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• White House national security adviser: Taiwan policy 'unchanged,' US wary of 'new cold war' with China

  22-07-2022 23:06 via foxnews.com
  
  White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed global hot spots, including Russia and Afghanistan and said U.S. policy on Taiwan remains "unchanged."
  
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• Monkeypox is being driven overwhelmingly by sex between men, major study finds

  22-07-2022 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Transmission was suspected to have occurred through sexual activity in 95% of those infected, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
  
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• Bannon guilty of contempt for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena

  22-07-2022 22:56 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • How Trump chose not to act on Jan. 6
  • Video shows congressman fleeing capital during riot• First on CNN: Secret Service identified potential missing text messages on phones of 10 individuals
  
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• Mexico gives Tesla a dedicated lane at the border to speed up crossing into the US

  22-07-2022 22:56 via theguardian.com
  
  The exclusive lane, at the remote checkpoint just north of Laredo, Texas, will be for suppliers only, not Tesla ownersTesla has reportedly gained an exclusive lane at a remote US-Mexico border crossing after Elon Musk recently struck a deal with the “pro-business” state of Nuevo León.The electric car company’s suppliers traveling from Mexico into Texas can use a dedicated lane to speed up their crossing at the Colombia Solidarity site, Bloomberg reported, a less popular
  
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• Uvalde school board puts off meeting on fate of district police chief Pete Arredondo

  22-07-2022 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The public school board in Uvalde, Texas, on Friday put off a special meeting to discuss the fate of district police chief Pete Arredondo, blamed by some for
  
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• Accused man dies in custody after sister awakened from coma

  22-07-2022 22:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  He died days after his arrest when his sister identified him as her attacker.
  
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• Uvalde school board cancels meeting to consider firing Pete Arredondo

  22-07-2022 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  A special school board meeting scheduled for Saturday morning in Uvalde, Texas, to consider whether to terminate the employment of the district's police chief is canceled, the district announced Friday.
  
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• CEO of world's second-largest car maker steps down in surprise move

  22-07-2022 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  Volkswagen's CEO is leaving his post in a surprise move, effective September 1.
  
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• White House announces $270M military package for Ukraine

  22-07-2022 22:11 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The U.S. is sending an additional $270 million in security assistance to Ukraine, a new package that will include additional medium range rocket systems and tactical drones
  
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• Governor signs gun bill modeled after abortion law

  22-07-2022 21:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  California is the first state to allow citizens to sue those who make or sell banned weapons, state officials said.
  
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• Opinion: Presidential Covid looks different this time around

  22-07-2022 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden is one of the latest Americans to be diagnosed with Covid-19. According to the White House report, his seems to be a mild case -- the sort we have come to expect in a vaccinated and boosted person, even a 79-year-old.
  
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• Eerie abandoned passenger plane sits on Red Sea floor

  22-07-2022 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  Coming across this unexpected shape on the seabed is enough to take your breath away -- so it's a good job you'd probably have a tankful of breaths strapped to your back.
  
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• Biden's Covid symptoms improve but fatigue, congestion remain, doctor says

  22-07-2022 21:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden’s Covid symptoms have improved after finishing his first full day of his treatment on the antiviral Paxlovid though he continues to have a
  
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• 2 babies killed as tree falls on Alabama, 1 dead in Maine

  22-07-2022 21:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Officials say two babies were killed when a huge tree crashed into a home during a storm in Alabama and another child was killed by a falling tree in Maine
  
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• Gaga for goo goo: Wellington named the global capital of baby talk

  22-07-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Residents of the New Zealand city have the world’s most extreme vocal changes when speaking to babies, a study has foundFrom small tribes in the remote Pacific islands to the teeming cities of China, humans share the common language of baby talk – but new research has discovered that Wellington, New Zealand, is the global capital of cooing.An international study, published in Nature Human Behaviour, collected 1615 recordings of 410 people from 21 societies speaking and singing to an
  
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• MI6 chief doubts Iran wants a nuclear deal

  22-07-2022 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  The head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service said Thursday he doesn't believe Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wants to reach a nuclear deal as hope fades that an agreement can be reached.
  
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• Man charged with threatening to kill ‘all of the Black people’ at a Tops market in Buffalo

  22-07-2022 20:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Joey David George was arrested for allegedly calling a Buffalo supermarket and threatening to kill Black people there and at a nearby store where a white gunman killed 10 Black people in May.
  
