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• Deadly flash floods wipe out critical bridge in Pakistan

  28-08-2022 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  At least 33 million people have been affected by deadly flooding in Pakistan, the country's Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman said, as the country sees its eighth cycle of monsoon rains.
  
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• Why NASA wants to return to the moon before sending humans to Mars

  28-08-2022 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Before landing the first humans on Mars, NASA wants to return to the lunar surface -- but in a way that we've never explored the moon before.
  
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• This is how Russia could help Iran implement new nuclear agreement

  28-08-2022 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  Ernest Moniz, who served as energy secretary under former President Obama and was one of the original architects of the JCPOA, talks to CNN's Jim Sciutto about the current state of the Iran nuclear deal renegotiations.
  
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• How Russia could help Iran implement new nuclear deal

  28-08-2022 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  Ernest Moniz, who served as energy secretary under former President Obama and was one of the original architects of the JCPOA, talks to CNN's Jim Sciutto about the current state of the Iran nuclear deal renegotiations.
  
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• 1 dead, 4 wounded in summer shooting on famed Coney Island boardwalk

  28-08-2022 19:12
  
  Multiple people were shot, one fatally, at one of New York City's most popular summer destinations -- the Coney Island boardwalk in Brooklyn, authorities said.
  
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• Cities near Ukrainian nuclear plant shelled

  28-08-2022 19:11
  
  Russia and Ukraine have traded claims of attacks at or near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant
  
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• Sanders pushes back on 'Republicans squawking' over Biden's student loan forgiveness

  28-08-2022 19:04
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday pushed back on Republicans who called President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan as unfair
  
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• Author argues how the Queen mishandled the aftermath of Princess Diana's death

  28-08-2022 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  Journalist and author Tina Brown join's CNN's Fareed Zakaria to discuss the British royal family and her new book, "The Palace Papers."
  
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• Police: Houston tenant kills 3 others, set fire to lure them

  28-08-2022 18:36
  
  Houston police say a man evicted from an apartment building set fire to the house to lure out other tenants, then shot three dead and wounded two others
  
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• ‘People are getting sick’: destitution in flood-hit Pakistan

  28-08-2022 18:21 via theguardian.com
  With their homes destroyed by worst flooding in living memory, people in Jaffarabad appeal for helpIn the midst of swamps of flood water, hundreds of people who fled one of the worst-hit districts of Pakistan pitched tents on the only high ground they could find – on the raised banks of the Saifullah Magsi canal.They had left the Jaffarabad region of Pakistan’s impoverished Balochistan province as a monsoon deluge that authorities say has claimed more than 1,000 lives since June swep
  
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• IAEA mission expected to visit Zaporizhzhia in the 'next few days'

  28-08-2022 18:05 via cnn.com
  
  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors are expected to go to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant "in the next few days" amid renewed shelling at the facility and mounting fears over a potential nuclear accident.
  
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• Mickey Mantle baseball card sells for record $12.6 million

  28-08-2022 17:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a
  
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• Warren slams Fed chairman over interest rate comments, says Fed could 'tip this economy into recession'

  28-08-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Sunday slammed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for suggesting interest rates should go up to combat inflation in the US, saying he could "tip this economy into recession."
  
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• US warships sail through Taiwan Strait for first time since Pelosi visit

  28-08-2022 17:29 via theguardian.com
  
  China’s military says it is monitoring the US ships, maintaining a high alert and ready to defeat any provocationsThe US Navy said two warships were sailing through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such operation since heightened tensions with China over the Taiwan visit of the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi.The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were conducting a “routine Taiwan Strait transit”, the US 7th fleet said
  
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• Welsh Guards sergeant killed in training was mistaken for target, report finds

  28-08-2022 17:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Sgt Gavin Hillier was shot at Castlemartin range by short-sighted soldier not wearing corrective lenses An army sergeant who led a “distinguished career” was shot and killed after being mistaken for a firing target by a short-sighted soldier during a training exercise, a report has found.Sgt Gavin Hillier, 35, of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died at the Castlemartin range in Pembrokeshire on 4 March 2021. Continue reading...
  
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• Max Verstappen comes from starting 14th to win Belgian Grand Prix

  28-08-2022 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  Max Verstappen came from 14th position on the starting grid to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: reports EU set to suspend visa travel agreement with Russia

  28-08-2022 17:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Plan to freeze 2007 deal will make it harder and more expensive for Russians to get Schengen-area documents, FT reportsThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has signed a decree allowing Ukrainian passport holders who have entered Russia since Moscow’s offensive to live and work in the country indefinitely.Until now, Ukrainians could stay in Russia only for a maximum of 90 days within a 180-day period. To stay longer or to work, special authorisation or a work permit was required.In mid-Au
  
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• Matt Araiza released by Buffalo Bills after rape allegations

  28-08-2022 17:02
  
  The Buffalo Bills have released rookie punter Matt Araiza after he was named in a lawsuit that accused him and two others of gang rape.
  
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• The most expensive baseball card in history just sold for $12.6 million

  28-08-2022 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  Dig out your old baseball cards. They might just be worth eight figures at auction.
  
