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• Economist breaks down President Biden's Build Back Better plan

  10-11-2021 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Economist Mark Zandi reacts to Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-WV) concern about President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill and explains how he thinks it should ease inflation.
  
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• Migrants face hypothermia and broken bones in freezing forests as Poland-Belarus crisis deepens

  10-11-2021 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  Migrants trapped on the border between Poland and Belarus have made hundreds of attempts to breach the frontier, but were repelled by 15,000 Polish soldiers deployed to stop them, according to Polish authorities.
  
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• Enes Kanter felt encouraged to speak out against China after NBA supported players fighting other injustices

  10-11-2021 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Boston Celtics star Enes Kanter says he felt encouraged to speak out against China after the NBA supported players in fighting other injustices and human rights issues.
  
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• A running list of who's gotten a subpoena from the committee

  10-11-2021 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  The committee investigating the deadly Capitol Hill riot on January 6 has as of publication issued 35 subpoenas to individuals and organizations as part of its probe into circumstances and coordination leading up to the storming of the US Capitol.
  
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• How grocery stores are handling rising food prices

  10-11-2021 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  Giant Company CEO Nicholas Bertram explains how the supermarket will brace for inflated food prices this holiday season
  
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• Opinion: The truth about Trump is out there. It's coming soon

  10-11-2021 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  Stripped of the executive power that once let him evade accountability, former president Donald Trump appears to be losing his fight to keep his secrets from the American people. It's a remarkable development for a man long recognized for his powerful use of secrecy -- and for those who have yearned for the truth and feared they'd never get it.
  
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• Paul Rudd crowned People's 'Sexiest Man Alive'

  10-11-2021 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  This year's "Sexiest Man Alive" was revealed in an extended comedy sketch of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," during which Colbert put the actor through a series of "sexiness" tests.
  
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• Inside Ivy Getty's high-fashion, star-studded wedding

  10-11-2021 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  Artist and model Ivy Love Getty put a high-fashion spin on the idea of a city hall wedding.
  
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• 'Wilson' volleyball head from Cast Away film sold for $308,000

  10-11-2021 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The iconic film prop was Tom Hanks' only companion in the Oscar-nominated 2000 film Cast Away.
  
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• Blinken warns Russia may be 'attempting to rehash' 2014 invasion of Ukraine

  10-11-2021 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the US is concerned by reports of unusual Russian military activity and the possibility that Russia may be "attempting to rehash" its 2014 invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• 'His word is final.' Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial is viewed as tough jurist

  10-11-2021 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, made headlines before a jury was selected by reiterating his longstanding rule of not allowing prosecutors to refer to people as "victims" before juries in his courtroom.
  
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• The US and China agree to ramp up their climate ambitions, just days before the end of COP26 summit in Glasgow -- but Beijing doesn't budge on goals

  10-11-2021 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  The US and China announced an agreement Wednesday to ramp up their climate ambitions, just days before the end of the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
  
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• China makes surprise climate pledge to work with US, but doesn't budge on goals

  10-11-2021 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  The US and China announced an agreement Wednesday to ramp up their climate ambitions, just days before the end of the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
  
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• Poland-Belarus crisis volunteers: ‘Border police can be very aggressive’

  10-11-2021 20:20
  
  Grupa Granica strives to bring supplies to stranded migrants and help them deal with border officersThe call came in at about 1.30pm in the afternoon. A group of 15 people, all Iraqi Kurds, had been found in the woods of Narewka after managing to cross the border from Belarus into Poland. One woman could barely walk. Others had early signs of hypothermia.The young volunteer who answered the phone – one of about 40 members of Grupa Granica, a Polish network of NGOs monitoring the situation
  
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• Top EU official: Belarus is 'weaponizing human suffering' to attack Europe

  10-11-2021 19:29 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Becky Anderson speaks with European Union Commission (EU) Vice President Margaritis Schinas, who accused Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of "weaponizing human suffering" to attack the EU by facilitating a standoff between migrants and Polish authorities at the Polish-Belarusian border.
  
