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Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister is to be knighted with the highest possible ranking in the New Year's Honours List, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/32P8mVs

Depicting a heap of screaming faces and contorted torsos, the "Pillar of Shame" was not just a reminder of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre -- it was, for many, an emblem of free speech in Hong Kong. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3FMarQj

President Joe Biden will speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, several days after Biden urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to ease an unremitting military crisis on Ukraine's border. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EVBHLj

President Joe Biden will hold a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday afternoon "to discuss a range of topics, including upcoming diplomatic engagements with Russia," National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne told CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3pBFrNq

The former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani said he was given "no more than two minutes" to get ready to flee Kabul in August, during the Taliban's rapid takeover of the country's capital. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3mJpz9N

I'm crouched down in front of a 10-year-old boy sitting hunched over himself in the Beirut office of my charity INARA, the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance. His dark brown eyes, fringed with impossibly long eyelashes, peer over his facemask. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/32EBbUB

Hong Kong authorities are defending the arrests of seven people linked to a pro-democracy publication in the face of growing international condemnation, with the city's leader insisting the police raids had "nothing to do with journalistic or media work." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EyJHBC

Doctors in India are bracing for a potential third wave driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant, as cases rise and political leaders hold mass gatherings ahead of key elections. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EDzGmO

Police in southern China paraded four suspects through the streets for allegedly smuggling people across sealed borders in breach of pandemic control measures -- a controversial act of public shaming that triggered backlash on Chinese social media. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/31aRO9T

Two Save the Children staff, missing in eastern Myanmar after a deadly attack on civilians allegedly carried out by government soldiers, have been confirmed dead, the non-profit organization said on Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3FGxLz2

Indonesian authorities will help repair a stranded boat packed with more than 100 Rohingya refugees off its coast, but will not allow its passengers to seek refuge in the Southeast Asian country and will turn the vessel away, officials told Reuters on Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/33T4BP5

Year two of the pandemic was, in many ways, just as challenging and weird as the first. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3FxKS5G

The Taliban have banned women from taking long-distance road trips in Afghanistan on their own, requiring that a male relative accompany them for any distance beyond 45 miles, according to a Taliban official speaking to CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/32KHHJ2

The death toll from floods and heavy rain, which has blighted the Brazilian state of Bahia since November, rose to 20 after flooding intensified over the weekend, causing two dams to burst and the displacement of an estimated 62,800 people, state officials say. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3sFSxLq

Many countries in Latin America were hit with soaring Covid-19 death rates early in the pandemic, as coronavirus raged throughout the region. The tide is turning in many Latin American nations today, where vaccination rates are outpacing countries in Europe and North America and helping drive down deaths. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3qwTh2P

The southern French port city of Marseille has made headlines in recent months over the deaths of several young people in drug-related shootouts, in what is often referred to as a "settling of scores." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3qrMuaQ

Usually, Jay Lacia wakes at midnight on Christmas Day to start the festivities -- but this year, all he wished for was enough food to eat. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ExEvOn

Israel said on Sunday that it intends to double the population of the contested area of the Golan Heights in the coming years, drawing the ire of the Syrian government. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3HjLDzQ

An 8-year-old sobs every night after her aunt puts her to bed. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3FxSdSN

Dipali Roy couldn't afford to eat. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3JkbCsz

The English Premier League has reported a record 103 Covid-19 cases in the week leading up to Boxing Day. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3Fxxyyf

Heavy flooding has left at least a dozen people dead and more than 280 injured in the northeast region of Brazil, officials say. Journalist Stefano Pozzebon reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3sy9hEs

Profits at China's industrial firms grew at a much slower pace in November, the statistics bureau said on Monday, pressured by tumbling prices of some raw materials, a faltering property market and weaker consumer demand. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EuMege

China is planning to tighten restrictions for Chinese companies that want to list overseas, but the government won't ban them from trading abroad altogether. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3JndLnt