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• Liz Truss ponders VAT cut of 5 percentage points amid cost of living crisis

  28-08-2022 16:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Tory leadership frontrunner understood to have discussed move, with final decision coming after contest endsLiz Truss is considering whether to reduce VAT by five percentage points across the board, which could save families £1,300 a year, it was reported.The foreign secretary is understood to have discussed the move with her advisers but no final decisions will be taken until the Conservative leadership contest concludes on 5 September, according to the Sunday Telegraph. Continue reading.
  
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• Olivia Pratt-Korbel: silence is not an option, police say in new appeal

  28-08-2022 16:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Merseyside police say anyone withholding information in case is ‘protecting the killers’Police have urged anyone with information on the killing of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel to come forward, saying “silence is not an option”.In a video released on social media, Merseyside police said anyone withholding information was “protecting the killers”. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘It will benefit the powerful’: row over Brixham fish market levelling up plan

  28-08-2022 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Conservationists and smaller fishers say expansion scheme is ‘good for the big boys’ but will not benefit Devon portA scheme to double the size of England’s most lucrative fish market and provide more room for “industrial” trawlers using levelling up funds has been condemned by green campaigners, smaller-scale fishers and leisure boat enthusiasts.Critics claim the plans for the Devon harbour town of Brixham, which is expected to land a record-breaking £50m wor
  
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• Mars bar shortage causing gaps on UK supermarket shelves

  28-08-2022 15:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Shoppers looking for popular chocolate snack encounter empty shelves and ‘out of stock’ messagesShoppers looking for Mars bars have been encountering empty shelves and “out of stock” messages on supermarket websites, with some stores warning they are not expecting deliveries for two weeks or more.When asked about the apparent shortages, one major retailer told the Guardian that “[it] looks like a production issue on Mars’s end may be causing gaps across retail
  
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• Diana's car auctioned as 25th anniversary of her death nears

  28-08-2022 15:45
  
  A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for $764,000 at auction.
  
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• California authorities search for suspect in Sikh temple shooting

  28-08-2022 15:13 via cnn.com
  
  Three people are hospitalized after a shooting at the Sikh temple in Stockton, California Saturday evening.
  
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• Medic who cared for Mariupol wounded heads for Ukraine front

  28-08-2022 15:05
  
  A Ukrainian paramedic who won praise for his bravery in the siege of Mariupol now works to save soldiers on the front lines of Ukraine's war with Russia
  
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• Leïla Slimani: ‘Attack on Salman Rushdie shows why we must not censor ourselves’

  28-08-2022 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The bestselling author fears she too could be a target but says terrorists cannot be allowed to winThe bestselling author Leïla Slimani says the knife attack on Salman Rushdie has left her and other writers afraid, but that they have a “duty” to keep making public appearances and resist censoring themselves, despite the dangers.The French-Moroccan writer, whose novels include Adèle, Lullaby and The Country of Others and is Emmanuel Macron’s personal representative f
  
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• See why this alligator was in a local park

  28-08-2022 14:52 via cnn.com
  
  A Philadelphia man took his emotional support alligator, Wally, to a local park where bystanders took photos and even picked up the animal to pet him.
  
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• Ukrainian police discover more than 1,300 dead bodies in Kyiv

  28-08-2022 14:51 via cnn.com
  
  In Bucha, they are forced to bury the dead with numbers, not names. Six months after the Russian invasion, Ukrainians are reeling from the impact of past horrors and bracing for new ones. CNN's David McKenzie reports.
  
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• Ukrainian police discover more than 1,300 bodies in Kyiv

  28-08-2022 14:51 via cnn.com
  
  In Bucha, they are forced to bury the dead with numbers, not names. Six months after the Russian invasion, Ukrainians are reeling from the impact of past horrors and bracing for new ones. CNN's David McKenzie reports.
  
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• Tuition costs are out of control. Canceling student debt won't fix that

  28-08-2022 14:45 via cnn.com
  
  Progressives and conservatives alike are sounding off about President Joe Biden's plan to erase billions of dollars in student debt — that it's either a half-a-loaf gesture to an overburdened middle class or a massive socialist handout to rich people, depending on your politics.
  
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• Point of no return: crunch time as China tries to fend off property crash

  28-08-2022 14:41 via theguardian.com
  
  With the global economy also at a crossroads, it is not just Beijing’s leadership that is in peril, say expertsChina has reached a point of no return in its battle to contain what could be the biggest property crash the world has ever seen, experts are warning, putting the country’s Communist leadership and the global economy in peril.As western countries stand on the edge of a potentially ruinous recession in the coming year, China is also facing a slump thanks to “total colla
  
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• Tiny oysters play big role in stabilizing eroding shorelines

  28-08-2022 14:34
  
  As sea levels rise and buildings by coasts are increasingly endangered, communities around the world are turning to the small but mighty oyster to help stabilize shorelines
  
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• Amazon activists mourn death of ‘man of the hole’, last of his tribe

  28-08-2022 14:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Man resisted all attempts to contact him, laying traps and firing arrows at anyone who came too closeAn unidentified and charismatic Indigenous man thought to have been the last of his tribe has died in the Brazilian Amazon, causing consternation among activists lamenting the loss of another ethnic language and culture.The solitary and mysterious man was known only as the Índio do Buraco, or the “Indigenous man of the hole”, because he spent much of his existence hiding or she
  
