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More than 100 million people were under air quality alerts early Friday from Wisconsin to Vermont and down to North Carolina as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to waft south, though conditions are expected to improve slowly into the holiday weekend. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/weather/canada-wildfire-smoke-great-lakes-friday/index.html

One is known as "General Armageddon," the other as "Putin's chef." Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be found. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/europe/russia-surovikin-prigozhin-questions-intl/index.html

Christine King Farris, the eldest sister of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died Thursday, according to a Twitter post by her niece, Rev. Bernice King. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/us/christine-king-farris-death/index.html

Spirit AeroSystems, a key supplier to Boeing, is set to reopen next week after members of the International Association of Machinists voted Thursday to ratify a tentative labor agreement and end a week-long strike. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/business/boeing-supplier-ratification-vote/index.html

Former Donald Trump campaign official Mike Roman is cooperating with prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith's team in the ongoing criminal probe related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/mike-roman-trump-campaign-cooperate-special-counsel-probe/index.html

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law significant changes to the state's recently passed 12-week abortion ban before it is set to go into effect Saturday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/abortion-law-changes-north-carolina-cooper/index.html

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Hopes of finding a Belgian tourist alive in Australia are fading more than one week after she went missing on the island-state of Tasmania, with police saying recent weather conditions in the area are "not survivable." source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/australia/belgian-tourist-missing-australia-tasmania-intl-hnk/index.html

Two more police officers in New Haven, Connecticut, are being fired in connection with a 2022 incident that paralyzed Randy Cox as he was being transported in a police van handcuffed and without a seat belt. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/us/randy-cox-new-haven-police-officers-fired/index.html

Dangerous air quality and hazy skies persist from Toronto to Washington, DC, as smoke from Canada's raging wildfires drifts south — with more than 120 million under air quality alerts within the US. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/us/canada-wildfire-smoke-great-lakes-thursday/index.html

Liang Shi, 56, has by many measures led a successful life. He worked in various industries, eventually opened his own business, got married and had a son. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/china/man-fails-gaokao-exam-27-years-intl-hnk/index.html

Move over, Reaganomics. President Joe Biden is attempting to usher in the era of "Bidenomics" source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/bidenonmics-explained/index.html

A Thai court on Wednesday acquitted five activists accused of obstructing the Queen's motorcade at a protest in 2020, in a landmark judgment that ended the prospect of more severe punishment nearly three years after rare calls for reform of the powerful monarchy erupted in the kingdom. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/asia/thailand-protesters-acquitted-queen-motorcade-intl-hnk/index.html

An Australian physical education teacher who murdered his wife so he could start a new life with a teenage student has been found guilty of sexual abuse. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/asia/chris-dawson-wife-killer-australia-sexual-abuse-intl-hnk/index.html

India's stock market is booming as investors take a chance on one of the few bright spots in a fragile global economy. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/investing/india-stock-market-boom/index.html

The January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was "essentially planned in plain sight on social media" and yet the FBI and Department of Homeland Security appeared to have "completely dropped the ball," a Senate committee concluded in the latest highly critical assessment of the security failures. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/27/politics/january-6-senate-democrats-report/index.html

Deliberations are continuing for a second day Tuesday in the trial of Scot Peterson, a former school resource officer who stayed outside during the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/27/us/scot-peterson-parkland-shooting-trial-tuesday/index.html

New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been criticized for bringing a backup plane on his visit to China this week, with opposition leaders pointing to excess planet-warming emissions created in the middle of the climate crisis. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/27/asia/new-zealand-chris-hipkins-backup-plane-intl-hnk/index.html

Nearly 45 million people from southern Arizona to the Florida panhandle are sweltering under a worsening heat wave that is expected to expand its reach this week, bringing more dangerous triple-digit temperatures. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/27/weather/us-south-severe-heat-wave/index.html

Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature are moving to change the makeup of state and county election boards and sideline the state's Democratic governor, Roy Cooper. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/politics/republicans-state-elections-oversight-takeover-2024/index.html

