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• Michelle Yeoh on how her Oscar-nominated role was first offered to Jackie Chan

  03-02-2023 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Yeoh speaks to CNN's Christiane Amanpour about her acclaimed film "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and her first reactions to the script.
  
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• At Alex Murdaugh trial, legal teams clash over how financial crimes relate to murder case

  03-02-2023 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Murdaugh is accused of fatally shooting wife Margaret and son Paul in an act that prosecutors contend was done to cover up his slew of alleged financial misdeeds and garner sympathy.
  
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• House Judiciary subpoenas attorney general, FBI chief and education secretary

  03-02-2023 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed the heads of the Justice Department, FBI and Education Department for documents related to school board meetings.
  
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• Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

  03-02-2023 23:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92
  
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• Prosecutors likened Trump to mob boss and had to prove he wasn’t insane – book

  03-02-2023 22:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Mark Pomerantz, who was on New York team investigating tax affairs, reportedly compares ex-president to John GottiNew York prosecutors building a case against Donald Trump for allegedly lying about his wealth for tax purposes had to show the former president was “not legally insane”, one of those prosecutors reportedly writes in an eagerly awaited new book.The lawyer, Mark Pomerantz, also reportedly compares Trump, the only confirmed candidate for the Republican presidential nominati
  
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• The John Barilaro factor: former NSW deputy premier becomes focal point in state campaign

  03-02-2023 22:49 via theguardian.com
  
  New auditor general report highlights Barilaro’s office created rules for a grants program that saw Labor electorates miss out entirelyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFor a couple of days this week, Dominic Perrottet was riding high.The ClubsNSW boss, Josh Landis, whose campaign against the premier’s proposed cashless gaming scheme was fuelling division within the coalition, was sacked,
  
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• ‘Honour’ killing of YouTube star sparks outrage in Iraq

  03-02-2023 22:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Politicians and human rights groups demand justice for Tiba al-Ali after father’s confessionThe death of a young YouTube star at the hands of her father has sparked outrage in Iraq, as so-called “honour” killings continue in the conservative country.Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on 31 January in the southern province of Diwaniya, interior ministry spokesperson Saad Maan said on Twitter on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• The suspected Chinese spy balloon is maneuverable, the Pentagon says. Senior military leaders advise against shooting it down

  03-02-2023 22:10 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • China says balloon is for research and entered US after deviating from planned course
  
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• Missing rappers found dead in basement, homicide investigation underway

  03-02-2023 22:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Detroit police found the bodies of three men in the basement of an abandoned apartment complex as they searched for rappers Armani Kelly, Dante Wicker and Montoya Givens.
  
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• Sydney renter hit by 35% hike as housing crisis sparks calls to cap increases

  03-02-2023 22:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Tenants’ Union says some form of rent control is needed to alleviate pressure during a ‘nasty’ time in the marketFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMillie Bannister was already anxious about how much the rental market had skyrocketed in Sydney when she received a letter from her landlord saying they wanted to increase her rent by 35%.“Last time, it only increased by $60, but no
  
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• Trump campaign promised to ‘fan the flame’ of 2020 election lie, audio reveals – as it happened

  03-02-2023 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Audio shows strategy to spread word of stolen electionSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailSenior state officials have commented on the postponement of Blinken’s trip to China after a Chinese spy balloon was discovered over the US yesterday, noting that conditions were no longer right for Blinken’s travel.From Reuters’ reporter Hümeyra Pamuk: Continue reading...
  
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• Russian shelling kills US medical volunteer in Ukraine

  03-02-2023 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
  The 34-year-old veteran was in the country working as a medic when his vehicle was hit in the east of the countryAn American medic has been killed while working on the frontlines in Ukraine, just weeks after arriving in the country.Pete Reed, 34, was killed on Thursday while he was helping evacuate civilians when his vehicle was reportedly hit by a missile in Bakhmut, the eastern city which has become a focus of fierce fighting. Continue reading...
  
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• Officials have said that the balloon's path carries it over a 'number of sensitive sites' in the US

  03-02-2023 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  As the US and its Canadian partners continue to monitor a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon floating above the northern United States, one question stands out among the rest: Why hasn't it been shot down?
  