Heavy flooding has left at least 18 people dead and more than 280 injured in the northeast region of Brazil, officials say. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3pstBVK

More than 100 domestic flights in Japan were grounded on Sunday due to heavy snow in the northern and western parts of the country, Japan's two biggest airlines said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3sv9Pei

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in his native South Africa, has died. He was 90. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/30Zcbqt

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Pope Francis has dedicated a large part of his traditional Christmas message on Saturday to reflect on the pandemic and its impact on relationships. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3mx6cRe

At least 16 people died when their boat overturned off the Greek island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea on Friday, in the third maritime disaster involving migrants this week, the country's coastguard said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/32Bb1lu

Russian President Vladimir Putin's past came into sharper focus recently with the admission that, in the tumultuous days following the collapse of the Soviet Union, he earned cash on the side as a taxi driver. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3swVnT1

Nothing much lies on Qatar's border with Saudi Arabia. A few sunbaked outposts and miles and miles of vast, empty desert in all directions. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3H7Itia

The South Korean government has pardoned former President Park Geun-hye, who was serving 22 years in prison for corruption, the country's Justice Ministry said on Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3Fp99e8

Japan will not send any senior officials or Cabinet ministers to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, the government said Friday -- but stopped short of calling the decision a diplomatic boycott. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3eojaMJ

The Middle East nation of Qatar has announced an ambitious plan to expand its public art program as it prepares to play host to the 2022 Fifa World Cup. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/32qOOGR

Thai authorities have seized crystal methamphetamine with a street value of almost $30 million stuffed inside boxing punch bags bound for Australia, officials said on Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3FpWLKF

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai believes it is now time for the international community to work with the Taliban to prevent millions of people from starving to death. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ss4e8n

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On Tuesday, the central Chinese city of Xi'an recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases. By Wednesday, authorities had imposed strict lockdown measures on its estimated 13 million residents. CNN's Selina Wang has more. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/30S336S

Kamila is almost 3 years old, but she weighs just 11 pounds (5 kilograms). Her wrinkled skin sags off her skeletal limbs and stretches around her distended belly. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3FCMefz

A Tunisian court has found former President Moncef Marzouki guilty of "undermining the external security of the State" and sentenced him in absentia to four years in prison, the state news agency TAP reported Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3pmctB0

Russia hopes to hold bilateral talks with NATO and the United States in January over security guarantees it is seeking from both, state media RIA Novosti reported Wednesday, citing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3Fhnucp

The United Nations Human Rights Office said on Tuesday that it had received 13 allegations of rape and gang rape by security forces during protests in Sudan on Sunday, while opposition medics reported a second person killed. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ssDrsO

Dozens of people are feared missing after a landslide early on Wednesday at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, according to a civil society group and media reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3J4hYMF

Australian authorities on Wednesday charged a landowner and two companies with more than 250 counts of animal cruelty over the deaths of dozens of koalas during a clearance operation last year. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3eddZPJ

An Asian elephant struts into the pool and dips its head beneath the surface, using the tip of its trunk like a snorkel. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3FmUikd

Malaysia on Tuesday warned of more storms and heavy rainfall in the coming days as Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob admitted to weaknesses in the government's response to flooding that has led to more than a dozen deaths and the displacement of over 60,000 people. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3qg9Zn9

The ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has been ordered to pay his ex-wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein more than $728 million (£500 million), in one of the largest divorce settlements ever handed down by a UK court. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3H2LgJO

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is one step closer to securing control of more than $1 billion dollars in gold reserves stored at the Bank of England, after Britain's Supreme Court unequivocally recognized him as President of Venezuela on Monday evening. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3mr92at

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country has "every right" to "react harshly to unfriendly steps" as the US and NATO continue to pressure Moscow over its aggression towards Ukraine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3qg72mn

The time left to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is running out and raising the risk of an "escalating crisis," the United States Special Envoy for Iran, Rob Malley, told CNN's Becky Anderson on Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3peFLSa

