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9 years 2 months ago
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro had strong words for US President Donald Trump on Monday evening. Maduro addressed his country after receiving the first official results of Sunday's elections for the National Constitutional Assembly.

Venezuela: Protesters, troops clash ahead of vote

9 years 2 months ago
Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro are calling for continued protests ahead of Sunday's controversial election, a day after demonstrators clashed with national guard troops in the capital in defiance of a protest ban.

Russia to seize US properties in retaliation

9 years 2 months ago
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded Friday that the United States cut its diplomatic staff in Russia and said it would seize two US diplomatic properties in a sharp response to a new sanctions bill the US Congress passed a day earlier.

Jeff Bezos has the right idea on giving

9 years 2 months ago
"Philanthropy," Oscar Wilde once wrote, "seems to have become simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow-creatures." With a growing number of billionaires and other wealthy people pledging to give away large chunks of their fortunes to rid the world of diseases, illiteracy, poverty, global warming and much else, the rest of us are apt to be in for a good deal more bother in the future. However well-intentioned, their efforts usually require the objects of their concerns to change behavior in ways that often wind up doing little to solve the vast problems they are trying to address.

Knife attack suspect 'known as Islamist'

9 years 2 months ago
A man accused of a fatal stabbing in Hamburg, Germany, was known to investigators as an Islamist and was "psychologically unstable" but so far does not appear to have any terror links, authorities said Saturday.

Meet the Superman saving the sun bears of Malaysia

9 years 2 months ago
With his wire-rimmed glasses and mild manner, Siew Te Wong could be described as a Malaysian Clark Kent. His superpower is rescuing the world's smallest species of bear from poachers and captivity, and restoring their natural habitat at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Malaysia.

Malaysia's problem with misogyny in legislature

9 years 2 months ago
Malaysia has a problem: misogyny. The country's Parliament set yet another sordid example last week when Member of Parliament Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh, during a debate on amending domestic violence laws, said husbands were 'abused' when wives threw insults, withheld sex and denied consent for Muslim men to take another wife.

Small groups defy protest ban

9 years 2 months ago
Opponents of Venezuela's President blocked more than a dozen intersections in the capital but appeared to refrain from massive demonstrations Friday, the first day of the government's ban on protests ahead of a controversial weekend election.

North Korea launches second long-range ICBM

9 years 2 months ago
The United States detected an intercontinental ballistic missile launch out of North Korea at approximately 10:45 am ET on Friday, the Pentagon confirmed to CNN -- Pyongyang's second such test this month.

Why sun bears are not pets

9 years 2 months ago
Meet Mary, a sun bear rescued as a cub from illegal captivity. Today, she's in the care of CNN Hero Siew Te Wong and his conservation center in Malaysia.
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