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High in the Swiss Alps, St Moritz made its name as a place for pushing the boundaries of winter sport. By the time it hosted the second Winter Olympics Games in 1928 its reputation as a playground for wealthy adventurers was already well established. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/pbsz7lA

General Motors is pausing its advertising on Twitter now that the social media platform is owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the company said in a statement Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/bK6ljsH

Hundreds of Iranian journalists are calling for the release of colleagues Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who were arrested and sent to Tehran's Evin prison for covering the death of Mahsa Amini, according to independent Iranian newspaper Etemad. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/fIMLWX8

The summer of 1994 was uncharacteristically warm for Great Britain. Hot, sunny days were followed by close, sticky nights — and by the end of June, pressure had started to build. The last week of the month was an explosive one, meteorologically and culturally. On Friday June 24, an exceptionally severe thunderstorm hit the south east of the UK, diffusing so much grass pollen it triggered a sudden and short-lived asthma epidemic. Two days later, and after years of mounting speculation, the British press broke the news that Prince Charles had accidentally revealed his unfaithfulness to Princess Diana during an ITN documentary. (When asked if he had stayed loyal to his wife, the Prince of Wales nodded. "Yes absolutely," he said before adding of his marriage "until it became irretrievably broken down.") from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/R3wfdzS

Violent clashes broke out between security forces and student protesters at university campuses across Iran on Sunday, according to activist and human rights groups in the country. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/CKm6fGt

Polls opened Sunday in Brazil's presidential election runoff between former leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, which has seen polls tighten dramatically in recent weeks. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/J150i9U

Michel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon's cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, vacates the presidential palace on Sunday, leaving a void at the top of a failing state. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2cHLY70

Saifullah Paracha, a former detainee at the Guatanamo Bay detention facility, has been repatriated to Pakistan, according to a statement from the Department of Defense. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/mP8tHNI

The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards has told Iranians to end the weeks-long demonstrations that have gripped the country, warning that Saturday would be their "last day" of protest. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/u71g8AR

A Haitian politician has been shot dead outside his home, authorities have said, as international concerns intensify over the gang violence, political turmoil and humanitarian crises that have seized control of the country. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4CgABnK

It is a sight Ya Lewa Aji says she can never forget: a baby strapped to her mother's back, shot dead while the mother lay lifeless on the floor. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/StI5mx2

The State Department has ordered non-emergency US embassy employees and their family members in Abuja, Nigeria to leave the country "due to the heightened risk of terrorist attacks there." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/0x3HcEN

When Benjamin Netanyahu hits the campaign trail, he uses what's been dubbed the Bibimobile -- a converted truck turned into a travelling stage ensconced in bulletproof glass. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/AvPKGhq

Yeezy merchandise has no place to go. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Pg3ApXC

The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia is one of the most important on the planet. And lately, it's also been one of the most awkward. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/mP1IO0y

The Dutch foreign ministry is "investigating" reports that China has set up two purportedly illegal police stations in the Netherlands. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/lkZqbmv

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An opposition leader in exile from Belarus has demanded that President Alexsandr Lukashenko be held to account for his regime's complicity in the Ukraine war and for Russian soldiers to withdraw from Belarusian soil, after a CNN investigation revealed new evidence that the country provided medical assistance to injured Russian troops. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/kS0fLIs

Russian TV host and 2018 presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak has fled Russia for Lithuania, Russian state news agency TASS reported Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/RVKysm5

On Sunday, Brazilian voters will decide who will be their president for the next four years -- and polls and experts suggest women will be key in determining the outcome. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/vFMG8IH