Chinese live-stream shopping influencer Huang Wei, known as Viya, has received a $210 million penalty for tax evasion and has been kicked off social media. It's the largest penalty ever imposed on a live-streamer, according to the Chinese state tabloid Global Times, and a sign of the Chinese government's pressure campaign on internet celebrities. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3qjBo7L

The English Premier League has seen a sharp rise in new Covid-19 cases among players as the Omicron variant continues its rapid spread through Britain. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3pg0Ifx

The bruises on Maria Árnadóttir's body were numerous, ranging in color from pale yellow to deep purple. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/30JK9iD

One year ago, Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged to spend 2021 reining in "disorderly" private businesses that were growing too powerful and taking on too much risk. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3q4kAkI

Athletes who are good enough to compete in the world championships are among the very best in their field. They dedicate their lives to the pursuit of their craft, they are proud to represent their countries, and they all dream of returning home with medals around their necks. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3q4Dbgw

Hong Kong's first "patriots only" legislative election witnessed a record low turnout on Sunday, reflecting a steep decline in civic and political engagement following Beijing's overhaul of the city's electoral processes. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3e7zG3p

A huntsman spider interrupted Queensland's health minister as she held a briefing on the Covid-19 situation across the state. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3GMXqpQ

The death toll from Super Typhoon Rai has climbed to at least 75 people, local officials reported Saturday, after the storm wreaked havoc across the Philippines late last week. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3mla9s3

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Wall Street is getting nervous about what will happen to the economy next year. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3IR5Mi2

November in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southern region means one thing -- the rains are coming. Storms explode with biblical fury across the land, transforming desiccated bush into lush green forests, and clearing the thick haze of grit that has suffocated the mining provinces for months. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/30AtIVA

This year's Miss World competition, scheduled to take place Thursday in Puerto Rico, has been postponed after multiple people linked to the event -- including 23 of the 97 contestants -- tested positive for Covid-19. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3p1DhpT

A 17th-century painting showing a Black woman with her White companion has been placed under a temporary export bar to reduce the risk of the artwork leaving the United Kingdom. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3s2ZupP

The US Senate passed legislation on Thursday to ban imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labor, part of Washington's continued pushback against Beijing's treatment of the country's Uyghur Muslim minority. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3yHh4ks

Hours before the airline offices open for the day, hundreds of Cubans wait in line, hoping to snag a hard-to-find ticket off the island. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/30xDHei

Five children died and four suffered serious injuries when they fell 32 feet (10 meters) from a bouncy castle lifted into the air by wind at a school event in Australia on Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EZRYiU

The sale and carrying of plastic bottles is to be banned in French stadiums from July 2022, the French government announced Thursday in a statement. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3E5ml69

Black tech entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom say they have to rely on foreign investors to get their businesses off the ground. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3magF4W

Tens of thousands of people have evacuated their homes in the Philippines as the archipelago braces for Super Typhoon Rai, known locally as Odette, which is expected to pass through the southern and central portions of the country on Thursday afternoon. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3sb2v7w

The longtime editor of one of China's most outspoken and nationalistic state media outlets says he's stepping down. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3F497Ic

Destinations around the world have faced significant tourist reductions amid the coronavirus pandemic. But few have taken a harder hit than Bali, the Indonesian island long beloved of global travelers. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/30AIyM0

The venomous boomslang was first spotted by the Wild family's cats and stayed there for two hours until a professional catcher removed it. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3IR73px

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey, a 25-year veteran of the company, has been hearing it from disgruntled niche beverage fans. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3pQpz8E

Oil prices began 2021 just under $50 a barrel. They are now trading just north of $70 and in October reached $85 -— a seven-year high. So it should come as no surprise that energy stocks are among the market's biggest winners this year. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3oOjGtp

Despite anxiety about inflation and the Omicron variant, the stock market is on track for another banner year. That's in large part thanks to stellar gains from just a handful of stocks. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3GFH0Qc

