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Iranian state media has said that the deadly attack on a tanker connected to an Israeli billionaire was in retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria, in an escalation of maritime tensions in the Middle East. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3iaRPAi

Carrie Johnson, the wife of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has announced the couple are expecting their second child in December. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3lg0hQE

Elaine Thompson-Herah set a new Olympic record of 10.61 seconds as she won the women's 100-meter gold in Tokyo on Saturday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3C0hWBH

Pauline Chinyandura adjusts her face mask as she rushes to serve lunch to a group of men visiting her makeshift canteen in Domboshava, a rural area around 25 miles northeast of Zimbabwe's capital Harare. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3jdOCiS

The Biden administration outlined a number of efforts related to its Cuba policy on Friday -- including new sanctions and assistance to Cuban dissidents -- as President Joe Biden met with members of the Cuban-American community and key members of Congress at the White House. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3fe14Oi

Amazon faces a record-breaking €746 million (roughly $887 million) fine after a European Union data privacy regulator said the e-commerce giant had violated the bloc's signature privacy law, known as GDPR, in an advertising-related decision. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3j8clR8

Two crewmembers died when a tanker connected to an Israeli billionaire was attacked off the coast of Oman, the ship's management firm said Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3zSFw1z

A bone found in the Pyrenees mountains has been identified as belonging to missing British hiker Esther Dingley, the charity representing her family said in a statement Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3BZTQHx

The UN World Food Programme said it expected to run out of food in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray on Friday, and that hundreds of thousands of people in the area were on the brink of famine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3zOrGNJ

The 2021 summer travel season started out full of hope and promise, but by the day, two words are threatening to dismantle it all. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3l3XVV6

Jerome Powell, this story's for you. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3y92HnR

Billionaire Sun Dawu, a vocal critic of the Chinese government, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday for "picking quarrels and provoking troubles," according to an official statement posted by the court. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2WrZ12t

An unusual and potentially dangerous situation unfolded Thursday at the International Space Station, as the newly-docked Russian Nauka module inadvertently fired its thrusters causing a "tug of war" with the space station and briefly pushing it out of position, according to NASA flight controllers. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2V09LVm

Credit Suisse investment bankers allowed Archegos Capital to take "voracious" and "potentially catastrophic" risks that culminated in the US hedge fund's spectacular collapse in March, costing the bank $5.5 billion and causing chaos on Wall Street, according to an investigation published Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3idpd9H

Amazon's final quarter with Jeff Bezos as CEO proved to be a disappointment for Wall Street. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2Vmv971

Wall Street didn't exactly roll out the red carpet to welcome Robinhood after its highly anticipated debut. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/376Mgwe

Japan's summers are hot, humid, and can be deadly. If records are being broken during events at the Olympics, Tokyo 2020 could also emerge with perhaps a record it wouldn't have wanted. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3C6Hv4r

China's Foreign Minister met with senior leaders of the Taliban in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Wednesday in the latest sign of warming ties between Beijing and the resurgent Islamist group. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3BTbTyL

Malta's government must bear responsibility for creating an "atmosphere of impunity" that contributed to the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, an independent inquiry has found. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3f8zAJM

Coronavirus cases in the UK are dropping and whether it's due to the vaccine rollout or something else, scientists are confused. CNN's Phil Black reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3zNpYw6

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that negotiations with Tehran over the Iran nuclear deal "cannot and will not go on indefinitely." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/375wMJ0

A 12-year old Palestinian boy has died after being shot by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3iZ6mOK

Following the most widespread protests since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, Cubans are now bracing themselves for a new aftershock poised to shake the communist-run island: Mass trials of those who dared to take to the streets calling for change. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3i82s6Y

Dominican merengue legend Juan de Dios Ventura Soriano, also known as Johnny Ventura, died Wednesday at the age of 81, his son Jandy Ventura confirmed to CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2UVl2GK

Porsche SE, the family holding company that controls Volkswagen Group, is the latest big investor to bet on space's crucial role in developing future technologies. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2V1fxGh

Get the shot or take a hike. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2USE9RP

Facebook's business is soaring, but the boom times may not last. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3f6j8Ki

Coffee prices are surging. But that won't make a difference in how much you spend on a cup of joe at Starbucks. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3l7M3S0

Disney World and Disneyland, the two crown jewels of Disney's parks unit, will again require masks indoors. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3zNSdum

Simple animal life may have existed in Earth's oceans 890 million years ago, according to new research. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3f5xnyC

US and Russian officials had "professional and substantive talks" on strategic stability in Switzerland, the State Department said in a statement Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3BSGMnh

This time last year, Google was starting to feel the early pandemic slump as large parts of the global economy shut down. On Tuesday, the company showed just how far it's come since. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3rC2YgB

The economic outlook for rich countries is getting better while developing economies are falling behind. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3rCkIZ7

On any given day, you might receive a package you ordered from Amazon, log onto a website hosted by Amazon, ask an Amazon device about the weather and grab groceries at a Whole Foods owned by Amazon. Amazon is more than just the "everything store." It's become something of an "everything company" that touches nearly every corner of our lives and the economy. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3755C55

Jeff Bezos wants to spot NASA up to $2 billion in a bid to reignite the battle for space between his rocket company Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3yekrOQ

An Ecuadorian court on Monday ruled in favor of revoking the citizenship of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to a judgment published by the Judicial Branch of Ecuador. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3iZTGHv

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday launched the country's Covid-19 vaccination campaign after receiving just over a million Johnson & Johnson shots donated by the United States through the COVAX scheme.  from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3BQ4vnV

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• Analysis: Why would anyone trust Brexit Britain again? from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3x9Fh0b

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Vacation homes are one of those things that many people aspire to. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3kXszPR

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The first person to be tried under Hong Kong's sweeping national security law faces life in prison after being found guilty of inciting secession and terrorism in a landmark court ruling. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports from the High Court in Hong Kong. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3zBT01B

Devastating wildfires have spread across parts of southern Europe, tearing through the Spanish and Greek countryside and forcing around 1,000 people from their homes on the Italian island of Sardinia. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3zD67j5

Camera traps in East Kazakhstan captured video of one of the world's most elusive cats for the first time since 2017 in the region. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3kOTyNi

Philip Morris International says it will stop selling Marlboro cigarettes in Britain within a decade as it called on the UK government to ban the sale of its tobacco products. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3zH81iJ

Amazon listed a job opening for a digital currency and blockchain product lead, sending cryptocurrencies soaring Monday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3eUwt8c

Audacious Mossad spy operations around the world. The plucky "startup nation" home to reams of billion-dollar ideas. These are two drivers of Israel's image abroad that its political and business leaders have long been happy to push. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3iJ5kpN

Chip giant Nvidia is the ninth-most valuable company in the S&P 500. With a market capitalization of almost $500 billion, the company is now worth nearly as much as semiconductor rivals Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and Qualcomm — combined. Could Nvidia soon wind up listed on the venerable Dow, too? from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3kYRPFq