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• High court overrules Bournemouth’s unlimited strip club policy

  03-02-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Judge rules Bournemouth, Christchuch and Poole council unreasonable to dismiss women’s safety concerns as ‘moralistic’A council’s policy on lapdancing and strip clubs was overturned by a high court judge, after a challenge by a sexual abuse survivor who said it would have a negative impact on women’s safety.Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council adopted a new policy in November 2021, which allowed an unlimited number of sexual entertainment venues in the area.
  
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• Arrests made after 6 killed execution-style, including baby

  03-02-2023 20:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Two suspects are in custody after six family members, including a 16-year-old mom and her baby, were gunned down in a targeted and likely gang-related "massacre."
  
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• 'Unbelievable': CNN anchor reacts to new doll collection with Disney

  03-02-2023 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Laura Coates joins two photographers from CreativeSoul Photography who've partnered with shopDisney to debut a new collection of magical dolls inspired by Disney princesses meant to empower young girls of color.
  
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• Woman mistakenly pronounced dead breathing in body bag at funeral home

  03-02-2023 20:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Employees at an Iowa medical care center mistakenly deemed a 66-year-old woman in hospice care dead and coordinated her transportation in a cloth bag to a funeral home.
  
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• US secretary of state postpones China visit after spy balloon flies over Montana

  03-02-2023 20:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Antony Blinken delays trip, as China claims balloon was for ‘meteorological’ purposes and was blown off courseSpy balloons: what are they and why are they still being used?The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has postponed a planned visit to China this weekend after the intrusion of a high-altitude Chinese balloon into US airspace.China had apologised for the incident, claiming it had been a weather balloon which had been blown off course, but US officials made clear they did n
  
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• New US military package includes rocket-powered bomb to double Ukraine’s strike range – as it happened

  03-02-2023 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  New US $2.175bn military aid also includes precision-guided rockets and HAWK air defence firing units. This live blog is now closedRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceMaria Zakharova, the Russian foreign ministry spokesperson, has posted to Telegram, responding to the Ukrainian president’s comments about the slowing down of western sanctions on Russia.She quotes the media saying “Zelenskiy complained that the pace of sanctions in Europe has slowed down, and Russia has become faster to adap
  
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• US Pentagon rejects China's claim that the balloon is a civilian research airship. Senior military leaders advise against shooting it down

  03-02-2023 19:59 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • China says balloon is for research and entered US after deviating from planned course
  
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• Gary Glitter’s early prison release ‘not the justice’ victims were promised, lawyer says

  03-02-2023 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Former pop star has been freed halfway through 16-year sentence for sexually abusing three schoolgirlsA woman who was sexually abused as a child by Gary Glitter believes his release, midway through a 16-year sentence, is “not the justice she was promised,” her lawyer has said.There was outcry on Friday as the 79-year-old left HMP The Verne, a low-security category C jail in Dorset, after eight years behind bars for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. Continue reading...
  
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• Photographers empower girls of color by reimagining Disney princesses

  03-02-2023 19:33 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Laura Coates joins two photographers from CreativeSoul Photography who've partnered with shopDisney to debut a new collection of magical dolls inspired by Disney princesses meant to empower young girls of color.
  
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• Civil lawsuit filed year after police-related death of Minneapolis man, Amir Locke

  03-02-2023 19:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Civil lawsuit filed year after police-related death of Minneapolis man, Amir Locke, who was killed during a no-knock search warrant.
  
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• Ontario says ‘colonization’ costs mean it does not owe First Nations billions

  03-02-2023 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Canadian province argues in court it is not responsible for compensating Indigenous people over broken treaty obligationsOntario has claimed that it does not need to pay billions of dollars owed to First Nations over broken treaty obligations, arguing that it has already spent the sum on the historical costs of resource extraction and the infrastructure of “colonization”.Canada’s federal government and the province have spent the last week in a Sudbury court arguing neither is
  
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• Scams: FCA blocks more than 10,000 ads from Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

