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• Tony Hawk breaks his leg but isn't retiring

  09-03-2022 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  Tony Hawk has broken his leg, which he admits may affect his future in skateboarding.
  
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• ‘It’s astonishing’: endangered bat not seen in 40 years found in Rwanda

  09-03-2022 23:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Hill’s horseshoe bat, which conservationists feared was extinct, discovered clinging to life in Nyungwe rainforestA critically endangered species of bats not sighted in 40 years has been found in Rwanda, with the “incredible” discovery delighting conservationists who had feared it was already extinct.But the Hill’s horseshoe bat was in fact still clinging to life in Rwanda’s Nyungwe forest – a dense rainforest that is home to endangered mountain gorillas &ndas
  
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• South Korea elects opposition conservative to be next president

  09-03-2022 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Conservative Yoon Suk Yeol is set to become South Korea's next president after Lee Jae-myung, from the ruling Democratic Party, conceded defeat.
  
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• Thousands protest against Brazil’s ‘death combo’ of anti-environment bills

  09-03-2022 22:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Demonstration against what activists call a historic assault floods capital after musician Caetano Veloso’s call for actionThousands of demonstrators have gathered in Brazil’s capital after one of the country’s leading musicians, Caetano Veloso, called a major protest to denounce what environmentalists call a historic assault on the Brazilian environment under President Jair Bolsonaro.The “Ato pela Terra” (Stand for the Earth) demonstration was held in Brasíl
  
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• First sign of oil price relief comes from UAE

  09-03-2022 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  The oil market has been stretched incredibly thin, with few producers willing — or able —to replace Russian barrels banned by the United States and shunned by others. Enter the United Arab Emirates, which suggested it may be coming to the rescue.
  
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• Volkswagen brings back it's iconic hippie microbus, but there's an eco-friendly twist

  09-03-2022 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  Volkswagen brings back its iconic hippie microbus. The new ID. Buzz is now fully electric with ample horsepower.
  
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• See Volkswagen's iconic hippie microbus, but electric

  09-03-2022 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  Volkswagen brings back its iconic hippie microbus. The new ID. Buzz is now fully electric with ample horsepower.
  
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• 'We have will, we have guts and we are fighting like hell': Former Ukrainian PM's message to allies

  09-03-2022 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  Arseniy Yatsenyuk tells Amanpour what more the West can do to help Ukraine amid escalating attacks on civilians.
  
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• Guatemala increases punishment for abortions and bans same-sex marriage

  09-03-2022 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Congress passes law targeting LGBTQ+ community, while women now face up to 10 years in prison for terminating pregnanciesGuatemala’s congress has increased prison sentences for women who have abortions, bucking a recent trend in Latin America toward expanding access to the procedures.As some of Latin America’s largest countries – Mexico, Argentina, Colombia – have expanded abortion access in the past two years, there remain countries where conservative religious trends co
  
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• See Ewan McGregor return as Obi-Wan

  09-03-2022 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  Ewan McGregor will reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new Disney+ series.
  
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• Ewan McGregor return as Obi-Wan Kenobi

  09-03-2022 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  Ewan McGregor will reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new Disney+ series.
  
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• Mariupol: 1,300 civilians dead, officials say, as city under siege

  09-03-2022 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  Russian forces bombed a maternity hospital in southern Ukraine, authorities there said Wednesday, an attack described by the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky as an "atrocity."
  
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• Massive meteor crater discovered beneath Greenland's ice is much older than thought

  09-03-2022 21:07 via cnn.com
  
  The age of the meteor impact crater, discovered seven years ago underneath kilometer-deep ice in Greenland, had long puzzled scientists.
  
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• Affection from a dog really is medicinal, according to a new study

  09-03-2022 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  Dog lovers know that a little time with a wagging tail can make all the difference -- and science backs it up.
  
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• First sign of oil price relief: UAE says it wants OPEC to increase production

  09-03-2022 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  The oil market has been stretched incredibly thin, with few producers willing — or able —to replace Russian barrels banned by the United States and shunned by others. Enter the United Arab Emirates, which suggested it may be coming to the rescue.
  
