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• Artemis 1: Nasa cancels moon mission launch over engine problem

  29-08-2022 23:59 via theguardian.com
  US space agency technicians working against the clock to correct ‘engine bleed’ in time for possible rescheduled lift-off on FridayNasa is delaying a decision on the timing of its next launch attempt for Artemis 1, the US space agency’s first human-rated moon rocket in 50 years, after calling off Monday’s scheduled liftoff late in the countdown because of an issue related to “engine bleed”. Engineers at Nasa’s launch complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida, d
  
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• Man paddles 38 miles down Missouri River in hollowed-out pumpkin

  29-08-2022 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  A Nebraska man paddled 38 miles down the Missouri River on Saturday in a "boat" made from a hollowed out pumpkin to celebrate his 60th birthday and hopefully set a Guinness World Record.
  
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• ‘Monster monsoon’: why the floods in Pakistan are so devastating

  29-08-2022 23:37 via theguardian.com
  The climate crisis is the prime suspect, but the vulnerability of poor citizens and other factors are important tooThe climate crisis is the prime suspect for the devastating scale of flooding in Pakistan, which has killed more than 1,000 people and affected 30 million. But the catastrophe, still unfolding, is most likely the result of a lethal combination of factors including the vulnerability of poor citizens, steep mountainous slopes in some regions, the unexpected destruction of embankments
  
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• Kevin Hart takes on fast-food chains with new vegan restaurant

  29-08-2022 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Actor and comedian Kevin Hart opened a new vegan fast-food restaurant, Hart House, in Los Angeles. The eatery wants to go after other fast-food chains by offering flavorful plant-based alternatives to everyone.
  
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• Will we live on the moon? Neil deGrasse Tyson answers your space questions

  29-08-2022 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell to answer viewers' questions about space travel and the moon.
  
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• Will we live on the moon? Astrophysicist answers your space questions

  29-08-2022 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell to answer viewers' questions about space travel and the moon.
  
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• Video shows protesters taking over Iraqi palace, swimming in pool

  29-08-2022 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  At least three people have been killed and dozens injured in violent clashes that erupted in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone after Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced his withdrawal from political life, medical sources told CNN. CNN's Ben Wedeman shares what happened when protesters took over Iraq's Republican Palace.
  
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• Footballer Paul Pogba's claims of extortion and threats are being investigated by French police

  29-08-2022 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  French football player Paul Pogba's claim that he is being extorted is being investigated by French police, the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed to CNN on Monday.
  
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• NASA explains why Artemis I's launch was scrubbed

  29-08-2022 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  It's a day that has been years in the making.
  
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• Former Ukrainian President: This is what's needed for a ceasefire

  29-08-2022 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks with CNN's Jim Sciutto about "several factors" he thinks are necessary for a ceasefire with Russia.
  
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• NFL running back shot in leg during attempted carjacking, police say

  29-08-2022 20:05
  Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. was shot in the leg during an apparent carjacking, police said.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukrainian troops begin counter-offensive in south, says military command – as it happened

  29-08-2022 20:01 via theguardian.com
  Southern command spokesperson says Ukrainian troops have begun long-awaited counter-offensive in Kherson region. This blog is now closedAt a glance: what we know on day 187 of the invasion‘There were a lot of mines around [the pitch]’, says the former captain of Obolon Kyiv’s second team. ‘Even now we are still afraid to kick the ball over the fence.’Kostja Kovalenko describes the reality of life at the team’s training ground before their first match in Ukrain
  
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• European gas shortages likely to last several winters, says Shell chief

  29-08-2022 19:47 via theguardian.com
  Warning raises prospect of continued rationing, as Total boss says Europe has to plan for future without Russian suppliesGas shortages across Europe are likely to last for several winters to come, the chief executive of Shell has said, raising the prospect of continued energy rationing as governments across the continent push to develop alternative supplies.Cuts to the supply of Russian gas since the invasion of Ukraine have plunged European countries into a devastating energy crisis, driving up
  
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• Breaking bad habits: Routines trump willpower

  29-08-2022 19:46 via cnn.com
  
  If you're like many Americans, you probably start your day with a cup of coffee -- a morning latte, a shot of espresso or maybe a good ol' drip brew.
  
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• Man falls 100 feet after cliff crumbles beneath him

  29-08-2022 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  A man survived after falling 100 feet from a cliff in Moss Beach, California, near San Francisco. HLN's Robin Meade has the report.
  