  03-02-2023 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Financial watchdog warns over rise of ‘fin-fluencers’ targeting younger people on social mediaMore than 10,000 misleading financial promotions and scams aimed at consumers via social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok have been identified and targeted by the financial watchdog during the past year.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the use of social media marketing channels and the rise of so-called “fin-fluencers” – particularly dir
  
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• Fraudulent travel agent who pretended to have terminal cancer jailed

  03-02-2023 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Durham court heard Lyne Barlow’s £1.2m fraud also involved stealing financial identity of her motherA rogue travel agent who defrauded 1,400 holidaymakers and pretended to have terminal cancer to deflect complaints has been jailed for nine years.Durham crown court heard how the scale of Lyne Barlow’s fraud, which also involved stealing the financial identity of her mother and borrowing money from neighbours and friends that was not paid back, had been estimated at £1.2m.
  
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• Baby among nine dead from cold and thirst on boat in Mediterranean

  03-02-2023 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Survivors tell Italian authorities vessel carrying about 50 people lost its way trying to cross from TunisiaA baby was among nine people including his mother and a pregnant woman who died of cold and thirst on a boat carrying about 50 migrants across the central Mediterranean, Italian authorities have said.Survivors who landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa after being rescued late on Thursday told investigators the four-month-old baby slipped out of the boat after his mother, who was holdin
  
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• Kate has worked out what will define her royal future

  03-02-2023 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  There had been rumblings and whispers of something big coming from Kensington Palace. This week we finally found out exactly what's been in the works when Catherine, Princess of Wales unveiled a major new public awareness campaign centered around the importance of early childhood.
  
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• Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi released on bail after hunger strike

  03-02-2023 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Award-winning director, who was arrested in July, is released from Evin prison in TehranThe acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been released on bail after starting a hunger strike to protest against his almost seven-month detention, a rights group and supporters said on Friday.Panahi has been released from Evin prison in Tehran “two days after starting his hunger strike for freedom”, the US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said on Twitter. Iran’s Shargh n
  
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• Families of US detainees in China urge Blinken to make them 'number one' priority

  03-02-2023 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  Harrison Li and Katherine Swidan both worry they may never see their loved ones again.
  
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• Mafia boss found working as pizza boss after 16 years on the run

  03-02-2023 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  Italian anti-Mafia police have arrested another mobster on the run, just two weeks after the sensational arrest on January 16 of Sicilian Cosa Nostra superboss Matteo Messina Denaro at a health clinic in Palermo, Sicily.
  
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• Biden appears to back off vow to punish Saudi Arabia

  03-02-2023 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  Several months after President Joe Biden promised Saudi Arabia would suffer "consequences" after the Saudi-led OPEC+ oil cartel unexpectedly announced it would cut production, the Biden administration has no plans to take proactive steps to punish -- let alone significantly reorient its posture toward -- the oil-rich Middle East kingdom, multiple sources on Capitol Hill and in the administration tell CNN.
  
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• Funeral director finds woman pronounced dead gasping for air in body bag

  03-02-2023 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  An Iowa Alzheimer's care facility is facing a $10,000 fine after pronouncing a woman dead who was later found alive when a funeral director unzipped her body bag, according to documents from the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals.
  
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• Bear-clawed cavern discovered in Spain ‘opens new door on prehistory’

  03-02-2023 17:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers hail ‘world-class discovery’ that suggests cave bears may have lived farther south than thoughtResearchers exploring a cave system in south-east Spain have discovered a huge cavern, sealed off for millennia, hung with huge stalactites and gouged by the claws of long-extinct cave bears, which, they claim, “opens a new door on prehistory”.The find was made at the Cueva del Arco, a collection of caves in the Almadenes gorge near the Murcian town of Cieza. Althoug
  
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• New York's long-awaited 'bean' sculpture unveiled

  03-02-2023 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  A large curvaceous, reflective sculpture by Anish Kapoor that was commissioned for a prominent street corner in Lower Manhattan back in 2008 has finally been completed. The yet-to-be-titled work, which shares many features with the British artist's iconic "Cloud Gate" sculpture in Chicago — known colloquially as "the bean" — is now shining crisply at the corner of Church and Leonard streets in Tribeca.
  
