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• Traumatized women describe gang rapes and beatings at Chinese government internment camps

  18-02-2021 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ivan Watson reports from Hong Kong.
  
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• Traumatized women describe gang rapes and beatings at Chinese government camps

  18-02-2021 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ivan Watson reports from Hong Kong.
  
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• Tropical storm to hit the Philippines

  18-02-2021 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  The first tropical storm of 2021 in the West Pacific will move into the Philippines this weekend bringing flooding rainfall.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands are without power and cold. Some are even dying

  18-02-2021 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  • Ted Cruz responds to fury over Cancun trip as Texans remain without power
  
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• 'Y'all, I cannot believe this!': Mom films disaster in her Texas home

  18-02-2021 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  As millions of Texans are still without water, heat and power, residents continue to struggle in the aftermath of winter storms. CNN's Camila Bernal reports.
  
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• Beijing faces new abuse claims from Xinjiang

  18-02-2021 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  A former teacher and ex-detainee alleges gang rape and torture of women inside China's vast network of detention camps. CNN's Ivan Watson reports.
  
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• Biden to announce billions in aid for global vaccine effort at G7

  18-02-2021 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden will unveil a $2 billion US contribution to a global coronavirus vaccine initiative when he speaks with the leaders of the world's leading market economies on Friday, according to senior administration officials, boosting efforts to distribute shots to low- and middle-income countries as wealthier nations snap up the limited supply.
  
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• Head of Indiana museum resigns after job ad sought a director to uphold its 'traditional, core, white art audience'

  18-02-2021 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  Charles Venable resigned Wednesday as head of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields after a racially insensitive job listing sought an art director who would maintain the museum's "traditional, core, white art audience."
  
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• See lawmakers grill Robinhood's CEO

  18-02-2021 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  At the House Financial Services Committee hearing on GameStop, lawmakers aimed some of their harshest questions at Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev.
  
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• Why Corporate America is jumping for joy while millions of workers remain jobless

  18-02-2021 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  America's CEOs are the most confident they have been in 17 years, as company leaders expect fewer layoffs and further improvements in the business environment, according to a recent survey from the Conference Board, a non-profit think tank.
  
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• NASA rover Perseverance safely lands on Mars and sends back its first image

  18-02-2021 22:31 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • If there once was life on Mars, this rover is our best chance to find out
  
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• Iran's Khamenei, 'deep state' keeping presidential candidates locked up for 10 years, ex-diplomat says

  18-02-2021 22:23 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi had run against then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009
  
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• Senior Republicans split over how to treat Trump: Pay homage at Mar-a-Lago or refuse to 'bend the knee'

  18-02-2021 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  Senior Republicans are split over how to treat former President Donald Trump, with the No. 2 House Republican making a personal pilgrimage to visit him on the same day that the top Senate Republican vowed never to "bend the knee" in that way.
  
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• See NASA's big plans for its new Mars rover

  18-02-2021 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  This is Perseverance, the next rover that NASA is sending to Mars. It's the first to collect rock and dust samples that will be returned to Earth.
  
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• If there once was life on Mars, this rover is our best chance to find out

  18-02-2021 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  NASA's Perseverance rover has safely landed on Mars after its 292.5 million-mile journey from Earth, the agency confirmed.
  
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• 'Downright stupid:' CNN analyst rips Ted Cruz's Cancun trip

  18-02-2021 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ana Navarro says that Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) family trip to Cancun, Mexico, while millions of people in his state were without power in freezing temperatures was "downright stupid."
  
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• 'Downright stupid:' Ana Navarro rips Ted Cruz's trip

  18-02-2021 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ana Navarro says that Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) family trip to Cancun, Mexico, while millions of people in his state were without power in freezing temperatures was "downright stupid."
  
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• NASA rover begins 'seven minutes of terror' as it attempts to land on Mars

  18-02-2021 21:55 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • How to watch the Mars rover landing
  
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• Yemen may see millions of children suffering from starvation, UN report warns

  18-02-2021 21:41 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A U.N. report released over the weekend detailed how 400,000 children under the age of five could starve to death in Yemen in 2021 amid the country's ongoing civil war and fight against COVID-19.
  
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• Perseverance is now operating on its own as it approaches Mars

  18-02-2021 21:35 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • How to watch the Mars rover landing
  
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• Animals are freezing to death amid Texas winter crisis

  18-02-2021 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  After rolling power outages plunged much of Texas into darkness, animals at the San Antonio Primarily Primates sanctuary froze to death in the winter weather. Priscilla Feral, the sanctuary's president, spoke with CNN's Brianna Keilar about their situation.
  
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• NASA rover to land on Mars in a crater that was a lake 3.9 billion years ago

  18-02-2021 21:21 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • How to watch the Mars rover landing
  
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• Anti-vax at the Vatican? You might lose your job

  18-02-2021 21:19 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Vatican is taking Pope Francis’ pro-vaccine stance very seriously: Any Vatican employee who refuses to get a coronavirus shot without a valid medical reason risks being fired.
  
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• Keilar responds after Nikki Haley blames media for GOP feud

  18-02-2021 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Nikki Haley, the former UN Ambassador under President Donald Trump, is now blaming the media for the current conflict in the Republican Party. CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape.
  
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• Keilar calls out Nikki Haley for blaming Republican civil war on media

  18-02-2021 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Nikki Haley, the former UN Ambassador under President Donald Trump, is now blaming the media for the current conflict in the Republican Party. CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape.
  
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• Trump's legal and financial problems are still very serious

  18-02-2021 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  When people talk about Donald Trump's future, they almost always focus on whether or not he will run for president in 2024.
  
