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Tragedia en una boda en Iraq: al menos 100 personas mueren tras incendio
macamilarincon (CNN) –– Al menos 100 personas murieron y otras 150 están heridas en Iraq tras el incendio que se desató en una boda en el distrito de Hamdaniya, informó la agencia de noticias estatal INA citando autoridades locales. Previamente, la Defensa Civil de Iraq reportó en un comunicado que había al menos una decena
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2 children killed and 2 hurt in Amish buggy crash in Minnesota
By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Two children were killed and another two were injured when an SUV crashed into a two-wheeled horse-drawn Amish buggy in southern Minnesota on Monday morning, authorities said. The buggy and the SUV were going in the same direction when the crash happened shortly before 8:25 a.m. in Fillmore County
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China has poured billions into Africa’s infrastructure. Is it now tightening the tap?
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The inauguration of two new electricity-generating units in Zimbabwe’s Hwange power station last month was not an unfamiliar scene when it comes to major infrastructure projects in Africa. There, in a rural corner of the southern African nation, government officials and the Chinese ambassador gathered to ribbon-cut
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Crisis at Evergrande deepens as it misses another bond payment
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Evergrande Group has just missed another bond payment, casting further doubt over the future of the embattled property developer at the epicenter of China’s real estate crisis. Hengda Real Estate, Evergrande’s flagship unit in mainland China, missed principal and interest payments on Monday on an onshore 4
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Trump can get away with skipping a debate but can’t evade legal consequences
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will skip another Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night because no one will punish him for not being there. No other Republican front-runner could so contemptuously snub his party’s second on-stage forum and do his own thing – in this case, a speech about the autoworkers
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‘Truly a David and Goliath case’: Six young people take 32 countries to court in unprecedented case
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The European Court of Human Rights will hear an “unprecedented” lawsuit on Wednesday, brought by six young people against 32 European countries accusing them of failing to tackle the human-caused climate crisis. The claimants, between ages 11 and 24 and all from Portugal, will argue that they are on
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Costa Rica president orders state of emergency amid surge of migrants heading to the US
By Marlon Sorto and Shirin Zia Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — Costa Rica’s president has ordered a state of emergency, citing a surge of migrants crossing through the country toward the United States. “The people that arrive are passing across Costa Rica trying to get to the United States, basically,” President Rodrigo Chaves told a press
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Hot flashes are more dangerous than previously thought, so prepare now
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The rush of heat comes out of nowhere, so fierce for some that their faces burn and sweat streams from every pore of their bodies. Welcome to the hot flashes and other symptoms of approaching menopause — an experience experts say about 75% of women will share if they
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Exclusive: Inside Ukraine’s offensive in the East
CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge and Kostyantyn Gak Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — Two Ukrainian soldiers huddle around a drone controller in darkness, their faces illuminated only by its screen. “Oh, something is burning,” one says. They’ve just dropped a bomb on a Russian target. The night-time assault is part of a coordinated
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Exclusive: Inside Ukraine’s offensive in the East
By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge and Kostyantyn Gak Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — Two Ukrainian soldiers huddle around a drone controller in darkness, their faces illuminated only by its screen. “Oh, something is burning,” one says. They’ve just dropped a bomb on a Russian target. The night-time assault is part of a coordinated Ukrainian
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At least 100 killed as fire rips through wedding party in Iraq
By Nechirvan Mando and Hande Atay Alam (CNN) — A fire at a wedding in northern Iraq has killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, according to the Iraqi state news agency INA citing local authorities. The disaster in the Hamdaniya district of northeast Nineveh governorate, was set off by fireworks, candles, and
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Target says it will close nine stores in major cities across four states because of theft and organized crime
By Ramishah Maruf, Parija Kavilanz and Cheri Mossburg, CNN New York (CNN) — Target is closing nine stores in major cities across four states, claiming theft and organized retail crime have made the environment unsafe for staff and customers – and unsustainable for business. The big box chain is part of a wave of retailers