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Chris Christie says it is time for GOP to 'face the realities of the 2020 election'

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday urged Republicans "to face the realities of the 2020 election and learn, not hide from them," as he lobbed several thinly veiled criticisms at his one-time ally, former President Donald Trump. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3tHdOmJ

Chris Christie says it is time for GOP to 'face the realities of the 2020 election'

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday urged Republicans "to face the realities of the 2020 election and learn, not hide from them," as he lobbed several thinly veiled criticisms at his one-time ally, former President Donald Trump. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3tHdOmJ

Who really benefits from China's crackdown on multiple industries?

China's ruling Communist Party under Xi Jinping -- its most powerful leader since Mao Zedong -- has unleashed as series of crackdowns against a range of industries. CNN's David Culver breaks down recent economic, social and cultural changes in China, and explains how they're portrayed to serve the people while simultaneously serving Xi's goals to preserve the ideology and uncontested leadership of the Party. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/38RKWyt

Biden speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid tensions in recent months

President Joe Biden spoke with China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday evening as relations between the two countries have remained tense in recent months, particularly in cyberspace, with the US having accused China of widespread malfeasance, including a massive hack of Microsoft's email system and other ransomware attacks. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3yYZ0Ra

CNN reporter shows Trump supporter her debunked Facebook posts. See her reaction

Mary Quintanilla, a Facebook user with over 3,000 friends, says she's been in "Facebook jail" over a dozen times. Despite the temporary restrictions, Quintanilla continues to share and post misinformation. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan sits down with Quintanilla and the two go through her Facebook feed together. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3BUbN9x

Former NFL players plead guilty in multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme

Two-time Pro Bowl running back Clinton Portis and two other former NFL players have pleaded guilty for their roles in a nationwide health care benefit fraud scheme to submit false claims for payouts totaling about $3 million, the Justice Department said Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3h9eID6

Washington Post: Trump to endorse Wyoming lawyer in effort to primary Cheney

Donald Trump is planning to endorse a lawyer and former Republican Party official in Wyoming in an effort to primary GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of the former President who has drawn his ire for rejecting his claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3E2wEcm

Obama says California recall vote is difference 'between protecting our kids and putting them at risk' in new TV ad

Former President Barack Obama urges Californians to reject the recall effort targeting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a television ad released on Wednesday, telling voters that the outcome of Tuesday's recall election could be the difference "between protecting our kids and putting them at risk." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2WZOFaY

Black man's statue is the lone monument standing on historic street in former capital of the Confederacy

A towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday, adding to a growing list of Confederate symbols that have been taken down across the country since George Floyd's death sparked a nationwide reckoning with police brutality and racism. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3nbZp0x

Risk of severe breakthrough Covid-19 higher for seniors and people with underlying conditions

For fully vaccinated Americans, the risk of being hospitalized or dying from Covid-19 is low -- much lower than the risk for unvaccinated people. But in those rare cases when a fully vaccinated person gets infected, data suggests it's older adults and those with multiple underlying medical conditions who are most at risk of serious illness. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3yZZAOt

World Health Organization forecasts 25% fewer Covid vaccines for the world this year than earlier hoped

The World Health Organization's vaccine-sharing program COVAX forecasts an additional 1.1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses will be made available globally between now and the end of the year, fewer than previously estimated. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3z5WSaB

FBI releases new video footage of person placing pipe bombs near RNC and DNC headquarters before Capitol riot

The FBI has released new video footage of a suspect accused of planting two pipe bombs near the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC, the night before the US Capitol riot. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3heFEkY

Capitol Police memo warns of potential for violence during September 18 rally

Law enforcement officials are bracing for potential clashes and unrest during an upcoming right-wing rally in Washington, DC, as violent rhetoric surrounding the September 18 event has increased online and counter protests are being planned for the same day, according to an internal Capitol Police memo reviewed by CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3jTvsA2

Trump commentating on Holyfield fight on 9/11? Is this a prank?

When I first heard that Donald Trump -- you know, the former President of the United States -- was going to provide ringside commentary for a boxing match featuring former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, I figured it was a prank. When I found out that the event was set for September 11 -- the 20th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on American soil in history -- I was sure it was a prank. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3hdRZGd

Royal Navy warships leave Britain for landmark Pacific deployment

Two Royal Navy patrol ships left the United Kingdom on Tuesday for a five-year deployment that will see them act as "the eyes and ears" of Britain from the west coast of Africa, to the west coast of the United States, according to a British Defense Ministry statement. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3BPuvPt

National security police arrest organizers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil

Four activists from the Hong Kong pro-democracy group that organizes the city's annual Tiananmen Square vigil were arrested early Wednesday morning, after the group refused to comply with a police order to submit information on national security grounds. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3l5T5ou

How a Ukrainian-led sting operation went wrong

Former high-ranking Ukrainian military intelligence officials described exclusively to CNN how they orchestrated the operation aimed at luring suspected war criminals out of Russia to face prosecution for atrocities committed in eastern Ukraine where separatists backed by Moscow have been fighting for years. CNN's Matthew Chance reports on how the mission was foiled. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3ncEVou

