By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Relatives of an Indian nurse on death row in war-torn Yemen are racing against time to commute her death sentence, in a case that has gripped India’s media. Nimisha Priya was sentenced to death for the murder of her former business partner, a Yemeni national, whose body was discovered
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CNN By Chris Lau and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Sporting his signature blue suit and red tie, the figure of US President Donald Trump steps into the spotlight on a Hong Kong stage, sparring with a man dressed as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. The two quarrel over the Ukrainian leader’s outfit
Continue Reading By Chris Lau and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Sporting his signature blue suit and red tie, the figure of US President Donald Trump steps into the spotlight on a Hong Kong stage, sparring with a man dressed as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. The two quarrel over the Ukrainian leader’s outfit before
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! It’s a potentially serious medical condition, yet lots of people don’t know they have obstructive sleep apnea. Most treatments — like CPAP devices — blow air into the mouth. But an alternative technology sucks air instead. Is it onto something? Here’s what else you might
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By Jeremy Diamond and Kareem Khadder, CNN Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank (CNN) — Saif Musallet was just weeks away from celebrating his 21st birthday, and as he visited his family here, the Florida native’s thoughts began to turn toward marriage. “I think it’s time for me to get married,” Musallet told his father, Kamel, during
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Diamond and Kareem Khadder, CNN Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank (CNN) — Saif Musallet was just weeks away from celebrating his 21st birthday, and as he visited his family here, the Florida native’s thoughts began to turn toward marriage. “I think it’s time for me to get married,” Musallet told his father, Kamel,
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By Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A planned “humanitarian city” inside Gaza intended to hold hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be a “concentration camp,” former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned. Defense Minister Israel Katz said last week he had told the military to advance plans for the zone,
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By Lauren Kent and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel to the United Kingdom in September for an “unprecedented” second state visit at the invitation of King Charles, which is unlikely to have any public-facing events. The visit is scheduled for September 17-19, the
Continue Reading By Jade Walker, CNN A fast-moving wildfire destroyed 50 to 80 structures on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, including the historic Grand Canyon Lodge. The blaze, which was started by lightning 10 days ago, rapidly grew to 7.8 square miles due to hot temperatures, low humidity and strong wind gusts, fire officials said. According to
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By Andy Rose and Zoe Sottile (CNN) — Ten people have died after a Massachusetts assisted living facility caught fire Sunday night, making elderly residents rush to their windows to scream and beg for help as smoke filled the hallways. The blaze at Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River was the deadliest fire
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Kerr County commissioners discussed ongoing search and recovery efforts Monday in their first official meeting since catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 people in the county over the July 4 weekend. The historic flooding event has also left around 100 people missing, statewide, officials said Monday. At the meeting,
Continue Reading CNN, UNITED CAJUN NAVY, X, TEXASGAMEWARDEN, BRAILEY FRANKHOUSER, X/ TexasGameWarden By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Kerr County commissioners discussed ongoing search and recovery efforts Monday in their first official meeting since catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 people in the county over the July 4 weekend. The historic flooding event has also left around
Continue Reading Story by the Associated Press Pannonhalma, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe out centuries of history. The 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey is a sprawling Benedictine monastery that is
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WKYT, CNN By Cindy Von Quednow and Matt Rehbein (CNN) — Two women were killed in a shooting Sunday at the Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, after a man shot a state trooper near the city’s airport, officials said. Two men were also injured in the church shooting. The shooting near the Blue
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By Cindy Von Quednow and Matt Rehbein (CNN) — Two women were killed in a shooting Sunday at the Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, after a man shot a state trooper near the city’s airport, officials said. Two men were also injured in the church shooting. The shooting near the Blue Grass Airport
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By Mitchell McCluskey and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military general who campaigned on rooting out government corruption, has died at age 82, the presidential press office said in a statement on Sunday. He died in London at about 4:30 p.m. after a “prolonged illness,” according to the
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By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — Betty Matteson’s four children, nine grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren have squeezed into her Texas Hill Country home countless times since 1968. They’ve spent summers relaxing on the deck and floating down the nearby Guadalupe River in tubes, waving to kids and counselors at Camp Mystic paddling by in canoes.
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By Anna Cooban and Pierre P Bairin, CNN (CNN) — A man has escaped from a prison in France by hiding in a laundry bag belonging to his cellmate who was being released after finishing his sentence, an official told local media. Sébastien Cauwel, director of France’s prison administration, told CNN affiliate BFMTV Sunday that
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, Kimberly Richardson, Morgan Severson, CNN Exactly 40 years ago today, an estimated 1.5 billion people in more than 100 countries tuned in to watch Live Aid, a mega benefit concert held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Dozens of music icons took to the stages
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CNN By Jade Walker, CNN A fast-moving wildfire destroyed 50 to 80 structures on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, including the historic Grand Canyon Lodge. The blaze, which was started by lightning 10 days ago, rapidly grew to 7.8 square miles due to hot temperatures, low humidity and strong wind gusts, fire officials said. According
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