‘They took away my dream’: Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya on a life-changing week
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya was set to compete in the women’s 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on…
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Titanic museum iceberg wall collapses, injuring 3 visitors
By David Williams, CNN A wall of ice collapsed Monday at the Titanic Museum Attraction, injuring three visitors to the popular tourist spot in…
Continue ReadingAt least 30 bodies float down river between Ethiopia’s Tigray and Sudan
Story by Reuters At least 30 corpses have washed up on the Sudanese banks of a river that abuts Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, according…
Continue ReadingPowerful blast rocks Kabul after Afghan army urges civilians to leave Taliban-controlled areas of major city
By Tim Lister and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN A car bomb exploded near the home of Afghanistan’s acting defense minister in Kabul on Tuesday evening,…
Continue ReadingHBCUs are canceling students’ debt, highlighting how integral they are to Black Americans’ lives
By Amir Vera, CNN Covid-19 ruined Brécha Byrd’s inaugural season as a basketball player at Saint Augustine’s University, a historically…
Continue ReadingFlorida’s Broward County school district reverses its mask mandate after funding threat from the governor
By Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN Florida’s second-largest school district said it will withdraw its mask mandate after the governor…
Continue ReadingGunman shot 3 workers at SmileDirectClub in Antioch, Tennessee, before officers killed him, police say
By Gregory Lemos, Jason Hanna and Paul P. Murphy, CNN An employee of a company that makes clear plastic teeth aligners opened fire at one of its…
Continue ReadingDelta variant has spiked Covid-19 deaths in Africa by 80% in one month, WHO says
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Coronavirus deaths in Africa rose rapidly over the past month, as fatalities surged by 80 percent within the last four weeks,…
Continue ReadingDelta variant has spiked Covid-19 deaths in Africa by 80% in one month, WHO says
CNN By Nimi Princewill, CNN Coronavirus deaths in Africa rose rapidly over the past month, as fatalities surged by 80 percent within the last four…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 3: Covid-19, housing, voting rights, Belarus, immigration
Heavy rains could cause flash floods in the southern Rockies, which increases the risk of debris flows from recent wildfire burn scars. CNN…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 4: Coronavirus, Andrew Cuomo, housing, Afghanistan, India
Expiration of the nation’s eviction moratorium has left millions of families staggering. CNN’s Nick Watt reports how one mother and her family are…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 3: Covid-19, housing, voting rights, Belarus, immigration
Comedian Kathy Griffin revealed that she has been diagnosed with stage one lung cancer and will undergo…
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Those of us on the Gulf and East coasts are in for a rainy week. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On…
Continue ReadingHow the earth’s rotation helped the earliest forms of life to diversify
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Earth hasn’t always experienced the 24-hour day we’re so familiar with now. In fact, the way the world turns…
Continue ReadingFacing the recent rise in Covid-19 cases is like being told you have to walk back into war, nurse says
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Covid-19 is once again on the rise, hospitals are filling up with patients and a Tennessee ICU nurse told CNN the…
Continue ReadingHow has the pandemic affected America’s youth? Share your stories
For more than a year, young people have watched as America’s adults grapple with a once-in-a-century crisis. So how has the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingVitaly Shishov, head of Belarusian exile group, found dead in Ukrainian capital
By Radina Gigova, Denis Lapin, Jessie Yeung and Tara John, CNN A Belarusian dissident who helped his countrymen flee persecution was found dead in a…
Continue ReadingAugust 4 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results
CNN By Joshua Berlinger, Aditi Sangal and Adam Renton, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All…
Continue ReadingIndia to deploy naval task force into South China Sea and beyond
By Brad Lendon, CNN India is sending a task force of four warships into the South China Sea on a two-month deployment that will include exercises…
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