If you have a job today, chances have never been better that you can keep it as long as you want. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ync5Fd

Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial pageant hosted this year in southern Israel. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3GA5r1i

Birds may be the undisputed masters of the air, but they've been at the losing end of airborne collisions since the dawn of aviation in 1905, when pioneer pilot Orville Wright reported the first bird strike. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3DwI86E

US lawmakers who have just returned from a trip to Ukraine are urging the Biden administration to take proactive steps to prevent further Russian aggression toward the country and to be prepared to place "extreme sanctions" on Moscow if it moves militarily against its neighbor. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3dRpdch

Siarhei Tsikhanouski, the husband of Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison at a high-security penal colony, Belarusian state media BelTA reported on Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3p1Yalb

"In time, we will put our eyes to this light and see that these people are the peers of nature. And forgivingly, when they appear we will lift up our song and sing, and say we cannot praise too much of any single thing." It may read like poetry, but these lines weren't composed by a poet -- they were written by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3oUlOzY

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3GHWKCg

Chinese social media platform Weibo Corp has been slapped with a 3 million yuan ($470,000) fine by China's internet regulator for repeatedly publishing illegal information. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3oSi41R

A militant attack in Indian Kashmir left three police officers dead and 11 others injured, according to local police. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EVBVCG

The operator of Ghana's main international airport will fine airlines $3,500 for every passenger they fly in who is not vaccinated against COVID-19 or who tests positive for the coronavirus upon arrival, it said on December 13. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EVobYz

Paris Saint-Germain will play Real Madrid in a star-studded Champions League last 16 tie after fixtures were re-drawn following a technical error. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3Gz7qCU

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See highlights from the 2021 red carpet and ceremony honoring CNN's Top 10 Heroes and CNN's Hero of the Year. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3GGgrKr

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed at his private palace in Abu Dhabi, according to Bennett's office. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3lZCjZI

SenseTime is postponing its big stock market debut after once again getting caught up in tensions between the United States and China. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3dIQPR1

Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was "very briefly compromised," his office said, when a tweet was sent from the Indian Prime Minister's account saying his country had adopted Bitcoin and would be distributing the cryptocurrency. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3lZQOMV

Some brand new car companies are hitting huge home runs with groundbreaking new vehicles, according to the staff at MotorTrend. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3lWCZig

The economic recovery from the coronavirus has always been uneven, with different parts of the world bouncing back at different speeds. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3F0tPIU

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago as the demise of what he called "historical Russia," and said the economic crisis that followed was so bad he was forced to moonlight as a taxi driver. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3dR3Rvu

Two people are missing after two cargo ships crashed into each other early Monday morning in the Baltic Sea, Swedish authorities said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3lZDbxi

When the highly infectious Delta variant hit China in the summer, some public health experts were hopeful that the country could soon receive an immunity boost from BioNTech's highly effective mRNA Covid-19 vaccine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3pTI7F0

A Hong Kong court has sentenced media tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy figures to up to 14 months behind bars for participating in an unauthorized assembly last year to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3m1NTU6

A man who slipped down the stairs and broke his back while walking from his bed to home office can file a claim on his employer's insurance after a court in Germany ruled that he was commuting at the time. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3DCO91K

China is grappling with a slowing economy, yet its currency has rarely been stronger. The yuan is also outperforming the US dollar this year even as the Fed prepares to hike interest rates. So what gives? from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3lPrM2Q

Last September, just a few weeks into the school year, Sabine Polak got a call from the guidance counselor. Her 14-year-old daughter was struggling with depression and had contemplated suicide. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3rKjOMr

• 'I wanna go back': Michael Strahan after traveling to the edge of space from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EYHsIA

Before the pandemic, Hong Kong was an aviation hub attracting pilots from around the world. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/31KIRnX

Over the summer, an anonymous hacker stole roughly $600 million in cryptocurrency from Poly Network, a decentralized finance network many outside the crypto world had likely never heard of. Then the hacker gave it back. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3lYF2lY

