By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Throw another shrimp on the barbie. President Donald Trump said he’s looking Down Under for inspiration on how to improve the retirement savings system in the US. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Sticker shock The average
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN New York (CNN) — The news that Olivia Nuzzi had a book coming out was, in political and journalistic circles, the sensation of the fall season. In October of 2024, Nuzzi had lost her post at New York Magazine, where she’d been a star profiler of politicians, when it turned out
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition on Wednesday boycotted a Knesset vote endorsing US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. The vote, initiated by opposition leader Yair Lapid, passed with 39 votes in favor and none against. As the period to debate the proposal began, members of
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By Faith Karimi (CNN) — Gracie Muehlberger wrote letters to her future self and stored them in a multicolored trinket box on her dresser. Her notes, penned when she was 13 and signed “Gracie from the past,” bubbled with anticipation about her eighth-grade graduation, her first day of high school and life in college. She
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By Caitlin Danaher and Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A British nursery worker from London has pleaded guilty to 26 offenses against children, including nine counts of sexual assault, in what the Metropolitan Police has described as “one of the most harrowing and complex child sexual abuse investigations” undertaken by the force. Vincent Chan,
Continue Reading By Jack Guy and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Police in New Zealand have charged a man with theft after he allegedly stole a jewel-encrusted gold Fabergé egg locket from a jewelers by picking it up and swallowing it. The unusual incident occurred on Friday afternoon at a store in central Auckland, according to a
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN The latest winter storm is heading out, but a sweeping chill is moving in — and parts of the US could soon face their coldest temperatures of the season. See which cities are bracing for record lows. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on
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By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — For nearly 40 years, the identity of the person who sexually assaulted and killed a 30-year-old woman found along a quiet stretch of rural highway south of Denver eluded investigators. Now, small pieces of preserved evidence – a pair of paper bags placed over the victim’s hands – have
Continue Reading KUSA, DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — For nearly 40 years, the identity of the person who sexually assaulted and killed a 30-year-old woman found along a quiet stretch of rural highway south of Denver eluded investigators. Now, small pieces of preserved evidence – a pair of paper bags placed
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By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump was asked about how Afghans legally in the United States might feel about his decision to pause issuing visas for them after the suspected shooter of National Guard members was identified as an Afghan national, he took aim at another country in the same breath:
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By Joyce Jiang and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Lily Chen was beyond thrilled to see the Japanese singer she’s been a fan of for two decades, waiting outside with a crowd to enter the Beijing venue on a windy, chilly Wednesday night. The concert time arrived, but the door stayed shut. Then, the
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By Mauricio Torres, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The petition, filed Tuesday by US human rights attorney
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN Dedham, Massachusetts (CNN) — Jurors in the murder trial of Brian Walshe on Tuesday saw evidence of dozens of online searches recovered from his laptop, which prosecutors say shows the defendant was researching the best ways to dispose of a body and clean bloodstains around the time his wife vanished.
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Bidders scrambled to come out on top as one of the last Fabergé eggs in private hands became the most expensive work by the Russian jeweler ever to sell at auction. Check out this exquisite egg. Here’s what else you might have missed during your
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By Nadine Schmidt, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The German Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that “a shipment of thousands of rounds of ammunition” bound for the armed forces was stolen from a civilian contractor’s trailer last week. A spokesperson told CNN that the ammunition was stolen “from the trailer of the civilian carrier’s transport vehicle,
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By Holmes Lybrand, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, will target undocumented Somali immigrants, a federal official told CNN on Tuesday, as the president has ramped up attacks against the community in recent days. The New York Times, which cited documents and an
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CNN By Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Tareq Al Hilou, CNN Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — Tamer Abu Assi was preparing breakfast for his two young boys Saturday morning when he realized he had run out of firewood. Fadi, 8, and Jumaa, 10, went out to fetch some, as their father is paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. They
Continue Reading By Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Tareq Al Hilou, CNN Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — Tamer Abu Assi was preparing breakfast for his two young boys Saturday morning when he realized he had run out of firewood. Fadi, 8, and Jumaa, 10, went out to fetch some, as their father is paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. They never
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By Caitlin Danaher, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly a prince and the Duke of York, will be denied a six-figure compensation payout for his early eviction from a 30-room mansion on the Windsor estate due to its state of repair, the crown estate has said. In a briefing to the UK’s Public
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo has said he believes the United States needs to find “another way” in handling the situation in Venezuela, warning against any military incursion and saying it would be better to pursue dialogue or apply economic pressure. “It seems there is the possibility that there be some activity,
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