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• Hubble identifies unusual wrinkle in expansion rate of the universe

  23-05-2022 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  Measuring the expansion rate of the universewas one of the Hubble Space Telescope's main goals when it was launched in 1990.
  
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• Satellite images appear to show Russian ships loading up with Ukrainian grain in Crimea

  23-05-2022 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's theft of Ukrainian grain appears to be ramping up as it continues its war on the country, according to new satellite photos of the Crimean port of Sevastopol.
  
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• MLB suspends Yankees’ Donaldson after ‘Jackie’ remark

  23-05-2022 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Major League Baseball suspended Josh Donaldson for one game Monday after the New York Yankees slugger made multiple references to Jackie Robinson while talking
  
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• Former US soldier now fighting in Ukraine tells of days trapped in 'house of horrors'

  23-05-2022 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Kevin, a stocky American in his early 30s, climbs over the charred rubble of a former sauna and shines the light from his iPhone through the dust.
  
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• Military plane rushes baby formula to US health systems

  23-05-2022 23:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Stores remain low on supplies but flight brings enough to fill half a million bottles for children with allergiesStore shelves across the US remain short of baby formula after a military plane carrying enough to fill half a million baby bottles arrived in the US on Sunday but its contents were rushed to health system outlets to feed babies with specific allergies.The first of several such flights from Europe, aimed at relieving a nationwide shortage that has sent parents scrambling to find enoug
  
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• Special forces vet: 'It really comes down to good vs. evil'

  23-05-2022 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Sam Kiley speaks to a team of elite special forces veterans who have traveled to Ukraine to join the fight against Russia.
  
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• Special forces vet in Ukraine: 'It really comes down to good vs. evil'

  23-05-2022 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Sam Kiley speaks to a team of elite special forces veterans who have traveled to Ukraine to join the fight against Russia.
  
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• Family, cycling world remember Anna Moriah 'Mo' Wilson, elite racer killed in alleged love triangle

  23-05-2022 22:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The family of elite cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson, who was fatally shot in the midst of what authorities are describing as a love triangle, said her death was "senseless."
  
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• 'Unclear details': Analyst on US military commitment to Taiwan

  23-05-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Global affairs analyst Susan Glasser and military analyst Cedric Leighton join CNN's Alisyn Camerota to discuss President Joe Biden's remarks on the US intervening militarily if China were to attack Taiwan.
  
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• Trade Representative Katherine Tai talks being tough on China, without the racist rhetoric

  23-05-2022 22:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  As the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants, Katherine Tai didn't realize until later in life that it wasn’t until she had left home for college that
  
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• French minister refuses to stand down over rape allegations

  23-05-2022 21:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Damien Abad, appointed to the new government on Friday, denies ‘deeply wounding’ accusationsA member of France’s newly installed government who has faced accusations of rape has strongly denied the allegations and insisted he will not stand down.Damien Abad, 42, appointed the minister for solidarity and the disabled, was forced to make a statement after two women accused him of rape in 2010 and 2011. Continue reading...
  
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• Concertgoers in Russia chant "F*** the war!"

  23-05-2022 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  Audience members at a Кис-Киc (Kis-Kis) concert in St. Petersburg, Russia, were seen chanting "F**k the war!" according to a video shared online, which was verified by CNN.
  
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• Woman wanted in killing of elite cyclist who had relationship with her boyfriend

  23-05-2022 21:40 via cnn.com
  
  Authorities are searching for a Texas woman whom they accuse of murder in the death of an elite cyclist who at one time dated her boyfriend.
  
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• Analysis: Biden's new stance of strategic confusion on Taiwan

  23-05-2022 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  If a US President keeps vowing to do something, and his aides keep insisting he won't, no one is sure what to believe -- a potential dangerous state of affairs on fraught international issues.
  
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• China warns US after Biden says it would respond militarily to attack on Taiwan

  23-05-2022 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Biden's new stance of strategic confusion on Taiwan
  
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• China warns US after Biden says it would respond militarily to an attack on Taiwan

  23-05-2022 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Biden's new stance of strategic confusion on Taiwan
  
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• China issues warning after Biden says US would respond militarily to an attack on Taiwan

  23-05-2022 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Biden's new stance of strategic confusion on Taiwan
  
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• $166 for 6 cans of baby formula: Online price gouging is another blow for desperate parents

  23-05-2022 21:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Parents struggling to find baby formula amid a nationwide shortage are reporting that price gougers are selling bottles and cans marked up by as much as 300
  
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• UN rights chief’s visit to China will be held in ‘closed loop’, Beijing says