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• Jury deliberations begin in Steve Bannon trial

  22-07-2022 20:46 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • How Trump chose not to act on Jan. 6
  • Video shows congressman fleeing capital during riot• Analysis: Liz Cheney sent clear warning to Trump Thursday night• Melania Trump says she was 'unaware' of riot
  
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• 3 people killed in shooting at Iowa state park campground, suspected gunman also dead

  22-07-2022 20:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sheriff's deputies found the bodies of three people slain in an Iowa camp ground before later discovering their apparent killer, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  
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• Heat wave postpones Boston Triathlon, shortens New York run, bike races

  22-07-2022 20:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The New York City Triathlon shortened its run and bike races and the Boston Triathlon was rescheduled due to excessive heat expected this weekend.
  
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• TikTok gave Addison Rae's family Hollywood fame. Now it's exposing their secrets.

  22-07-2022 20:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  One of TikTok’s biggest families is now being undone by the very platform that made them famous.
  
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• WATCH: Big bear climbs little apple tree

  22-07-2022 19:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  This big bear climbed a very small tree to snack on some apples in Bristol, Connecticut.
  
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• Volkswagen's CEO is stepping down in a surprise move

  22-07-2022 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  Volkswagen's CEO is leaving his post in a surprise move, effective September 1.
  
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• Congressman Lee Zeldin attacked on stage at New York campaign event

  22-07-2022 19:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man attacked U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin at a campaign event near Rochester, New York, Thursday evening.
  
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• WATCH: Train catches fire on Boston-area bridge

  22-07-2022 19:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Passengers kicked out windows to escape the flames.
  
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• Rise in gasoline prices threatens social stability and food security in Latin America

  22-07-2022 19:20 via cnn.com
  
  South American countries are bracing for an autumn of discontent, as spiking global fuel prices threaten to provoke more protests in the upcoming months.
  
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• Arizona's GOP governor primary brawl tries to define the 'real' Republican

  22-07-2022 19:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  The closing days of Arizona’s close, contentious GOP primary for governor have turned into an all-out slugfest over which candidate is the most authentically R
  
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• Man dies after being sucked into swimming pool sinkhole in Israel

  22-07-2022 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  A couple are under house arrest after a 30-year-old man died during a private party at a house in Karmi YosefPolice in Israel have placed a couple under house arrest, a day after a man attending a party at their villa died after being sucked into a sinkhole that formed at the bottom of their swimming pool.The man and woman, both in their sixties, are suspected of causing death by negligence, police said. They were arrested on Thursday night and a court decided to release them Friday under &ldquo
  
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• West Virginia man, charged with beating sister who woke up from 2-year coma, dies

  22-07-2022 18:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  A West Virginia man charged last week with brutally beating his sister, who awoke from a two-year coma and named him as her assailant, has died, according to officials.
  
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• Ukraine grain deal brings hope of hunger relief

  22-07-2022 18:54 via cnn.com
  
  Ukraine and Russia have agreed a deal that would allow the resumption of vital grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, a major diplomatic breakthrough aimed at easing a global food crisis sparked by the war, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday.
  
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• Kyiv and Moscow agree deal to resume Ukraine grain exports from Black Sea ports, UN chief says

  22-07-2022 18:54 via cnn.com
  
  Ukraine and Russia have agreed a deal that would allow the resumption of vital grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, a major diplomatic breakthrough aimed at easing a global food crisis sparked by the war, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday.
  
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• Kenyan police officers found guilty of murder of three including human rights lawyer

  22-07-2022 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Four found guilty by a Nairobi court six years after murders of Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri prompted protests in KenyaThree police officers in Kenya have been found guilty of murdering three men, including human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, six years after their bodies were found in a river.Justice Jessie Lessit found police officers Fredrick Leliman, Stephen Cheburet and Sylvia Wanjiku as well as police informer Peter Ngugi guilty of murdering Kimani, his client Josephat M
  
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• World's starving populations depend on the deal

  22-07-2022 18:44 via cnn.com
  
  After months of fears over global food supplies following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, a deal to unblock the transport of Ukrainian grain has just been signed in Turkey.
  
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• Ukrainian grain export deal could save billions from hunger

  22-07-2022 18:44 via cnn.com
  
  After months of fears over global food supplies following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, a deal to unblock the transport of Ukrainian grain has just been signed in Turkey.
  
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• Ukraine's grain exports are set to resume. For the world's starving populations, this can't come soon enough

  22-07-2022 18:44 via cnn.com
  
  After months of fears over global food supplies following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, a deal to unblock the transport of Ukrainian grain has just been signed in Turkey.
  
