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• Top US officials hold first in-person meeting with the Taliban since the US killed al Qaeda's leader in July

  08-10-2022 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  Top Biden administration officials met in-person with the Taliban on Saturday for the first time since al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by the US in his apartment in Kabul in late July, two officials familiar with the talks said.
  
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• Top US officials hold first in-person meeting with Taliban since US killed al Qaeda's leader in July

  08-10-2022 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  Top Biden administration officials met in-person with the Taliban on Saturday for the first time since al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by the US in his apartment in Kabul in late July, two officials familiar with the talks said.
  
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• Suspect arrested in deadly, unprovoked stabbing of subway rider

  08-10-2022 23:46 via abcnews.go.com
  Three men were stabbed, one fatally, in separate attacks in the New York City subway system on Thursday. A suspect in one of the attacks has since been arrested.
  
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• Creeslough: Ten dead after Donegal petrol station explosion

  08-10-2022 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Four men, three women, a teenage boy and girl, and a young child are among the dead, police confirm.
  
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• North Korea fires two more ballistic missiles after South Korea and US navy drills

  08-10-2022 23:15 via theguardian.com
  Tokyo says North Korea’s seventh round of weapons tests in two weeks may have been launched from submarineNorth Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, the latest of its recent barrage of weapons tests, a day after Pyongyang warned the redeployment of a US aircraft carrier near the Korean peninsula was inflaming regional tensions.South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said in a statement that it detected two missile launches between 1.48am and 1.58a
  
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• NFL and players union agree to updated concussion protocol

  08-10-2022 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  The National Football League and the NFL Players Association agreed to update the league's concussion protocol on Saturday.
  
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• Banks stand to lose at least $500m if they fund Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

  08-10-2022 23:14 via theguardian.com
  Morgan Stanley and six others committed in April to raise $13bn in debt to finance the purchase – before a deterioration in credit marketsSeveral large US and international banks would lose $500m or more if they proceed with obligations to fund Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover of Twitter, according to a report on Saturday.The banks, led by Morgan Stanley and six others, including Barclays and Bank of America, committed six months ago to raise $13bn in debt to finance Musk’s purchase
  
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• Kari Lake was booted from Arizona town hall audience before Hobbs took the stage

  08-10-2022 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democrat Katie Hobbs won’t debate her opponent in Arizona’s race for governor, yet Republican Kari Lake tried to make it happen at a candidate town hall that
  
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• This brilliant pink diamond sold for about $60 million

  08-10-2022 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  A stunning pink diamond has sold for nearly $60 million, more than twice the expected price.
  
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• Three killed as huge explosion causes key Crimea-Russia road bridge to collapse – as it happened

  08-10-2022 22:14 via theguardian.com
  Blast early on Saturday causes road bridge to collapse and engulfs rail bridge in flamesAnalysis: impact of bridge explosion will be felt all the way to the KremlinThe parliamentary leader of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party has stopped short of claiming that Kyiv was responsible for the Kerch bridge explosion but appeared to cast it as a consequence of Moscow’s takeover of Crimea and attempts to integrate the peninsula with the Russian mainland.“Russian illegal constructi
  
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• Crimea bridge: Video shows moment of huge explosion

  08-10-2022 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  A thick, dark cloud of smoke is seen after a blast on the peninsula's only land link to Russia.
  
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• Hong Kong detains first teenagers under national security law

  08-10-2022 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The national security law was introduced by Beijing in 2020 to clamp down on protesters.
  
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• Warnock asked about Walker allegations. Hear his response

  08-10-2022 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) responds to reports that his GOP challenger, Herschel Walker, allegedly paid a woman to have an abortion and asked her to end a second pregnancy two years later. CNN's Michael Warren reports.
  
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• Filippo Ganna smashes cycling's hour world record

  08-10-2022 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Italy's Filippo Ganna smashes cycling's hour world record, recording 56.792km.
  
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• Crimean bridge: Excitement and fear in Ukraine after bridge blast

  08-10-2022 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The sight of the crippled bridge is a morale boost - but fear remains, writes the BBC's Paul Adams.
  
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• Texas police fires officer who shot a teen sitting in his car in a fast food parking lot

  08-10-2022 21:21 via theguardian.com
  James Brennand confronted the 17 year old who was in a car that had evaded him a day earlier and began shooting when the car drove offA Texas police force has fired an officer who shot and wounded a teenager sitting in his car eating a hamburger.The San Antonio police department fired James Brennand after he shot Erik Cantu, 17, on 2 October in a fast-food restaurant parking lot, the agency’s training commander, Alyssa Campos, said in a video statement released Wednesday. Continue reading.
  