Heavy showers blanketed northern India over the weekend, offering some much needed respite from a blistering heatwave that ravaged the region. But with mercury levels expected to remain high in other areas, the soaring heat has highlighted how millions in the world's most populous nation are among the most vulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/india/india-heatwave-extreme-weather-rain-intl-hnk/index.html

A critical federal analysis of extreme rainfall is vastly underestimating the chances of flood events, with grave implications for everything from new roads and bridges to the rising cost of flood insurance, according to a new analysis. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/us/extreme-flood-risk-first-street-federal-data-climate/index.html

A robot is combing the sea floor for debris from the fatal implosion of the Titan submersible as authorities in both the US and Canada turn their attention from search and rescue to investigating what led up to the maritime disaster and whether any laws were broken. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/us/submersible-titanic-implosion-deaths-monday/index.html

Gains in oil prices evaporated on Monday after a brief and chaotic insurrection in Russia, with investors questioning whether the turmoil in Moscow could disrupt global energy supplies. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/investing/global-markets-russia-wagner-intl-hnk/index.html

People in Utah have been seeing snow on the ground tinged with a red and pinkish hue. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/us/watermelon-snow-utah-trnd/index.html

Central bankers across the globe are delivering a message: Slow and steady won't win the race against inflation. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/business/central-banks-inflation-rate-hikes/index.html

Gov. Ron DeSantis has toured the country calling Florida the place "where woke goes to die." But it's still alive at the company Sara Margulis runs. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/politics/ron-desantis-agenda-president-court-fights/index.html

"Sixteen years ago, I almost died giving birth," Ebonie Karma Tudor said, recalling the birth of her son. "It was just a really traumatic experience." source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/us/black-maternal-death-rates-doulas/index.html

Frito-Lay has issued a voluntary recall of Tostitos Avocado Salsa Jar Dip because it may contain an undeclared milk allergen, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/health/frito-lay-allergy-alert-salsa-dip-trnd/index.html

As a remotely operated robot maps out the debris field from the fatal Titan submersible implosion, investigators will be reviewing voice recordings from the mother ship that carried the vessel and its five occupants on its journey to the site of the Titanic wreckage, officials said. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/americas/submersible-titanic-implosion-deaths-sunday/index.html

Former President Donald Trump is set to address evangelical Christian voters at a major gathering Saturday in Washington, where he will seek to shore up their support as his legal troubles mount and rivals take aim at his character. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/politics/donald-trump-faith-freedom-2024-republican/index.html

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of Russia's private mercenary group Wagner, appears to be falling out of favor fast in Moscow, after he unleashed a tirade against the Russian military on Friday and vowed to retaliate against its leaders. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/europe/russia-putin-wagner-prigozhin-analysis-intl/index.html

Throughout history, humans have proved incapable of resisting the allure of the Earth's extremes — its tallest mountains, deepest oceans, even the outer limits of its atmosphere. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/business/extreme-travel-cost/index.html

As the investigation continues into how and when the Titan submersible imploded while on a deep-sea voyage to the Titanic wreckage last weekend, a submersible expert says he warned the vessel's CEO about safety concerns after a trip years ago. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/us/submersible-titanic-implosion-deaths-saturday/index.html

Lake Mead's additional water from a good winter and conservation efforts will be a drop in the bucket for a reservoir that has dramatically declined in the past two decades. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/us/how-much-lake-mead-water-rise-climate/index.html

A father and son gave up their seats on the Titan submersible out of safety concerns just weeks before its "catastrophic implosion", they told CNN. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/americas/father-son-give-up-seats-titan-intl-hnk/index.html

Reports of injured children have prompted the recall of 7.5 million Bay Shark bath toys, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/business/baby-shark-toys-recall-impalement-risk-trnd/index.html

Sen. Ted Cruz dazzled the crowd, a surging Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker delivered the keynote and Donald Trump was not yet a candidate for president when the Faith and Freedom Coalition held its annual Road to Majority conference in 2015. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/politics/republicans-2024-trump-faith-and-freedom/index.html

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to join a trio of key reproductive rights activist groups to mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision Friday, highlighting what's expected to be a major Biden campaign plank for the 2024 presidential election. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/politics/biden-harris-reproductive-rights-dobbs/index.html

