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Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy

By CNN’s Beijing bureau and Nectar Gan Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday faced unprecedented dissent after thousands of demonstrators protested in cities across China over the weekend against his zero-Covid strategy — with some daring to openly call for his removal in the streets. “Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” some protesters

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Niece of Iran’s supreme leader calls on foreign governments to cut ties with Iranian regime

By Hira Humayun, CNN Farideh Moradkhani, a niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called on foreign governments to cut ties with the Iranian regime in a video statement released two days after she was arrested. Farideh Moradkhani, a well-known rights activist opposed to the Iranian regime, was arrested on Wednesday when she

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North Korea plans ‘world’s most powerful’ nuclear force, Kim Jong Un says

By Radina Gigova, Larry Register and Tara Subramaniam, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is planning to build “the world’s most powerful” nuclear force, state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday. The “ultimate goal” behind North Korea’s nuclear program was to possess an “absolute force, unprecedented in the century,” Kim said Saturday as part

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2 weeks after police found 4 slain University of Idaho students, here’s where the investigation stands

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Two weeks after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, dozens of local, state and federal investigators are still working to determine who carried out the brutal attack. After sifting through more than 1,000 tips and conducting at least 150 interviews, investigators have yet to identify a suspect or

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A 12-year-old was killed and 5 teenagers injured in a shooting at shopping district near downtown Atlanta

By Raja Razek and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A 12-year-old was killed and five teenagers were injured in a shooting Saturday night after gunfire erupted near Atlanta’s Atlantic Station retail district following a dispute involving juveniles, according to city officials. Of those who were injured, one teenager sustained critical injuries while four others were “shot or

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Felipe Valls Sr., founder of iconic restaurant central to Miami’s Cuban community, dies at 89

By Marlon Sorto and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Cuban businessman Felipe Valls Sr., founder of the iconic Versailles restaurant in Miami, Florida, died Saturday, his granddaughter, Nicole Valls confirmed to CNN. He was 89 years old. Nicole Valls did not provide further details on her grandfather’s death, but said the family’s spokespeople are expected to provide

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