Monthly Archive:: June 2015
World
(CNN) — The latest "it" ingredient to hit menus is CBD, short for cannabidiol, one of over 60 cannabinoids found in the cannabis sativa plant (more commonly known
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London (CNN)A second person has died from an allergic reaction to one of Pret a Manger's products, the food chain confirmed Sunday. The customer died in December 2017
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For an artist who's known for his stunts, this could be Banksy's most perfect art world prank. After the gavel fell Friday at Sotheby's auction house in London,
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Middle East
DUBAI: Forecasters say a tropical depression 1,040 km off the coast of southern Oman has developed into a tropical cyclone. But the India Meteorological Department warned it could
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Middle East
DAMASCUS: Syria’s President Bashar Assad on Sunday said that a Russia-Turkey deal for the last major rebel bastion of Idlib was a “temporary measure,” state news agency SANA
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Middle East
DUBAI: Forecasters say a tropical depression 1,040 km off the coast of southern Oman has developed into a tropical cyclone. But the India Meteorological Department warned it could
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Middle East
A Romanian referendum aimed at changing the definition of marriage to exclude same-sex couples has failed after turnout fell well below the threshold. Final results, published on Monday,
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Middle East
Hundreds of thousands of children are suffering acute malnutrition because of the war in Yemen. Two weeks ago, we reported how two-year-old Bassam Hassan's parents in the Houthi-controlled
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Middle East
The 2018 Nobel Prize for economics has been awarded to US economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer for integrating innovation and climate with economic growth. Nordhaus, a professor at Yale
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World
(CNN)The head of Interpol, who vanished after taking a flight to Beijing, is being held and investigated for corruption, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security said in a
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Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN)Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro pulled off a thumping win in the first round of Brazil's presidential election following one of the most polarizing campaigns since
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(CNN)Bulgarian authorities are investigating the rape and murder of an investigative reporter in the northern city of Ruse, the third journalist to have been killed in the EU
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Middle East
SWEIDA, Syria: Maysoun Saab’s eyes filled with tears as she recalled finding her parents bleeding to death on the ground outside their home, minutes after they were shot
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Middle East
Muslim World League head urges faith leaders to travel to Jerusalem seeking peace AMMAN: In an unprecedented move, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League (MWL),
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Middle East
The US Senate is expected to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court judge, offering President Donald Trump a big political win and tilting the nation's high
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Middle East
The Chinese government has remained tight-lipped on the disappearance of International Criminal Political Investigation (Interpol) Chief Meng Hongwei on a trip to China. His disappearance was made public on
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Middle East
Two Cameroonian opposition parties have agreed to form a coalition in an effort to dislodge six-term President Paul Biya in Sunday's presidential polls. The announcement on Friday confirms
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World
In Pursuit of Rare is a new series telling the stories of the master makers who deal in the most precious things on earth. While most vintage car
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Written by Tom Seymour, CNN In the early 1980s, at secretive night-time events around Oxford University and in grand country homes in Kent, Surrey and Buckinghamshire, carefully selected
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Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) — On the outskirts of Kiev, somewhere between the city's Nyvky and Sviatoshyn metro stations, sits a drab industrial building that you could drive past
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Middle East
JERUSALEM: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been sidelined, isolated and humiliated by the US administration. But the embattled Palestinian leader may have the final say in determining the
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Middle East
Muslim World League head urges faith leaders to travel to Jerusalem seeking peace AMMAN: In an unprecedented move, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League (MWL),
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Middle East
TUNIS: Tunisia’s presidency on Friday announced the extension of the country’s state of emergency, imposed in 2015 following a series of deadly extremist attacks.The decision to prolong the
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Middle East
US President Donald Trump has described the signing of a new free trade deal with Mexico and Canada as signalling "a new dawn" for Americans and the return
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Middle East
One year ago separatists, who control the Catalan regional government, held what they called a binding referendum on Catalan independence. Spain's central government in the capital, Madrid, rejected
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Middle East
Christine Blasey Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both teenagers. Ford and Kavanaugh testified separately in front of the
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World
Written by CNN StaffShanghai, China This story is part of "Smart Creativity," a series exploring the intersection between high-concept design and advanced technology. Amid population growth and unprecedented
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