By Mostafa Salem, CNN Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates President whose modernization policies helped transform his country into a regional powerhouse, died on Friday aged 73, state media WAM said. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs mourn the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nations, and the whole world.
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By Aya Elamroussi and Gregory Krieg, CNN Several states are working to protect abortion rights — and efforts were ramping up among Democratic leaders and lawmakers on Sunday — following the US Supreme Court’s ruling eliminating the federal constitutional right to an abortion, with Saturday marking the first full day without the nationwide protection in
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By Angela Dewan, CNN Human-induced climate change made the extreme rainfall that triggered deadly floods in South Africa in April heavier and twice as likely to happen, a rapid analysis published Friday by the World Weather Attribution project shows. Parts of South Africa experienced more than 350mm of rainfall in two days, causing destructive floods
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan, CNN Human-induced climate change made the extreme rainfall that triggered deadly floods in South Africa in April heavier and twice as likely to happen, a rapid analysis published Friday by the World Weather Attribution project shows. Parts of South Africa experienced more than 350mm of rainfall in two days, causing destructive floods
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, CNN Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates President whose modernization policies helped transform his country into a regional powerhouse, died on Friday aged 73, state media WAM said. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs mourn the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nations, and the whole world.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Plunging cryptocurrency prices have caught the attention of federal regulators and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who worry the crypto rollercoaster could shake investors of all stripes. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “5 Things You Need to Know
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Plunging cryptocurrency prices have caught the attention of federal regulators and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who worry the crypto rollercoaster could shake investors of all stripes. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Plunging cryptocurrency prices have caught the attention of federal regulators and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who worry the crypto rollercoaster could shake investors of all stripes. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Plunging cryptocurrency prices have caught the attention of federal regulators and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who worry the crypto rollercoaster could shake investors of all stripes. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Plunging cryptocurrency prices have caught the attention of federal regulators and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who worry the crypto rollercoaster could shake investors of all stripes. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “5 Things You Need to Know
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN In the wake of last week’s leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the court may strike down Roe v. Wade, Americans are more urgently considering the possibility of a post-Roe reality in which abortion access is left in the hands of state legislatures. The draft, which is a majority opinion that
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, but more than a dozen states have passed laws that will continue to protect a woman’s ability to access an abortion. An analysis by the Guttmacher Institute finds 22 states have laws in place to limit abortions, including 13 that have so-called
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Plunging cryptocurrency prices have caught the attention of federal regulators and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who worry the crypto rollercoaster could shake investors of all stripes. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “5 Things You Need to Know
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By Steve Almasy and Amy Simonson, CNN A manhunt continued Friday for a murderer who is on the run in Leon County in eastern Central Texas after assaulting a corrections officer and fleeing a prison bus, officials said. Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was serving a life sentence for capital murder and attempted capital murder, the Texas
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By Helen Regan, CNN Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the presumptive President of the Philippines after winning a landslide in elections on May 9, according to unofficial results. More than 30 million Filipinos voted for Marcos Jr., more than double that of his closest rival, the outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo, partial and unofficial results
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Authorities in China have imposed a de facto international travel ban, forbidding citizens from going overseas for “non-essential” reasons, as the government ramps up efforts to enforce its zero-Covid policy. In a statement Thursday, the Chinese National Immigration Administration said it would tighten its reviewing process on issuing travel documents such
Continue Reading By David Culver, CNN Over the hum of jet engines, I could hear the flight attendant comforting a fellow passenger seated a couple of rows behind me. “You’re out, and you’re safe now,” she said warmly. Our plane had just taken off from Shanghai, a city of gleaming high-rises, home to 25 million people who
Continue Reading By David Culver, CNN Over the hum of jet engines, I could hear the flight attendant comforting a fellow passenger seated a couple of rows behind me. “You’re out, and you’re safe now,” she said warmly. Our plane had just taken off from Shanghai, a city of gleaming high-rises, home to 25 million people who
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN At least 11 people have died and 38 suspected migrants were rescued Thursday after a vessel capsized near Puerto Rico, a US Coast Guard official said. A US Customs and Border Protection aircrew on Thursday morning spotted the troubled vessel and people in the water about 10 nautical miles north of
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By Paradise Afshar, CNN A soldier in Alaska died Tuesday after being attacked by a bear who wildlife officials say may have been trying to protect her cubs. After he was mauled, Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant was transported to the Army base hospital where he was pronounced dead, Army Alaska said in a news
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