Young Afghan woman paints haunting image from her new home in California

A couple days before the Taliban took over Kabul, Sara Rahmani was sketching in her free time, sitting at her home in California, thousands of miles away from where her heart lies: Afghanistan.
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Skateboards containing American pro skater Tony Hawk's blood sell out overnight

Athletes may be used to putting their blood, sweat and tears into sports, but legendary skater Tony Hawk has just taken it one step further.
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Kerry warns nations are running out of time to decarbonize and challenges China to move away from coal

US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry said in remarks released Tuesday that he is confident the world's largest fossil fuel emitters will ultimately decarbonize. But President Joe Biden's top international climate official warned we're quickly running out of time.
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Syrian oil spill spreads across the Mediterranean and could reach Cyprus on Wednesday

An oil spill that originated from Syria's largest refinery is growing and spreading across the Mediterranean Sea, and could reach the island of Cyprus by Wednesday, Cypriot authorities have said.
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Hostages strapped to getaway cars as robbers target banks in Brazil

A gang of armed robbers in Brazil carried out a series of deadly bank heists using human shields strapped to their getaway cars on Monday.
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Paris slams on the brakes and sets 30km/h speed limit to reduce pollution

Authorities in the French capital of Paris are forcing drivers to slow down, setting a speed limit on almost all the city's roads, in a bid to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
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India massacre memorial's lights-and-lasers 'makeover' attracts controversy

The renovation of a historical monument in India's Punjab state where British troops once killed hundreds of men, women and children has sparked furious debate and concerns over the "Disneyfication" of history.
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Ten family members, including children, dead after US strike

Ten members of one family -- including seven children -- are dead after a US drone strike targeting a vehicle in a residential neighborhood of Kabul, a relative of the dead told CNN.
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China's economy is being rattled by the Delta variant and supply chain woes

China's economy stalled this month as the country tried to stamp out a surge in coronavirus cases and contended with the ongoing shipping crisis.
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Afghan translator's desperate journey to a new life in the US

Abdul Rashid Shirzad was quiet and nervous on the taxi ride with his family to the Kabul airport, the last American-controlled enclave in the Afghan capital.
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Exhausted and without hope, East Asian youth are 'lying flat'

As a high schooler growing up in a small town in eastern China, Li Xiaoming dreamed of moving to a big city where he could have a better life.
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Google and Apple's next regulatory headaches loom across the Pacific

Google and Apple are catching heat for their app store and payments practices in Asia Pacific.
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This Singapore startup is using insects to turn trash into treasure

Singapore-based farmer Chua Kai-Ning spends a lot of her day making sure that her animals are well fed and growing fast.
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South African researchers keep wary eye on yet a new coronavirus variant

Genetics researchers who have been watching for new coronavirus variants say they've seen a troubling new lineage that carries many of the same hallmarks as other strains, including Alpha, Beta and Gamma.
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As many as 5 rockets were fired on Kabul airport, says US official

As many as five rockets were fired at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday local time, a US official told CNN.
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Credit card packs in $1,148 of value

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0% intro APR balance transfer offer now lasts until 2023

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Former IOC president Jacques Rogge dies

Former International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has died at the age of 79, the organization announced Sunday.
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Analysis: Hong Kong's global banks brace for 'cold war' to escalate

Three quarters of the world's top banks do business in Hong Kong. But they've been getting squeezed by changes forcing them to fall in line with Beijing's agenda — and there may be signs of even tougher times to come.
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How Tim Cook has grown the Apple empire in his decade as CEO

When Tim Cook took over as chief executive of Apple, it was a corporate transition unlike any other. He stepped out from the shadow of one of the best-known American CEOs and took the reins of one of the world's biggest tech companies facing some uncertainty about how much more successful it could be.
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The Taliban said women wouldn't face discrimination. They already are

As many women are trying to leave Afghanistan, others are staying behind despite the Taliban's history of denying women's basic rights. CNN's Anna Coren speaks to two individuals who are fighting for the rights of those who remain.
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Bolsonaro says he will either be arrested, killed or win Brazil's next election

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he sees only three possibilities for his future: death, prison or winning the 2022 presidential elections.
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Analysis: Europe's disunity and lack of trust imperils the continent's future

Anyone who has followed the internal politics of the European Union over the past few years will know that the bloc, which relies on unity and mutual appreciation of rules, has struggled to stay on the same page on several important issues.
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Where China's wealthy travelers are going during the pandemic

The sandy shores of Sanya. The mountains of Yunnan. Giant panda sanctuaries in Sichuan.
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Mexico is suing US gunmakers for thousands of guns trafficked across the border each year. Can they win?

