By David McKenzie, Amy Cassidy and Rob Picheta, CNN South Africa’s highest court found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months in prison on Tuesday, a landmark move in the country’s long-running corruption saga. The Constitutional Court of South Africa ordered that Zuma present himself at a
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN As Victoria Chiamaka Udeh strutted confidently down the runway during a beauty pageant in Russia, brandishing her country’s red-stained flag, she thought only of one thing — the young people who lost their lives during the #EndSars protests in Nigeria last year. The Nigerian student and model was intent on using
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By Helen Regan, CNN Myanmar’s military has such strong control over the country’s jade trade that it would be “nearly impossible” to buy the gemstone without enriching the generals and their allies, a new report said Tuesday. Myanmar produces about 70% of the world’s jade, worth billions of dollars and fueled in large part by
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In a CNN exclusive interview, Matthew Chance takes us inside Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine factory, where manufacturers are producing coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V.
Continue Reading In a CNN exclusive interview, Matthew Chance takes us inside Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine factory, where manufacturers are producing coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V.
Continue Reading By Zahra Ullah and Anna Chernova, CNN If you ask the Kremlin whether Covid-19 vaccination in Russia is voluntary, its officials will tell you it is. Yet authorities in Moscow have put together a policy that essentially gives people in public-facing roles little choice but to get their shots. Faced with stubbornly low vaccination rates,
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SSM, the organization that owns St. Mary’s Hospital, announced Monday that it will require all of its employees to get the coronavirus vaccine by September.
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The building had to be evacuated in the middle of the night.
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By Jason Hanna, Gregory Lemos and Hollie Silverman, CNN The death toll for the Surfside, Florida, building collapse rose to 12, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Tuesday. The total number of people unaccounted for is now 149 and the number of people accounted for is 125, Levine Cava said during the latest update
Continue ReadingKristen Rogers, CNN As the country reopens in an ongoing pandemic, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, has been ranked the healthiest US community for the second year in a row. Located roughly 40 miles from Sante Fe, the county is home to canyons and mesas connected by a 58-mile trail network, 13 developed public parks
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By Caitlin Hu, Julia Hollingsworth, Eliza Mackintosh and Helen Regan, CNN In a beige stone townhouse on a leafy New York street, a political coup thousands of miles away has split an office in two. Downstairs in the dimly lit building, staffers at Myanmar’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations receive orders from the military
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City officials are still working to clean up and repair roads following flash flood warnings and plenty of rain. Both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Jefferson City Public Works say despite that intense weather, the river levels crested Monday and the levee is holding strong. Conditions continue to
Continue Reading By Zahra Ullah and Anna Chernova, CNN If you ask the Kremlin whether Covid-19 vaccination in Russia is voluntary, its officials will tell you it is. Yet authorities in Moscow have put together a policy that essentially gives people in public-facing roles little choice but to get their shots. Faced with stubbornly low vaccination rates,
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Condo owners in the South Florida tower that collapsed last week were facing assessments for millions of dollars worth of repairs, according to documents obtained by CNN. CNN’s Drew Griffin reports.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 14-year-old driver was seriously injured Monday afternoon after a wreck on Route CC in Boone County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the unlicensed 14-year-old driver was traveling west on Route CC when he failed to negotiate a curve. The driver went off the right side of
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Increased flooding in Mid-Missouri has caused longer wait times for restoration companies. But experts say people who have flood damage in their homes shouldn’t wait to take steps against mold.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have minor injuries after a morning wreck on the 2200 block of US 54 in Cole County. According to the Jefferson City police, Chaely Berger was driving a 2009 Nissan Murano and failed to notice slowing traffic before rearending a 2020 Ford F-150 driven by James Winemiller. Both driver
Continue ReadingMiami Herald reporter Sarah Blaskey shares photos taken by a contractor just 36 hours before the Champlain Towers condo building collapsed showing damage and standing water in the basement-level parking garage.
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, CNN Condo owners in the South Florida tower that collapsed last week were facing assessments for millions of dollars worth of repairs — with payments set to begin a week after the building’s deadly fall. The Champlain Towers South condo association approved a $15 million assessment in April to complete repairs required
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN A Florida condominium’s deadly collapse could force stunned engineers and architects, homeowners associations and local officials to address questions about whether they’ve done enough to maintain other decades-old buildings — and who should foot the bill for more frequent inspections and improvements. “I don’t think anyone in the structural engineering community
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