of the Haitian police force Frantz Elbe.

Gangs gain the upper hand in war with Haitian police

By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Etant Dupain and Brice Laine CNN The rounds bounced off the armored vehicle, as police carried a limp civilian to the sidewalk — another victim of the brutal, daily shootings that plague the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area. Here, inside the gang-held territory of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti’s SWAT

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