Paralympics follow lead of Olympics: No fans during pandemic
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New clue to human evolution’s biggest mystery emerges in Philippines
By Katie Hunt, CNN The only definitive fossil evidence that points to the existence of Denisovans — an enigmatic group of early humans first…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has decided that a coronavirus state of emergency will continue through Sept.…
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Continue ReadingUS veterans are disappointed with how the war in Afghanistan is ending — and fearful for their Afghan allies
By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the…
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CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the…
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Continue Reading5 things to know for August 16: Afghanistan, Covid-19, Haiti, weather, China & Russia
By AJ Willingham, CNN Some students don’t want to go back to in-person school, and it doesn’t have anything to do with coronavirus. For…
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CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the…
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CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Some students don’t want to go back to in-person school, and it doesn’t have anything to do with coronavirus.…
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CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace has strengthened into a tropical storm again, threatening the Caribbean with mudslides and flooding. That includes…
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CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Some students don’t want to go back to in-person school, and it doesn’t have anything to do with coronavirus.…
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By AJ Willingham, CNN Some students don’t want to go back to in-person school, and it doesn’t have anything to do with…
Continue ReadingAfghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital
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Continue ReadingGreece wildfires: Winds fan 2 new blazes outside of Athens
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Continue ReadingSpain interior minister: child migrants ‘wanted to go home’
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s interior minister says that unaccompanied child migrants being sent back to Morocco in groups of 15 at a time wanted to go…
Continue ReadingIsrael asks allies for help as wildfires rage near Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has appealed to its international allies for help in fighting wildfires raging outside of Jerusalem. Israeli firefighters…
Continue ReadingFlooding death toll in Turkey climbs to 77; dozens missing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers have recovered more bodies from the sites of severe flooding that devastated parts of northern Turkey, bringing the…
Continue ReadingWho are the Taliban and how did they take control of Afghanistan so swiftly?
By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s…
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