Start your week smart: Covid-19, North Korea, Betty White, Capitol riot, New Mexico
By AJ Willingham, CNN Happy New Year! If you’ve made any resolutions, we hope they’re off to a great start. If you still need some ideas,…
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Mali junta defies mediators with 5-year transition plan
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military junta wants to extend its rule for five more years and put off the next…
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What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu
By Ghazi Balkiz and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Family members gathered to say their goodbyes to anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu at a private service at…
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Look up as the Quadrantid meteor shower puts on a show in the new year
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The new year kicks off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is expected to peak in the overnight hours from Sunday to…
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EU draft on financing nuclear and gas plants raises ire
By RAF CASERT and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Draft European Union plans that would allow nuclear and gas energy to remain…
Continue Reading EU draft on financing nuclear and gas plants raises ire
By RAF CASERT and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Draft European Union plans that would allow nuclear and gas energy to remain…
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Man who crossed from South Korea into North Korea presumed to be North Korean defector, Seoul officials say
By Gawon Bae, CNN An unidentified man who crossed the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea on Sunday is presumed to be a North…
Continue Reading Thousands gather to oppose Dutch virus measures despite ban
By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Thousands of people in the capital of the Netherlands have defied a ban and…
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Lionel Messi tests positive for Covid-19, says Paris Saint-Germain
By Wayne Sterling, CNN Lionel Messi is one of four Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) players to have tested positive for Covid-19, the club said in a…
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Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager thanks fan who noticed his melanoma at game against Seattle Kraken. ‘You changed my life’
By John Sinnott, CNN Two NHL teams have combined to give ice hockey fan Nadia Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school as a thank you for…
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How to support animal lover Betty White’s favorite cause
By Julia M. Chan, CNN When it came to people, Betty White loved to make them laugh. When it came to animals, she loved to lend them a helping hand. A…
Continue Reading 4 Syrians die after burning coal for heat in south Lebanon
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An official in a Lebanese rescue group says a mother and her three children died in their sleep…
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‘Everyone is welcome’: New Year’s parade with checkered past of offensive costumes returns with an inclusive message
By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN America’s oldest folk parade returns Sunday after coronavirus shut down the New Year’s Day tradition that has come…
Continue Reading Overnight storms bring damage to parts of US South
HAZEL GREEN, Ala. (AP) — A line of severe storms damaged homes, knocked out power and downed trees in parts of the southern United States late…
Continue ReadingDinosaur footprints dating back 200 million years discovered on Wales beach, researchers believe
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Footprints discovered on a beach in Wales are believed to have been made by an early dinosaur more than 200 million years ago,…
Continue ReadingDinosaur footprints dating back 200 million years discovered on Wales beach, researchers believe
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Footprints discovered on a beach in Wales are believed to have been made by an early dinosaur more than 200 million years ago,…
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Large fire tears through South Africa’s parliament, collapsing roof and gutting entire floors
By Ally Barnard and Jennifer Hauser, CNN A large fire tore through South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town on Sunday, causing the roof of one…
Continue Reading Egypt pushes for calm after flare-up in Gaza hostilities
By ILAN BEN ZION and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Egyptian officials are pushing for Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza…
Continue Reading Bus with mourners veers off Nepal highway, killing 7
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A bus has veered off a mountain highway in Nepal, leaving at least seven dead and about a dozen injured. A government…
Continue ReadingElite Afghan military pilots resettled in US fear for family they had to leave behind
By Oren Liebermann, CNN Belal Khohestani wishes the United States would feel like home. The former pilot for the Afghan Special Mission Wing —…
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