When the British Museum launched its "China's hidden century" exhibition last month, writer and translator Yilin Wang began getting confusing messages from her peers. source https://www.cnn.com/style/article/british-museum-exhibit-chinese-translations-intl-hnk/index.html

China has signed letter of intent to cooperate with many European corporate giants, as it attempts to mend relations damaged by Beijing's perceived support for Moscow throughout the war in Ukraine. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/economy/china-europe-ties-airbus-bmw-intl-hnk/index.html

A Kenyan accused of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of members of a starvation cult has died after a 10-day hunger strike in police custody, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/africa/kenya-religious-cult-suspect-dies-intl/index.html

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lost his appeal against the extension of pre-trial detention in Moscow on Thursday on spying charges, which he denies. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/europe/evan-gershkovich-pre-trial-detention-intl/index.html

Concerns about ethics and transparency at the Supreme Court have been reignited this week after Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged attending a luxury fishing trip on the private jet of a conservative hedge fund manager. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/politics/alito-barrett-supreme-court-ethics-travel/index.html

Police in South Korea say they have requested an arrest warrant for a woman accused of killing two of her newborns and keeping their bodies in her freezer for years. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/asia/south-korea-mother-accused-newborn-death-freezer-intl-hnk/index.html

Marine authorities are racing against the clock to get resources in place to find and retrieve the Titan submersible, which lost contact with its mother ship during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic deep below the North Atlantic on Sunday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/us/titanic-sub-search-rescue-fleets-intl-hnk/index.html

At least three people were dead in a northwestern Texas town after a tornado struck it Wednesday, an official said, part of storms that pummeled parts of the western and central US and drew at least 11 tornado reports across four states. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/weather/matador-texas-tornado-severe-storms-thursday/index.html

The plea deal likely to spare Hunter Biden a jail term will only fuel Republican Party fervor to purge the Justice Department -- already a driving issue in the 2024 campaign as ex-President Donald Trump portrays himself as a victim of political persecution. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/hunter-biden-plea-2024-spotlight/index.html

Some news organizations are beating around the bush when covering prominent figures who hold detestable views, many of which are wholly unhinged from reality. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/media/news-organizations-media-figures-politicians-reliable-sources/index.html

Pakistan and China signed a $4.8 billion deal on Tuesday to build a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, hailing the investment by a country that Pakistan views as its most dependable ally. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/asia/pakistan-china-nuclear-power-plant-deal-intl-hnk/index.html

A Rubens painting lost to history and misidentified for almost 300 years has re-emerged with the help of X-ray analysis and could now fetch up to £6 million ($7.7 million) at auction next month. source https://www.cnn.com/style/article/rubens-painting-rediscovered-auction-intl-scli/index.html

China's central bank has cut its main benchmark lending rates for the first time in 10 months, in its latest effort to bolster growth as the world's second largest economy falters. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/economy/china-lpr-cut-economy-intl-hnk/index.html

The family of a 31-year-old father who died after being tased by Los Angeles police officers is suing the city and members of the department over his death, their attorneys announced on Monday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/us/california-keenan-anderson-lapd-lawsuit/index.html

The world's highest peaks are at risk of losing up to 80% of their volume by the end of the century with profound consequences for millions of people under worst case climate scenarios, international scientists in Nepal warned in a new report. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/asia/himalayan-glaciers-melt-climate-scn-intl-hnk/index.html

The reddish soil of the Shakahola forest is still giving up its terrible secrets. Two hours drive from Kenya's coastal tourist town of Malindi, forensic teams turn off the tarred road into a thicket of thorn bush, entering a crime scene that came to light in mid-March. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/19/africa/kenya-starvation-cult-explained-intl-cmd/index.html

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has added to its holdings in Japan's five biggest trading houses, likely underpinning strong momentum propelling the nation's stock market to multi-year highs. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/19/investing/warren-buffett-japan-stock-market/index.html

Two people hunched over a black and white checkered board, deliberating what moves they will make, how their opponent might counter and how they might counter that counter, with barely a flicker of emotion passing over their faces. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/19/sport/maria-emelianova-art-chess-photography-spt-intl/index.html

