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White House response: Biden will announce $800 million in security assistance for Ukraine, official says
President Joe Biden is expected to announce an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday, a White House official told CNN, bringing the total to $1 billion announced in just the last week.
[ cnn.com ]Are Americans ready for a return to pre-pandemic normal? Depends on what 'normal' means.
Most Americans are weary of Covid-19, recent polling shows, but there's less consensus over how that exhaustion should translate into policy. Public opinion, these surveys suggest, isn't a struggle between two clearly defined opposing camps -- one favoring an immediate and total lifting of Covid precautions and the other a state of lockdown. Rather, Americans hold a broad spectrum of complex, conflicted and changeable views on managing the pandemic.
[ cnn.com ]IMF slashes US and China growth forecasts
The pandemic will continue to stoke uncertainty and inflation in its third year, undermining the global recovery from the coronavirus and pushing total economic losses toward $14 trillion.
[ cnn.com ]Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invokes Nazi Germany in offensive anti-vaccine speech
At a rally against vaccine mandates in Washington, DC, on Sunday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likened vaccine policies in the US to the actions of a totalitarian state, even suggesting Anne Frank was in a better situation when she was hiding from the Nazis.
[ cnn.com ]Oreo is celebrating its 110th birthday with a first-ever flavor
Oreo is trying something totally new for its 110th birthday.
[ cnn.com ]Meteor showers, eclipses, full moons: All of the reasons to look up in 2022
Total lunar eclipses, a multitude of meteor showers and supermoons will light up the sky in 2022.
[ cnn.com ]Malaysia floods hit seven states forcing thousands to evacuate
Seven states in Malaysia were hit by floods on Sunday and thousands of people were evacuated, taking the total affected by heavy rain in the past two weeks to more than 125,000, the National Disaster Management Agency said.
[ cnn.com ]874 cars were torched in France on New Year's Eve -- fewer than in previous years
A total of 874 vehicles were set ablaze across France on New Year's Eve as part of a decades-old tradition.
[ cnn.com ]UK bank mistakenly pays out $175 million on Christmas Day
UK bank Santander got into the Christmas spirit this year by paying out a total of £130 million ($175 million) to customers by mistake on December 25.
[ cnn.com ]Ryan Reynolds repeatedly mistaken for Ben Affleck at pizza place
Ryan Reynolds keeps getting mistaken for Ben Affleck and he's totally fine with it.
[ cnn.com ]Expert made eerily prescient prediction about Covid. See his new prediction
Dr. Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist who correctly predicted the Delta surge and Covid-19 death totals, discusses the Omicron variant and what's next for the US in the pandemic.
[ cnn.com ]'Handmaid's Tale' writer on what totalitarianism could look like in US
CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Margaret Atwood, the writer behind the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale," about the parallels between what she wrote in the 1980s and the echoes of totalitarianism in the US today.
[ cnn.com ]Total eclipse plunges continent into complete darkness
The solar eclipse brought a few minutes of total darkness to the continent which usually experiences continual daylight during its summer season.
[ cnn.com ]Putin tests experimental nasal Covid vaccine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has tested an experimental Covid-19 nasal vaccine that is not yet in clinical trial phase, his fourth vaccination in total, he said Wednesday.
[ cnn.com ]'Totally brutal': Advocate decries killing of pet for Covid prevention in China
Covid-19 prevention health workers in China killed a pet corgi while its owner was in quarantine, sparking outcry over extreme measures China is taking to eliminate Covid-19. CNN's Will Ripley reports.
[ cnn.com ]Death of pregnant woman ignites debate about abortion ban in Poland
The death of a pregnant Polish woman has reignited debate over abortion in one of Europe's most devoutly Catholic countries, with activists saying she could still be alive if it were not for a near total ban on terminating pregnancies.
[ cnn.com ]To win, Dems need to end the backroom dealing
The Democratic Party's legislation in Congress is being whittled away to small-bore spending here and there, totaling far less than one percent of America's GDP.
[ cnn.com ]Picasso's works sell for nearly $110M in Las Vegas auction
A selection of 11 Pablo Picasso works have been auctioned for a collective total of more than $110 million, after being on display for years in a Las Vegas restaurant.
[ cnn.com ]A woman is raped and onlookers record it: the story beyond the outrage
The story of a woman raped on a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transport Authority (SEPTA) train in Philadelphia while onlookers reportedly recorded video with their cellphones but did not intervene or call 911 is mind-bogglingly horrific. It suggests not only a total disregard for women's safety and wellbeing, but social disintegration; a disturbing impulse to filter terrible events through the lens of entertainment and shock value, and the disturbing ability to dehumanize suffering by mediating it through a screen.
[ cnn.com ]Review: 'Dopesick' gives Purdue Pharma and OxyContin a sweeping dramatic treatment
"Dopesick" is a major undertaking, exploring the opioid crisis from multiple angles, including the ground-level carnage inflicted by OxyContin addiction, Purdue Pharma's inner workings and the government personnel seeking to combat it. Scattered in places, in its totality it's an engrossing eight-part series, made more so by Purdue's bankruptcy proceedings and the Sackler family's efforts to avoid additional consequences.
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