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• 'Are you kidding me?': Deputy finds goat in patrol car

  29-08-2022 19:31 via cnn.com
  
  Deputy Casey Thrower of the Madison County Sheriff's office in Alabama, records the moment he returns to his patrol car and sees two goats eating his paperwork. HLN's Robin Meade has the report.
  
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• Pakistan: fears for areas cut off by floods as damage to roads hampers relief effort

  29-08-2022 19:24 via theguardian.com
  PM vows government will not disappoint flood victims as economic losses estimated at more than $10bnThere are growing fears for people living in communities in Pakistan cut off by devastating flooding caused by unusually strong monsoon rains, as damage to major roads hampers the military-led relief effort.On a visit to a badly flooded area in the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, the prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, described the rains as “unprecedented in the last 30
  
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• Angola’s ruling party claims victory in tightly contested vote

  29-08-2022 19:21 via theguardian.com
  João Lourenço’s MPLA, which has been in power for decades, declared winners but opposition Unita rejects resultsAngola’s electoral commission has declared the incumbent president, João Lourenço, and the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) winners of last week’s elections.The polls were the most tightly contested vote in the country’s democratic history, and have been described by analysts as an “existential
  
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• No let-up in shelling as UN team heads for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

  29-08-2022 19:18 via theguardian.com
  Watchdog due to arrive in Kyiv as frequent attacks on Russian-occupied power station raise fears mission may be called offRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesA team of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog is due to arrive in Kyiv on Monday night en route to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power in southern Ukraine, where renewed shelling has cast a shadow over their planned visit.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, Rafael Grossi, said on Monday morning that a team led by him had set o
  
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• Angola's ruling party extends 47-year streak with election win

  29-08-2022 18:56 via cnn.com
  
  Angolan President João Lourenço has secured another five-year term after winning the most competitive election in the country's democratic history, according to results issued Monday by the electoral commission.
  
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• Legalizing recreational cannabis increases its use, research shows

  29-08-2022 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  People in US states that legalized recreational cannabis use it 20% more frequently than those in states that didn't legalize it, a study published Thursday in the journal Addiction has suggested.
  
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• Several killed in clashes in Baghdad's Green Zone after powerful cleric announces withdrawal from politics

  29-08-2022 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Monday that he was withdrawing from political life, triggering a new wave of protests inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
  
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• Honda, LG announce $4.4 billion US battery factory for EVs

  29-08-2022 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  Honda has struck a deal with Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution to build a $4.4 billion US factory to supply its electric vehicles.
  
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• Taking a walk through rubbish-laden Edinburgh's Grassmarket

  29-08-2022 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Two thirds of Scotland's local authorities have seen bin workers walking out in a dispute over pay.
  
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• European power prices shatter records as energy crisis intensifies

  29-08-2022 17:42 via cnn.com
  
  Power prices in Europe continue to smash records, intensifying the region's energy crisis and fanning fears about access to electricity and heating as the weather begins to cool.
  
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• Families of 9/11 victims asking NYC mayor to rescind invitation to Saudi-funded golf tournament reportedly to be held at Trump golf course

  29-08-2022 17:27 via cnn.com
  
  Families of 9/11 victims are asking New York City Mayor Eric Adams to rescind an invitation extended to a Saudi-funded golf tournament scheduled to reportedly take place at a Donald Trump-owned golf course in New York in October.
  
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• NAACP supports removal of Cowboys for Trump co-founder

  29-08-2022 16:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  The NAACP urged a state district court judge to remove and disqualify Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin from holding future public office.
  
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• Britney Spears posts 22-minute audio addressing conservatorship

  29-08-2022 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  Britney Spears, who last November celebrated a legal victory that freed her from a 13-year conservatorship that controlled her personal and professional life, is sharing more about her experience during that time.
  
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• 1 of the 3 Dutch soldiers wounded in a shooting outside an Indianapolis hotel has died

  29-08-2022 16:31 via cnn.com
  
  A Dutch soldier died in Indianapolis Sunday night after he and two others were wounded in a shooting this weekend at a hotel there, the Dutch Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
  
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• Bob LuPone, 'Sopranos' actor and Broadway veteran, dies at 76

  29-08-2022 16:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Bob LuPone, a leader of the off-Broadway company MCC Theater, soap opera veteran and brother to actress Patti LuPone, died Saturday.
  
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• WATCH: Bear is no match for Utah trash bins

  29-08-2022 16:09
  This bear in Utah really gave it everything it had to try and get into one of these garbage bins, to no avail.
  
