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☆ Tornado kills at least 5, injures 33, in Chinese metropolis
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Jennifer Hauser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —At least five people were killed and 33 injured in a tornado Saturday that struck Guangzhou, a city of 19 million people in southern China, according to Chinese state media. Authorities say 141 factory buildings were damaged but no residential houses collapsed, according to the Xinhua news agency. It said a preliminary assessment put the tornado at level-three intensity, two below the highest level of five. A weather station in Liangtian Village, Baiyun District, about 1.7 miles from where the tornado hit, registered a maximum wind gust of 20.6 meters per second, Xinhua reported. Earlier this week state media reported that floods had killed at least four people in Guangdong.

Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Xinhua, China Meteorological Agency Locations: Guangzhou, China, Xinhua, Hong Kong, Guangdong province, Liangtian Village, Baiyun District, Guangdong

☆ Saudi Arabia to chair UN forum on women’s rights and gender equality
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Jennifer Hauser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A decision by the United Nations to appoint Saudi Arabia as the chair of a gender equality forum has been criticized by women’s rights advocates. The UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) unanimously appointed Saudi Arabia to chair its 69th session in 2025, according to the Saudi Arabia Mission to the UN. “The Commission on the Status of Women has a clear mandate to promote women’s rights and gender equality and it is vital for the chair of the commission to uphold this. “Saudi Arabia cannot prove its commitment to women’s rights merely by securing a leadership role in the commission. The Saudi government website “Saudi Vision 2030” says it aims for “a strong, thriving, and stable Saudi Arabia that provides opportunity for all.”The Saudi Press Agency added, “The Saudi Vision 2030 also included priorities and targets that focused on women’s full participation at all levels and investing their energies in a manner consistent with their enormous capabilities.”

Persons: Abdulaziz Alwasil, Tadros, ” Tadros, “, persecutes Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Saudi Arabia Mission, UN, Amnesty International, Rights Watch, Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Locations: Saudi Arabia, Saudi, “ Saudi Arabia

☆ Royal Caribbean suspends cruises to Labadee amid Haiti violence
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Jennifer Hauser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Royal Caribbean is suspending cruise ship ports of call in Labadee, on the northern coast of Haiti, as violence escalates in the Caribbean country. Our Global Security and Intel Team is closely monitoring the evolving situation in Haiti, and in an abundance of caution, we are temporarily making adjustments to sailings visiting Labadee,” Royal Caribbean said in a statement to CNN. Royal Caribbean’s port is located on a peninsula in northern Haiti and is accessibly only to Royal Caribbean Group guests and employees. The site, which has private security, includes a day-use resort with five beaches, a zip line and other recreation. The cruise line has been operating in Labadee since the 1980s.

Persons: “, Terry Ward Organizations: CNN, Royal, Global Security, Intel Team, Royal Caribbean Group Locations: Royal Caribbean, Labadee, Haiti, Caribbean, Port, Royal

☆ The war in Ukraine in 12 key moments
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

We’ve been taking a look at some of the most significant moments of the war so far. Putin’s announcement signaled the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has so far cost the lives of over 10,300 civilians, according to the United Nations. May 20, 2023: Russia takes control of BakhmutUkrainian army medics treat wounded soldiers at a stabilisation point near Bakhmut frontline. June 2023: Ukraine counteroffensiveUkrainian soldiers shoot rounds into Russian positions with an S60 anti-aircraft canon placed on a truck, outside Bakhmut. February 8, 2024: Ukraine military chief firedCommander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi during an event dedicated to Ukraine's Independence Day on August 24, 2023 in Kyiv.

