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‘Mona Lisa’ stays dry in Paris floods as Louvre shuts its doors
Jim Bittermann and Angela Dewan PARIS — (CNN) The “Mona Lisa” will stay dry on an upper floor in the Louvre as art museums in Paris scramble to protect their world-famous artworks fr...
Syndicated Author Jun 03, 2016

Mount Everest: Six confirmed dead as this year’s climbing season ends
Sugam Pokharel THE HIMALAYAS — (CNN) Six people died during this year’s climbing season on Mount Everest, officials said Friday. The body of Goutam Ghosh, an Indian mountain climber who we...
Syndicated Author Jun 03, 2016

This solar-powered TV brings global news to rural Africa
Sophie Morlin-Yron NAIROBI, KENYA — (CNN) In rural Kenya, people walk for miles in the blistering sun after work just to watch television in the nearest town. At 7pm, in the village restaurants,...
Syndicated Author Jun 03, 2016

Germany declares 1915 Armenian killings a “genocide”
Sheena McKenzie ATLANTA — (CNN) The German parliament has passed a symbolic resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as a “genocide.” The resolution wa...
Syndicated Author Jun 02, 2016

India Buyers Club: The New Way for Americans to Buy Cheap Drugs
WASHINGTON — (CNN) A growing number of sick Americans are traveling thousands of miles to India. Why? For huge discounts on prescription drugs. Scores of life-saving medicines are sold for much ...
Syndicated Author Jun 02, 2016

WATCH: Clinton, Sanders Duke It Out In The Battle For California
SAN DIEGO — (CNN) Hillary Clinton is back in the Golden State. Bernie Sanders, seemingly, has been living here. The former secretary of state begins a five-day swing through California on Thursd...
Syndicated Author Jun 02, 2016

Justices Eat And Tell: What Lunch Is Like At The Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor paused briefly Wednesday night during the last hectic month of the term to dish about an unlikely topic: food. S...
Syndicated Author Jun 02, 2016

Brazil Crisis: Economy Spirals Deeper into Recession
Patrick Gillespie NEW YORK — (CNN) Amid a political crisis, Brazil has dived deeper into recession. Brazil’s economy, the largest in Latin America, shrank 5.4% in the first quarter of this...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2016

WATCH: It’s The One Year Anniversary Of Caitlyn Jenner’s Coming Out
LOS ANGELES — (CNN) Caitlyn Jenner was first introduced to the world at 12:10 p.m. EST on June 1, 2015. That was when Vanity Fair Magazine tweeted a photo of its now famous cover with the captio...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2016

UNICEF: 50,000 – Including 20,000 Kids – Are Now ISIS Human Shields In Fallujah
BAGHDAD — (CNN) ISIS-held Falluja is surrounded by Iraqi-forces, which are expected to storm the city soon. An estimated 50,000 people — 20,000 of whom are children, the U.N. says — ...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2016
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