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Desmond Tutu Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Personal Birth date: October 7, 1931 Death date: December 26, 2021 Birth place: Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa Birth name: Desmond Mpilo Tutu Father: Zachariah Tutu, schoolteacher Mother: Aletta Tutu, domestic servant Marriage: Nomalizo Leah (Shenxane) Tutu (July 2,

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O'Hare International Airport in Chicago

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the government shutdown impacts travelers

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — There would not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration warned. In Nashville, so many controllers have stayed home, the facility – which guides planes into and out of the airport –

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People walk near an advertisement for Russian Armed Forces contracts in Vsevolozhsk

Russian regions are massively boosting military sign-up bonuses to lure more people to fight in Ukraine

By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian regions are dramatically increasing the amount of money they pay to new military recruits as analysts say “ideological” recruitment campaigns are no longer enough to motivate people to fight in Ukraine. Several regions announced in recent days they would as much as quadruple the sign-up bonuses

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The air traffic control tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport on January 27 in Burbank

Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country

CNN, POOL, SEE PREFONTS By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation of coordinating departure, the pilot received a different response:

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Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country

By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation of coordinating departure, the pilot received a different response: “The tower is closed

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