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Four-year-old Azhi hobbles across a makeshift migrant center on the Polish-Belarusian border. Grabbing his mother's hand for support, he carefully tucks his legs under piles of donated blankets. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ISDcNs

Mary, Queen of Scots used a "spiral locking" technique to seal the last letter she wrote before her execution, indicating that she wanted the contents to remain secret, according to research published in the Electronic British Library Journal. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3rYEWP4

The bishop of Noto in Sicily stunned schoolchildren last week when he dropped a bombshell during an arts festival -- telling them Father Christmas wasn't real. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3IIIESM

For 15 years, CNN Heroes has been honoring everyday people changing the world. Since 2007, we have recognized more than 350 Heroes from all 50 states and more than 110 countries. While their missions are diverse, they all are dedicated to helping others. The impact of their work is staggering. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EM9kzQ

Tigrayan forces summarily executed dozens of civilians in two towns they controlled in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region between August 31 and September 9, 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EIKQYg

US authorities have won their bid to overturn a British judge's ruling that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to face charges in the United States, on the basis of assurances given about his treatment there. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/31JrX9e

Evergrande has defaulted on its debt. Now Beijing is intervening to prevent a disorderly collapse of the indebted real estate group that could wreak havoc on the world's second biggest economy. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ybhlvu

At least 54 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a truck overturned in southern Mexico on Thursday, with most of the victims believed to be migrants from Central America, according to local authorities. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3pGiAit

India was mourning the victims of a helicopter crash that killed 13 people including the country's top military official, as their funerals got underway on Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/30bSI5l

The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two El Salvador government officials accused of negotiating with notorious local gangs in an attempt to seal a secret "truce" and shore up political support. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EGZhMv

Nicaragua's government has broken off diplomatic relations with Taiwan. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3pKtzYo

A London-based independent tribunal has ruled that China committed genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in its western Xinjiang region, accusing China's senior leadership including President Xi Jinping of "primary responsibility" for acts perpetrated against Muslim minority groups. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3EIcep2

Six unmanned Saildrones are heading out on a six-month voyage to face some of Earth's most hostile ocean conditions, in hopes of improving climate change and weather forecast computer models. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3dAsVa9

For once, investors are treating GameStop like a normal stock. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ygZ5B1

As many as four million European gig economy workers could become employees if new draft EU legislation becomes law. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3dEPrOY

Epic port congestion is easing. Shipping prices are falling from sky-high levels. Deliveries are speeding up a bit. There are growing signs that the supply chain mess is finally starting to get cleaned up. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3yi3eEY

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson have announced the birth of a "healthy baby girl," according to the UK's Press Association. The baby was born on Thursday morning at a London hospital. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/31KoZB9

The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended food distribution in Ethiopia's Kombolcha and Dessie towns after looting of supplies that staff were unable to stop due to intimidation, including being held at gunpoint, the United Nations said on Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3dB9G0c

An Australian Senate committee on Thursday issued a scathing indictment of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, calling it the country's "clearest example of a troubling media monopoly." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3s4Kzvl

India's top military official was killed Wednesday when an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying 14 people crashed in southern India, the IAF confirmed, with only one survivor. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/308kzU8

TUI says a surge in Covid-19 infections and the Omicron variant is taking its toll on winter holiday bookings. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ozKCwV

For centuries, a setting sun has signaled the end of fasting rituals on holidays such as Ramadan and Yom Kippur, a cue to tuck into a delicious meal after a full day of deprivation. But what if the sun's clockwork were to suddenly change, as it does for astronauts riding aboard the International Space Station, which whips around the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour, giving passengers 16 sunrises and sunsets each day? from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3z9LkTr

Germany recorded its highest number of daily deaths from Covid-19 since February on Wednesday, as it struggles to bring a fourth wave of the pandemic under control. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3rJJGrB

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