5 things to know for October 27: Covid-19, Congress, social media, climate, Myanmar
By AJ Willingham, CNN There are only 100 days until the Winter Olympics in Beijing, but continuing Covid-19 outbreaks and growing boycott calls are…
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Mine’s a light beer: UK to overhaul alcohol taxes
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Taxes on alcoholic drinks in the U.K. are being radically simplified in the biggest overhaul in more…
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Mine’s a light beer: UK to overhaul alcohol taxes
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Taxes on alcoholic drinks in the U.K. are being radically simplified in the biggest overhaul in more…
Continue Reading Greece woos investments on Chinese foreign minister’s visit
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Greek officials on Wednesday during a…
Continue Reading Greece woos investments on Chinese foreign minister’s visit
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Greek officials on Wednesday during a…
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Attorney General Merrick Garland defends memo responding to threats of violence against school board members
By Tierney Sneed, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland defended his memo responding to threats aimed at school officials, pushing back on pointed…
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$547 million villa with world’s only Caravaggio ceiling mural goes on sale
Livia Borghese and Sana Noor Haq, CNN A stately villa in the heart of Rome, which houses the world’s only ceiling mural by the Italian painter…
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US government bans China Telecom from operating in the country
By Jill Disis, CNN Business Washington is barring a major Chinese state-owned telecommunications firm from operating in the United States over…
Continue ReadingEl futbolista profesional australiano Josh Cavallo anuncia que es gay
olivertapia (CNN) — El futbolista profesional australiano Josh Cavallo anunció el miércoles que es gay en un mensaje de video difundido por…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill 4 Pakistani police near border with Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Unidentified gunmen attacked a police patrol overnight in northwest Pakistan, killing four before fleeing the scene, a…
Continue Reading Germany to end national ‘epidemic’ situation next month
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament will not extend the “epidemic situation of national scope” when it…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank makes profit as recovery reduces bad loans
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank has seen its net profit increase 6%, to 329 million euros, in the third quarter despite a sharp increase in…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank makes profit as recovery reduces bad loans
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank has seen its net profit increase 6%, to 329 million euros, in the third quarter despite a sharp increase in…
Continue Reading Election likely in Portugal after govt defeat in budget vote
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has rejected the minority Socialist government’s proposed state…
Continue Reading UN, US sanction Libyan official over human trafficking
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations Security Council and the United States have imposed sanctions on a Libyan official…
Continue Reading Paid family leave falls out of Biden bill as tempers rise
By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats say a deal is within reach on President Joe…
Continue Reading Paid family leave falls out of Biden bill as tempers rise
By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats say a deal is within reach on President Joe…
Continue Reading‘We live in fear:’ Daughter of former Saudi official says kingdom attempted to lure her to consulate in Istanbul
By Emmet Lyons and Claire Calzonetti, CNN The daughter of a former top Saudi intelligence official has told CNN that representatives of the Saudi…
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Ex-Saudi intelligence official describes Crown Prince as a ‘psychopath’ who boasted he could kill the sitting monarch in 2014
By Jo Shelley, CNN Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is a “psychopath,” who “poses a threat to his people, to the…
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Brazilian commission votes in favor of recommending criminal charges against Bolsonaro
By Rodrigo Pedroso A Brazilian commission investigating the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has called for criminal charges…
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