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• Hacked Chinese police files reveal devastating details about Uyghur families

  09-02-2023 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  A new search tool, compiled from thousands of leaked Chinese police files, is providing information on the Uyghur residents living in China's Xinjiang region. In this exclusive report, CNN's Ivan Watson speaks with the Uyghurs living abroad who use the search tool to track down their long-lost families after years of separation and silence.
  
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• China using spy balloon drama to drum up nationalistic fervour

  09-02-2023 23:37 via theguardian.com
  
  The communist party’s propaganda machine pulled out all the stops to ensure the public opinion was in accordance with party narrativeAmid the diplomatic spat over the high-altitude balloon that flew across North America before being shot down by the US air force, China is taking the opportunity to drum up nationalistic fervour among its citizens – and the tactic appears to be working well.The balloon incident has burst the facade of a three-month, uneasy peace between China and the U
  
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• WATCH: Cat gets curious with mini pool table

  09-02-2023 23:35
  
  Ollie the cat began pawing cue balls into the pockets after seeing a pool table for the first time.
  
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• Luhansk regional leader claims the offensive is 'part of the full-scale offensive that Russia has been planning'

  09-02-2023 23:34 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Wagner: Group no longer recruiting convicts in possible strategy shift
  • Tanks: At least 1,000 of Russia's destroyed
  • Video: Expert on why Russia is in a 'bad spot'
  
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• Ex-diplomat: This is what to expect when negotiating with Putin

  09-02-2023 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Catherine Ashton, former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, about her experience negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Ex-diplomat shares what it's like negotiating with Putin

  09-02-2023 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Catherine Ashton, former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, about her experience negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• SpaceX attempts first 'static fire' test of gargantuan Super Heavy rocket booster

  09-02-2023 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  SpaceX just attempted to ignite all 33 engines in a test fire of its gargantuan Super Heavy rocket booster. The trial marks the company's first "static fire" test for what is expected to be the most powerful launch vehicle ever built.
  
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• Norovirus appears to be spreading as rate of positive tests spikes

  09-02-2023 23:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Norovirus' symptoms typically include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain.
  
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• Canadian father recounts moments after deadly daycare bus crash

  09-02-2023 23:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Parents returned Thursday to the Montreal-area daycare center where two children were killed when a bus rammed into the building, stopping to grieve and to recount the difficult moments they witnessed. André Beaudoin, a father of a 2-year-old boy who attends the center in Laval, said he had to push through debris Wednesday to help pull injured children from under the bus, which had shattered the front of the building. "I managed to get four out; the last girl … her head was stuck r
  
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• Nigerian universities to close during major election for security reasons

  09-02-2023 23:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Nigerian authorities on Thursday directed all universities to shut down for nearly three weeks for this month's presidential elections, citing security concerns. The National Universities Commission said "concerns expressed on the security of staff, students and properties of our respective institutions," were a factor in the decision, in a letter to universities signed by Chris Maiyaki, its deputy executive secretary. On Feb. 25, Nigerians will elect a successor for President Muhammadu Buhari,
  
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• Kobe Bryant's MVP No. 24 jersey sells for $5.8 million

  09-02-2023 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  A rare Kobe Bryant jersey from the Los Angeles Lakers star's only MVP season sold for $5.8 million Thursday, according to a tweet from Sotheby's.
  
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• Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle intensifies on path to Norfolk Island and New Zealand

  09-02-2023 22:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Weather system off the Queensland coast predicted to intensify to category three, with winds of up to 224km/hFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTropical Cyclone Gabrielle is expected to strengthen to category three as it barrels towards Norfolk Island, in line to pummel New Zealand’s North Island.The system is predicted to intensify to category three on Friday morning, picking up speed and stren
  
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• Australia worried 'prolific' sperm donors could lead to 'accidental incest'

  09-02-2023 22:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Australia is appealing for a centralized database to track sperm donors amid fears that the current system could lead to a number of familial complications.  "We need a central register across Australia, and a central bank so that everyone operates out of the same one … and it’s not dependent on which doctor they go to," Rebecca Kerner, the chair of the Australian and New Zealand Infertility Councilors Association, told The Guardian. The current system in Australia does not tra
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo scores four goals to pass 500 in club career

  09-02-2023 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League on Thursday to reach the career milestone of 500 club goals.
  
