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Passengers scan an app to monitor their health status before boarding a yacht in Langkawi

Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are leaving their zero-Covid policies behind, but they aren’t ready to open up, experts warn

By Jessie Yeung and Ben Westcott, CNN After months of lockdown, parts of Southeast Asia are leaving behind their “zero-Covid” policy and charting a path toward living with the virus — despite experts’ warnings that it may be too early to do so. Covid-19 swept across the region this summer, fueled by the highly infectious

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An exhausted Haitian father cradles his son on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande from Del Rio

Texas governor approves miles-long steel barrier of police vehicles to deter the more than 8,000 migrants in Del Rio

By Amir Vera, Carma Hassan and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN With 8,600 migrants remaining under the Del Rio International Bridge, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday officials are using “unprecedented” methods to deter migrants from crossing into the state, including parking Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles for miles along the border

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An exhausted Haitian father cradles his son on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande from Del Rio

Texas governor approves miles-long steel barrier of police vehicles to deter the more than 8,000 migrants in Del Rio

By Amir Vera, Carma Hassan and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN With 8,600 migrants remaining under the Del Rio International Bridge, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday officials are using “unprecedented” methods to deter migrants from crossing into the state, including parking Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles for miles along the border

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A view of the UN headquarters ahead of the 71st session of the United General Assembly.

Taliban request representation at the United Nations, kicking off credentials battle

By Richard Roth and Caitlin Hu, CNN The Taliban have requested representation at this week’s United Nations General Assembly, a move that is expected to kick off a diplomatic battle with the preexisting Afghan envoy. Afghanistan is currently represented at the UN by Ghulam Isaczai, an appointee of the country’s former democratic government, which crumbled

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Dozens of health care workers protested Novant Health's vaccine mandate for employees outside of Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem

A North Carolina-based health care system has suspended hundreds of employees for not getting a Covid-19 vaccine

By Gregory Lemos and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A North Carolina-based health care provider announced Tuesday it has suspended hundreds of employees for not meeting the company’s Covid-19 vaccine requirements. Novant Health says employees, by now, must have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine or applied for — and received — a medical

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Natalie Wester and Jose Lopez-Guerrero say they always wear masks in public because their 4-month-old son has cystic fibrosis with a compromised immune system.

A Texas couple wore face masks at a restaurant to protect their immunocompromised infant. The owner asked them to leave

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Texas couple who landed themselves a rare night out with friends says it was cut short when the restaurant kicked them out for wearing face masks, which they say they wore to protect their immunocompromised 4-month-old son. Natalie Wester and her husband, Jose Lopez-Guerrero, joined a group of friends at

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Warsaw residents light candles at the national border guard headquarters

Four bodies found on Polish-Belarus border as spat over migrant crisis worsens

By Antonia Mortensen, Allegra Goodwin and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Four people have died on Poland’s border with Belarus in recent days, amid accusations that the Belarusian government is funneling migrants to the European Union’s eastern border in retaliation over western sanctions. Three people were found dead on the Polish side of the border after suffering

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Natalie Wester and Jose Lopez-Guerrero say they always wear masks in public because their 4-month-old son has cystic fibrosis with a compromised immune system.

A Texas couple wore face masks at a restaurant to protect their immunocompromised infant. The owner asked them to leave

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Texas couple who landed themselves a rare night out with friends says it was cut short when the restaurant kicked them out for wearing face masks, which they say they wore to protect their immunocompromised 4-month-old son. Natalie Wester and her husband, Jose Lopez-Guerrero, joined a group of friends at

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The night sky glowing after trees burned along Highway 395 during the Dixie Fire in the early morning of Aug. 17 near Janesville

Northern Hemisphere’s summer of wildfires let off record-breaking carbon emissions

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The amount of carbon emitted from severe wildfires that tore across many parts of the Northern Hemisphere this summer broke records, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service published Tuesday. Intense blazes, including fires in hotspots in the Mediterranean, North America and Siberia, let off more than

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