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• Officials told CNN there are signs that Beijing wants to 'creep up to the line' of providing lethal military aid to Russia without getting caught

  18-02-2023 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  The US has recently begun seeing "disturbing" trendlines in China's support for Russia's military and there are signs that Beijing wants to "creep up to the line" of providing lethal military aid to Russia without getting caught, US officials familiar with the intelligence told CNN.
  
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• Former US President Jimmy Carter to begin receiving home hospice care

  18-02-2023 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  Former US President Jimmy Carter will begin receiving hospice care, according to a statement from The Carter Center on Saturday.
  
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• Former US President Jimmy Carter to receive hospice care

  18-02-2023 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former president will spend his remaining time at home with his family, the Carter Center said.
  
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• China offers 'no apology' in first meeting after spy balloon incident, Blinken says

  18-02-2023 23:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  China's senior foreign minister offered “no apology” in his meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken for the spy balloon that floated over the U.S.
  
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• King Charles turns to 'Cats' composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for flagship coronation music

  18-02-2023 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  Britain's King Charles III has enlisted the help of acclaimed British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to write the flagship anthem for his upcoming coronation.
  
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• The protesters who've gone missing as China deepens crackdown

  18-02-2023 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police have quietly gone after those who took part in the November protests that shook China.
  
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• Blinken and Chinese counterpart meet in first face-to-face talks since spy balloon shot down

  18-02-2023 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday, a State Department spokesperson said.
  
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• Twitter to charge for SMS two-factor authentication

  18-02-2023 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter Blue subscribers will be the platform's only users able to use text messages as a two-factor authentication method, Twitter announced Friday.
  
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• US warns allies that China may increase support for Russia

  18-02-2023 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  The US has recently begun seeing "disturbing" trendlines in China's support for Russia's military and there are signs that Beijing wants to "creep up to the line" of providing lethal military aid to Russia without getting caught, US officials familiar with the intelligence told CNN.
  
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• Earthquake survivors are being rescued 10 days later -- here's how they've survived

  18-02-2023 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Sanjay Gupta breaks down how some people are able to survive for many days under the rubble, and why some international rescue teams adhere to "the rules of fours."
  
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• Mexican candidates turn to migrants in US for votes: report

  18-02-2023 22:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexican presidential candidates have turned to the migrant population of the U.S. to court support in the upcoming 2024 elections.  "[Mexican migrants] have voting power and the ability to influence and advise their family who lives in Mexico," Marko Cortés, national president of Mexico’s center-right party PAN, said at an event near Dallas, Texas. Remittances, the money sent from citizens living and working abroad to families from their homeland, play a significant part as a c
  
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• Former US President Jimmy Carter to begin receiving hospice care

  18-02-2023 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Former US President Jimmy Carter will begin receiving hospice care, according to a statement from The Carter Center on Saturday.
  
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• Twitter to make you pay to secure your account this way

  18-02-2023 21:20 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter Blue subscribers will be the platform's only users able to use text messages as a two-factor authentication method, Twitter announced Friday.
  
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• US Secretary of State Blinken meets with Chinese counterpart in Munich

  18-02-2023 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday, a State Department spokesperson said.
  
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• Alaska woman pleads guilty to killing 'best friend' after man catfished her and offered to pay $9 million for murder videos

  18-02-2023 20:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Alaska woman pleaded guilty to killing her "best friend" after a man she met online said he would pay her $9 million if she sent him photos and videos of her committing murder.
  
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• Watchdog slams NYT for 'spreading lies' by employing journalist accused of defending terrorist groups

  18-02-2023 20:21 via foxnews.com
  
  A media watchdog group focusing on Middle East reporting has criticized the New York Times for employing a journalist who has ties to CAIR and whose past reporting has defended terror groups Hezbollah and Hamas. The "Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis" (CAMERA) released a statement last week calling out the major outlet for having hired Raja Abdulrahim as a New York Times correspondent in Jerusalem.  Abdulrahim, who has published pieces for the Times since late 202
  
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• A ship carrying luxury goods sank in 1660. Here's what divers found

  18-02-2023 20:09 via cnn.com
  
  I'll never forget reading "Treasure Island" as a kid.
  