A huge firefight erupted between Israeli military forces and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin Monday, leaving at least three Palestinians dead, authorities said. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/19/middleeast/israel-jenin-idf-clashes-west-bank-intl-hnk/index.html

The sinking of a packed migrant boat off the coast of Greece may be "the worst tragedy ever" in the Mediterranean sea, according to the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/17/world/greece-boat-worst-ever-tragedy-mediterranean-sea-intl-hnk/index.html

Alibaba founder Jack Ma gave a lecture as a visiting professor to the University of Tokyo, as the high-profile Chinese entrepreneur retreats further from his business empire following Beijing's regulatory crackdown. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/19/tech/jack-ma-teaching-japan-university-of-tokyo-intl-hnk/index.html

Multiple people were shot overnight at a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois, police say. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/18/us/illinois-juneteenth-shooting/index.html

More employers than ever are observing Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the US. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/18/business/what-open-closed-juneteenth-2023/index.html

The stock market has made incredible strides since its downturn last year -- so much so, it's difficult to believe the economy could be on the verge of recession. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/18/business/whats-happening-with-the-market/index.html

At least 11 people have died, 20 are missing and more than 2,000 have been left homeless after an "extratropical cyclone" hit Brazil's Rio Grande Do Sul, local authorities say. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/18/americas/south-brazil-extratropical-cyclone-intl/index.html

Holly Reeves has a medical condition where she struggles to swallow food, so doctors fitted the five-year old from Devon with a feeding tube. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/18/europe/uk-crowdfunding-nhs-waiting-lists-intl-cmd/index.html

Though Juneteenth commemorates a moment when enslaved African Americans were freed, the US is still held captive by several myths about slavery. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/18/us/slavery-myths-juneteenth-blake-cec/index.html

A pitch invasion during Argentina's friendly match with Australia in Beijing has captured the attention of the Chinese public. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/16/asia/china-soccer-fan-hugs-messi-intl-hnk/index.html

Both Russia and Ukraine claim the other side has had significant losses as Kyiv's counteroffensive continues. Follow live news updates. source https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-17-23/index.html

King Charles III will revive a royal tradition when he rides on horseback in the first Trooping the Colour of his reign, which marks the British sovereign's official birthday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/17/uk/king-charles-horseback-trooping-colour-parade-gbr-intl-scli/index.html

Britain's Covid inquiry was supposed to give closure to people who lost loved ones in the pandemic. It's instead become a political circus that could hurt both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/17/uk/uk-covid-inquiry-is-a-political-circus-intl-cmd-gbr/index.html

Decades after Lee Vernon Newby Jr. was one of the first Black recruits to break the color barrier in the Marine Corps, he and his family are still fighting for recognition. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/17/us/black-marine-lee-newby-purple-heart-reaj/index.html

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Archewell Audio, the company of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has announced the end of a multi-year partnership with Spotify in a joint statement released to CNN Friday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/16/media/harry-meghan-spotify-podcast-ends-intl-scli/index.html

Jesse Malin is a rocker well known for dancing and interacting with the crowds at his concerts, and he hopes to get back to that someday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/entertainment/jesse-malin-stroke-paralyzed/index.html

A 21-year-old American woman died after being assaulted and pushed down a slope by an American man near one of Germany's most popular tourist sights, Neuschwanstein Castle, in Bavaria, according to local police. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/europe/american-dead-attack-germany-neuschwanstein-castle/index.html

At least three people were killed and dozens were hospitalized after a tornado ripped through a town in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday afternoon, nearly leveling some buildings and prompting power outages. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/16/weather/perryton-texas-tornado-friday/index.html

A tournament of two big firsts gets underway at the 123rd US Open on Thursday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/golf/us-open-watch-time-preview-spt-intl/index.html

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been found by a parliamentary committee to have deliberately misled parliament over breaches of Covid-19 lockdown rules. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/uk/boris-johnson-select-committee-report-intl-gbr/index.html

When New Zealand police cracked open plastic jugs of maple syrup that had arrived from Canada, they found something decidedly less sweet inside. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/world/new-zealand-meth-bust-maple-syrup-intl-hnk/index.html

