CNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN They were once seen as heroes of the nation, the almost mythical warrior-king leaders who defeated the separatists in a bloody civil war. Yet the final days of Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa dynasty tell a very different tale. In the early hours of Wednesday, embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made a hurried
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Millions of Shanghai residents braved sweltering heat Tuesday to wait in line for compulsory Covid tests, as growing case numbers and the emergence of a highly infectious Omicron subvariant spurred new fears of a return to mass lockdown. Shanghai authorities have ordered the majority of the city’s 16 districts to undergo
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday that clears the path for gun violence victims to file civil suits against the companies that manufacture the firearms used in crimes. The move effectively tightens gun laws in California, which has the strictest gun safety measures in the nation, according to the
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CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday, challenging the restrictions imposed by China and others on transit through the area. Lt. Nicholas Lingo, a spokesperson for the US Navy’s 7th Fleet headquartered in Japan, said it was the second so-called freedom of
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday, challenging the restrictions imposed by China and others on transit through the area. Lt. Nicholas Lingo, a spokesperson for the US Navy’s 7th Fleet headquartered in Japan, said it was the second so-called freedom of navigation
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By Rob Frehse, Mark Morales, Lauren del Valle and Brynn Gingras, CNN The knife-wielding assailant who authorities believe had stabbed three homeless men in New York City while they slept, killing one of them, has been arrested, police and city officials announced at a news conference Wednesday. The alleged attacker, identified as Trevon Murphy, 40,
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Travis Caldwell, Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves, Dakin Andone and Amir Vera, CNN Surveillance video of law enforcement’s response during the Uvalde school massacre gives the clearest account yet of how officers waited outside an elementary classroom as the gunman continued firing, killing 21 students and teachers on May 24. The video —
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CNN By Megan Marples, CNN The European Space Agency terminated its cooperation with Russia to launch Europe’s first planetary rover, the agency’s chief said Tuesday. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, and ESA were collaborating on a mission involving the European ExoMars Rover, designed to look for signs of life on Mars. The rover’s September 2022
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran activist to nine months in jail under a colonial-era sedition law for planning to protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics earlier this year. Koo Sze-yiu, 75, had planned to carry a homemade wooden coffin to China’s Liaison Office in the city on
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By Jessie Yeung and Shawn Deng, CNN A heat wave is sweeping through China, with residents resorting to air raid shelters and public fountains to stay cool, as 84 cities across the country on Wednesday issued their highest-level red alert warnings. A red alert means temperatures are expected to reach over 40 degrees Celsius (104
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By Josh Campbell and Aya Elamroussi, CNN 7-Eleven recommended that its Los Angeles-area stores close for a second night Tuesday as police investigate a string of robberies that left two people dead and three people wounded. Authorities are still working to determine whether the robberies that happened Monday at six 7-Eleven locations are connected, police
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CNN By Ray Sanchez and Peter Nickeas, CNN The gunman walked into the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and casually pushed back his long hair before moving to adjoining classrooms where he killed 19 students and two teachers, according to edited portions of surveillance video of the law enforcement response. The 82 minutes of disturbing footage
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN The response from the families of the Uvalde massacre victims was of anger and outrage, the reaction from law enforcement experts was that of astonishment and dismay. It followed the release Tuesday by a Texas newspaper of leaked surveillance video from inside the school, days ahead of when officials said they
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN When Vladimir Putin refocused his war in Ukraine on the country’s east three months ago, he did so bruised by the failures of his initial lunge towards Kyiv and desperate for a face-saving success. After a slow and bloody march through Luhansk was finalized with the capture of the city of
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CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN A stellar nursery where stars are born, interactions between galaxies and a unique view of an exoplanet are just some of the new cosmic images were shared Tuesday. After decades of waiting, it’s finally time for the world to see the first images taken by the most powerful space telescope
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By Elizabeth Joseph and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Uvalde, Texas, City Council on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Councilman Pedro “Pete” Arredondo. Arredondo, who is the Uvalde school district police chief, said in his resignation letter earlier this month he was stepping down from the city council position to “minimize further distractions.” “The Mayor, the
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN Three men accused of having stolen and attempting to sell handwritten notes and lyrics by the Eagles’ Don Henley have been indicted on multiple charges, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Office announced Tuesday. About 100 pages of notes and lyrics for songs including “Hotel California,” “Life in the Fast Lane” and
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By Amir Vera and Mark Morales, CNN A New York City correction officer has been fired after an inmate died in the city’s Rikers Island jail, according to a Tuesday statement from the city Department of Correction. The inmate, identified as Elijah Muhammad, 31, was found unresponsive in his cell and declared dead on Sunday
Continue Reading CNN, KABB, WOAI, KSAT By Ray Sanchez and Peter Nickeas, CNN The gunman walked into the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and casually pushed back his long hair before moving to adjoining classrooms where he killed 19 students and two teachers, according to edited portions of surveillance video of the law enforcement response. The 82 minutes
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