  23-05-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Michelle Bachelet begins trip amid fears that authorities will use Covid restrictions as cover to limit her accessChina has said the UN rights chief’s visit to the country this week will be conducted in a “closed loop” as previously agreed with the UN, referring to the Chinese model of isolating people inside a “bubble” in order to contain the spread of Covid-19.The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, embarked on a six-day trip to C
  
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• Bolivia’s perennial student leader clung to post for decades without graduating

  23-05-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Max Mendoza has been arrested after a judge said his 32-year enrollment at university on a government salary may be a crimeMax Mendoza has been a remarkably persistent student – and a profitable one: he has been enrolled at a public university in Bolivia for 32 years but never graduated, much of it while being paid a government salary to serve as a student leader.On Monday, though, he was detained and sent to jail after a judge ordered a six-month investigation into allegations his tenure
  
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• It's the United States' party. But Mexico wants a say on the guest list

  23-05-2022 20:59 via cnn.com
  
  A growing number of countries are threatening to snub the US-hosted Summit of the Americas next month, amid controversy over its guest list.
  
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• Expert witness disputes cause of Johnny Depp's severed finger

  23-05-2022 20:59 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jean Casarez gives an update on the ongoing trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, including orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Moore's testimony disputing Depp's claims about his finger injury.
  
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• Stocks surge thanks to big rally for JPMorgan Chase and other banks

  23-05-2022 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  Investors took a break from selling in May and going away, for one day at least.
  
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• 4 teens shot dead within hours in small South Carolina city

  23-05-2022 20:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four teenagers were shot dead within hours of each other in a small South Carolina city over the weekend, prompting the area high school to switch to virtual learning while officers stepped up patrols, authorities said.
  
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• Global economy on a precipice

  23-05-2022 20:28 via cnn.com
  
  The global economy is being brought to the edge of a precipice by crisis upon crisis.
  
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• Global economy being brought to the edge of a precipice

  23-05-2022 20:28 via cnn.com
  
  The global economy is being brought to the edge of a precipice by crisis upon crisis.
  
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• Didi's disastrous foray onto Wall Street is over

  23-05-2022 20:19 via cnn.com
  
  Shareholders will vote Monday on Didi's plan to quit the New York Stock Exchange less than a year after China's largest ride-hailing firm launched its $4.4 billion initial public offering.
  
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• Kate Moss expected to be called by Johnny Depp's legal team as a witness

  23-05-2022 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  Kate Moss, who dated Johnny Depp in the 1990s, is expected to be called to testify as a rebuttal witness by his legal team in the ongoing trial between Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard, a source close to Depp tells CNN.
  
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• Abrams says Georgia is 'worst state' to live in, citing health care, incarceration rates

  23-05-2022 20:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is defending remarks she made over the weekend that Georgia is the “worst state in the country to live,”
  
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• 'That balance is now being shaken': Former envoy on America's 'One China' policy

  23-05-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Despite the White House clarification, President Biden's comments on Taiwan are significant, says former US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens.
  
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• 'That balance is now being shaken': Fmr. envoy on America's 'One China' policy

  23-05-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Despite the White House clarification, President Biden's comments on Taiwan are significant, says former US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens.
  
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• Deadly Indian heatwave made 30 times more likely by climate crisis

  23-05-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Soaring temperatures in subcontinent, which have caused widespread suffering, would be extraordinarily rare without global heatingThe heatwave scorching India and Pakistan has been made 30 times more likely by the climate crisis, according to scientists. Extreme temperatures and low rainfall since mid-March have caused widespread suffering, including deaths, crop losses, forest fires, and cuts to power and water supplies.The study is the latest to show the already severe impacts of global heatin
  
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• Israeli judge's ruling on Jews who prayed in Al-Aqsa compound ignites controversy

  23-05-2022 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  A court in Jerusalem has issued a controversial ruling that critics say threatens the fragile agreement regulating access to Jerusalem's most disputed holy sites.
  
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• Biden’s Taiwan vow creates confusion not clarity – and raises China tensions

  23-05-2022 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  President’s blunt response appears to undercut US ‘strategic ambiguity’ on Taiwan as White House forced to walk back remarksThe somewhat routine press conference in Tokyo was winding down when the question came. “Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?”Many past American presidents would have deflected, demurred, declined to give a straight answer. Not Joe Biden. “Yes,” he replied bluntly, adding: “That&rsqu
  
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• Schumer, McConnell urge Biden to move quickly on NATO expansion

  23-05-2022 19:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Senate Democratic and Republican leaders have signed onto a resolution backing Finland and Sweden joining NATO and urging President Joe Biden to expedite the process.
  