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• A car was stolen with a toddler inside. See how bus drivers sprang to action

  08-10-2022 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  The bus drivers from Kentwood, Michigan, returned the 2-year-old boy to his parents.
  
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• Vermont town employee quietly lowered fluoride in water for nearly 4 years

  08-10-2022 20:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly
  
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• Florida solicited flight prices 2 months before flying migrants north, docs show

  08-10-2022 20:41 via abcnews.go.com
  Florida began soliciting migrant flight prices in July, documents show
  
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• Mother says police beat daughter to death in Iranian protests

  08-10-2022 20:29 via theguardian.com
  Tehran authorities ‘shaken to core’ as demonstrations grow and death toll mountsThe mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl, Nika Shakarami, who died during protests that continue to sweep the country, has rejected official claims that her death was caused by falling from a building and insisted she was beaten to death by regime forces.Nasreen Shakarami said authorities refused to notify the family about her daughter’s death for 10 days and then removed Nika from the morgue, buryi
  
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• Putin dealt bitter blow as blast cripples key bridge to Crimea

  08-10-2022 20:21 via theguardian.com
  Ukrainians relish show of Russian vulnerability after explosion on supposedly untouchable 18-mile prestige structureAn explosion has crippled the heavily guarded bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland, a hated symbol of Russian occupation and key logistics link for Russian troops in southern Ukraine, in the latest heavy blow to Vladimir Putin after weeks of military humiliation.The Kerch bridge was a personal prestige project for the Russian president, and the hit came the day after hi
  
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• The damage to one of Russia's key supply lines expedites the strategic choices the President has to make about the occupation of southern Ukraine

  08-10-2022 20:15 via cnn.com
  An explosion that severely damaged parts of the road and rail bridge between annexed Crimea and the Russian mainland early Saturday seems designed to play into President Vladimir Putin's current talent for making bad decisions.
  
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• The blast exposes the staggering weakness of Russian forces and leaves the President with a series of painful decisions to make in the hours ahead

  08-10-2022 20:15 via cnn.com
  An explosion that severely damaged parts of the road and rail bridge between annexed Crimea and the Russian mainland early Saturday seems designed to play into President Vladimir Putin's current talent for making bad decisions.
  
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• Analysis: Putin faces more grim choices Crimea bridge blast

  08-10-2022 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  An explosion that severely damaged parts of the road and rail bridge between annexed Crimea and the Russian mainland early Saturday seems designed to play into President Vladimir Putin's current talent for making bad decisions.
  
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• Analysis: Putin faces grim choices after blast hits key bridge

  08-10-2022 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  An explosion that severely damaged parts of the road and rail bridge between annexed Crimea and the Russian mainland early Saturday seems designed to play into President Vladimir Putin's current talent for making bad decisions.
  
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• Teen shot by police officer while eating in McDonald's parking lot

  08-10-2022 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  A San Antonio Police Department officer has been fired after shooting a 17-year-old boy who was eating a meal in a McDonald's parking lot, the department said. The teen was charged with evading detention in a vehicle and assaulting the officer. All charges have been dropped.
  
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• North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile, Japan says

  08-10-2022 19:55 via cnn.com
  
  North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile, the Japanese Prime Minister's Office reported via Twitter on Saturday.
  
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• Erling Haaland called 'ridiculous' and 'sublime' as he sets more scoring records

  08-10-2022 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Erling Haaland is called "ridiculous" and "sublime" as he obliterates the record for fastest player to score 15 Premier League goals in Saturday's 4-0 win over Southampton.
  
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• A Marine who hated Muslims went to a mosque to plant a bomb. His intended victims ended up saving his life

  08-10-2022 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  As soon as some members of the Islamic Center of Muncie saw the man coming toward them, they knew he was trouble.
  
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• Beyoncé denies claim she misused sample

  08-10-2022 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  Someone's a "Beautiful Liar," according to Queen Bey.
  
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• Why Iran’s female-led revolt fills me with hope | Kamin Mohammadi

  08-10-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  The bravery of the women’s rights fight in Tehran and beyond is a cause for hope – and a call to actionIt was in the strange days between the Queen’s death and her funeral that the bad news from Iran broke through the blanket coverage of the state mourning rituals. The news that pierced this was the report that a young woman had died in the custody of Iran’s morality police.Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, had been taken into custody because of “bad hijab&rd
  
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• Albanian people-smuggling gang 'dismantled' after arrests in Spain

  08-10-2022 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say it took officers based in the UK and Spain more than a year to identify the ringleaders.
  
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• At least 2 killed in Iran as security forces intensify crackdown over protests

  08-10-2022 17:23 via cnn.com
  
  • A barrier of fear has been broken in Iran. The regime may be at a point of no return
  
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• Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker making last appearance as Time Lord

  08-10-2022 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The Power Of The Doctor episode will end her time on the sci-fi series after five years in the lead role.
  
