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• Putin's use of crude language reveals a lot about his worldview

  08-02-2022 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  • Russia pours cold water on Ukraine crisis de-escalation
  
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• 'Like it or don't like it, it's your duty, my beauty': What Putin's crude words mean

  08-02-2022 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin set Russian media abuzz following a crude comment he made about Ukrainian President Zelensky during a news conference. CNN's Alex Marquardt has the story.
  
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• 9-year-old charged with beating brother before his death

  08-02-2022 23:42
  
  Records show a 9-year-old Alabama girl was charged with assault after allegedly using a broomstick to beat her younger brother, who later died
  
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• Asda car park in Llandudno blocked by fighting goats

  08-02-2022 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One witness says the Great Orme goats were "having a right scrap" at the entrance to Asda.
  
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• Hear Mitch McConnell's reaction to censure

  08-02-2022 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reacts to the Republican National Convention's censure of Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY). CNN's Scott Jennings explains what McConnell's stance could mean for the 2022 midterm elections.
  
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• NBC says Leslie Jones can continue Olympic commentary

  08-02-2022 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Former Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones has been given the green light by NBC to continue posting her reactions to the Winter Olympic events. Jones previously said she would stop making videos with commentary because they "kept getting blocked," reports CNN's Alisyn Camerota.
  
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• France says Putin promised no 'new military initiatives' near Ukraine

  08-02-2022 22:30
  
  France says Putin promised no 'new military initiatives' near Ukraine in talks with Macron
  
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• Virginia GOP blocks gay marriage, voting rights proposals

  08-02-2022 22:25
  
  Republicans in the Virginia House have defeated a measure that would have let voters decide whether to strip legally outdated language prohibiting gay marriage from the state Constitution
  
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• China misses trade targets it promised to Trump

  08-02-2022 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  China fell more than $213 billion short of its commitment to increase purchases of US goods and services that it made to then-President Donald Trump in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday.
  
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• McConnell and McCarthy split over RNC censure resolution

  08-02-2022 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  The top two Republican leaders in Congress were at odds Tuesday over the Republican National Committee's recent resolution that formally censured GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection.
  
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• Cultivating conspiracy: how Boris Johnson amplified the far right

  08-02-2022 21:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister follows Donald Trump playbook by tacitly endorsing wild conspiracy theory to score pointsWhat started out as a conspiracy meme on the outer reaches of the internet has, with the help of Boris Johnson, swiftly established itself amid the cocktail of ideas and conspiracies that define the new extreme right.The protesters who surrounded Keir Starmer on Monday night mostly shouted the word “traitor” – once a term of abuse against pro-EU MPs during the Brexit crisis &
  
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• Brit Awards 2022: The head-turning outfits on the red carpet

  08-02-2022 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many stars opted to wear a black cut-out dress but there were still plenty of pops of red carpet colour.
  
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• Canadian protesters block busiest international crossing in North America

  08-02-2022 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  Canadian protesters have impeded access to the busiest international crossing in North America again Tuesday, escalating tensions as frustration over demonstrations against Covid-19 rules continues to roil the nation.
  
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• 6-year-old among 4 shot at celebration of life service

  08-02-2022 21:27
  
  A search was is ongoing in North Carolina for assailants who opened fire on a group of mourners, including a 6-year-old child, holding a celebration of life service.
  
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• Brit Awards 2022: See the full list of winners

  08-02-2022 21:20 via cnn.com
  
  Adele and Ed Sheeran are among the top contenders for the 2022 Brit Awards, with four nominations each.
  
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• Kamala Harris' husband ushered out of high school room after bomb threat

  08-02-2022 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  Second gentleman Doug Emhoff was ushered out of a room at a Washington, DC, high school by the Secret Service due to a bomg threat to the building, school officials told reporters at the event.
  
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• Burner phones and spyware: Chinese surveillance takes center stage at Olympics

  08-02-2022 20:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Security concerns about a smartphone app have been overblown, according to cybersecurity experts — but that doesn't mean China isn't listening.
  
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• Hyundai and Kia tell owners of nearly 500,000 vehicles to park outside due to fire risk

  08-02-2022 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  Hyundai and Kia are telling owners of almost 500,000 cars and SUVs in the United States to park outside and away from buildings due to a possible defect that can cause the vehicles to spontaneously catch fire even when not running.
  
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• Add up to 13 years to your life by changing your diet, study says. Here's how

  08-02-2022 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  Changing what you eat could add up to 13 years to your life, according to a newly published study, especially if you start when you are young.a
  
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• DOJ announces arrests in alleged $4.5 billion cryptocurrency laundering scheme

  08-02-2022 20:21
  
  The Justice Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of a New York couple in an alleged $4.5 billion cryptocurrency laundering scheme.
  
