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Former Harvard president Larry Summers steps aside from teaching as university probes Jeffrey Epstein documents

By Hanna Park, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Former Harvard president Larry Summers will not finish out the semester in his instructor role, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed, as the university investigates emails from Jeffrey Epstein released last week. “Mr. Summers has decided it’s in the best interest of the Center for him to go on

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Denmark's Prime Minister Metter Frederiksen

Denmark’s hardline immigration laws have caught Britain’s eye. Here’s why

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Denmark’s biggest exports include Ozempic, Carlsberg and Lego. But now, European leaders think it has something more valuable to sell: an immigration system tough and effective enough to neuter the hard right and keep mainstream parties in power. Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, has achieved what many center-left

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Customers purchase sushi at a supermarket on August 9

China warns there is ‘no market’ for Japanese seafood exports as spat over Taiwan comments escalates

By Jerome Taylor, Ross Adkin, CNN (CNN) — China has warned there is “no market” for Japanese seafood exports, the latest veiled threat from Beijing as its diplomatic spat with Tokyo escalates over recent comments by Japan’s leader on defending Taiwan. The two neighbors have been engaged in a rapidly spiraling dispute after Japanese leader

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Military-style Humvees are parked along the border wall in Brownsville

Trump administration ‘inadvertently’ deported transgender woman to Mexico despite judge’s concern she may face torture there

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration admitted it “inadvertently” deported a transgender woman to Mexico this month after a judge ordered she not be removed to the country over fears she may be tortured or violently persecuted. The government has said it will allow Britania Uriostegui Rios, a Mexican national, to return

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Rescue workers put out a fire at a residential building damaged by a Russian strike in Kharkiv

Rescuers continue to recover bodies from rubble, days after deadly Russian attack on western Ukraine

By Victoria Butenko, Kosta Gak, Todd Symons and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Rescuers were still working through the rubble on Friday, uncovering more bodies after a Russian attack hit apartment buildings in western Ukraine earlier this week, killing at least 31 people including several children, according to authorities. Ukraine’s emergency service said

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Protesters yell and hold signs Saturday

New Orleans may be next as immigration enforcement expands in North Carolina. Here’s what we know

By Taylor Romine, Priscilla Alvarez, Rebekah Riess, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood. Suddenly, a gray minivan – doors already ajar – made

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Protesters yell and hold signs Saturday

New Orleans may be next as immigration enforcement expands in North Carolina. Here’s what we know

CNN, POOL, WCCO, WTVD, WCNC, WRAL, WBTV, SEE PREFONTS By Taylor Romine, Priscilla Alvarez, Rebekah Riess, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood. Suddenly,

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US President Donald Trump addresses the nation

Exclusive: Iran open to resuming nuclear talks with the US but won’t shift its conditions, supreme leader’s adviser says

By Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) — Iran is willing to resume nuclear talks with the United States if they are conducted respectfully, a senior Iranian official told CNN on Tuesday, while insisting Tehran will not move from the position it held before the US and Israel attacked

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Venezuela’s propaganda machine lashes back with jokes, cartoons and sarcasm as US pressure ramps up

By Max Saltman, Isa Cardona, CNN (CNN) — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…not Superman? No, it’s Super Mustache, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s cartoon alter-ego, here to save the South American country from peril. “Super Mustache,” which has aired on Venezuelan state TV since 2021, is just one piece of the country’s propaganda push

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Roman Surovstev and his wife

A Dallas dad came to terms with his imminent deportation. Then an 11th-hour court order gave hope to see his family again

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday evening, Samantha Surovtsev squinted at her phone, blinking through tears as she rushed to order a set of Eastern European power adapters. Despite the 80-degree North Texas heat, she then drove to Old Navy and bought two bulky winter coats. When the adapters arrived Sunday, she tucked

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Manuel Noriega Fast Facts

CNN Library (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Manuel Noriega, former dictator of Panama. Personal:Birth date: February 11, 1934 Death date: May 29, 2017 Birth place: Panama City, Panama Birth name: Manuel Antonio Noriega Morena Father: Ricaurte Noriega, accountant Mother: Maria Feliz Morena Marriage: Felicidad Sieiro (late 1960s-2017, his death) Children:

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during the Meeting of Jurists in Defense of International Law at the Eurobuilding Hotel in Caracas

Venezuela’s opposition leader publishes ‘freedom manifesto’ from hiding as Maduro opens door to dialogue with Trump

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado has published a “freedom manifesto” outlining her vision of a “new era” for the country without its strongman Nicolás Maduro. The four-page document, dated November 9 but made public on Tuesday, lays out the democratic pillars she says all Venezuelans are entitled to,

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