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• Marlon Brando's breakup letter to girlfriend is up for sale

  03-02-2023 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  A handwritten letter sent by a young Marlon Brando to break up with his French girlfriend in the late 1940s could fetch up to $15,000 at auction.
  
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• Smear campaign targets nominee who would be FCC's first openly gay commissioner

  03-02-2023 17:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  A campaign to block the appointment of a commissioner to the Federal Communications Commission has turned ugly.
  
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• US Secretary of State pushes back his visit to Beijing in response to a suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over the US, officials say

  03-02-2023 17:17 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • China says balloon is for research and entered US after deviating from planned course
  
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• Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne dies aged 88

  03-02-2023 17:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Eccentric designer became known for his space-age metal dresses and signature range of fragrancesThe Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne, best known for his space-age metal dresses, bestselling fragrances and eccentric pronouncements, has died at the age of 88.His death was announced on Friday in a statement by the Puig group, which owns the Paco Rabanne brand. “I am profoundly saddened by the death of Paco Rabanne,” the group’s chief executive, Marc Puig, said in a statement
  
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• 'The whole place shook': Man describes what it was like when Israeli military raided his home

  03-02-2023 17:06 via cnn.com
  
  Tensions in the West Bank are high as violence between the Israeli military and Palestinians has ramped up in recent weeks. Last week, Israeli forces killed ten Palestinians and wounded several others in a raid on a refugee camp in the city of Jenin. CNN's Nic Robertson visits the scene of the raid and meets some of those whose homes were caught in the crossfire.
  
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• Activision Blizzard settles SEC charges for $35 million

  03-02-2023 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  Activision Blizzard will pay $35 million to settle US government allegations that the video game giant violated a whistleblower protection rule and lacked processes to collect workplace misconduct complaints, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  
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• Paco Rabanne, Spanish fashion designer known for his flamboyant creations, dies at 88

  03-02-2023 16:41 via cnn.com
  
  World-famous fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at the age of 88.
  
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• These Florida brothers' opioid 'pill mill' is linked to thousands of deaths, FBI says

  03-02-2023 16:40 via cnn.com
  
  Throngs of people hang outside the American Pain clinic in Boca Raton, Florida, waiting their turn. Inside, a doctor greets them one by one and prescribes them pain medication, a handgun peeking out from under his white coat.
  
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• China says balloon is for research and entered US after deviating from planned course

  03-02-2023 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his upcoming trip to China in response to the flying of a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the United States, according to two US officials. The postponement marks a significant new phase in the tensions between Washington and Beijing.
  
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• 'Extremely triggering': Police shooting survivors react to Tyre Nichols video

  03-02-2023 16:26 via cnn.com
  
  The footage of Tyre Nichols' deadly police arrest is hard to watch, but for those who have survived brutal police encounters, it can be unbearable.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 345 of the invasion

  03-02-2023 16:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Zelenskiy urges west to supply long-range weapons; EU offers support to Ukraine in Kyiv meeting but no promises on membershipSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...
  
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• U.S. added 517,000 jobs in January as employers drove unexpected hiring surge

  03-02-2023 16:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  The employment picture started off 2023 on a stunningly strong note, with nonfarm payrolls posting their strongest gain since last July.
  
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• How an 1800s surgeon experimenting on enslaved Black women affects anti-abortion

  03-02-2023 16:06 via cnn.com
  
  In this episode of CNN's digital series, "History Refocused," Nicquel Terry Ellis outlines the anti-abortion movement's historical links to White supremacy and how the overturning of Roe v. Wade has reopened a conversation about racial equality.
  
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• Poker star uses Airtag to track bag lost in airport 'twilight zone'

  03-02-2023 15:56 via cnn.com
  
  You check your luggage for a flight, but it doesn't appear on the carousel at your destination.
  
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• Mexico plans to accelerate its push toward renewable energy as global energy costs rise

  03-02-2023 15:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexico was pushed to accelerate its turn toward renewable energy after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year drove a sharp increase in global energy costs, Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said late Thursday. Ebrard made the comments after taking dozens of foreign diplomats to see a massive new solar energy project near the U.S. border. "Mexico is making a really great effort because it didn't consider (the shift to renewable energy and electric vehicles) would be so fast," Ebrar
  
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