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โ€˜Invasionโ€™ barges and deep-sea cable cutters: why new Chinese maritime tech is spooking defense watchers

By Yong Xiong, Nectar Gan and Eric Cheung, CNN Hong Kong/Taipei (CNN) — From a chain of massive barges stretching from a Chinese beach into the sea, to a powerful new design for cutting undersea cables at record depths, Chinaโ€™s latest maritime innovations have captured the attention of defense experts โ€“ fueling concerns about their

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Trumpโ€™s pick to lead Social Security promises quick customer service fixes amid agency meltdown

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trumpโ€™s nominee to lead the troubled Social Security Administration told senators Tuesday that he would swiftly improve the agencyโ€™s customer service and slash its payment error rate, all while protecting Americansโ€™ personal information. The bold promises, including a pledge to dramatically cut telephone answer wait times, come

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5 things to know for March 26: Signal chat fallout, Gaza protests, Election order, Florida jobs, Alaska plane crash

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — More than 10,000 firefighters, police and civil servants have been deployed to battle dozens of wildfires raging in South Korea. Fueled by dry air and strong winds, the blazes have killed at least 24 people, burned nearly 43,000 acres and destroyed a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple. Hereโ€™s what else

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Bill Gross Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Hereโ€™s a look at the life of Bill Gross, founder of PIMCO, Pacific Investment Management Company. Personal Birth date: April 13, 1944 Birth place: Middleton, Ohio Birth name: William Hunt Gross Father: Sewell โ€œDutchโ€ Gross, a steel company sales executive Mother: Shirley Gross Marriages: Amy Schwartz (2021-present); Sue (Frank) Gross

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OPEC Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Hereโ€™s a look at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Facts The purpose of OPEC is to โ€œcoordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its Member Countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of

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Pope Francis came so close to death that his medical team considered stopping treatment

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — The medical staff looking after Pope Francis considered stopping his treatment so he could die, according to the lead doctor, while the 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized with a drawn-out respiratory illness. Professor Sergio Alfieri told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera the most critical moment came on February 28 when

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Turkey detains more than 1,400 protesters and multiple journalists after jailing of leading opposition figure

By Isil Sariyuce and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — A Turkish court on Tuesday placed seven journalists in custody after they were arrested while covering the protests in Istanbul, including a photojournalist for French news agency AFP, according to a media-freedom nonprofit and AFP. โ€œAFP strongly condemns the detention of its journalist and photographer Yasin

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Educatorsโ€™ unions sue Trump administration over revocation of $400 million in funding to Columbia University

By Chris Boyette, Yash Roy and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Labor unions representing professors and other educators have sued the Trump administration over its revocation of $400 million in congressionally authorized federal research funding to Columbia University following campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war, accusing the administration of leveraging the funds to

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Google Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Hereโ€™s a look at Google, Inc. Facts The name Google is a play on the word โ€œgoogol,โ€ a mathematical term referring to a 1 followed by 100 zeros (represented as 1 x 10100). Alphabet, Inc., Googleโ€™s parent company, employed 183,323 people as of December 31, 2024. Timeline 1995 – Founders

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Vatican Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Hereโ€™s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on Vatican Hill in northwestern Rome, Italy west of the Tiber River. It is

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Pope Francis Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of the late Pope Francis, the first non-European pontiff of the modern era. Personal Birth date: December 17, 1936 Death date: April 21, 2025 Birth place: Buenos Aires, Argentina Birth name: Jorge Mario Bergoglio Father: Mario Bergoglio Mother: Regina (Sivori) Bergoglio Religion: Roman

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David Letterman Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former late-night talk show host David Letterman. Personal Birth date: April 12, 1947 Birth place: Indianapolis, Indiana Birth name: David Michael Letterman Father: Harry Letterman, florist Mother: Dorothy (Hofert) Letterman Mengering Marriages: Regina Lasko (March 19, 2009-present); Michelle Cook (divorced) Children: with

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Trump administration highlights drug cartels as major national security threat but omits climate change

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US intelligence communityโ€™s annual threat assessment led with the threat from drug cartels for apparently the first time in the reportโ€™s nearly 20-year history, according to Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton and a CNN review of previous assessments, highlighting a top agenda item for President Donald Trump. The

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