Hassan Nasrallah Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite Muslim militant group.…
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George Mitchell Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of George Mitchell, former US senator (D-Maine). Personal Birth date: August 20, 1933 Birth place:…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Personal: Birth date: August 21, 1973 Birth place: Moscow,…
Continue ReadingForest fire forces Russia to evacuate 830 from summer camp
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency officials say over 830 people have been evacuated from a summer camp in the southern Urals because of a forest fire…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina is child bride destination; bill could end it
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has recently developed a dubious reputation: as a regional destination…
Continue ReadingHungary bus crash kills eight, injures dozens
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police a bus traveling on a highway in Hungary crashed through a guardrail and tipped over early Sunday. At least eight…
Continue ReadingStudy: German emissions to grow by largest amount since 1990
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is forecast to record its biggest rise in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 this year as…
Continue ReadingAfghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital
By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister, Angela Dewan and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after…
Continue Reading2 dozen Rohingya refugees feared drowned in Bangladesh
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than two dozen Rohingya refugees are feared drowned after their boat capsized off the…
Continue ReadingOne more body recovered after helicopter crash in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Emergency officials say rescuers have recovered one more body following a helicopter crash in Russia’s far eastern region of…
Continue ReadingMichigan deputy dies after being shot in chase with gunman
GALESBURG, Mich. (AP) — A deputy in Michigan has died after being wounded during a chase with a gunman. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office…
Continue ReadingFlooded coal mine in China’s Qinghai kills 1, strands 19
BEIJING (AP) — A team of 200 Chinese police, emergency workers and experts is trying to rescue 19 trapped coal miners in the northwestern province…
Continue ReadingAfter UN climate report, individuals seek to do their part
By RAF CASERT Associated Press HOBOKEN, Belgium (AP) — Days after the alarming warning of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that there was a…
Continue ReadingMultiracial population grew in almost every county in the US. It doesn’t mean racism is over
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Bárbara Abadía-Rexach spent months appearing in webinars and radio shows talking to Puerto Ricans about why they should…
Continue ReadingAmid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — After a brutal wave of infections driven by the delta variant, many Ugandans seeking a…
Continue ReadingProminent Hong Kong civil rights group disbands, citing government pressure
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), the pro-democracy group that organized some of Hong Kong’s biggest protests, announced…
Continue ReadingTeachers from states banning mask mandates are speaking out. Here’s what they want you to know
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Teachers are already struggling to do their job during a pandemic. But it’s worse for those working in states where…
Continue Reading12 killed in overnight grenade attack in southern Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say the death toll from a grenade attack on a truck carrying women and children in Karachi has risen…
Continue ReadingJapan marks 76th anniversary of WWII defeat; no Suga apology
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has marked the 76th anniversary of its surrender in World War II. At the somber ceremony,…
Continue ReadingFred strengthens slightly as it heads to US coast
By TERRY SPENCER and ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The National Hurricane Center said Fred has regained tropical…
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