Persons: Vladmir Putin, Putin, We’ve, ’, Volodymyr Zelensky, Pavel Klimov, ”, Marko Djurica, Russia's, Kolya Serga, Ed Ram, Sefa, Diego Herrera Carcedo, Moscow, Bakhmut, Wojciech Grzedzinski, Wagner, Prigozhin, Reuters Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russia’s Wagner, Alexander Lukashenko, Mike Johnson, Samuel Corum, Ukraine Valerii, Yan Dobronosov, Zelensky, Ukraine’s, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, CNN’s Jennifer Hauser, Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova, Andrew Carey Organizations: CNN, NATO, Reuters, Ukraine, United Nations, Presidential Press, Snake, Social Media, Anadolu Agency, Concord, Putin, Getty, Republican, Armed Forces, Moscow Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia’s, Kyiv, United States, Russian, West, Dnipro, Hroza, Kharkiv, Bucha, Moskva, Crimea, Kherson, Ukrainian, Kremlin, Belgorod, Bakhmut, NATO, Robotyne, Mariupol, Washington , DC, Avdiivka

☆ Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban lauds new phase with Sweden ahead of vote on its NATO bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Jennifer Hauser | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country had opened a new phase with Sweden during a joint press conference with Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson on Friday as Budapest prepares to ratify Stockholm’s long-delayed NATO bid. Orban, who said last week that the Hungarian Parliament would vote on ratification on Monday, met with Kristersson on Friday and announced at the press conference that Hungary had bought four fighter jets from Sweden. “Being members together in NATO we [will be] able to reconstruct the full trust towards each other,” Orban added later. Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership in 2022 and Finland joined NATO in April 2023 – doubling the alliance’s border with Russia. But Sweden’s bid was mired in challenges.

Persons: Viktor Orban, Ulf Kristersson, Orban, Kristersson, “, ” Orban, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin, Katalin Organizations: CNN, Swedish, Budapest, NATO, Russia, Gripen, Kurdistan Workers ’ Party, European Union Locations: Hungarian, Sweden, Hungary, Ukraine, Finland, Russia, Turkey

CNN —A sixteen-year-old Taylor Swift fan was killed in a head-on collision with a semi-trailer while on her way to see the pop star in concert in Melbourne on Thursday. Her 10-year-old sister, who was in the backseat, is in critical condition at a local hospital, 7 News Australia reported. “The rear passenger, a 10-year-old girl, was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition,” the police statement added. Swift is in Melbourne for the Australia leg of her global “Eras Tour.”The tragedy follows the death in November of a Taylor Swift fan before a concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That death came amid a record heatwave that had prompted Swift to postpone an earlier show.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Mieka Pokarier, Mieka, ”, Swift, Benevides Machado, ” Swift, I’m, “ Organizations: CNN, Australia, News Australia, Melbourne police, Dubbo Hospital, ” New South Wales police, Westmead Hospital, ” Locations: Melbourne, Dubbo, NSW, New South Wales, ” New South Wales, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Australia

☆ Medicine for Israeli hostages and Palestinians arrives in Gaza under deal struck by Qatar
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Helen Regan | Jennifer Hauser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Medicine for Israeli hostages and Palestinians has entered Gaza, Qatar said Wednesday, after the Gulf nation brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to provide vital medication to the war-torn enclave. The agreement mediated by Qatar Tuesday will see medication delivered to Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for medicine and humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians. Osama Hamdan, a Lebanon-based Hamas official, said the agreement was dependent on there being enough medication for Palestinians in Gaza in addition to the Israeli hostages. Hamas has stipulated that for every box of medication given to the hostages, Palestinians in Gaza must receive 1,000 boxes. However, the Israeli military said it does “not have the ability to guarantee” that medicine will reach the hostages.

Persons: Majed Al, Ansari, Osama Hamdan, Daniel Hagari, ” Hagari, “ There’s, I’ve, Dr, Nick Maynard, Martin Griffiths, “ Organizations: CNN, Medicine, Qatar, Qatari Foreign Ministry, Israel Defense Forces, Ministry, UNICEF, Al, Aqsa, United Nations, UN Locations: Gaza, Qatar, Israel, Doha, Egypt, Lebanon, British