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• Russia’s ‘warning’ of Ukraine’s biological weapons sounds just like Syria

  09-03-2022 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: Putin used the same false justification for brutal bombings in Syria, in the glare of western mediaWhen a Russian spokesperson took to a podium in Moscow on Wednesday and warned of a “biological weapons programme” in Ukraine, fighters on another battlefield – Syria – understood what she meant.The anti-Assad opposition groups that still held northern Syria had heard it all before. From 2015, when Russia took a prominent stake in the conflict, and throughout the g
  
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• Renowned explorer's ship found 107 years after it sunk near Antarctica

  09-03-2022 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, HMS Endurance, was located by a team of scientists, historians and filmmakers more than a century after it sunk off the coast of Antarctica.
  
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• US steps up intelligence and surveillance efforts on North Korea following multiple missile launches

  09-03-2022 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  The United States is increasing its readiness in the Indo-Pacific region against North Korea, intensifying "intelligence, readiness and surveillance collection activities" related to North Korea following recent ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang, US Indo-Pacific Command announced Wednesday.
  
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• US steps up intelligence and surveillance efforts on North Korea

  09-03-2022 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  The United States is increasing its readiness in the Indo-Pacific region against North Korea, intensifying "intelligence, readiness and surveillance collection activities" related to North Korea following recent ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang, US Indo-Pacific Command announced Wednesday.
  
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• Why the US rejected Poland's plan to send fighter jets to Ukraine

  09-03-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  The US on Tuesday rejected a proposal from Poland to send Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine by way of a US-NATO airbase in Germany, but is still working out how to fulfill Ukraine's urgent request for more fighter planes in its war with Russia, US officials have told CNN, though a straightforward solution does not appear imminent.
  
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• Analysis: This is the moment Putin acknowledges things are not going perfect

  09-03-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's John King and Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer analyze Russian President Vladimir Putin's most recent speech addressing the families of soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
  
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• TikTok users are debating whether there are more wheels or doors in the world

  09-03-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  TikTok is a place to ponder life's big questions, like: What would a crowdsourced musical based on Pixar's "Ratatouille" sound like? Will a Southern sorority hopeful get a bid to her favorite Greek house? And what will today be like -- bones or no bones?
  
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• Texas' new attack on academic freedom is an American embarrassment

  09-03-2022 18:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  By seeking to phase out scholars from one of the largest public university systems in the country, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is pushing to reshape the academic world completely.
  
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• Fired Russian F1 driver announces fund to help other excluded athletes

  09-03-2022 18:33 via cnn.com
  
  Russian driver Nikita Mazepin hit back at the US-owned Haas Formula One team on Wednesday for firing him after his country's invasion of Ukraine and announced a foundation to support athletes unable to compete due to war or politics.
  
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• WATCH: This visually impaired chihuahua found a clever way to climb stairs

  09-03-2022 18:10
  
  Gilbert, a rescue dog from Massachusetts, is a champ.
  
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• Venezuela releases two Americans in effort to improve relations amid energy crisis

  09-03-2022 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Citgo’s Gustavo Cárdenas and Jorge Fernández released Tuesday while US representatives visited Caracas over the weekendVenezuela has released two jailed Americans as the two countries seek to improve relations amid an energy crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.Gustavo Cárdenas, an executive with US oil refining company Citgo was released on Tuesday night, along with Jorge Fernández, who was arrested last year on terrorism charges the White House descr
  
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• Hospital bombing: Officials say children's facility is 'destroyed completely'

  09-03-2022 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Russian forces bombed a maternity hospital in southern Ukraine, authorities there said Wednesday, an attack described by the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky as an "atrocity."
  
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• Hospital bombing: Officials say children's facility is 'destroyed'

  09-03-2022 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Russian forces bombed a maternity hospital in southern Ukraine, authorities there said Wednesday, an attack described by the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky as an "atrocity."
  
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• See what's left of maternity ward destroyed in bombing

  09-03-2022 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian officials are accusing Russian forces of bombing a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. CNN's Scott McLean gives the latest of this developing story.
  
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• Ukraine's first lady steps up as powerful voice in battle against Putin

  09-03-2022 17:57 via cnn.com
  
  Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, posted an open letter addressed to the world's media on Tuesday, detailing what she described as the "mass murder of Ukrainian civilians."
  
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• Ukraine's first lady emerges as a staunch defender of her nation on social media

  09-03-2022 17:57 via cnn.com
  
  Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, posted an open letter addressed to the world's media on Tuesday, detailing what she described as the "mass murder of Ukrainian civilians."
  
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• Paradise isle that offers a taste of the real Italy

  09-03-2022 17:45 via cnn.com
  
  A quietly idyllic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Ischia offers a heartwarming dose of Italian beauty, spirit and hospitality, with a generous splash of nostalgia for the Italy of yesteryear.
  