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• U.S. officials believe China may be providing Russia nonlethal military assistance in Ukraine war

  18-02-2023 20:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. believes China may be providing nonlethal military assistance to Russia for use in Ukraine, according to four U.S. officials familiar with the matter, and the administration worries China is considering sending lethal aid.
  
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• Sleep specialist has 4 tips to help stop snoring

  18-02-2023 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  Weill Cornell sleep specialist Dr. Daniel Barone tells you what daily habits are making your snoring unbearable. If you don't have sleep apnea (which can be dangerous), he has a few tricks and contraptions that can help ease that racket you're making.
  
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• Tom Hanks endures soccer's highs and lows as Aston Villa succumbs to Arsenal in six goal thriller

  18-02-2023 18:56 via cnn.com
  
  Watching soccer seems to be becoming a favorite pasttime for Hollywood stars.
  
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• 1 dead and 1 injured after shooting at Intel campus in Arizona

  18-02-2023 18:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  One person is dead and another injured after a shooting at an Intel campus in Arizona on Saturday morning, police said.
  
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• Six-year-old in Florida accidentally shot grandmother, police say

  18-02-2023 18:30 via nbcnews.com
  A six-year-old girl in Florida accidentally shot her grandmother on Thursday, leaving her with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
  
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• Victor Osimhen: Is the Napoli star the world's best striker?

  18-02-2023 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  Soccer star Victor Osimhen is enjoying a season that will live long in the memory.
  
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• The striker reaching career milestones faster than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo

  18-02-2023 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  Soccer star Victor Osimhen is enjoying a season that will live long in the memory.
  
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• Iran International: Channel leaves UK after regime threats

  18-02-2023 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iran International says it's leaving the UK because of threats against its London-based journalists.
  
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• 'It's game over': Car spun 5 times by cops during wild chase

  18-02-2023 17:50 via cnn.com
  
  California Highway Patrol spent nearly 2 hours trying to stop a suspect in a silver Kia. The chase continued after several collisions, even at speeds as slow as 15mph.
  
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• Boy, 5, among 9 kids injured in shooting at Georgia gas station

  18-02-2023 17:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 5-year-old boy was among nine children and teenagers injured in a shooting Friday night at a gas station in Columbus, Georgia, authorities said.
  
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• Turkey earthquake: Antakya now unrecognisable to tour guide

  18-02-2023 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 20-year tour guide takes the BBC into the Turkish city, where his usual reference points are in ruins.
  
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• Russia has committed 'crimes against humanity' in Ukraine, Kamala Harris says

  18-02-2023 17:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. has formally determined that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in its war with Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday.
  
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• Kyle Jacobs, songwriter and husband of country singer Kellie Pickler, dead at 49

  18-02-2023 17:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kyle Jacobs, a songwriter and the husband of country singer Kellie Pickler, died at the age of 49 on Friday, according to police.
  
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• One man finds closure after long-lost WWII US submarine found off Japanese coast

  18-02-2023 16:25 via cnn.com
  
  William Bower II feared he would never know where his father's final resting place was, but he hung on to hope for decades.
  
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• See an aurora 'explode' in Alaska

  18-02-2023 16:21 via cnn.com
  
  A space physics doctorate student caught the incredible moment on camera.
  
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• 'Oh my God!': Student films remarkable event in the sky

  18-02-2023 16:21 via cnn.com
  
  A space physics doctorate student caught the incredible moment on camera.
  
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• Roman-era sarcophagus found in Gaza

  18-02-2023 16:16 via cnn.com
  
  A Roman-era lead sarcophagus was uncovered on Tuesday at the site of a 2000-year-old Roman necropolis in the Gaza Strip. The necropolis is along the Northern Gaza coast and 500 meters (0.3 miles) from the sea.
  
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• Actress Stella Stevens of 'Nutty Professor' and 'Poseidon Adventure' dies at 84

  18-02-2023 16:16 via cnn.com
  
  Actress Stella Stevens, who appeared in a string of movies in the 1960s and '70s including "The Nutty Professor" and "The Poseidon Adventure," died Saturday from Alzheimer's disease at 84, said her son, actor and producer Andrew Stevens.
  