In Jajarkot district, close to the quake’s epicenter, 92 people were confirmed dead and another 55 injured. Army personnel carry an injured person on a stretcher after an earthquake in Jajarkot, Nepal, November 4, 2023. Jajarkot district has a population of 190,000 with villages scattered in remote hills. A damaged building is seen after an earthquake in Jajarkot, Nepal, November 4, 2023 Nepal Prime Minister Office/Handout/ReutersIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences to the loved ones of those killed in the earthquake. “Deeply saddened by loss of lives and damage due to the earthquake in Nepal,” Modi wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Persons: Kuber Kadayat, Kadayat, Harish Chandra Sharma, ” Sharma, Narendra Modi, ” Modi Organizations: Kathmandu CNN, United States Geological Survey, CNN, Reuters, Jajarkot . Army, Nepal Army, AFP, Reuters India’s Locations: Kathmandu, Nepal, Jumla, Karnali province, New Delhi, Jajarkot, Rukam West, Reuters Earthquakes, India

Hong Kong CNN —China and the Philippines on Sunday accused each other of causing collisions in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the latest in a string of maritime confrontations between the two countries that have heightened regional tensions. In a statement Sunday, the Chinese Coast Guard accused the Philippines of violating international marine law and threatening the navigation safety of Chinese ships. In 2016, an international tribunal in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines in a landmark maritime dispute, which concluded that China has no legal basis to claim historic rights to the bulk of the South China Sea. In September, the Philippine Coast Guard released video of a Filipino diver cutting a Chinese-installed floating barrier in a disputed area of the waterway that had prevented Filipino boats from entering. It came just days after after the Philippine Coast Guard accused China’s maritime militia of turning vast patches of coral near the Palawan island chain into a bleached and broken wasteland.

Persons: Thomas, “, Thomas Shoal Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Coast Guard, National Task Force, West Philippine, BRP, Chinese Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard Locations: Hong Kong, China, Philippines, South China, Philippine, Ayungin, Spratly, BRP Sierra Madre, Manila, Beijing, China’s, The Hague, Palawan

CNN —New audio has been released of Princess Diana talking about how Britain’s Prince Charles – now King Charles III – was disappointed that they were having a boy, not a girl, when Prince Harry was born. The late princess recorded a series of audio tapes in the 1990s and had them secretly delivered to author Andrew Morton before her death in a high-speed car crash in 1997. ABC’s Good Morning America got an exclusive listen to the tapes in which Diana says her husband wouldn’t even talk to her stepmother Raine Spencer. ‘Pain, Raine?’She recalled Spencer reacting by saying she had “no idea how much pain your mother put your father through.”The late Princess responded: ‘Pain, Raine? When asked if he would release more audio, Morton said, “There is global interest, but we’ll have to see what happens.”

Persons: Princess Diana, Britain’s Prince Charles –, King Charles III –, Prince Harry, Andrew Morton, Diana, wouldn’t, Raine Spencer, Charles, ‘, ’ ”, ”, ” Prince Harry, Meghan, Queen Elizabeth II, Harry, “, You’ve, ’, ‘ Pain, Raine, Spencer, you’ve, ABC’s, Camilla, ” Morton, Morton Organizations: CNN, America, Netflix Locations: United Kingdom, North America

CNN —Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must have killed” Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and said there can be no peace negotiation with Putin on Ukraine. It is not clear yet what caused the plane crash, but US and Western intelligence officials that CNN has spoken to believe it was deliberate. Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson CNNThe plane crash thought to have killed Prigozhin came exactly two months after the Wagner boss launched a short-lived rebellion in Russia. I cannot think of another example of such ostentatious and uninhibited savagery by a world leader – not in our lifetimes,” Johnson wrote. Putin stands exposed as a gangster, and his absurd televised ‘tribute’ to the dead Wagnerites is straight from the pages of ‘The Godfather,’” Johnson concluded.

Persons: Boris Johnson, Vladimir Putin “, ” Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin, Johnson, Wagner, ” Johnson, “, Moscow –, Prigozhin ”, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei Skripal, ”, Prigozhin, Dmitry Peskov, –, ’ ” Johnson Organizations: CNN, Former UK, Daily, Embraer, UK, Boris Johnson CNN Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, St . Petersburg, Tver, Russia

CNN —Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says he is in Africa “making Russia even greater on all continents, and Africa even freer,” in a video circulating on pro-Russian military blogs Monday. In the clip, Prigozhin is seen holding a rifle in a desert area while wearing camouflage. “The former colonizers are trying to keep the people of African countries in check. And this is the (the reason for the) love for PMC Wagner, this is the high efficiency of PMC Wagner. Following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Wagner forces were heavily involved in capturing the eastern cities of Soledar and Bakhmut.