When early in his term, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on the United States to stem the flow of weapons trafficked across the border, he was only the latest in a succession of Mexican leaders to do so.
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Freighter sinks after hitting Greek islets, all 16 crew rescued

A Togo-flagged cargo ship sank on Saturday after hitting Greek islets in the Aegean Sea but all 16 crew were rescued, the Greek coast guard said.
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British Airways could launch a new low-cost airline for Europe

British Airways is planning to launch a new, low-cost short-haul carrier as it seeks to compete with Ryanair and EasyJet in the one area of aviation that appears to be recovering well from the pandemic.
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Greenland expedition discover 'world's northernmost island'

Scientists last month set foot on a tiny island off the coast of Greenland which they say is the world's northernmost point of land and was revealed by shifting pack ice.
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Two Afghan athletes arrive from Kabul to Tokyo, International Paralympic Committee confirms

Two Afghan athletes have arrived in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Village, following their safe evacuation from Afghanistan last weekend, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirmed in a statement on Saturday.
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See inside US air base preparing Afghans for new life in America

Thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan are passing through Ramstein Air Base in Germany on their way to a new life in the US. Journalist Atika Schubert reports.
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Gunmen in Nigeria free scores of young schoolchildren abducted three months ago

Scores of schoolchildren who were abducted at gunpoint at a school in Nigeria's north-central Niger State have been freed and handed over to their families, a government spokesperson told CNN Friday.
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Tanzania women's team react after President's remarks about 'flat-chested' players

Tanzania's women football team have reacted following comments from Tanzania's female President Samia Suluhu Hassan describing female footballers as "flat-chested," and unattractive for marriage.
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Manager: Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave Juventus

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to leave Juventus this season, manager Massimiliano Allegri said in a news conference on Friday.
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Man City defender remanded in custody for 2 weeks

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been remanded in custody after appearing in court on Friday, charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
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Nigerian doctors on strike amid an exodus of talent

Emmanuel Agbenro sits helplessly inside his sparsely-decorated ward at a hospital in Nigeria. He is supposed to be having treatment for colon cancer but doctors in Nigeria have downed tools in a nationwide strike over better pay and conditions.
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A key inflation measure jumped to 30-year high in July

The Federal Reserve's favorite measure of inflation rose to its highest level since 1991 in July, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Friday.
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Tim Cook gets $750 million bonus on 10th anniversary as Apple CEO

Apple CEO Tim Cook just celebrated 10 years on the job. He also marked the occasion this week by collecting — and selling off — three quarters of a billion dollars' worth of stock.
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Online shopping used to be immune to inflation. Not anymore

Sticker shock has even invaded the land of falling prices: online shopping.
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China blasts '996' excessive work culture

China is putting companies that overwork their employees on notice.
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Thai police questioned after video emerges of drug suspect being tortured and killed

Two Thai police officers suspected of being involved in torturing to death a man charged with drug offenses gave themselves up for questioning on Thursday after a video of the incident went viral in a case likely to test the resolve of the judicial system.
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UK worker shortages could cancel Christmas. Brexit isn't helping

UK food producers and supermarkets are warning that empty shelves could persist through the year-end holiday season unless the government acts to ease a shortage of workers and truck drivers caused by Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dude, you got a Dell. PC brands from the '90s are making a huge comeback

There have been multiple eulogies for Windows-based desktop personal computers and laptops in the past few years as smartphones seemingly rule the gadget landscape.
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Fortnite is now allowing users to watch the MLK 'I have a dream' speech in the game. But why?

Fortnite users have long had concerts to attend and movies to watch as they wander around the video game through their virtual avatars. Now, they have yet another option: reliving Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Peloton is giving its bike another price cut

Peloton is cutting the price of its original at-home exercise bike for the second time in a year, a sign that the trendy fitness company is facing fiercer competition from rivals producing significantly cheaper products and people returning to gyms.
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Hong Kong national security police investigate Tiananmen Square vigil organizers

Hong Kong's national security police are investigating the group behind the city's annual June 4 vigil, which commemorates pro-democracy protesters who died in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, according to a letter to organizers seen by CNN.
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ESPN removes Rachel Nichols from NBA coverage and cancels 'The Jump'

Rachel Nichols — ESPN's longtime NBA host — has been removed from coverage of the sport, and her weekday show "The Jump" has been canceled, the network confirmed Wednesday.
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Climate change be damned. More Americans are moving to high-risk areas

Seventeen years ago, when Adriana Nichols moved from New York City to Los Angeles, she had a simple wish list: natural light (her New York studio apartment was dark), a yard and quiet neighbors. She managed to check everything off that list -- and has spent nearly two decades living in the canyons of LA.
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Transatlantic teen romance leads to marriage, kids

It was August 2011 and Natasha Fisher was 17 and traveling from her home in England to the United States for the first time, desperate to spend a summer in New York living out a fantasy she'd only ever seen in TV and film.
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Australia reports record Covid cases as Sydney hospitals set up emergency tents

Australia's new daily cases of Covid-19 topped 1,000 on Thursday for the first time since the global pandemic began, as two major hospitals in Sydney set up emergency outdoor tents to help deal with a rise in patients.
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Over 60 years ago, these six men crossed the Pacific in a Chinese junk boat

On April 4, 1955, a massive crowd flocked to Taiwan's Keelung Harbor.
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