May 07 2021, 08:00
Amnesty International will next week announce it is reversing a decision to strip jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny of his "prisoner of conscience" status, a top aide said on Thursday.
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May 07 2021, 08:00
China's annual emissions exceeded those of all developed nations combined in 2019, the first time this has happened since national greenhouse gas emissions have been measured, according to a new report from the Rhodium Group.
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May 07 2021, 08:00
Britain and France have both sent naval vessels to the Channel island of Jersey amid an escalating row over fishing rights. The UK's decision to send naval vessels was the result of a discussion between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and local officials about a blockade by dozens of French fishermen of Jersey capital Saint Helier, a Downing Street statement said. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz reports from London.
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May 07 2021, 08:00
A French journalist who disappeared in Mali last month said in a video that emerged on social media Wednesday that he had been kidnapped by a jihadist group and pleaded for help from French authorities.
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May 07 2021, 08:00
Alabama's State Legislature voted to legalize medical marijuana late Thursday, becoming the most recent state to approve its use amid ongoing talks over revamping cannabis laws.
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May 07 2021, 08:00
Ma'Khia Bryant was charging at two young women with a knife, police body camera video footage shows, when an officer arrived and fatally shot her outside the foster home she had been living in for about two months.
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May 07 2021, 08:00
This week, the Biden administration took the unprecedented step of supporting a waiver of intellectual property protections on Covid-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic. Katherine Tai, the United States Trade Representative (USTR), said in a statement: "This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures. The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for Covid-19 vaccines."
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May 07 2021, 08:00
Peloton is estimating its treadmill recall will cost the company about $165 million in lost revenue during the the current quarter, and result in a $16 million hit to its profits.
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May 07 2021, 08:00
A controversial proposal to allow Texans to carry handguns in public without obtaining a license or training passed the state Senate Wednesday, putting Texas on track to potentially join a handful of others that have passed permitless carry laws this year.
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May 07 2021, 08:00
A new COVID-19 vaccine study out of Israel claims the Pfizer jabs are effective against variants, according to reports.