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• This is where most of the US supply of fentanyl comes from

  08-02-2022 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  In a CNN exclusive interview, DEA administrator Anne Milgram explains how fentanyl is coming into the US, why more Americans are becoming addicted to the drug, and what role social media plays in drug trafficking.
  
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• 2 of 3 Tennessee jail escapees killed in North Carolina police chase

  08-02-2022 20:00
  
  Two inmates who escaped from a Tennessee jail were killed in a police chase in North Carolina after they allegedly robbed a store and stole a car, authorities confirmed.
  
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• $3.6 billion in stolen cryptocurrency seized as feds arrest New York couple

  08-02-2022 19:44 via cnn.com
  
  A New York couple has been arrested and charged with conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency funds. Law enforcement officials have seized $3.6 billion of those funds in what US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco called "the department's largest financial seizure ever."
  
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• Retired Pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness over handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denies wrongdoing

  08-02-2022 19:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday for any “grievous faults" in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denied any personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.
  
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• Retired pope asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing

  08-02-2022 19:18
  
  Retired Pope Benedict XVI is asking forgiveness for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases
  
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• WATCH: Trudeau addresses protest

  08-02-2022 19:15
  
  "A few people shouting and waving swastikas does not define who Canadians are,” said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in response to protests over COVID-19 restrictions.
  
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• Mesmerizing photos from the Sony World Photography Awards 2022

  08-02-2022 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  A black and white picture of a giant-tusked elephant, a self portrait of a woman blowing a puff of smoke and a majestic white horse bowing to the camera are among the winners in the National Awards program of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022.
  
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• CCP mouthpiece attacks Holocaust museum for condemning China's Uyghur genocide

  08-02-2022 19:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Chinese Communist Party spokesperson: 'Shame on the Holocaust Museum!'
  
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• Why the Donald Trump-National Archives story is such a big deal

  08-02-2022 19:00 via cnn.com
  
  Last month, 15 boxes of materials from Donald Trump's presidency were retrieved from his home at Mar-a-Lago by employees of the National Archives -- boxes that contained, among other things, letters from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and former President Barack Obama.
  
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• Analysis: Why the Trump-National Archives story is a huge deal

  08-02-2022 19:00 via cnn.com
  
  • McConnell slams RNC over censure resolution
  
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• Poland prepares for 'up to a million' refugees fleeing Ukraine as Russian threat continues: report

  08-02-2022 18:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Poland has braced itself to receive "up to a million refugees" fleeing Ukraine if Russia invades the former Soviet nation.
  
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• $3.6 billion in stolen cryptocurrency seized from New York couple

  08-02-2022 18:44 via cnn.com
  
  A New York couple has been arrested and charged with conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency funds. Law enforcement officials have seized $3.6 billion of those funds in what US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco called "the department's largest financial seizure ever."
  
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• Soccer star filmed kicking and slapping cat

  08-02-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  Footage of West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma kicking and slapping ​a cat has emerged online, leading the French center-back to issue an apology and the Premier League club to condemn the video content​, according to Reuters.
  
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• Retired nun who embezzled from school to pay for her gambling habit, sentenced to prison, feds say

  08-02-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  The now-retired nun and former Catholic elementary school principal who admitted to stealing more than $835,000 in school funds for gambling trips and personal expenses was sentenced Monday to 12 months and a day in federal prison, according to federal prosecutors.
  
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• Retired nun who embezzled from school to pay for her gambling habit, sentenced to prison

  08-02-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  The now-retired nun and former Catholic elementary school principal who admitted to stealing more than $835,000 in school funds for gambling trips and personal expenses was sentenced Monday to 12 months and a day in federal prison, according to federal prosecutors.
  
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• Schools shut in India as protests grow over headscarf ban

  08-02-2022 17:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Muslim students outraged at what they say is increasing persecution by Hindu nationalist governmentAuthorities in southern India have ordered schools to shut as protests intensified over a ban on Islamic headscarves that has outraged Muslim students.The standoff in Karnataka state has galvanised fears among the minority community about what they say is increasing persecution under the Hindu nationalist government of the prime minister, Narendra Modi. Continue reading...
  
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• Why Liz Cheney's money might not save her

  08-02-2022 17:36 via cnn.com
  
  Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney has already raised millions for her 2022 reelection campaign. In today's episode of The Point, CNN's Chris Cillizza explains how all that money might not be enough to save one of the GOP's most outspoken critics of former President Donald Trump.
  