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• 'Don't get brazen with me': Rittenhouse judge has heated exchange with prosecutor

  10-11-2021 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  Judge Bruce Schroeder and prosecutor Thomas Binger get into an exchange during the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.
  
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• 'Don't get brazen with me': Judge has heated exchange with prosecutor

  10-11-2021 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  Judge Bruce Schroeder and prosecutor Thomas Binger get into an exchange during the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.
  
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• Ahmaud Arbery trial: Witness testifies defendant didn't know whether Arbery had committed a crime prior to pursuit

  10-11-2021 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  A second witness in the trial of three White men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery testified Wednesday that defendant Gregory McMichael didn't know during police interviews whether Arbery committed a crime prior to their pursuit of him.
  
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• Devotees bathe in sacred river covered in toxic foam

  10-11-2021 19:04 via cnn.com
  
  The foam, which environmentalists say was caused by sewage and industrial waste, coated parts of India's sacred Yamuna River as devotees gathered to celebrate a Hindu festival.
  
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• Measles is a renewed global threat after 22 million babies missed vaccinations, CDC warns

  10-11-2021 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  The global threat of measles has become worse after 22 million babies missed their vaccinations because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Wednesday.
  
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• Top automakers' blow to COP26

  10-11-2021 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  The biggest players in the automotive industry are refusing to back a commitment to sell only zero-emissions cars and vans by 2040, dealing a blow to hopes for major progress on the climate crisis at COP26.
  
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• Rittenhouse testifies 'I didn't do anything wrong' when he shot Joseph Rosenbaum

  10-11-2021 18:31 via cnn.com
  
  Kyle Rittenhouse testified Wednesday that he was scared for his life and acted in self-defense when he fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in what is likely to be the pivotal testimony of his homicide trial.
  
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• Ukraine detains alleged head of illegal prison accused of torture and execution of inmates

  10-11-2021 18:23 via cnn.com
  
  The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained the alleged head of an illegal prison who is accused of involvement in the murder and torture of Ukrainian citizens, the agency said in a statement.
  
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• Pregnant Yemeni journalist killed in car explosion

  10-11-2021 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  A pregnant Yemeni journalist was killed in a car explosion in the coastal city of Aden Tuesday, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalekof the Saudi-backed internationally recognized government said, according to Yemen News Agency.
  
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• WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse breaks down on witness stand in his homicide trial

  10-11-2021 18:16
  
  Rittenhouse began testifying in a Kenosha County courtroom after telling a judge that he made the decision to testify after consulting with his lawyers.
  
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• Soccer player in police custody following attack on her teammate

  10-11-2021 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  Paris Saint-Germain and France midfielder Aminata Diallo has been taken into police custody in connection with an attack on a teammate, the French club said on Wednesday.
  
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• PSG player in police custody in connection with alleged attack on teammate

  10-11-2021 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  Paris Saint-Germain and France midfielder Aminata Diallo has been taken into police custody in connection with an attack on a teammate, the French club said on Wednesday.
  
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• Boris Johnson holds news conference at Cop26 climate summit after draft deal published – live

  10-11-2021 18:08
  
  UK prime minister speaks after Cop26 presidencypublishes draft version of the final text – follow the latest reaction hereFull report: Cop26 draft calls for tougher emissions pledges by next yearThis morning youth activists including Greta Thunberg filed a petition to the UN secretary general, António Guterres, demanding that the UN declare a “global level 3 emergency”, the highest level available.If one were declared, it would allow more resources and technical expertis
  
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• Capitol attack panel chair urges Trump to accept ruling on White House records: ‘We have the law on our side’ – live

  10-11-2021 18:07
  
  Bennie Thompson: judge’s ruling was a ‘big deal’Trump records can be given to Capitol attack panel, judge rulesCapitol attack committee issues subpoenas to 10 senior Trump officialsUS must rethink attitude to parental leave, Pete Buttigieg saysSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailJoe Biden met this morning with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, in the Oval Office.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, von der Leyen sa
  
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• Amnesty International accuses Tigrayan rebel fighters of gang raping women in Ethiopia

  10-11-2021 18:07 via cnn.com
  
  Fighters from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have been accused of gang rape and physical assault by 16 women in the neighboring Amhara region, according to a report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday.
  
