Tuesday, 31 May 2022

1 billion meth pills seized as Asia sees record drug increase

More than one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year, a record figure that the United Nations says highlights a "staggering" increase in the regional synthetic drug trade.


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Families and friends remember the victims of the Uvalde school massacre as the first funerals are held

Ten-year-old Maite Rodriguez wanted to be a marine biologist before she could say the word.


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Battle for Ukraine's eastern region continues to intensify

• EU agrees on partial ban of Russian oil imports • Video: Russia strikes city with maximum intensity • France: Journalist killed in Ukraine • Video: Heavy fighting on Ukrainian front line near Mykolaiv


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Monday, 30 May 2022

The hotline that became a lifeline for expectant mothers

Swetanjali Jha's mornings are dictated by the clock. Wake up at 5:00. Get the children ready for school by 6:30. Prepare breakfast and lunch for her family of 11 by 9:30. Then leave for work at 9:45. She'll spend the next eight hours weaving through a cluster of villages in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, checking on coughs that might indicate tuberculosis and speaking with pregnant women, and new mothers in need of baby care advice. The 32-year-old community healthcare worker has no time to linger.  


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Russia and China are ahead of US in hypersonic missile technology. Here's why

Russia and China are ahead of the US in developing and testing hypersonic missile technology, especially when it comes to building wind tunnels. CNN's Kristin Fisher has the details.


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Oil rivalry: Ukraine war threatens Iran's last economic lifeline

• Ukraine war threatens Iran's last economic lifeline


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1 person is dead and another is missing after a boat carrying more than a dozen people overturned in Colorado's Lake Pueblo State Park

One person is dead and another person is missing after a boat carrying more than a dozen people overturned in Lake Pueblo State Park in Colorado, park officials said.


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2 people killed and at least 19 injured when vehicles crashed into pedestrians in Nebraska

Two people are dead and at least 19 others injured after a two-car crash struck multiple pedestrians in Lincoln, Nebraska, according to authorities.


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Ukrainian military reports more cross border shelling and Russian attacks in Severodonetsk

• No word from Ukraine's missing Azovstal defenders, say some families • Cooper meets mother filming her life under siege • Inside CNN: What it was like to meet Russian soldiers invading Ukraine in Kyiv


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Sunday, 29 May 2022

Hurricane Agatha rapidly intensifies in the eastern Pacific as it barrels toward Mexico

Hurricane Agatha has rapidly intensified in the eastern Pacific Ocean and was nearing major hurricane status as it approached the southern Mexican coast Sunday night.


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