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This alien plant is lethal for the environment. Now it’s being turned into a plastic to regrow forests

By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world’s most widespread invasive species, is blanketing the lake, choking its fish and leaving people stranded. “Sometimes it becomes very serious,” says Simon Macharia, a local fisherman, about the weed problem. “There was this incident where

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Tensions rise in Venezuela as opposition leader González asks military to end Maduro’s reign

By CNN’s Michael Rios and Marlon Sorto, Jose Alvarez and Gerardo Lemos, CNN en Español (CNN) — Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia has urged the Venezuelan military to recognize him as their commander-in-chief and “put an end to the leadership” of President Nicolás Maduro, whose government is resisting calls to give up power.

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Trump Sr. called for US ownership of Greenland. Now Trump Jr. is visiting

By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump Jr. landed in Greenland on Tuesday, just weeks after his father, US President-elect Donald Trump, ruffled feathers by reiterating his desire to obtain control over the autonomous Danish territory. “Greenland coming in hot… well, actually, really really cold!!!!” the president-elect’s eldest son posted on X on Tuesday,

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Pope appoints Trump critic to be archbishop of Washington, DC, and appoints first female leader of a Vatican department

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first administration, as the next archbishop of Washington, DC. Cardinal McElroy, 70, is a strong supporter of Francis’ priorities on refugees, the environment and welcoming LGBTQ Catholics. He will succeed Cardinal Wilton

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Blinken warns Russia is close to sharing advanced satellite technology with North Korea

By Helen Regan, Alex Stambaugh, Gawon Bae and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Russia may be close to sharing advanced satellite technology with North Korea after the isolated nation supplied troops to help bolster Moscow’s war in Ukraine, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Monday. “The DPRK is already receiving Russian military equipment

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A filmmaker made a documentary about protests in China. Now he’s sentenced to more than 3 years in prison

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese filmmaker has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his documentary about China’s nationwide protests against Covid lockdowns in late 2022, as Beijing seeks to erase public memories of stunning scenes of dissent against its handling of the pandemic. Chen Pinlin was sentenced by

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