A popular song from Hong Kong's democracy movement has begun to disappear from several major music streaming sites -- including in some locations overseas -- days after the Chinese business hub's local government filed an injunction to ban the tune. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/asia/hong-kong-protest-song-crackdown-streaming-platforms-intl-hnk/index.html

It was perhaps the first royal wedding of its stature to have been filmed in the Middle East. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/middleeast/egypt-iran-reconciliation-mime-intl/index.html

At least 11 states have enacted 13 restrictive voting laws this year, according to a new analysis from the liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice at New York University's law school. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/politics/restrictive-voting-laws-brennan-report/index.html

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has been relieved of day-to-day duties while he recuperates from a medical situation, the organization announced Tuesday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/golf/jay-monahan-pga-tour-medical-situation-spt-intl/index.html

Greenpeace activists scaled Deutsche Bank's headquarters in Frankfurt Wednesday and strung up a large yellow banner to protest against the climate investment policies of the German lender and its asset management company DWS. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/investing/greenpeace-protest-deutsche-bank-greenwashing/index.html

Houston police are investigating the death of a four-year-old K-9 who suffered heat exhaustion after being in a patrol car which had its engine shut off, police said. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/us/houston-police-k9-dead-heat-exhaustion/index.html

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with China's foreign minister by phone on Wednesday, a call that comes ahead of a highly anticipated expected visit by Washington's top diplomat to Beijing as the two superpowers try to improve the dismal state of their ties. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/china/china-us-qin-gang-blinken-phone-call-intl-hnk/index.html

The cameras are once again trained on Donald Trump. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/media/donald-trump-arraignment-reliable-sources/index.html

Country music singer Jimmie Allen has been dropped by his recording label, CNN confirmed on Monday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/entertainment/jimmie-allen-label-lawsuits/index.html

Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant billionaire and former Italian prime minister who once described himself as the "Jesus Christ of politics," has died at a Milan hospital at the age of 86, his press office confirmed on Monday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/europe/silvio-berlusconi-italy-death-obituary-intl/index.html

Civil rights advocates and election attorneys are preparing for a new flood of redistricting litigation lawsuits source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/politics/supreme-court-redistricting-voting-rights-south/index.html

Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines has defended imposing weight requirements on flight attendants after reports of the new policy went viral on social media and sparked a public backlash. source https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-hainan-airlines-weight-restrictions-attendants-intl-hnk/index.html

Beijing police have urged fans of Lionel Messi not to be cheated by expensive scams after the soccer superstar landed in China last weekend. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/football/messi-mania-china-argentina-intl-hnk-spt/index.html

Facebook-parent Meta is the subject of four new complaints from human rights groups in Europe alleging that the algorithm it uses to target users with companies' job advertisements is discriminatory. Nonprofit Global Witness shared new research with CNN that it says shows the algorithm distributing job ads is based on gender stereotypes, and that it appears to be a global issue. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/tech/facebook-job-ads-gender-discrimination-asequals-intl-cmd/index.html

When Chief Justice John Roberts began reading his decision in a voting rights dispute from the Supreme Court bench on Thursday, few would have expected the significant turn he was about to take favoring Black voters in Alabama. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/11/politics/john-roberts-voting-rights-act-alabama-analysis/index.html

President Volodymyr Zelensky has given his clearest indication yet that Ukraine's long-awaited push to recapture land from Russia's forces is underway. Follow here for live updates. source https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-11-23/index.html

Twitter has been a powerful tool for social movements. But since Elon Musk acquired the platform last year, some organizers and digital media experts have been bracing for the impact that his controversial policy changes and mass layoffs may have on social activism. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/11/tech/twitter-elon-musk-social-movements-cec/index.html

Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, the brainchild of historian Henry Louis Gates that will focus on the contributions that African Americans have made to the English language. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/11/us/oxford-dictionary-african-american-english-henry-louis-gates/index.html

Read a rare account of what it's like to live under Russian occupation. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/11/europe/ukraine-life-under-russian-occupation-melitopol-intl-cmd/index.html