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• As workers die in extreme heat, advocates call on Biden admin to take urgent action

  22-07-2022 18:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amid a punishing global heat wave, the U.S. agency that sets workplace safety standards is likely many years away from issuing a federal rule that would
  
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• Moscow and Kyiv sign deal to unblock Ukrainian ports and resume exporting millions of tons of grain the world desperately needs

  22-07-2022 18:28 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: CIA chief says Putin is 'entirely too healthy.' What we know
  • Opinion: American-made weapons could change everything
  
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• Deal is a major diplomatic breakthrough

  22-07-2022 17:54 via cnn.com
  
  Ukraine and Russia have agreed a deal that would allow the resumption of vital grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, a major diplomatic breakthrough aimed at easing a global food crisis sparked by the war, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday.
  
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• Steve Bannon expresses frustration outside courtroom

  22-07-2022 17:48 via cnn.com
  
  Steve Bannon spoke to reporters and expressed his frustration outside the courtroom of his criminal contempt of Congress trial Thursday. CNN's Sara Murray reports.
  
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• Ticket prices for Bruce Springsteen's shows are angering some fans

  22-07-2022 17:42 via cnn.com
  
  Paying for some Bruce Springsteen tickets these days may be "Tougher Than The Rest."
  
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• Three charged in Brazil with murder of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

  22-07-2022 17:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Prosecutors say two men confessed to killing British journalist and Indigenous expert while third participatedPublic prosecutors have charged three individuals with the murder in June of the British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the remote western reaches of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.Phillips – a regular contributor to the Guardian – and Pereira had met Indigenous people near the entrance of the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, which borders
  
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• Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed

  22-07-2022 17:38 via theguardian.com
  
  UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority groupThe United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s attempts to halt a case accusing it of genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority, paving the way for evidence of atrocities to be heard.The international court of justice rejected all preliminary objections raised by Myanmar, which is now ruled by a military junta, at a hearing on Frid
  
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• As air travel crises mount, all eyes are on Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg

  22-07-2022 17:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Air travel stinks right now, creating just the kind of crisis that a politically adept and ambitious transportation secretary might turn to his advantage.
  
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• Opinion: A very European answer to air conditioning

  22-07-2022 16:59 via cnn.com
  
  American friends visiting my downtown Berlin apartment at the height of summer always guffaw at my rinky-dink plastic fan, propped up on a bookshelf above my desk.
  
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• Italian thieves return watch to victim after realizing it was fake

  22-07-2022 16:44 via cnn.com
  
  They say hospitality in Naples is second to none, and one tourist got a singular experience of the Italian city when thieves robbed him of his watch at gunpoint -- then brought it back when they realized it was fake.
  
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• Police officer, once beaten by colleagues, is now the new boss

  22-07-2022 16:39 via cnn.com
  
  CNN interviews Michael Cox, Boston's new police commissioner. Cox's colleagues beat him years ago after mistaking him for a suspect. Now, the native Bostonian is poised to lead one of the largest police forces in the country.
  
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• Boston officer, once beaten by colleagues, is now the new boss

  22-07-2022 16:39 via cnn.com
  
  CNN interviews Michael Cox, Boston's new police commissioner. Cox's colleagues beat him years ago after mistaking him for a suspect. Now, the native Bostonian is poised to lead one of the largest police forces in the country.
  
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• Linda Evangelista settles cosmetic procedure lawsuit

  22-07-2022 16:28 via cnn.com
  
  Former supermodel Linda Evangelista says she has settled a lawsuit over cosmetic procedures which she claimed ruined her career.
  
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• Russian airstrike on rebel-held region in Syria kills seven people

  22-07-2022 16:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Four siblings under 10 among those to die in assault on Jisr al-Shughur in Idlib, with others still trapped under rubbleSeven people, among them four children, have been killed in a Russian airstrike in north-western Syria, one of five carried out by Vladimir Putin’s air force during the deadliest day in the country in months.The deaths occurred on Friday near the opposition-held town of Jisr al-Shughur, in the rebel enclave of Idlib, where jihadist units and anti-Assad groups uneasily coe
  
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• Russia agrees to let Ukraine export grain in U.N. bid to alleviate global food crisis

  22-07-2022 16:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  The United Nations, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey on Friday agreed to allow the export of Ukrainian grain in a bid to alleviate a global food crisis.
  
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