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Francesca Street, CNN Rachel Décoste landed in West Africa’s Republic of Benin in August 2018, anticipating an important journey of self-discovery, but not predicting the extent to which the trip would change her life. On her first day exploring Benin, Rachel asked a passerby for directions. Two weeks later, Rachel and the stranger were engaged.
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Early in-person voting is beginning in Georgia, hours before the candidates for governor meet in the first of two scheduled debates. Democrats are pushing supporters to vote early in races that include a pivotal U.S. Senate seat. Republican incumbent Brian Kemp is releasing new proposals to fight
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Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Democrats have spent weeks attacking Republican midterm candidates with television ads about abortion. Some of the ads have been misleading. Many of the Democratic ads accurately describe their Republican targets’ strict anti-abortion positions. But some others employ slippery phrasing and the power of insinuation to promote the impression that certain Republican
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Democrats have spent weeks attacking Republican midterm candidates with television ads about abortion. Some of the ads have been misleading. Many of the Democratic ads accurately describe their Republican targets’ strict anti-abortion positions. But some others employ slippery phrasing and the power of insinuation to promote the impression that certain
Continue ReadingBy Elissa Strauss, CNN Hollywood’s version of childbirth bears little resemblance to my experience, or that of anyone else I know. On the screen, we almost always see soon-to-be-moms rushing to the hospital after a dramatic water breaking, a somewhat rare occurrence in real life, after which she howls and curses her way through a
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has begun its annual nuclear exercises in northwestern Europe as tensions simmer over the war in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use any means to defend Russian territory. Fourteen of NATO’s 30 member countries are taking part in the exercises along with around 60 aircraft including fighter jets, surveillance
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By JILL LAWLESS AND DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The new U.K. Treasury chief will announce details of his tax and spending plans Monday, two weeks ahead of schedule, in a bid to calm markets roiled by the government’s economic policies. Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is expected to ditch more of
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is sending up to 40 experts to Armenia to help watch over its border with Azerbaijan. The move agreed Monday is an effort to help restore peace and build confidence between the longtime foes. The monitoring mission will be deployed for up to two months. Last month, Armenia and
Continue ReadingBy CNN Sport staff Tom Brady had some choice words for his offensive line during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 20-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. The defeat sees Tampa Bay move to 3-3 this season, while Pittsburgh, which had quarterback Kenny Pickett leave the field with a concussion and replaced by Mitchell Trubisky,
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A scathing report says officers in London’s Metropolitan Police force are getting away with breaking the law, and the system for investigating police misconduct is marred by racism and misogyny. A report by investigator Louise Casey says some officers are “getting away both with misconduct but also
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Members of BTS, the K-pop supergroup, are planning to undertake military service, the band’s record label confirmed Monday, with Jin, the oldest member, aiming to start the process at the end of the month. Military service is mandatory in South Korea, where almost all able-bodied men are required
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to greenlight a military training mission in Europe for thousands of Ukrainian troops. Foreign ministers from the 27-nation bloc are also set to approve Monday another half a billion euros to help supply weapons and other military support to Ukraine. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has donated religious offerings to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime militarism, though he did not visit it in person. Kishida donated Shinto “masakaki” ornaments for Yasukuni Shrine’s biennial festival, as he has done
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly higher Monday as investors kept their eyes on a weeklong Communist Party congress in China. France’s CAC 40 added 0.5% in early trading to 5,961.27. Germany’s DAX gained 0.5% to 12,498.72. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.5% to 6,894.84. The future for the
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly higher Monday as investors kept their eyes on a weeklong Communist Party congress in China. France’s CAC 40 added 0.5% in early trading to 5,961.27. Germany’s DAX gained 0.5% to 12,498.72. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.5% to 6,894.84. The future for the
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say that more than half of the flood victims in the country’s worst-hit Sindh province have returned to their homes over the past three weeks as the water gradually receded. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited on Monday a remote district in Sindh and traveled from
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN President Joe Biden spent the weekend at his home in Delaware, where he met up with his wife, other family members and — if they followed usual practice — Willow the cat and Commander the dog. It’s a familiar weekly ritual. As of this point in his presidency, Biden has spent
Continue ReadingBy Victoria Butenko, Olga Voitovych and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Ukrainian officials said at least four people were killed when Russia launched a barrage of Iranian-made “kamikaze” drone attacks in Kyiv on Monday, setting off warning sirens across the capital. Four people were injured in the attacks and 19 people trapped under the destruction have been
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Britain’s new finance minister announced a comprehensive retreat on the UK government’s tax-and-spending plans on Monday in a frantic effort to calm jittery markets and restore the government’s credibility. Just four days into the job, Jeremy Hunt said he would reverse “almost all” tax measures announced three weeks ago by
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