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• Tomatoes have been gene edited to provide more vitamin D

  23-05-2022 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  Fish and dairy products are the best dietary sources of vitamin D, which can make it a struggle for those on a plant-based diet to get enough of the essential micronutrient. Vitamin D helps protect our bones and keep muscles and teeth healthy.
  
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• Why are monkeypox cases suddenly emerging across the world and could the virus have mutated?

  23-05-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Data prior to current outbreaks suggested resurgence of the disease, with waning immunity from smallpox vaccination contributing to spreadFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe sudden emergence of monkeypox in several countries has raised questions about how the virus, which is most common in central and west Africa, has managed to spread.Many health experts have said the monkeypox cases in 12 countries are not cause for
  
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• Iran vows to avenge killing as it buries Revolutionary Guard colonel

  23-05-2022 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Finger of blame pointed at Israel after Hassan Sayad Khodayari shot dead in TehranAn Iranian colonel shot dead in Tehran by assailants on motorcycles has been buried as officials vowed to avenge an assassination that they continue to lay at the feet of Israel.The murder of Col Hassan Sayad Khodayari is the highest-profile killing of an Iranian official since the violent death of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in November 2020 and appears to fit a pattern of assassinations that
  
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• Vicky White and Casey White's Indiana motel room now has waiting list and higher price

  23-05-2022 19:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Evansville, Indiana, motel room where Casey White and Vicky White hid from authorities has after fleeing Alabama has generated a waiting list.
  
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• At least five killed after a building collapses in Iran, leaving 80 people trapped

  23-05-2022 18:57 via cnn.com
  
  At least five people were killed and 27 people injured when a 10-story building collapsed in the southwest city of Abadan in the Iranian province of Khuzestan on Monday, the Iranian Red Crescent said.
  
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• Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney's signature 'SNL' moments

  23-05-2022 18:54 via cnn.com
  
  "Saturday Night Live" bid farewell to Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson and Kyle Mooney on Saturday.
  
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• Viola Davis says a former director called her by his maid’s name

  23-05-2022 18:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Viola Davis has an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Golden Globe (among many other honors).
  
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• Pakistan's Imran Khan doubles down on ​unfounded claim that US plotted his downfall 

  23-05-2022 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  Pakistan's Imran Khan repeated his claims Monday that the United States had orchestrated his ouster, saying that "anti-Americanism" was growing in the South Asian nation as a result of "all this becoming public."
  
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• 'Unprecedented hospitality': Treatment of Ukraine's refugees highlights European hypocrisy (Opinion)

  23-05-2022 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  Human Rights Watch UK Director Yasmine Ahmed explains how the West's unprecedented hospitality towards Ukrainian refugees has highlighted stark differences in treatment given to refugees from other conflicts.
  
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• 'Unprecedented hospitality': Treatment of Ukraine's refugees highlights European hypocrisy

  23-05-2022 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  Human Rights Watch UK Director Yasmine Ahmed explains how the West's unprecedented hospitality towards Ukrainian refugees has highlighted stark differences in treatment given to refugees from other conflicts.
  
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• Watch Zelensky speak out on Russia in address

  23-05-2022 17:25 via cnn.com
  
  CNN Business editor-at-large Richard Quest reports on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
  
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• Sole survivor of 2009 Comoros plane crash recalls terrifying ordeal

  23-05-2022 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Bahia Bakari, who was 12 at the time, tells French court of the moments leading up to crash in which 152 diedA woman who was 12 when she became the sole survivor of the 2009 Yemenia Airways crash in the Comoros islands that killed all 152 others on board has described the terrifying moments leading up to her plunge into the ocean and subsequent rescue as part of the French trial against the airline.Bahia Bakari, 25, has sat through several hearings with her father but had not testified or spoken
  
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• World's fastest passenger jet goes supersonic in tests

  23-05-2022 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  The race to resume supersonic passenger flights decades after the retirement of Concorde was offered a glimmer of excitement on Monday when plane manufacturer Bombardier revealed high speed achievements while confirming the launch of its new business jet.
  
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• Starbucks is leaving Russia for good

  23-05-2022 16:57 via cnn.com
  
  Starbucks is leaving Russia for good.
  
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• Joe Biden just keeps stepping in it

  23-05-2022 16:49 via cnn.com
  
  On Monday, President Joe Biden said that the United States would be willing to respond militarily if China invaded Taiwan.
  
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