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• Lost 1968 song with Beatles' George Harrison and Ringo Starr heard for first time

  10-11-2021 18:05 via cnn.com
  
  A lost and previously unheard song featuring Beatles duo George Harrison and Ringo Starr has been played for the first time.
  
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• See CNN anchor learn traditional Irish dance from iconic group

  10-11-2021 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Riverdance, the iconic Irish dancing group that burst onto the scene in 1994, will soon take to the stage at the Expo 2020 Dubai. CNN's Becky Anderson speaks to Riverdance crew and even joins in a quick jig.
  
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• CNN anchor learns traditional Irish dance from iconic group

  10-11-2021 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Riverdance, the iconic Irish dancing group that burst onto the scene in 1994, will soon take to the stage at the Expo 2020 Dubai. CNN's Becky Anderson speaks to Riverdance crew and even joins in a quick jig.
  
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• My Day at COP26: 'I'm painting murals so people don't forget COP happened here'

  10-11-2021 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Daniel Rupaszov, from Hungary, is an artist and activist who visits COP every year to create art which highlights the climate crisis.
  
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• Indigenous Canadians fished sustainably for 1,000 years before settlers arrived, research reveals

  10-11-2021 17:51
  
  New research shows Tsleil-Waututh practices were destroyed during European colonization, and in recent decades wild salmon populations have collapsedA First Nations community on Canada’s west coast practiced the sustainable harvest of wild salmon for 1,000 years, before the system was largely destroyed after the arrival of European settlers, a new study has concluded.The Tsleil-Waututh, an Indigenous community whose traditional territory has been subsumed by the city of Vancouver, were lon
  
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• Covid live: Russia’s coronavirus death toll passes 250,000; UK records another 214 deaths and 39,329 cases

  10-11-2021 17:50
  
  Russia reports 1,239 fatalities to take official death toll to 250,454; UK figures slightly higher than previous dayHesitancy, inequity: is US making the same mistakes with kids’ vaccines?German Christmas markets face second year of closures as cases soar‘Tens of thousands’ of NHS and care home staff could quit over jabsPet dog contracts coronavirus in first confirmed case in UKAt a glance: Covid vaccine mandates around the worldThere’s been a lot of news recently about r
  
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• Rittenhouse says person he shot had threatened him

  10-11-2021 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  Kyle Rittenhouse broke down crying Wednesday while testifying in his homicide trial about the moments before he fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year, leading the judge to call for a short break in the case.
  
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• People testing negative for Covid-19 despite exposure may have ‘immune memory’

  10-11-2021 17:45
  
  Study says some individuals clear virus rapidly due to a strong immune response from existing T-cells, meaning tests record negative resultCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWe all know that person who, despite their entire household catching Covid-19, has never tested positive for the disease. Now scientists have found an explanation, showing that a proportion of people experience “abortive infection” in which the virus enters the body but is cleared b
  
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• Greek prime minister angrily defends treatment of refugees

  10-11-2021 17:30
  
  Journalist accuses Kyriakos Mitsotakis of lying over turning away of asylum seekers in AegeanThe Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has angrily defended his government’s immigration policy in a heated exchange with a journalist who accused him of lying over the alleged turning away of asylum seekers in the Aegean.During a joint press conference with his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, late on Tuesday, Mitsotakis was accused of “narcissistic abuse” with his denials that G
  