Clinton Portis and two other former NFL players plead guilty in multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme

Two-time Pro Bowl running back Clinton Portis and two other former NFL players have pleaded guilty for their roles in a nationwide health care benefit fraud scheme to submit false claims for payouts totaling about $3 million, the Justice Department said Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3h9eID6

Alleged 9/11 plotters, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appear at Guantanamo pretrial hearing

Five alleged 9/11 plotters, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who has been called the mastermind behind the September 11 terrorist attacks, appeared in a military court for a pretrial hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday. All five are accused of having some involvement with planning and executing the 2001 terror attacks. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Yr9Um8

UN climate conference 'must go ahead' despite calls for postponement due to Covid, official says

The president of the UN climate change conference insisted Tuesday that the event scheduled for November in Glasgow "must go ahead in person," after a network of 1,500 civil society groups called for the negotiations to be postponed. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3tpofe9

Majestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out

Almost everything about a sequoia tree is giant: It can grow to more than 200 feet tall and live longer than 3,000 years. Yet the sequoia's footprint is shrinking, as human-induced climate change threatens this ancient tree's survival. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3BP6Q1y

With election looming, Brazil's conservatives cozy up to US far right

Brazil's embattled president Jair Bolsonaro faces sliding approval ratings and public outrage over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. With an election on the horizon, Bolsonaro and his allies are looking to the American far right for inspiration. CNN's Isa Soares reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3najVyC

From Nobel laureate to global pariah: How the world got Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia so wrong

​​"Abiy, Abiy," the crowd chanted, waving Ethiopia's tricolor flag and cheering as the country's new prime minister, dressed in a white blazer with gold trim and smiling broadly, waved to a packed basketball arena at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, part of a whirlwind three-city tour of the United States to woo the diaspora. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3zTUuEM

South Carolina attorney resigns and enters rehab after being shot in the head months after deaths of his wife and son

Alex Murdaugh, the prominent South Carolina attorney who said he was shot Saturday, about three months after he discovered the bodies of his wife and son shot dead outside the family's home, said Monday he plans to resign from his law firm and begin an unspecified rehabilitation treatment, according to a statement obtained by CNN affiliate WCSC. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3kXgBUQ

Reporter reveals what Melania told friends about 2024

Melania Trump's disinterest in public political life runs deep enough that she has told several friends that not only does she not intend to bolster her husband's political ambitions, she also has zero desire for a White House redux, according to several people who spoke with CNN about her mindset. CNN's Kate Bennett reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3BImUlJ

Pretrial hearings for alleged 9/11 plotters set to resume at Guantanamo this week

Pretrial hearings in the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been accused of being the lead plotter behind the September 11 attacks, and four other detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are set to resume on Tuesday. The last in-person hearing in the case was held in February 2020. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3zTCLgP

Belarus opposition figure and protest leader sentenced to 11 years in jail

A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent opposition figure who led mass street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, to 11 years in prison, the latest move in a widespread crackdown on government critics following a contested election last year. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3twSSid

Despite pandemic, Modi's farmer problem hasn't gone away

Marking the return of a months-long movement that has posed a unique challenge to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, farmers gathered in the predominantly agricultural state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday to protest controversial agricultural laws they say could ruin their livelihood. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3tqAYO0

While Caldor Fire slows and evacuation orders are lifted, three new wildfires erupt in California

Firefighters in California made significant progress against the Caldor Fire over the weekend, allowing for some evacuation orders in the Lake Tahoe region to be downgraded. But as residents there began to breathe a sigh of relief, three new fires ignited in the state Sunday, according to Cal Fire. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Vh6wJm

More than 230 journals warn 1.5°C of global warming could be 'catastrophic' for health

Human health is already being harmed by the climate crisis, and the impacts could become catastrophic and irreversible unless governments do much more to address global warming, the editors of more than 230 medical journals said in a joint editorial Monday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3yRM5Al

Florida man wearing body armor kills four people, including an infant in mother's arms, sheriff says

A man outfitted in body armor who described himself as a "survivalist" fatally shot four people, including an infant in their mother's arms, outside Lakeland, Florida, early Sunday morning in what the Polk County Sheriff called an "active shooting rampage." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3zN45xp

As Donald Trump makes noise about 2024, Melania Trump tries to stay out of the public eye

As Donald Trump publicly mulls his political future, playing a game of "will he-won't he" in a potential bid for the White House in 2024, all the while flexing influence in primaries for next year's midterms, there is one key person noticeably quiet. Again. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3DR74qM

Men are marched out of prison camps. Then corpses float down the river

The ghostly outlines of limbs emerge through the mist along the Setit River in eastern Sudan. As the river's path narrows, the drifting bodies become wedged on the silty clay bank and their forms appear more clearly; men, women, teenagers and even children.  from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/38Fy9iz

