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Month: June 2024

Allies urge Trump to focus on inflation, immigration and crime as team tempers debate expectations

By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Staring down a potentially race-defining debate and an opponent that has spent far more time preparing, Donald Trump’s team is now trying to steer the former president’s focus to kitchen table issues instead of the grievances that have occupied his mind for the past four

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This North Korean defector sends ‘smart’ balloons back home. Here’s a look inside his secretive assembly room

By Jessie Yeung, Mike Valerio and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Beside a desk scattered with soldering pieces, loose wires and electronic parts, Choi’s computer screen tracks wind conditions and the GPS location of some unlikely parcels: massive “smart” balloons he has sent floating into North Korea. From a small apartment in

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El Tribunal Europeo considera a Rusia culpable de violaciones de los derechos humanos en la Crimea ocupada

Julia Hernández (CNN) — El Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos (TEDH) declaró a Rusia culpable de violaciones sistemáticas de los derechos humanos desde que ocupó Crimea en febrero de 2014. Es una victoria para Ucrania en su primer caso interestatal presentado contra Rusia por Crimea. Según un comunicado de prensa del tribunal de este martes,

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This North Korean defector sends ‘smart’ balloons back home. Here’s a look inside his secretive assembly room

CNN By Jessie Yeung, Mike Valerio and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Beside a desk scattered with soldering pieces, loose wires and electronic parts, Choi’s computer screen tracks wind conditions and the GPS location of some unlikely parcels: massive “smart” balloons he has sent floating into North Korea. From a small apartment

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International Criminal Court issues war crimes arrest warrants for Russia’s Shoigu and Gerasimov

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov for alleged international crimes, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The court said Tuesday the pair were allegedly responsible for two war crimes:

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Biden and Trump are set to debate. Here’s what their past performances looked like

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — What people remember from Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s first debate four years ago are likely the interruptions, the shouting and the “will you shut up, man?” Then-President Trump arrived at that first matchup in Cleveland seemingly determined to steamroll Biden at every turn, leaving the Democratic candidate exasperated and

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‘This is the blood of my son’: While Israel hailed rescue of four hostages, Palestinians recall the horrors

By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Tareq El Helou, Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq, Paula Hancocks, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Avery Schmitz and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN (CNN) — Bullet holes fleck the bloodstained walls of the Miqdad family home, in Nuseirat camp, central Gaza. CNN footage from the house shows a cream teddy bear perched on a white cupboard,

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The former executive assistant to a tech CEO found decapitated in a Manhattan apartment in 2020 has been convicted of murder

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — The former executive assistant of a tech CEO was found guilty Monday of murdering his boss – whom he then decapitated and dismembered – in 2020, according to a news release from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said Tyrese Haspil, 25, killed Fahim Saleh, 33, to prevent him from

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Friendly’s, Hershey’s ice cream products among various brands recalled over bacterial contamination concerns

By Maya Davis, CNN (CNN) — Consumers looking to cool off this summer are advised to avoid popular ice cream products from brands including Friendly’s, Hershey’s and Chipwich due to possible Listeria contamination, according to a recall announced Monday Totally Cool, Inc recalled ice cream products from over a dozen brands distributed through retail stores

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Prosecutors in Alameda County death penalty cases may have acted criminally during trials, district attorney says

By Stephanie Becker and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Alameda County District Attorney’s office said it has uncovered possible criminal conduct committed by prosecutors after it was ordered to review dozens of death penalty cases to determine whether prosecutors intentionally excluded Black and Jewish jurors. Earlier this year, a federal judge ordered the district

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