Persons: CNN — Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Prigozhin, ” Prigozhin, ” Wagner, Sudan’s, ”, “, PMC Wagner, Vladimir Putin’s Organizations: CNN, “, Central African, PMC Wagner, PMC Locations: Africa “, Russia, Africa, Russian, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Central African Republic, In Sudan, West, St Petersburg, Ukraine, Soledar, Belarus

☆ PSNI data breach: Northern Ireland police investigating 'calamitous' leak revealing information on current employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Christian Edwards Jennifer Hauser | Christian Edwards | Jennifer Hauser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has apologized for mistakenly sharing sensitive data in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request seeking to understand the numbers of officers in the organization. Police in Northern Ireland remain under threat and have been regularly targeted in long years of conflict over British rule in the region. The data breach comes just months after a serving Northern Irish police officer was left fighting for his life after being shot multiple times in front of his young son in February. Assistant Chief Constable Chris Todd apologized to PSNI officers at a news conference Tuesday. Kelly said many serving officers “do everything possible to protect their police roles,” due to heightened security concerns in Northern Ireland.

Persons: ”, Chris Todd, PSNI’s, Todd, Rebecca Black, ” Liam Kelly, Kelly, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Police Service of Northern, Police, Northern Irish, Irish Republican Army, IRA, Northern Ireland’s Police Federation, BBC Locations: Northern Ireland, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Ireland, Belfast

CNN —North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tours arms factories, inspects artillery plants and even fires a gun in newly released photographs that appear to offer a rare glimpse into the secretive state’s weapons facilities. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a munitions factory in this image released by the state news agency KCNA. KCNAThe release of the photos comes amid a period of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula and appears to be the latest show of force by Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tours a weapons factory in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on Sunday, August 6, 2023. In another show of force that month Pyongyang launched two short-range ballistic missiles, which landed in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, Kim Jong Un, Kim Il, Kang Sun Nam Organizations: CNN, North, Korean Central News Agency, Reuters North Korean Defense Locations: Korean, Pyongyang, North Korea, United States, Japan

“I write this as a hostage,” Bazoum wrote in the Washington Post. Bazoum also cautioned that foreign aid makes up 40% of the national budget – and it would not be delivered if the coup succeeds. ‘Determined, optimistic’CNN has not been able to independently confirm the conditions under which Bazoum is being detained in his residence. Bazoum also warned of growing Russian influence in the Sahel region. “With an open invitation from the coup plotters and their regional allies, the entire central Sahel region could fall to Russian influence via the Wagner Group,” Bazoum wrote.

Persons: CNN —, Mohamed Bazoum, ” Bazoum, ”, –, Bazoum, “, ‘, Idrissa Waziri, he’s, ” Waziri, Waziri, Abdourahamane Tiani, Tiani, he’d, Wagner, Russia’s Wagner, Salifou Mody, Joe Biden, Patrick Ryder, evacuates Organizations: CNN, Washington Post, Burkina, junta, Nigerien, Wagner, Pentagon, US Defense Department Locations: Washington, Niamey, United States, West, “ Niger, Niger, Europe, France, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sahel

☆ Popular singer CoCo Lee dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Jennifer Hauser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Popular Hong Kong-born singer CoCo Lee died Wednesday, her sisters announced in a social media post. Her R&B sounds infused with Western hip hop also made her popular in the US. According to previous CNN reporting, Lee was born in Hong Kong, but raised in San Francisco. Lee hoped to do nothing more than win pay for banging up her mother’s car in an accident. Singer Coco Lee performs onstage during her concert at the Taipei Arena on June 21, 2019 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Persons: CoCo Lee, Lee’s, Carol, Nancy, Lee, Singer Coco Lee, “, she’s, CoCo Organizations: CNN, Taipei Arena, Visual China, Facebook Locations: Hong Kong, San Francisco, Taipei, Taiwan

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