Floodwaters are receding following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, but debris washed along the Dnipro river is turning Odesa's Black Sea coastline into "a garbage dump and animal cemetery," according to Ukrainian authorities. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/11/europe/kakhovka-dam-collapse-swimming-banned-intl-hnk/index.html

When Boris Johnson became British prime minister in the summer of 2019, he entered Downing Street as the highest-profile individual to do so since his hero, wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill, began his second stint as PM in 1951. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/10/europe/boris-johnson-fall-analysis-uk-intl/index.html

As horse racing's elite saddle up for the final race of the coveted Triple Crown at New York's Belmont Stakes, the sport's top trainers will face off for their share of the $1.5 million purse at the lavish, star-studded event -- amid growing scrutiny after a recent spate of horse deaths. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/10/us/belmont-horse-racing-trainers-violations-invs/index.html

Can humans and rats live together? source https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/paris-rats-cohabitation-intl/index.html

Canada's fire season is only just beginning. If it follows the pattern of a normal year, it will peak in the hotter months of July and August. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/10/us/canada-wildfire-season-us-impact-climate/index.html

Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, has been admitted to a hospital in Milan, his spokesman has told CNN. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/10/europe/berlusconi-back-in-hospital-italy-intl-hnk/index.html

Biden administration officials are doubling down on efforts to stem the flow of migrants journeying to the US-Mexico border, capitalizing on nearly a month of low border crossings in the wake of the lifting of a Covid-era restriction. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/politics/white-house-border-migration/index.html

Starting with "Air Jaws," the historic breaching great white shark, South African photographer Chris Fallows shares the stories behind some of his most iconic images. source https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/chris-fallows-wildlife-photographer-south-africa-spc-intl/index.html

It's not often that a soccer match can be encapsulated in just a single word. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/football/istanbul-champions-league-final-liverpool-ac-milan-spt-intl/index.html

China's cyberspace regulator plans to issue new rules clamping down on the use of wireless file sharing functions such as Bluetooth and Apple's AirDrop on national security grounds. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/tech/china-airdrop-bluetooth-national-security-intl-hnk/index.html

The attacks on the rule of law have begun. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/media/trump-federal-indictment-media-reliable-sources-hnk-intl/index.html

Nate Paul, a real estate investor and close associate of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, was arrested by the FBI Thursday afternoon, jail records show. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/politics/nate-paul-ken-paxton-impeachment-arrest-texas/index.html

An Air India flight sent to the remote Russian city of Magadan to pick up its stranded passengers has landed safely in San Francisco, the airline said Thursday. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/europe/air-india-russia-diversion-intl/index.html

Millions across the US and Canada will remain at risk of inhaling potentially harmful air from wildfires in Quebec on Thursday as more officials urge people to limit time spent outdoors and mask up for enhanced protection. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/weather/air-quality-smoke-nyc-northeast-thursday/index.html

Pope Francis underwent a successful, three-hour operation on his abdomen, the Vatican said Wednesday, after renewed fears over the 86-year-old's fragile health. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/europe/pope-hospital-surgery-intl/index.html

For days, images of New York choking in smoke have stunned the United States, as residents struggle to deal with the unfamiliar challenge of severe air pollution. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/asia/new-york-air-quality-beijing-delhi-intl-hnk/index.html

Turkey's lira has plunged 7% to a record low in its biggest daily selloff since a historic 2021 crash, as the newly elected government appeared to loosen currency stabilizing measures in its switch to more mainstream policies. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/economy/turkish-lira-crash-new-government/index.html

Former Vice President Mike Pence announced he's running for president on Wednesday, setting up a battle for the Republican nomination with his former boss, Donald Trump. source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/politics/pence-2024-presidential-campaign/index.html

Archaeologists in Spain have discovered prehistoric paintings in hard-to-reach caves in the east of the country using drone technology. source https://www.cnn.com/style/article/drone-prehistoric-cave-paintings-spain-scli-intl-scn/index.html

The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine has sparked fears of an ecological catastrophe, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky describing the situation as "an environmental bomb of mass destruction." source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/europe/ukraine-nova-kakhovka-dam-environment-damage-intl-hnk/index.html