Biden promised ISIS-K will 'pay.' Having no US troops in Afghanistan makes that harder

As the Biden administration grapples with the challenge of carrying out counterterrorism missions in Afghanistan without US boots on the ground, CNN has learned new details about last Sunday's drone strike on suspected ISIS-K fighters in Kabul that some officials say provide insight into the obstacles ahead for military and intelligence officials tasked with fulfilling President Joe Biden's promise to make the terror group "pay" for its deadly suicide attack in Kabul. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/38JCWzf

Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty stunned at US Open

American tennis player Shelby Rogers rallied to upset No. 1 seed Ashleigh Barty of Australia, the top-ranked woman in the world, in the third round of the US Open in New York on Saturday night. The final score was 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5). from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3h1HdCE

What Sen. Joe Manchin doesn't get

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is likely to be the deciding vote on the $3.5 trillion Senate reconciliation bill to expand spending on social and infrastructure programs. Because of his concerns over rising debt and inflation, Manchin wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he will not support the bill until he gets answers to a basic question: "What should we fund, and what can we simply not afford?" from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3h3xZGc

Capitol riot select committee refutes McCarthy claim that Trump was cleared of any role in insurrection

The top members of the select committee investigating the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill refuted recent claims by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that former President Donald Trump has been cleared by the Justice Department of any role in the insurrection. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3DLipIV

Kabul airport could receive flights in the coming days

A technical team was able to reopen Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport to receive aid Saturday, amid ongoing preparations to prepare the facility for civilian flights, Qatar's Ambassador to Afghanistan Saeed bin Mubarak Al-Khayarin Al-Hajar said in a statement. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3kMYSPy

Naomi Osaka considering taking another break from tennis after US Open loss

In a stunning result, US Open defending champion Naomi Osaka lost her third-round match to Canada's Leylah Fernandez in three sets, as the world No. 3 and four-time major champion uncharacteristically showed signs of frustration on the court and expressed doubts after the match. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2WT4JdR

In Pictures: Beyoncé's best style moments

To reach Beyoncé's level of celebrity, nothing can be done by half measures. Fashion has played an enormous role in solidifying the performer's multi-platinum, Grammy Award-scooping music career. From the early synchronized looks of Destiny's Child, meticulously planned by Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles, to resplendent red carpet gowns and conceptual tour outfits, Beyoncé's stardom has become synonymous with her polished sense of style. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3h1XU17

Ida leaves behind trail of devastation

Ida blasted ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane Sunday, slamming the Gulf Coast with devastating force. The storm surge and winds caused by Ida were so strong, they even partially reversed the flow of the Mississippi River near New Orleans -- something that's "extremely uncommon," according to the United States Geological Survey. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3DJ3IpN

Perseverance rover successfully cores its first rock on Mars

The Perseverance rover successfully drilled into a Martian rock on Thursday, creating an intact core sample that could one day be returned to Earth. But NASA wants better images to make sure the sample is safely in the tube before it's sealed up and stowed on the rover. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/38DRfW0

Afghan women report forced marriages to flee country amid Taliban takeover, sources say

US officials processing Afghan refugees abroad recently alerted the State Department to instances in which women and girls were forced into marriage or arrived with male partners posing as their husbands to be eligible for evacuation and escape the Taliban, according to two sources familiar with the matter. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3kNQVd8

3 growth drivers for Indian economy beyond FY22

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What it would take for Republicans to recall a Democratic governor in deep blue California

All eyes are on a state that backed President Joe Biden by nearly 30 points, where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2-to-1, to see if voters will oust their Democratic governor. At first glance, the numbers wouldn't seem to make it possible, but the political climate has created some unpredictable crosswinds for Gov. Gavin Newsom this year. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2V6AGyS

Texans can now openly carry guns in public without a permit or training. Police say the new law makes it harder to do their jobs

A new pro-gun law in Texas that went into effect Wednesday allows most Texans who legally own a firearm to carry it openly in public without obtaining a permit or training, a measure that experts say will make it more challenging for law enforcement to protect the public from gun violence. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Vc3h66

After Afghanistan withdrawal, questions intensify over who got it wrong

With the US withdrawal from Afghanistan officially complete, the White House is set to begin the difficult process of reviewing the chaotic and deadly evacuation operation that lurched into high gear after Kabul fell to the Taliban, forcing Biden officials to confront how they got things wrong in Afghanistan and ramping up the blame game inside the administration. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3DDnbs2

Another Trump Organization executive to appear before NY grand jury as prosecutors probe former President's business

The Trump Organization's corporate director of security is expected to appear before a grand jury on Thursday in Manhattan, where prosecutors are investigating former President Donald Trump's business, according to a person familiar with the matter. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3kEp9ja

Latest footage shows Taliban checking out abandoned US hardware

As US troops left Afghanistan, the Taliban inspected military equipment abandoned by Afghanistan's army and the US military. The commander of US Central Command says the American hardware has been demilitarized and is no longer operational. CNN's Sam Kiley reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3Bvan53