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• Australian businesses lead way in paid family and domestic violence leave

  10-11-2021 17:30
  
  More than 1 million employees have access to paid FDV leave, with about 660,000 granted at least 10 daysDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingAustralian businesses appear to be moving forward with paid family and domestic violence leave – something Michaelia Cash once warned would lead to fewer jobs for women – despite the government’s reluctance to adopt it as a universal right.Flinders University completed an analysis of Australia’s workplace agr
  
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• Thai court rules calls for curbs on monarchy are ‘abuse of freedoms’

  10-11-2021 17:26
  
  Constitutional court’s ruling in case against three protest leaders is denounced as ‘judicial coup’A Thai court’s ruling that protesters’ calls for reform of the monarchy amounted to an attempt to overthrow it has been likened to “a judicial coup”.Thailand’s political establishment was shocked last year when the leaders of a wave of youthful protests that broke a long-held taboo in calling for curbs on the royal family issued a 10-point list of dem
  
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• Venomous sharks found in London's Thames river

  10-11-2021 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  London's famous river is more exciting than we thought. Seahorses, eels, seals -- and venomous sharks -- have all been discovered in the Thames, the results of a "health check" have shown.
  
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• Lady Gaga delivered drama on the 'House of Gucci' red carpet

  10-11-2021 17:16 via cnn.com
  
  Like a bird of paradise, Lady Gaga stunned on the red carpet in a sheer, ultraviolet Gucci ensemble at the London premiere of "House of Gucci" on Tuesday.
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse called to take the stand in his homicide trial

  10-11-2021 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  Kyle Rittenhouse's defense team is set to continue calling witnesses in his homicide trial on Wednesday -- including potentially Rittenhouse himself.
  
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• Pet dog contracts Covid in first confirmed case in UK

  10-11-2021 17:04
  
  Animal thought to have caught coronavirus from owners, but experts say there is no evidence pets can pass it to humansCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHumans share many things with their dogs, from the sofa to cuddles and quality time. But it seems the list of joint experiences may also include coronavirus infections.Experts say they have detected the first case in the UK of a pet dog catching coronavirus, apparently from its owners who previously tested positive
  
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• Biden to meet with Trudeau and López Obrador for first US-Canada-Mexico summit since 2016

  10-11-2021 17:02 via cnn.com
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will come to the White House on November 18 to meet with President Joe Biden for the first North American Leaders' Summit since 2016.
  
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• German Christmas markets face second year of closures as Covid rates soar

  10-11-2021 16:59
  
  Many markets have already announced they will not be going ahead amid record case numbersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSoaring coronavirus rates in Germany are threatening plans for a rollout of the country’s famous Christmas markets, due to open in about a week’s time.There had been considerable fanfare over municipalities’ plans to stage the markets this year after they were called off a year ago. Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli ambassador rushed out of LSE event amid Palestine protest – video

  10-11-2021 16:55
  
  The Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, was rushed to her car by bodyguards after a large crowd of protesters gathered outside a London School of Economics event that she was addressing. Footage shows activists jeering and chanting: ‘Shame on you!’ as Hotovely is led away at speed with heavy police protection. The protests outside specifically targeted Hotovely, saying she had ‘advocated for settler colonialism, engaged in Islamophobic rhetoric and perpetuated anti-Pa
  
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• PSG player in police custody in connection with brutal attack on teammate

  10-11-2021 16:43 via cnn.com
  
  Paris Saint-Germain and France midfielder Aminata Diallo has been taken into police custody in connection with an attack on a teammate, the French club said on Wednesday.
  
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• Poland-Belarus border crisis deepens as migrants make hundreds of fresh attempts to breach fences

  10-11-2021 16:33 via cnn.com
  
  Migrants trapped on the border between Poland and Belarus have made hundreds of attempts to breach the frontier, but were repelled by 15,000 Polish soldiers deployed to stop them, according to Polish authorities.
  
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