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CNN  —  The return of China’s top basketball league to its normal season format following years of Covid disruptions has been marred in controversy after an abrupt no-show from one of its former championship-winning teams amid accusations of mistreatment by its star player. The squabble has sparked a headache for…

Hong Kong CNN  —  A Chinese city says it has destroyed a billion pieces of personal data collected during the pandemic, as local governments gradually dismantle their coronavirus surveillance and tracking systems after abandoning the country’s controversial zero-Covid policy. Wuxi, a manufacturing hub on China’s eastern coast and home to…

A hidden corridor nine meters (30 feet) long has been discovered close to the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, and this could lead to further findings, Egyptian antiquities officials said on Thursday. The discovery within the pyramid, the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient…

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Hong Kong CNN  —  The US Department of Energy’s assessment that Covid-19 most likely…

CNN  —  Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced attorney whose dynastic family had significant legal reach in parts of South Carolina’s Lowcountry for decades, faces sentencing Friday after he was found guilty of murdering his wife and 22-year-old son. After more than a month of listening to dozens of witnesses, jurors took…

2 Americans arrested for allegedly sending aviation technology to Russia Source link

Russia and China have once again reiterated their cooperation following a meeting of the two countries’ foreign ministers in India amid rising geopolitical tensions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on Thursday on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’…

CNN  —  Patrick Wojahn, the mayor of College Park, Maryland, resigned after authorities arrested him on 56 counts of child pornography-related charges, Prince George’s County Police Chief Malik Aziz said during a Thursday news conference with Jessica Garth, a representative from the State’s Attorney’s Office. Wojahn is in custody at…

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  After spending close to five months stuck inside an airport in South Korea, Dmitry is finally able to breathe fresh air. But he is yet to taste freedom – and his real wait may have only just begun. He is one of five Russian men…

CNN  —  For 87 years, the Murdaugh family name came to represent a legal dynasty in coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor’s office. But now, the family has been closely connected to a bloody tragedy, allegations of embezzlement and a bizarre murder-for-hire plot to score…

A 191-foot cargo ship was discovered by NOAA researchers over a century after it sank, taking the lives of all but two crew members. Source link

Alex Murdaugh has been found guilty of murdering his wife and son, on Thursday. (Pool) The jury in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son, the grisliest and most severe of the allegations faced by the disgraced former South Carolina…

See the moment verdict was read in Murdaugh trial The jury in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son. The 54-year-old scion of a prominent and powerful family of local lawyers and solicitors, was also found guilty of two counts…

Top Democrats sent a scathing letter to Fox. Hear from one of them Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tells CNN’s John Berman about the letter he and other Democrats wrote to Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch about Fox News’ handling of election lies. Source link

A Texas repairman was confronted by three armed men but was able to scare off the would-be robbers, forcing them to run away. CNN affiliate KTRK has the story. Source link

CNN  —  Two US nationals were arrested in Kansas City on Thursday for allegedly sending US aviation technology to Russia, the Justice Department announced. Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky, 59, and Douglas Robertson, 55, are facing several charges, including exporting controlled goods without a license, falsifying and failing to file electronic export…

Growing alarm in Iran after report hundreds of schoolgirls were poisoned Reports reveal that in recent months, hundreds of schoolgirls may have been poisoned across Iran. Some were hospitalized, and others are still experiencing symptoms. CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports. Source link

First lady Jill Biden sits down with CNN White House correspondent Arlette Saenz offering a window into her marriage with President Joe Biden and how they both help each other. Source link

New York CNN  —  Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos convicted of defrauding investors, is seeking to delay the start of her 11-year prison sentence because she has “two very young children” to be with. The court filing last week represents the first public acknowledgment that Holmes gave has…

CNN  —  The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is officially moving forward with a probe into embattled Rep. George Santos as the New York Republican faces mounting legal issues and calls to resign for extensively lying about his resume and biography. The Ethics Committee said in a news release…

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CNN  —  The world’s most northerly forests could be a “time bomb” of planet-warming pollution as expanding wildfires have released record high levels of planet-heating pollution into the atmosphere, according to a new study. Using new satellite data analysis techniques, researchers found that, since 2000, summer wildfires have expanded in…

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  Computers powered by human brain cells may sound like science fiction, but a team of researchers in the United States believes such machines, part of a new field…

CNN  —  Standing outside a Russian detention center in Kherson, days after the city was liberated, 29-year-old Ihor still shivered as he recalled what he endured inside. “I was kept here for 11 days and throughout that time I heard screaming from the basement,” Ihor, who asked CNN not to…

CNN  —  Wayne Shorter, a Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer who helped shaped the sound of contemporary jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 89. Shorter died Thursday in Los Angeles, his publicist Cem Kurosman with Blue Note Records told CNN in an email. No cause of death was…

CNN  —  Russian security officials claimed on Thursday that a small Ukrainian armed group had crossed the Russian border into the southern Bryansk region, allegations dismissed by Kyiv as a “classic deliberate provocation” by the Kremlin. The Security Service of Russia (FSB) said in a statement via state media agency…

The ring-like shell of the first recorded supernova was captured by the Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The glowing debris marks where a white dwarf star exploded more than 1,800 years ago and was recorded by Chinese astronomers…

CNN  —  MI5, the United Kingdom’s domestic spy agency, missed an opportunity to prevent the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry into the terror attack has found according to a report in British news agency PA Media. At least 22 people were killed in the attack at an Ariana Grande concert…