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• Shackleton's Endurance ship found in Antarctica after 107 years

  09-03-2022 17:36 via cnn.com
  
  More than a century after it sank off the coast of Antarctica, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship HMS Endurance has been located, apparently intact and in good condition.
  
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• President Zelensky said the 'direct strike' on the maternity hospital was an 'atrocity'

  09-03-2022 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  A tiny trickle of refugees have managed to flee Ukrainian cities under attack from Russian forces, but concerns are mounting for millions of people who remain trapped amid worsening conditions.
  
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• Disney shows off its post-Iger politics

  09-03-2022 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  Disney's CEO transition from Bob Iger to Bob Chapek marked a shift from an outspoken, famous CEO with political ambitions, to a largely unfamiliar name whose politics remain a mystery. This week, we got a glimpse at how Chapek's Disney might respond to the world's tumultuous political climate.
  
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• Is this, finally, Kamala Harris' moment?

  09-03-2022 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  It's been a rough first year as vice president for Kamala Harris.
  
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• Analysis: Is this Kamala Harris' moment?

  09-03-2022 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  It's been a rough first year as vice president for Kamala Harris.
  
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• Patient who received genetically modified pig heart transplant dies

  09-03-2022 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  A 57-year-old Maryland man who had received a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery has died, the University of Maryland Medical Center said Wednesday.
  
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• Patient who received genetically modified pig heart in groundbreaking transplant surgery dies

  09-03-2022 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  A 57-year-old Maryland man who had received a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery has died, the University of Maryland Medical Center said Wednesday.
  
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• The world may be facing one of the largest energy shocks ever, Goldman Sachs says

  09-03-2022 16:23 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the West's crackdown on Moscow has left the world economy exposed to an epic energy shock.
  
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• WATCH: Wreck of explorer's ship sunk in 1915 discovered

  09-03-2022 16:22
  
  The wreck of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, has been found off Antarctica.
  
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• Courteney Cox still doesn't remember 'Friends'

  09-03-2022 16:15 via cnn.com
  
  Please don't ask Courteney Cox to quote dialogue from "Friends" episodes.
  
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• US charges two siblings in $124 million cryptocurrency fraud

  09-03-2022 16:10 via cnn.com
  
  US authorities on Tuesday filed criminal charges against a cryptocurrency executive and civil charges against him and his sister, accusing them of defrauding retail investors out of millions of dollars with a digital token known as Ormeus Coin.
  
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• Dow jumps more than 600 points after four-day losing streak

  09-03-2022 16:10 via cnn.com
  
  Stocks surged Wednesday morning as investors celebrated a drop in crude oil prices.
  
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• 'The Andy Warhol Diaries' docuseries gives the artist another 395 minutes of fame

  09-03-2022 15:51 via cnn.com
  
  Andy Warhol was such a distinctive figure -- cutting across the worlds of art, media and pop culture -- that a docuseries about his life could hardly be boring, and "The Andy Warhol Diaries" isn't. But this six-part Netflix production does unfold at a languid, almost-hypnotic pace, while employing AI technology to create Warhol's voice reading his words from the great beyond, which is as oddly creepy as that sounds.
  
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• Hear how Russian dad responded when his Ukrainian son told him what's happening

  09-03-2022 15:25 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian restaurateur Misha Katsurin joins New Day to discuss his personal experience with the propaganda that is being spread through Russian media about the war in Ukraine.
  
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• Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian space chief engage in Twitter fight

  09-03-2022 15:24 via cnn.com
  
  An extraordinary war of words is transpiring between the head of Russia's space agency and one of NASA's most famous former astronauts as the US-Russian partnership at the International Space Station hits its lowest point since its inception.
  
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• Ukraine invasion puts Israel in tricky spot

  09-03-2022 15:23 via cnn.com
  
  In Israel, when someone is trying to tread carefully, it is said that they are "walking between the raindrops" -- trying not to get wet.
  
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• LGBTQ Floridians once hoped DeSantis could be an ally. Not anymore

  09-03-2022 15:13 via cnn.com
  
  In his first year as Florida governor in 2019, Ron DeSantis paid a somber visit to the memorial for the 49 people who lost their lives when a man opened fire at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando.
  
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• Tinder is making criminal background checks available on your dates

  09-03-2022 15:01 via cnn.com
  
  Tinder wants to help people surface red flags about potential dates through quick and affordable criminal background checks.
  
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