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Multiple criminal investigations underway for 'desecration' of Canadian monuments after protests against Covid-19 mandates, police say

Multiple criminal investigations have been opened in connection to the "desecration" of Canada's National War Memorial among other incidents during weekend protests in Ottawa against mandates for Covid-19 vaccines and other public health measures. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4dZDEWa5O

White House still eager for talks with North Korea, but sees missile tests as destabilizing

A string of provocations from North Korea -- including its most powerful ballistic missile test in years over the weekend -- could be designed to extract concessions from the United States ahead of potential negotiations, a senior US administration official suggested on Sunday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XpJiI14Rn

'We've got a chance to win it all!': NBA superstar Joel Embiid discusses his love of Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations

At approximately 11am on Saturday, January 29th, in the Philadelphia area of the United States, a 27-year-old man is intending to ease his seven-foot frame into a chair -- or perhaps remain standing -- and turn on the device of his choosing, to spend 90 minutes consumed by the events unfolding on a soccer field in his birthplace of Yaoundé, Cameroon. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://cnn.it/3s0krA3

Cuba calls on Biden to restaff embassies, normalize relations following CIA 'Havana Syndrome' report

A high-ranking official in Cuba's foreign ministry is calling for the Biden administration to restore relations with the island in light of a recent CIA report that found most "Havana syndrome" cases were unlikely to have been caused by a foreign power. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3KJvoOR

Striking photographs show 'America in crisis'

"America in Crisis," first opened in 1969 at the Riverside Museum in Manhattan. Conceived by Magnum Photos, it was a powerful exhibition meant to document the tumultuous US presidential election of the year before and assess the state of the nation. Featuring the work of 18 photographers, it was immortalized in a book which published the same year and showed a deeply fractured society. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/351GnCO

Ireland's data centers are an economic lifeline. Environmentalists say they're wrecking the planet

In the west of Ireland lies a medieval market town, its roots steeped in legend. Beyond the labyrinth of narrow streets of the center are the chimney stacks of housing developments that still puff coal and peat. Past those homes, on the outskirts of Ennis, is an unremarkable but huge plot of land, nestled between a power station and farmland where cattle and sheep graze. This is where a mysterious company has applied to develop a new data center the size of 22 American football fields. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3fRj6pj

What's getting more expensive

Inflation and supply chain snags have sent prices for everyday items soaring, from Tide laundry detergent to new cars. Here's what CNN Business found got more expensive this week, and what might be next. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3FRIKEY

Novak Djokovic remains a national idol in Serbia despite anti-vax stance

Not long after the world's best tennis player, Novak Djokovic, stepped off the plane in Melbourne and into legal uncertainty, his father, Srdjan, held a press conference in the back room of his Novak-themed family restaurant in Belgrade, confidently declaring, "Novak is Serbia, Serbia is Novak." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3AjfEgw

20 of the world's best soups

If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you've got plenty of company. Soup is one of the world's oldest and most universal foods, said Janet Clarkson, author of the book "Soup: A Global History." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3uy7ca0

Putin presents a profound threat to peace in Europe as 'drumbeat of war' sounds on Russia-Ukraine border

Europe has a long and bloody history of wars, of borders brutally contested, of nations and empires carving destructive furrows far from home. But a sad harvest of sorrow and loss after the Second World War was followed by decades of relative peace and prosperity, even during a Cold War that did not become hot. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3tyzSBI

Canada reaches agreement to compensate indigenous children taken from families

Canada announced on Tuesday two agreements totaling $31.5 billion (40 billion Canadian dollars) to compensate First Nations children who were taken from their families and put into the child welfare system and to reform the system that removed them and deprived them of services they needed. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3HztCNW

The best destinations to go in 2022

Travel is more challenging now than it has been in a long time. Borders tentatively reopen only to slam shut again. A once-simple visa on entry is replaced with piles of paperwork. And the whole world is brushing up on the Greek alphabet whenever a new variant makes headlines. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3Huc7OP

See Dutch police and protesters clash over Covid-19 measures

Demonstrators in the Netherlands defied a government ban on large protests to voice their anger over Covid-19 restrictions. Meanwhile, more countries in Europe are implementing or considering further measures to contain the Omicron variant as people return to work and school after the holidays. CNN's Michael Holmes reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/32UZj5p

France cuts isolation times and plans crackdown on unvaccinated amid record surge in Covid cases

The Omicron variant's rapid spread across France has prompted the government to slash Covid-19 isolation times for vaccinated people and move to further isolate the unvaccinated from public venues in a bid to ease the financial and social burdens of the outbreak. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3qKT7Fn

Elite Afghan military pilots resettled in US fear for family they had to leave behind

Belal Khohestani wishes the United States would feel like home. The former pilot for the Afghan Special Mission Wing -- the elite of Afghanistan's military -- recently moved from Fort Pickett in Virginia to Chicago, where he has found a place to live and a roommate. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3FRZDQP