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• Low fuel inventories cause special concern in US Northeast

  28-08-2022 14:11
  
  Low fuel supplies in the U.S. Northeast are raising concerns that an extreme weather event could cause supply disruptions
  
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• Army program gives poor-performing recruits a second chance

  28-08-2022 14:06
  
  There's a new Army program that gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards
  
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• US Open: Serena Williams' last hurrah at home grand slam headlines fascinating two weeks of tennis

  28-08-2022 14:03 via cnn.com
  
  The curtain will soon come down on one of the greatest careers the world of sport has ever seen and Flushing Meadows, the home of the US Open, will provide a fitting stage for Serena Williams' final act.
  
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• In fantasy, medieval life is depicted as all sexual violence and squalor. It's not that simple

  28-08-2022 14:00 via cnn.com
  
  Note: This article contains light spoilers for "House of the Dragon" and "Game of Thrones."
  
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• Greek ‘Watergate’ phone-tapping scandal puts added pressure on PM

  28-08-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Embattled leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is facing calls to resign after state intelligence monitored opposition partyFor much of last week thunderstorms and torrential rain swept Athens, marking a dramatic end to a summer otherwise electrified by talk of spyware, cyber-mercenaries, espionage and eavesdropping.As the sun re-emerged on Friday, it was to a highly charged mood as Greece’s prematurely reconvened parliament debated a phone-tapping scandal whose exposure of practices last associated
  
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• From crime to the courts: the biggest issues the UK’s new PM will face

  28-08-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will have to deal with 20-year high in recorded crime and barristers’ indefinite strike this autumnWith a new prime minister taking over next week, we look at some of the biggest issues the UK government will face this autumn. Continue reading...
  
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• A famous internet 'troll' faces frightening harassment as she's about to give birth

  28-08-2022 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  YouTuber Trisha Paytas is facing heightened harassment from a "snark" community dedicated to hating her on Reddit.
  
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• Caution: September is historically a dismal month for stocks

  28-08-2022 13:33 via cnn.com
  
  August is about to come to a close, which means that the summer is almost over in the Northern Hemisphere. (Have fun in the sun, Australia!) If that's not enough to bum you out, then this might: September, which begins on Thursday, is historically the worst month of the year for the stock market.
  
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• Astonishing numbers from the Artemis I mission

  28-08-2022 13:26 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Countdown begins for historic Artemis I launch
  • How to watch the Artemis I misson lift off to the moon
  
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• Liverpool equals Premier League record win with 9-0 victory over Bournemouth

  28-08-2022 12:46 via cnn.com
  
  Liverpool equaled the Premier League's record for the biggest victory on Saturday, beating Bournemouth 9-0 at Anfield.
  
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• At least 32 people dead following violent clashes between rival militias in Libyan capital of Tripoli

  28-08-2022 12:43 via cnn.com
  
  At least 32 people have died and 159 have been injured in violent clashes between rival Libyan militias across the country's capital of Tripoli, according to an update from the country's Ministry of Health.
  
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• Invasions and illegal exploitation of indigenous lands in Brazil tripled under Bolsonaro, says advocacy group

  28-08-2022 12:40 via cnn.com
  
  Invasions and illegal extraction of natural resources in Brazil's protected indigenous lands have tripled since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019, according to a report by Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) in Brazil.
  
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• Families flee as India demolishes 100-metre towers outside Delhi

  28-08-2022 12:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Court-ordered demolition of 850 flats seen as stern warning to developers amid rampant illegal constructionIndian authorities have demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris outside Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled down in the country in less than 10 seconds.Crowds watching the collapse from rooftops on nearby high-rise buildings cheered and clapped as the 103 metre (338ft) tall towers collapsed during a controlled demolition. Continue reading
  
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• Death toll rises after lorry rolls into street party in Netherlands

  28-08-2022 12:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Many others injured as police say they are trying to determine why vehicle careered down dykeThe death toll from an accident when a lorry drove off a dyke and into a barbecue party in a village south of Rotterdam has risen to six, with a further seven people in hospital, including one in critical condition.Police said the lorry driver, a 46-year-old Spanish man, was suspected of causing the crash, which happened early on Saturday evening in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland. Continue reading...
  
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• LIV Golf joins antitrust lawsuit against PGA Tour

  28-08-2022 12:29 via cnn.com
  
  The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in an amended complaint in which four golfers originally listed on the original lawsuit have withdrawn their names.
  
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• Ukraine braces for cold winter amid uncertainty over power supplies

  28-08-2022 12:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Fears grow Russia will target country’s gas infrastructure or further cut its supplies to EuropeRussia-Ukraine: latest updatesUkrainians are likely to experience the coldest winter in decades, its gas chief has said, as the thermostats on its Soviet-era centralised heating systems are set to be switched on later and turned down.Yurii Vitrenko, the head of the state gas company Naftogaz, said indoor temperatures would be set at between 17 and 18C, about four degrees lower than normal, and h
  
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