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• Kyrgyz government seeking to shut down radio station

  09-02-2023 21:56 via foxnews.com
  
  A court in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on Thursday rescheduled for March 15 the hearing of a request by the country’s Culture Ministry to close down Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s local branch, called Radio Azattyk. Radio Azattyk’s website was blocked in Kyrgyzstan in October 2022 and its bank accounts frozen under national money laundering laws, over a video report about clashes on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in the Batken region. RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: ZELENSKYY SAYS EUROP
  
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• Russian cheesecake doppelganger poisoning suspect convicted of trying to kill lookalike and steal identity

  09-02-2023 21:55 via foxnews.com
  
  A Russian woman living in New York has been convicted of attempted murder and other charges after trying to kill a lookalike with poisoned cheesecake to steal her identity, prosecutors announced. Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, faces up to 25 years in prison for the crime at her March 21 sentencing. The Russian native visited Olga Tsvyk in Forest Hills in 2016 bearing a sweet slice with sour intentions, according to prosecutors. The dose knocked out Tsvyk, whose last memory before losing consciousness wa
  
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• Hunter Biden lawyer shoots down records request from House Republicans

  09-02-2023 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hunter Biden's legal counsel on Thursday rejected a request from House Republicans for records and information related to his business dealings.
  
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• Russian foreign minister meets with Sudanese leadership

  09-02-2023 21:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia's foreign minister met with Sudan’s military rulers on Thursday, state media in Sudan reported, the final stop on Sergey Lavrov's tour of Africa. The top Russian diplomat Africa trip has been seeking to strengthen ties and expand influence at a time when the West has sought to isolate Moscow with sanctions over Russia's war on Ukraine. Lavrov held talks with Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, the head of Sudan's ruling Sovereignty Council, as well as with his deputy, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dag
  
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• Luhansk military administration chief says 'escalation' from Russian-occupied city signals start of offensive

  09-02-2023 21:50 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Wagner: Group no longer recruiting convicts in possible strategy shift
  • Tanks: At least 1,000 of Russia's destroyed
  • Video: Expert on why Russia is in a 'bad spot'
  
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• Florida schools will not ask student-athletes about menstruation, following outcry

  09-02-2023 21:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida schools will no longer ask student-athletes about their menstrual histories in order to play sports, following opposition from parents, physicians and advocates.
  
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• House votes to overturn D.C. voting rights, crime laws

  09-02-2023 21:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Republican-led House has launched the first salvo in what could be a long-running feud with the District of Columbia over self-government in the nation’s capital.
  
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• Body camera footage released from 'Cop City' protest shooting

  09-02-2023 21:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police in Atlanta on Wednesday released body-camera video related to the Jan. 18 fatal shooting of an activist who was camped out to protest the building of a law enforcement training facility.
  
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• Russia apartment fire leaves 7 dead, including 2-year-old girl

  09-02-2023 21:43 via foxnews.com
  
  An apparent gas explosion in an apartment building in the south-central Russian city of Novosibirsk Thursday morning killed at least seven people, including a 2-year-old child, according to local emergency services. Regional Gov. Andrey Travnikov said nine people had been taken to the hospital, with two in intensive care. Earlier, authorities had said ten people, including two children, who may have been inside when the explosion occurred at 7:43 a.m. remained unaccounted-for. "The nature of the
  
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• Former Mexican security czar embezzled up to $746M, authorities claim

  09-02-2023 21:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexican authorities said Thursday that former top security official Genaro Garcia Luna embezzled as much as $745.9 million from government technology contracts. Pablo Gómez, the head of Mexico's anti-money laundering unit, said Garcia Luna and associates set up companies that got 30 dubious government contracts while he was Mexico's top security official in 2006-2012 and for six years afterward. Garcia Luna "put together a network of corruption and money laundering to benefit himself and
  
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• Man who carried a Confederate flag in the Capitol on Jan. 6 is sentenced to 3 years

  09-02-2023 21:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kevin Seefried, a Delaware man who carried a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced to prison.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo scores four times for Al Nassr to pass 500 league goals

  09-02-2023 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo scores four times to move past the 500 career league goal mark as Al Nassr beat Al Wehda 4-0 in the Saudi Pro League.
  
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• Nicaragua releases over 200 political prisoners and sends them to the US

  09-02-2023 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  The Nicaraguan government released more than 200 political prisoners, many of whom arrived in the United States on Thursday, according to officials, following years of repression by the country's President Daniel Ortega.
  
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• ‘This is huge’: Nicaragua frees 222 political prisoners and flies them to US

  09-02-2023 21:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Daughter of former foreign minister Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa says he is among detainees released, adding: ‘Everybody is on the plane’ More than 200 prisoners jailed by Nicaragua’s authoritarian regime during a ferocious two-year political crackdown have been freed and flown to the United States.“This is huge,” Georgiana Aguirre-Sacasa, the daughter of one of the prisoners – the elderly former foreign minister Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa – said on Thursday m
  
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• Who made the first stone tools? Discovery sheds light on mystery

  09-02-2023 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  The discovery of 330 stone artifacts in Kenya that date back 2.9 million years is throwing light on a key question in human evolution — who first used stone tools?
  
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• Parents may have planned apparent murder-suicide in Louisiana, official says

  09-02-2023 21:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four family members were found fatally shot in a home south of downtown New Orleans on Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide that authorities say may have been planned by one or both parents.
  
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• Burt Bacharach: 12 of the legendary composer's most magic moments

  09-02-2023 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The composer, who has died aged 94, was behind classics like I Say a Little Prayer and Walk On By.
  
