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Massacres and resilience in Hama, Syria’s insubordinate city Forty-three years after the Assad government killed 40,000 people and levelled entire
CNN — Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city. In just over 72-hours last week, a coalition of Syrian armed rebel groups operating under the banner of Deterrence of Aggression captured the city in …
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Syrian rebels make dramatic Aleppo comeback as they push into the city Opposition forces were forced out of Syria’s second
New Delhi CNN — Inside Delhi’s first ever clinic dedicated to pollution-related illnesses, Deepak Rajak struggles to catch his breath. The 64-year-old’s asthma has worsened in recent days, and his daughter rushed him to the clinic, anxious about his rapidly deteriorating health. Sitting in the waiting room, Rajak tells CNN he has become “very breathless” …
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Hong Kong CNN — Glance up while strolling through parts of downtown Hong Kong and, chances are, you’ll notice the glassy black lens of a surveillance camera trained on the city’s crowded streets. And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands …
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Acclaimed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass announced the discovery of the largest complete archaeological city ever found, within the Valley of the Kings where about 2,000 artifacts have been discovered so far. The archaeological city remains in complete condition due to King Amenhotep III placing foundation deposits in his temple in order to prove later that this …
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Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Writing in her college application letter, Daryna Bazylevych described her family as “incredibly close knit and harmonious.” She spoke of her parents’ infinite support and the way they told stories about Ukraine’s history to her and her sisters. “They are the strongest pillar in my life and they help me overcome …
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CNN — A team of NASA rocket scientists is developing autonomous underwater robots able to go where humans cannot, deep beneath Antarctica’s giant ice shelves. The robots’ task is to better understand how rapidly ice is melting — and how quickly that could cause catastrophic sea level rise. In March, scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion …
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Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russia launched a “massive” missile and drone attack aimed at energy infrastructure across Ukraine at the start of the week, marking the biggest air assault since the war began, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow has since followed that with a second wave of strikes early Tuesday morning. Monday’s onslaught, which killed at least seven people …
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Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russia launched a “massive” missile and drone attack aimed at energy infrastructure across Ukraine overnight into Monday, Ukrainian officials said, killing at least four people and causing power outages in several cities. The nationwide strikes used “more than 100 missiles of various types and around 100 Shahed drones,” Ukrainian President Volodmyr …
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