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• Soccer star found dead and many still missing in Turkey earthquake rubble

  18-02-2023 16:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  A soccer star has been found dead under the building where he lived in Turkey, his agent said Saturday.
  
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• Opinion: 'The arc of history will not go Putin's way.' 7 voices on one year of war

  18-02-2023 16:08 via cnn.com
  
  It's the evening of February 23, 2022. In Kyiv, the boss of a news site relaxes with a bath and candles. In Zaporizhzhia, a young woman goes to bed planning to celebrate her husband's birthday in the morning. In Moscow, a journalist happens to postpone his travel plans to Kyiv.
  
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• Tiger Woods says he's sorry 'if I offended anybody' after 'prank' on course

  18-02-2023 15:58 via cnn.com
  
  Tiger Woods handed Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving his playing partner in an apparent prank that some on social media are saying has sexist overtones.
  
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• Flight from Auckland lands 16 hours later in ... Auckland

  18-02-2023 15:19 via cnn.com
  
  It's the stuff of nightmares. You're trying to get somewhere, you've prepped and planned and you're doing your best and yet you end up right back where you started.
  
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• Flight from Auckland lands 16 hours in ... Auckland

  18-02-2023 15:19 via cnn.com
  
  It's the stuff of nightmares. You're trying to get somewhere, you've prepped and planned and you're doing your best and yet you end up right back where you started.
  
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• US state lawmaker asks trans woman if she has a penis

  18-02-2023 14:45 via cnn.com
  
  During a discussion about a bill that would restrict healthcare for trans youth,Arkansas Sen. Matt McKee asked a transgender woman testifying against the bill if she has a penis.
  
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• South Africa drills with Russia, China could signify failed Washington efforts to solidify African allies

  18-02-2023 14:34 via foxnews.com
  
  South Africa launched joint naval drills with Russia and China Friday, prompting international backlash along with questions over its allegiances with Western allies.  The 10-day long military exercises, which come as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine looms, signify more than an ambivalent attitude towards the war, it suggests Washington's attempts to court South Africa are failing.  "There is a real desire on the part of South Africa to create a mul
  
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• After six Olympics and 20 World Championships, Mexican prince retires

  18-02-2023 13:18 via cnn.com
  
  Aged 64, Mexico's Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg competed in his 20th Alpine Ski World Championships on Friday.
  
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• 'Fire-breathing demon' dog returned to shelter again

  18-02-2023 13:17 via cnn.com
  
  Will a fourth adoption be the charm for this seemingly unadoptable pup?
  
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• 'He could easily destroy us': See Tucker Carlson's private text about Trump

  18-02-2023 13:03 via cnn.com
  
  The most prominent stars and highest-ranking executives at Fox News privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite the right-wing channel allowing lies about the presidential contest to be promoted on its air, damning messages contained in a court filing revealed. CNN's Sunlen Serfaty reports.
  
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• Two women, one Social Security number, and a mighty big mess

  18-02-2023 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  They have the same name. They were born on the same day in South Korea. And they were both assigned the same Social Security number after they emigrated to the US.
  
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• Momentum builds in Congress to crack down on TikTok

  18-02-2023 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Bipartisan momentum is growing in Congress to crack down on TikTok with some favoring a national ban and others probing how the Chinese-owned app affects teens.
  
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• California city bans people from living in tents amid homeless crisis

  18-02-2023 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  California city bans people from living in tents amid homeless crisis
  
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• Biden and Republican senators join forces in attack on Big Tech at Supreme Court

  18-02-2023 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden and some of his most prominent Republican adversaries in Congress have become allies in an upcoming Supreme Court case with Big Tech.
  
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• As residents near Ohio train derailment begin to file lawsuits, some report coughs or chest pain

  18-02-2023 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  In suits against Norfolk Southern, people who live near East Palestine allege they lost income due to evacuations and were exposed to cancer-causing chemicals.
  
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