CNN — Sports reporter Grant Wahl died of a rupture of an ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium – an accumulation of blood in the sac around his heart – his wife, Dr. Céline Gounder announced on Wednesday. The aneurysm was slowly growing and had gone undetected, she wrote in a …
Read More »Nuclear fusion breakthrough a milestone for the future of clean energy, US officials say
CNN — US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US scientists produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy they used to power the experiment. A so-called “net energy gain” is a major milestone in a decadeslong attempt to …
Read More »Jana Zakarneh: Israeli military admits shooting 16-year-old Palestinian girl, calls it ‘unintentional’
Jerusalem CNN — The Israeli military admitted Monday that its troops shot Jana Zakarneh, a 16-year-old Palestinian girl who died during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Sunday night, saying she was killed by “unintentional” Israeli fire “aimed at armed gunmen.” “Following an initial inquiry, it was determined …
Read More »The Best of Canada Colleges and Universities
Canada is a country in the northern half of North America covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area with its capital as Ottawa.Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory is dominated by forest and tundra and the …
Read More »A trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge
New Delhi CNN — At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash heap to dump more garbage on a pile now over 62 meters (203 feet) high. Fires caused by heat and methane gas sporadically break out – the Delhi Fire Service …
Read More »December is the month for eating all the cookies
Editor’s Note: Food writer Casey Barber says December is the month for baking cookies. Stay tuned for her January recipe selection, and for all the months that follow. CNN — The calendar says December, but it should really read “Cookiember.” This is the month for bakers of all types and …
Read More »Brittney Griner arrives in the US after being released from Russian custody in a prisoner exchange
San Antonio CNN — Brittney Griner, the American basketball star detained by Russian authorities in February, has safely returned to the United States after being released from custody in a prisoner exchange. US officials who met Griner on the ground Friday morning said she was “in good spirits and incredibly …
Read More »Germany coup plot: 25 suspected Reichsburger extremists arrested for planning to overthrow government
CNN — German officials arrested 22 suspected members and three suspected supporters of a far-right terrorist organization across the country on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. Alleged members of the plot include a descendant of German royalty and a former far-right member of the Bundestag, Germany’s …
Read More »Congress faces time crunch on government funding and sweeping defense policy bill
CNN — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are scrambling to try to fund the government and pass a sweeping defense policy bill before a new Congress is sworn in, but there are signs that both sides have struggled to reach agreement over these key outstanding issues. Government funding expires at the …
Read More »Defense bill likely to include end to military Covid vaccine mandate, source says
CNN — A massive bill setting defense policy is likely to end the military Covid vaccine mandate, a source familiar with the negotiations tells CNN, coming on the heels of intense GOP lobbying to kill the mandate and acceptance from leading Democrats that it’s time for a change. The annual …
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