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• See volunteers use bedframe to rescue people from deadly floods

  29-08-2022 16:09 via cnn.com
  
  Severe rain and floods have killed more than 1,100 people in Pakistan since mid-June, according to the country's national disaster management authority.
  
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• See volunteers use bed frame to rescue people from deadly floods

  29-08-2022 16:09 via cnn.com
  
  Severe rain and floods have killed more than 1,000 people in Pakistan since mid-June, according to the country's national disaster management authority.
  
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• Moment of rescue goes viral for its unusual nature

  29-08-2022 16:09 via cnn.com
  
  Severe rain and floods have killed more than 1,000 people in Pakistan since mid-June, according to the country's national disaster management authority.
  
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• Bedframe used in dramatic rescue from extreme flooding

  29-08-2022 16:09 via cnn.com
  
  Severe rain and floods have killed more than 1,000 people in Pakistan since mid-June, according to the country's national disaster management authority.
  
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• Guinness World Record: Man rides 38 miles in giant pumpkin

  29-08-2022 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Duane Hansen grew the 846lb (384kg) pumpkin in his garden with the aim to beat the 25.5 mile record.
  
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• WATCH: 10-year-old saves drowning mother suffering seizure in pool

  29-08-2022 15:52
  Dramatic home security camera footage captures the moment 10-year-old Gavin Keeney leapt into action to save his drowning mother, who was suffering from a seizure in the family's backyard pool.
  
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• China charges 28 people over restaurant attack on group of women

  29-08-2022 15:42 via theguardian.com
  Incident in Tangshan sparked outrage over gender-based violence when video went viralChinese authorities said they had charged 28 people and were investigating 15 officials including police for corruption more than two months after a shocking incident in which a group of men assaulted four women at a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan, north-east China.The men carried out the assault after the women rejected their apparent sexual advances on 10 June. CCTV footage circulated online showed a man plac
  
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• Sydney Sweeney defends family celebration: 'stop making assumptions'

  29-08-2022 15:30 via cnn.com
  
  Sydney Sweeney is commenting on the backlash her family has received over photos from her mom's 60th birthday party.
  
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• Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte is coming back at a higher price

  29-08-2022 15:24 via cnn.com
  
  Not even Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte is immune to inflation.
  
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• NASA's launch of megarocket Artemis I scrubbed due to engine issue

  29-08-2022 15:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  NASA’s megarocket is standing down from a scheduled test flight to the moon, agency officials announced Monday.
  
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• Detroit Police arrest man accused of randomly shooting 4 people, mayor says

  29-08-2022 15:22 via cnn.com
  
  A man accused of randomly shooting four people in four separate shootings Sunday morning has been arrested, according to authorities.
  
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• A 'radical shift' at the border is making things tougher for Biden

  29-08-2022 15:22 via cnn.com
  
  There's a major detail missing from many conversations about the rising number of migrants coming to the US-Mexico border.
  
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• Powerful Iraqi cleric announces withdrawal from politics, sparking protests in Baghdad's Green Zone

  29-08-2022 15:18 via cnn.com
  
  Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Monday that he was withdrawing from political life, triggering a new wave of protests inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
  
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• Jackson mayor urges residents to 'get out now' as Mississippi braces for river flooding after record rainfall

  29-08-2022 15:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is urging locals to “get out now” after the state was battered with record rainfall and rivers swelled to devastating levels.
  
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• Zaporizhzhia city authorities hand out iodine pills to residents

  29-08-2022 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors are expected to go to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant later this week, as the city's authorities made iodine pills available to residents due to fears over a possible nuclear accident.
  
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• Ukraine officials hand out iodine pills in Zaporizhzhia due to nuclear accident fears

  29-08-2022 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors are expected to go to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant later this week, as the city's authorities made iodine pills available to residents due to fears over a possible nuclear accident.
  
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• IAEA to visit Zaporizhia nuclear plant 'in next few days'

  29-08-2022 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors are expected to go to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant later this week, as the city's authorities made iodine pills available to residents due to fears over a possible nuclear accident.
  
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• Social media companies like Twitter can't be trusted to regulate themselves

  29-08-2022 15:10 via cnn.com
  
  The latest bombshell about Twitter's alleged lack of security and potential vulnerabilities is yet another sign that social media networks shouldn't be trusted to regulate themselves.
  
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• Monkeypox vaccine strategy shift yields more supply for some, hurdles for others

  29-08-2022 15:06 via cnn.com
  
  Most places in the United States with heavy monkeypox caseloads have shifted their vaccination strategies to the Biden administration's low-dose, intradermal approach -- and they are reporting varying results so far.
  
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