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• WHO official says Wuhan COVID lab-escape theory a 'hypothesis,' as UK prime minister demands answers

  18-02-2021 20:25 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will "call" during Friday’s virtual G-7 summit of leaders, including President Biden, for the international community to "get to the bottom" of exactly how COVID-19 originated.
  
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• Just 10 countries have administered 75% of the world's available vaccine supply

  18-02-2021 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  Just 10 countries have administered 75% of the world's available Covid-19 vaccine supply, while more than 130 countries haven't even received their first doses, according to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
  
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• Ivanka Trump tells Marco Rubio she won't challenge him for Florida Senate seat

  18-02-2021 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  Ivanka Trump has no plans as of late to run for the US Senate -- at least not in Florida.
  
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• This middle-income country granted temporary legal status to 1M Venezuelans

  18-02-2021 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Becky Anderson speaks to Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, about Colombia's decision to grant temporary legal status to Venezuelans fleeing the humanitarian catastrophe in their home country.
  
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• This country granted temporary legal status to 1M Venezuelans

  18-02-2021 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Becky Anderson speaks to Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, about Colombia's decision to grant temporary legal status to Venezuelans fleeing the humanitarian catastrophe in their home country.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu sends condolences to Rush Limbaugh's family

  18-02-2021 19:19 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his condolences to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's family in a Thursday morning tweet.
  
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• Migrants on the move again in Mexico and Central America

  18-02-2021 19:17 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  In the first Mexican shelter reached by migrants after trekking through the Guatemalan jungle, some 150 migrants are sleeping in its dormitories and another 150 lie on thin mattresses spread across the floor of its chapel.
  
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• Sen. Ted Cruz comes under fire after photos purportedly show him traveling to Cancún as Texans freeze

  18-02-2021 19:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  The state Democratic Party has called on Cruz to resign. His Senate office did not respond to NBC News' repeated requests for comment.
  
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• Judge blocks release of Tennessee man seen with zip ties at Capitol riot

  18-02-2021 18:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  A federal judge said Eric Gavelek Munchel and his mother, who was seen in footage with her son, pose a "clear danger to the republic."
  
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• After weeks of speculation, Eagles reportedly trade Carson Wentz to Colts

  18-02-2021 18:30 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Philadelphia has reportedly agreed to send their former starter to the Colts for multiple draft picks.
  
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• Kamala Harris' stepdaughter makes surprise debut at NYFW

  18-02-2021 18:28 via cnn.com
  
  Ella Emhoff has made her official runway debut for American label Proenza Schouler at New York Fashion Week.
  
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• Archeologists uncover 12th-century bathhouse hidden in Spanish bar

  18-02-2021 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  Archeologists have uncovered the remains of a 12th century bathhouse at a popular bar in the city of Seville, southern Spain.
  
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• The UNHCR chief called this decision 'one of the greatest humanitarian gestures' in Latin America

  18-02-2021 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Becky Anderson speaks to Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, about Colombia's decision to grant temporary legal status to Venezuelans fleeing the humanitarian catastrophe in their home country.
  
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• Dolly Parton asks Tennessee lawmakers not to erect statue of her on Capitol grounds

  18-02-2021 18:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Given all that is going on in the world, I don't think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time," she said in a statement on Twitter.
  
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• Texas water nightmare adds to power crisis as new winter storm moves in

  18-02-2021 17:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Scores of Texans were urged to boil tap water before drinking it after days of record low temperatures damaged infrastructure and froze water pipes.
  
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• Democrats introduce an immigration overhaul bill. Here's what would change.

  18-02-2021 17:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The legislation faces long odds in Congress and activists are wondering whether the president has a strategy to land a bill on his desk.
  
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• NASA's Mars rover is hours away from a nail-biting landing attempt

  18-02-2021 17:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  NASA's Mars rover Perseverance will attempt to land on the red planet, kicking off an ambitious mission to search for life on Mars.
  
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• Ella Emhoff makes surprise runway debut at New York Fashion Week

  18-02-2021 17:25 via cnn.com
  
  Ella Emhoff has made her official runway debut for American label Proenza Schouler at New York Fashion Week.
  
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• 'I am a hostage,' says 'Hotel Rwanda' hero as terrorism trial begins

  18-02-2021 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  'Hotel Rwanda's' Paul Rusesabagina appeared in court in Kigali on Wednesday along with 20 others accused of conspiring to launch attacks on Rwandan territory in 2018 and 2019, resulting in at least nine deaths.
  
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• Walmart to hike wages for 425,000 workers to average above $15 an hour

  18-02-2021 17:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Walmart's U.S. workforce numbers about 1.5 million people, making it the nation’s largest private employer.
  
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• Missing teen girl's remains found more than 7 years after her disappearance

  18-02-2021 17:11 via cnn.com
  
  After nearly seven years of searching, the remains of missing 17-year old Virginia teen have been located and recovered, according to the Nelson County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Real-time talk with a sleeping person is possible -- and they can even understand it

  18-02-2021 17:06 via cnn.com
  
  People can say all sorts of strange things in their sleep, but a new study suggests that someone in the middle of a vivid dream can understand questions -- and even answer them.
  
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• Why conservatives loved Rush Limbaugh

  18-02-2021 17:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  The long-time radio host was always having a good time — and so were his listeners. It's why he was successful, and cleared the way for an entire genre.
  
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• Latinos blast Arizona Republican for saying Americans should be vaccinated before Hispanics

  18-02-2021 17:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  "She will continue to assure the media we are only misconstruing her nativism and white supremacy for racism," state Sen. Juan Mendez said about Rep. Debbie Lesko.
  
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