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Opening statements are expected to begin on November 2 in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

Friend who bought gun for Kyle Rittenhouse says the teen was ‘freaking out,’ pale and sweaty after Kenosha shootings

By Eric Levenson, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse’s friend testified Tuesday that the armed teenager was “freaking out,” pale and sweaty after he fatally shot two people and wounded another during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. “He said he had to do it, it was self-defense, people were trying to hurt him,” Dominick Black, 20,

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At least 20 countries have agreed to end financing for fossil fuel projects abroad

‘Historic breakthrough’: 20 countries say they will stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad

By Ivana Kottasová, Ingrid Formanek, Angela Dewan and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The push to phase out fossil fuels is gaining momentum at the COP26 climate summit. Twenty countries have agreed to end financing for fossil fuel projects abroad in a deal announced Thursday. Several countries had already agreed to end international financing for coal, but this agreement

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has told COP 26 organizers to fix an issue with wheelchair access to the main venue or he is cancelling his appearance at the event on November 2.

Israeli minister who couldn’t attend COP26 due to wheelchair access issue accepts UK leader’s apology

By Andrew Carey, Hadas Gold and Max Foster, CNN Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, who was unable to attend the COP26 climate conference Monday because of a lack of wheelchair access, told CNN she has accepted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s apology. “He [Johnson] was very kind and very friendly and he apologized. Of course,

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Vehicles move along a road against the backdrop of smoke rising from the site of blast in Kabul on November 2 after at least 16 people were wounded in two blasts at a military hospital.

At least 20 killed in Kabul hospital blasts

By Ehsan Popalzai, Mahsoud Popalzai, Mia Alberti and Reuters At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded in blasts at Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital on Tuesday, according to officials. Gunfire followed the explosions at the entrance of Kabul’s Daoud Khan Military hospital, a 400-bed teaching facility near the capital’s former diplomatic quarter. IS Khorasan

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Many people are feared to be trapped after a 21-storey building collapsed in the affluent Ikoyi neighborhood of Lagos

‘All they’ve done is carry dead bodies out.’ Despair at site of Lagos luxury apartment collapse as families watch rescue effort

By Tamara Qiblawi and Stephanie Busari CNN Families of the victims of Monday’s high-rise building collapse in Lagos have accused the Nigerian government of organizing a shambolic rescue effort. Several victims were believed to have been alive in the immediate aftermath of the collapse. On Tuesday, rescue workers said they spoke to several people trapped

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Kobe Bryant's widow

Judge rules Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, won’t undergo psychiatric evaluation in lawsuit over helicopter crash photos

By Jenn Selva and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, will not have to undergo a psychiatric evaluation in her lawsuit against Los Angeles County over leaked photos of the NBA star’s fatal helicopter crash, a judge has ruled. Bryant’s lawsuit claims photos of the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed her husband,

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Kobe Bryant's widow

Judge rules Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, won’t undergo psychiatric evaluation in lawsuit over helicopter crash photos

By Jenn Selva and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, will not have to undergo a psychiatric evaluation in her lawsuit against Los Angeles County over leaked photos of the NBA star’s fatal helicopter crash, a judge has ruled. Bryant’s lawsuit claims photos of the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed her husband,

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NYC mayor vows consequences for firefighters if they skipped work to protest vaccine mandate after 2

9,000 NYC workers on unpaid leave for not complying with vaccine requirement. 92% did get at least one dose

By Susannah Cullinane, Jason Hanna and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN About 9,000 of New York City’s 378,000 municipal employees were on leave without pay as of Monday because they haven’t complied with a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city workers, the mayor said Monday. Members of the fire and police departments and other city workers had until

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NYC mayor vows consequences for firefighters if they skipped work to protest vaccine mandate after 2

9,000 NYC workers on unpaid leave for not complying with vaccine requirement. 92% did get at least one dose

By Susannah Cullinane, Jason Hanna and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN About 9,000 of New York City’s 378,000 municipal employees were on leave without pay as of Monday because they haven’t complied with a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city workers, the mayor said Monday. Members of the fire and police departments and other city workers had until

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