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• Covid live: hundreds block streets by New Zealand parliament; Hong Kong faces new curbs amid record cases

  08-02-2022 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Convoy for freedom’ gathers in Wellington, inspired by Ottawa protests; Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says she will stick to ‘dynamic zero’ strategyNew Zealand Omicron wave likely to peak in March, says ArdernUnesco warns of 10m jobs lost in creative sector due to pandemicOttawa declares state of emergency as trucker protest gridlocks cityHong Kong reports highest number of Covid cases since pandemic beganFor more than a week, the centre of Canada’s capital c
  
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• US rabbis testify to Congress in wake of antisemitic attacks – live

  08-02-2022 17:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Charlie Cytron-Walker and Yosek Konikov speak to House panelBiden says administration is committed to stopping such attacksSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailMembers of the two House subcommittees hosting the hearing are now asking questions about the rising number of security threats at synagogues.Congressman Donald Payne, a Democrat of New Jersey, asked how social media has contributed to the increased number of anti-Semitic attacks in recent years. Continue read
  
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• Leslie Jones can keep up unfiltered Olympics commentary, NBC says

  08-02-2022 17:32 via cnn.com
  
  Leslie Jones can keep posting unfiltered videos of herself commenting on the Olympics, according to NBC.
  
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• Coalition ‘hiding negligence’ by refusing to release findings of 2021 study into care workforce, union says

  08-02-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Report was to examine needs of care and support workforce for aged, disability, veteran and mental health careFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingThe Coalition has been sitting on a major report into the state of the care workforce in Australia since September last year, and is refusing to make the report public.The National Skills Commissioner Adam Boyton was tasked by prime minister Scott Morrison in March 2021
  
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• Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an ‘open book’ for Australia in 2000, tribunal hears

  08-02-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Former foreign affairs department officer says Downer made comment in private conversation years before bugging scandalGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesFormer foreign minister Alexander Downer privately boasted that Timor-Leste was an “open book” to the Australian government in the year 2000, well before the infamous bugging scandal revealed by Witness K, a tribunal has heard.The Administrative Appeals Trib
  
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• Pope Benedict asks for forgiveness but denies wrongdoing over child sex abuse cases

  08-02-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Pope Benedict XVI has pushed back against accusations that he knew in 1980 that a priest under his control was an abuser, while denying he had intentionally concealed his presence at a meeting about the priest that year.
  
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• Pope asks for forgiveness but denies wrongdoing over child sex abuse cases

  08-02-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Pope Benedict XVI has pushed back against accusations that he knew in 1980 that a priest under his control was an abuser, while denying he had intentionally concealed his presence at a meeting about the priest that year.
  
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• France, Greece and Portugal relax Covid travel restrictions as half-term nears

  08-02-2022 17:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Travel made easier to countries popular with UK touristsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs more of us are considering heading abroad again, travel restrictions in a number of popular tourist destinations have been relaxed.France, Portugal and Greece have each updated their entry requirements for fully vaccinated travellers, with changes coming into effect in time for half-term. Continue reading...
  
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• Macron claims Putin gave him personal assurances on Ukraine

  08-02-2022 17:25 via theguardian.com
  
  French president’s statement that Russian leader vowed not to escalate crisis met with scepticism in KyivEmmanuel Macron completed a whirlwind diplomatic mission to Moscow and Kyiv on Tuesday, claiming he had received personal assurances from Vladimir Putin that Russia would not worsen the crisis over Ukraine.Speaking after talks with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Kyiv, Macron said Putin had made clear during discussions on Monday that he would not be the one to escala
  
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• Sprawling sponge gardens found deep beneath the Arctic sea ice

  08-02-2022 17:19 via cnn.com
  
  Deep beneath the ice covering the central Arctic Ocean, an unlikely community thrives off of ancient relics.
  
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• EU to withhold funds from Poland over unpaid fine

  08-02-2022 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  EU will cut Poland’s funds by €15m to recover money Warsaw has refused to pay after ECJ ruling on coal mineThe European Commission plans to withhold EU funds from Poland over an unpaid fine related to a coalmine dispute.In an unprecedented move, the commission will cut Poland’s EU funds by €15m (£12.6) to recover money Warsaw has refused to pay the European court of justice. Continue reading...
  
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• Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz join history with their Oscar nominations

  08-02-2022 17:08 via cnn.com
  
  Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz are in good company.
  
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• Billie Eilish, Ariana DeBose, Olivia Colman and more react to their Oscar nominations

  08-02-2022 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  The 2022 Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday.
  
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