China restated its case that Covid-19 may have originated in the United States in a white paper on its pandemic response released on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump’s administration blamed a lab leak in China. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/esixUyY
Venezuela is demanding that a 2-year-old girl be returned to her family after the United States deported her parents and kept the toddler in government custody. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/lCrodLt
Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family. from World News https://ift.tt/x9XvraH
Syria strongly condemned foreign intervention following a rare Israeli strike near Damascus on Wednesday amid deadly sectarian violence. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/B3lXLzr
Pierre Poilievre lost the vote for a constituency he has held for 21 years to a Liberal political neophyte. His populist approach may have been to blame. from World News https://ift.tt/WdzqAcK
Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated further after a top Pakistani official claimed early Wednesday it has “credible intelligence” that New Delhi will carry out a military action against Islamabad within the next two days. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/s0t26hn
Mexico’s top prosecutor said the ranch, which some groups searching for missing relatives had called an “extermination camp,” had been used by a cartel for training and recruiting. from World News https://ift.tt/ndoz9IZ
Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-meter (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at reducing overcrowding and improving safety. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/GNF91Xm
Professional cricket phenom Vaibhav Suryavanshi put on a show for the ages Monday when the 14-year-old hit for a century from just 35 balls in the first day of an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between the Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans in Jaipur, India. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/0cLm5YS
Voters will decide today whether to grant interim Prime Minister Mark Carney a full four-year mandate or give the Conservative Party a turn at the wheel after over nine years of Liberal Party government. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/uZCdU1o
The lettercard, penned by one of the Titanic’s best-known survivors just days before the steamship sank, smashed estimates to sell for £300,000 ($399,000) at a UK auction. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/drq65FZ
Both major political parties are pledging steep cuts on the number of foreigners allowed to study in Australia as a way to rein in runaway housing prices. from World News https://ift.tt/jKXelnf
Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ecologists, was the fiercest climate and environment advocate in the church’s history. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/jae4GRx
And on the third and final day of the NFL draft, University of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 144th overall pick in the fifth round Saturday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/6TQ9Jfq