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• Southwest exec vows fixes but rebuffs calls for cash hardship payments to fliers

  09-02-2023 20:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  COO Andrew Watterson apologized for the holiday travel meltdown and told senators that the company is upgrading its scheduling system and weather preparations.
  
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• 'Just trying to do my job': Reporter arrested at governor's news conference

  09-02-2023 20:40 via cnn.com
  
  Evan Lambert, a NewsNation correspondent, was released from a county jail Wednesday night after being arrested at a news conference on a train derailment in Ohio. The arrest happened after he was told to stop broadcasting during Gov. Mike DeWine's remarks.
  
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• More than 75,000 people have been injured as aid agencies warn of a deadly 'secondary disaster' due to harsh conditions

  09-02-2023 20:29 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Sister shields sibling from dust during 36-hour wait for help after quake
  • The earthquake in Turkey is one of the deadliest this century. Here's why
  
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• Turkey earthquake: Why did so many buildings collapse?

  09-02-2023 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recently built properties advertised as earthquake-proof were among collapsed buildings in Turkey.
  
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• More than 75,000 people have been injured in Syria and Turkey following the disaster that struck the two nations on Monday

  09-02-2023 20:01 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Sister shields sibling from dust during 36-hour wait for help after quake
  • The earthquake in Turkey is one of the deadliest this century. Here's why
  
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• UK recruiter of debt-hit Indonesians loses seasonal workers licence

  09-02-2023 19:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Some of the over 1,450 people brought by AG Recruitment owed thousands to unlicensed brokersA British recruitment agency that brought Indonesian farmworkers to the UK who had debts of thousands of pounds to foreign brokers has lost its licence as a seasonal worker sponsor.More than 1,450 Indonesians were brought to Britain last year by AG Recruitment to pick berries and other fruits to supply British supermarkets. Continue reading...
  
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• Videos depicting racist stereotypes prompt demands for Colorado councilman to resign

  09-02-2023 19:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  A city councilman filmed portraying racist stereotypes of Muslims, Latinos, Black people and Asians to promote his sports bar, has rebuffed calls to resign.
  
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• European Super League organizers unveil revamped competition

  09-02-2023 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  The organizers of the European Super League (ESL) have unveiled a revamped competition with "60 to 80 teams," they announced in a statement on Thursday.
  
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• WATCH: 6-year-old adorably asks government for 3-day weekend

  09-02-2023 19:27
  
  Little Brodie brings up some convincing points.
  
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• Cake pan gets the best of this 2-year-old chef

  09-02-2023 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  Toddler gets her head stuck in a cake pan. Mom calls 911. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports it was anything but a cakewalk.
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried back in court after prosecutors raise witness-tampering questions

  09-02-2023 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in a New York federal court on Thursday, just over a week after the judge in the FTX founder's fraud case tightened the bail conditions in response to allegations of witness tampering.
  
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• Rescuers celebrate after saving boy from rubble

  09-02-2023 19:05 via cnn.com
  
  Survivors of a deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria could face "a secondary disaster" as cold and snow lead to "worsening and horrific conditions," the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Years of conflict and an acute humanitarian crisis mean that there are extra difficulties in helping survivors in Syria, where international aid has been slow to arrive. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz reports.
  
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• WATCH: Huge fire breaks out at bus terminal in Philippines

  09-02-2023 18:38
  
  A huge blaze broke out at a bus terminal in Quezon City, prompting evacuations at nearby businesses and rerouting buses.
  
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• A calorie-restricted diet may slow aging in healthy adults, science shows

  09-02-2023 18:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Eating fewer calories appears to slow the pace of aging and increase longevity in healthy adults, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Nature Aging.
  
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• Chick-fil-A will test a cauliflower sandwich in its first plant-based pilot

  09-02-2023 18:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Chick-fil-A will test its first plant-based entree: a cauliflower sandwich.
  
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• Orca mothers forgo having more offspring to look after full-grown sons

  09-02-2023 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  It's no surprise that parenthood can be demanding and sacrifices are often made for the sake of offspring. But for female killer whales, the role can be particularly challenging.
  
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• Chinese balloon was ‘clearly’ for spying, says US

  09-02-2023 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  State department source says balloon was carrying equipment capable of intercepting communicationsAnalysis: China using spy balloon drama to drum up nationalistic fervourThe Chinese balloon that flew over North America for more than a week before being shot down over the Atlantic was carrying equipment capable of intercepting and geolocating communications, the US government has claimed.A senior state department official said on Thursday that equipment was identified by a U-2 spy plane sent up t
  
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• Quiz of the week: What was tipped to boost sex drive?

  09-02-2023 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?
  
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• 'These kids should know better': Don Lemon reacts to racist high school video

  09-02-2023 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  Video shows high school students spraying black paint on another student while simultaneously mocking Black History Month. CNN's Jean Casarez has the details.
  
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