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‘No need for preachers,’ Chinese leader Xi Jinping tells UN human rights chief
World
May 25, 2022
‘No need for preachers,’ Chinese leader Xi Jinping tells UN human rights chief
(CNN) – Chinese President Xi Jinping defended his country’s human rights record on Wednesday, telling a visiting UN official there…
Boris Johnson’s staff got drunk, brawled and abused cleaners during Covid lockdowns, damning report finds
World
May 25, 2022
Boris Johnson’s staff got drunk, brawled and abused cleaners during Covid lockdowns, damning report finds
London (CNN) – Parties that went on until the early hours of the morning. Drunken staff vomiting and fighting with…
“We will stop you!”: Singing climate protesters disrupt Shell shareholder meeting
World
May 25, 2022
“We will stop you!”: Singing climate protesters disrupt Shell shareholder meeting
London – Shell’s annual shareholder meeting was temporarily suspended on Tuesday after dozens of climate protesters caused disruption, chanting slogans…
Ukraine war, North Korea’s nukes, China’s rise: What’s on the agenda as Biden meets Quad leaders in Tokyo
World
May 25, 2022
Ukraine war, North Korea’s nukes, China’s rise: What’s on the agenda as Biden meets Quad leaders in Tokyo
Hong Kong (CNN) – US President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet the leaders of India, Australia and Japan in…
At least five killed after a building collapses in Iran, leaving 80 people trapped
Middle East
May 25, 2022
At least five killed after a building collapses in Iran, leaving 80 people trapped
(CNN) – At least five people were killed and 27 people injured when a 10-story building collapsed in the southwest…
North Korea tests presumed ICBM and two other missiles, South Korea says
World
May 25, 2022
North Korea tests presumed ICBM and two other missiles, South Korea says
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) – North Korea tested a presumed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in one of three missile tests…
Parents waited late into the night for children to be identified after a gunman killed 19 students and 2 adults at a Texas elementary school
World
May 25, 2022
Parents waited late into the night for children to be identified after a gunman killed 19 students and 2 adults at a Texas elementary school
(CNN) – Just two days before students in a Texas elementary school were set to begin their summer break, a…
‘They were shooting directly at the journalists’: New evidence suggests Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces
Middle East
May 25, 2022
‘They were shooting directly at the journalists’: New evidence suggests Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces
(CNN) – Several shots ring out in quick succession, cutting through a clear, blue spring morning in Jenin, in the…
What Dubai looked like before it boomed
Middle East
May 25, 2022
What Dubai looked like before it boomed
Dubai (CNN) — Dubai is a desert phenomenon. In the space of 50 years, it has grown from a small trading outpost…
People will likely lose up to 58 hours of sleep by 2099, study suggests
Environment
May 24, 2022
People will likely lose up to 58 hours of sleep by 2099, study suggests
(CNN) – People around the world are likely to lose 50 to 58 hours of sleep a year by 2099…