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• How explosion affects Russia's strategy in Ukraine

  08-10-2022 16:42 via cnn.com
  
  A huge blast early Saturday has severely damaged the only bridge connecting annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland, causing parts of it to collapse.
  
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• How blast affects Russia's strategy in Ukraine

  08-10-2022 16:42 via cnn.com
  
  A huge blast early Saturday has severely damaged the only bridge connecting annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland, causing parts of it to collapse.
  
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• Two teens and a child among 10 people killed in Ireland gas station explosion

  08-10-2022 16:34 via cnn.com
  
  Seven people were killed and eight people hospitalized in an explosion at a gas filling station in the northwest of Ireland, local authorities said on Saturday.
  
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• Gambia cough syrup scandal: Mothers demand justice

  08-10-2022 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Sixty-six Gambian children are thought to have died because they were given unsafe medicine.
  
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• Thai nursery attack: The story of the three-year-old survivor

  08-10-2022 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Three-year-old Emmy was found awake, curled up next to the bodies of her classmates.
  
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• Welby voices concern over potential move of British embassy to Jerusalem

  08-10-2022 15:18 via theguardian.com
  Archbishop of Canterbury joins others worried about impact Tel Aviv switch could have on Palestinian peace talksThe archbishop of Canterbury has expressed concern about the potential for the British embassy to be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.The UK prime minister, Liz Truss, told her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid at the United Nations summit in New York last month that she was considering the relocation. Continue reading...
  
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• Surveillance footage captures moment of explosion

  08-10-2022 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  Surveillance footage from cameras on the Kerch bridge leading to Russian-annexed Crimea shows the moment of a large explosion on the roadway. The source of the blast is unclear, and Ukrainian officials have started responding to the fire, without directly acknowledging that Ukraine was responsible. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
  
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• Surveillance footage captures large explosion on key bridge to Russian-annexed Crimea

  08-10-2022 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  Surveillance footage from cameras on the Kerch bridge leading to Russian-annexed Crimea shows the moment of a large explosion on the roadway. The source of the blast is unclear, and Ukrainian officials have started responding to the fire, without directly acknowledging that Ukraine was responsible. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
  
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• How meltdown in a $1 trillion market brought the UK to the brink of a financial crisis

  08-10-2022 14:57 via cnn.com
  
  Pension funds are designed to be dull. Their singular goal — earning enough money to make payouts to retirees — favors cool heads over brash risk takers.
  
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• Fleeing Russia in defiance of Putin

  08-10-2022 14:44 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to conscript men to fight in his war in Ukraine has created a mass exodus. CNN's Ivan Watson speaks to some of the thousands who left their homeland behind in defiance of Putin.
  
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• Thailand nursery attack: offerings amid heartbreak as funerals of victims begin

  08-10-2022 14:43 via theguardian.com
  Ceremonies under way in Uthai Sawan after king says ‘there are no words that can describe the sorrow’Toy trucks, baby bottles and flowers have been left beside the coffins of victims of the mass killing at a nursery school in north-eastern Thailand, as funeral ceremonies began.Inside wat Rat Samakee, a temple in Uthai Sawan where most of the child victims were taken, families sat beside their loved ones’ remains. A mother held on to her son’s red blanket as she stared ahe
  
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• USWNT defeated by England in front of record Wembley crowd under shadow of Yates report

  08-10-2022 14:10 via cnn.com
  
  The United States Women's National Team (USWNT) was defeated 2-1 by England at Wembley in an international friendly that spotlighted both the increasing popularity of women's football and its failures.
  
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• Nevada Democrats sound alarm as election denier leads secretary of state race

  08-10-2022 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jim Marchant, the election-denying Republican nominee for secretary of state in Nevada, has so far been outspent and out campaigned by his Democratic opponent.
  
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• The rise of #BookTok: How this social media trend helps to sell books

  08-10-2022 13:54 via cnn.com
  
  With more than 80 billion views to date, TikTok's #BookTok trend is not only creating social media influence, but also boasting book sales in physical stores. Here is how this social media community is revitalizing the publishing industry.
  
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• #BookTok: The social media trend helping sell books

  08-10-2022 13:54 via cnn.com
  
  With more than 80 billion views to date, TikTok's #BookTok trend is not only creating social media influence, but also boasting book sales in physical stores. Here is how this social media community is revitalizing the publishing industry.
  
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• Northeastern's law school sent out 4,000 acceptance letters by mistake

  08-10-2022 13:49 via cnn.com
  
  Over 200 law school applicants received the exciting news that they had been accepted to Northeastern University's law school last week. There was just one problem: The acceptance letters were sent by mistake, according to the university.
  
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