Two gay couples in Taiwan make history in military wedding

The couples tied the knot in a mass military wedding complete with a parade, balloons and the Commander of the Taiwan Army's blessing.
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Analysis: How China's Xi Jinping blew a golden opportunity with Trump

At the first meeting between Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, held over chocolate cake and sorbet at the US President's vast Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida, the two leaders seemed on the brink of establishing an unlikely and potentially special relationship.
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Poland's biggest protests in decades stand against abortion ban

Huge crowds turned out to protest in the Polish capital, Warsaw, on Friday against a court decision to ban nearly all abortions, making it one of the largest demonstrations seen in the country in decades.
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Philippines orders evacuation as world's strongest typhoon of 2020 approaches

Philippine officials on Saturday ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island, as the world's strongest storm this year approached the Southeast Asian nation.
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See the moment a powerful earthquake rocked a city in Turkey

At least four people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean Sea off Greece and Turkey, according to Turkey's health minister. The Turkish city of Izmir has been particularly badly hit with reports of at least 20 building destroyed and cars being crushed.
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Vast traffic jams stretch in and out of Paris on eve of lockdown

France's Paris region faced traffic jams with a combined length of 730 kilometers (454 miles) Thursday evening, as the approach of a new nationwide lockdown appeared to prompt major movements in and out of the city.
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Ireland's mother and baby home survivors have spent decades fighting for the truth. They can finally see an end in sight

Growing up as an adopted child in Ireland in the mid-1960s, Noelle Brown didn't ask questions about her past.  
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Legendary chef who brought authentic Chinese food to the US dies

San Francisco chef Cecilia Chiang, who blazed a trail for Chinese cuisine in the United States, died Wednesday. She was 100. Her granddaughter, Siena Chiang, confirmed her death with CNN.
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Retiring Delta captain meets the air controller whose grandfather hired him

During commercial aviation's pandemic downturn, countless veteran airline pilots are retiring to save the jobs of their younger cohorts. But it was during Captain Paul Holmes' final flight for Delta Air Lines that a chance conversation with an air traffic controller brought him back to his early days with the airline.
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There's a new world's longest flight -- with a catch

Last week it was the return of the world's longest flight -- Singapore to New York JFK. This week comes another new aviation record: the world's longest flight in a single-aisle aircraft.
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Jack Ma is making history again with the Ant IPO, and getting even more wealthy while doing it

Billionaire tech tycoon Jack Ma is raising more than $34 billion in yet another record breaking IPO, further cementing his place in history as one of the world's great tech entrepreneurs.
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Amazon and Reliance clash in India over a cash-strapped retail chain

Two of the world's richest men are duking it out over a brick-and-mortar retail chain on the verge of default. But when it comes to the fight for India's growing e-commerce market, every battle counts.
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Used masks and gloves are showing up on beaches and in oceans

The pandemic has not only upended millions of lives around the world, it's now threatening the world's oceans.
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Taiwan just went 200 days without a locally transmitted Covid-19 case. Here's how they did it

As much of the world struggles to contain new waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwan just marked its 200th consecutive day without a locally transmitted case of the disease.
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New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia for terminally ill patients

New Zealanders have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia for people with a terminal illness -- clearing the way for the controversial proposition to become law in 2021.
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Analysis: Terror in France reignites a national debate on the right to offend

For the second time in as many weeks, France is reeling from the devastation of a brutal knife attack that authorities are ascribing to an Islamist terrorist.
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Inside the Mexican factory preparing to produce Covid-19 vaccine

CNN's Matt Rivers visits Neolpharma, a Mexican pharmaceutical company that says it plans to eventually produce millions of coronavirus vaccine doses.
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What will China look like in 15 years? Beijing has a plan

The coronavirus pandemic has left governments in disarray and made planning even weeks ahead difficult. In Beijing this week, however, China's leaders met to set specific policy for much of the coming decade.
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At least 25 dead and scores missing after Typhoon Molave lashes Vietnam

Vietnam deployed hundreds of soldiers and heavy machinery on Thursday to search for survivors after landslides triggered by torrential rains from Typhoon Molave, one of the strongest typhoons in the region in decades.
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China sent fugitive's elderly father to America to coerce him into going home, US claims

The Unites States has charged eight people, including six Chinese citizens, over a three-year plot to intimidate a US resident into returning to China to face criminal charges.
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Qantas announces 'flight to somewhere'

After its hugely successful "flight to nowhere" campaign, Australian national airline Qantas has rolled out an even bigger treat -- flights to, well, somewhere.
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European countries announce sweeping new Covid-19 restrictions

Two of Europe's largest economies -- France and Germany -- have announced sweeping new restrictions as cases of Covid-19 surge. CNN's Jim Bittermann reports.
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Child loses arm and mother injured in Egypt shark attack

A child has lost an arm and his mother suffered "deep wounds" in a shark attack in a marine reserve near the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
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Teacher giving a virtual lesson heard a student's grandma slurring. What she did next saved a life

A first-grade teacher at a Michigan elementary school is being hailed as a hero after alerting the school principal that her online student's grandmother was having a stroke.
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Tony Blair: The pandemic could push 49 million Africans into extreme poverty. Here's how other countries can help

It is now widely recognized that in Africa, the Covid-19 pandemic is on a different trajectory than much of the rest of the world, including the West. While relatively low levels of testing obscure the full picture, death rates have been significantly lower; health systems, while sometimes strained, have not been overwhelmed; and the latest serological studies suggest that while infection rates in Africa have been high, a great deal of these infections have been asymptomatic.
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Former Belgian king meets daughter for first time since she became a royal

The former king of Belgium, Albert II, has met with his once-secret daughter, Princess Delphine, for the first time since she was recognized as a royal, after years of legal battles forced the ex-monarch to finally acknowledge fathering her more than five decades ago.
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The outbreak is so bad in Belgium, some Covid-positive doctors are being asked to keep working

Health workers in some hospitals in Liege, Belgium's third largest city and a coronavirus hotspot, have been asked to continue working even if they test positive for Covid-19 -- as long as they are not showing any symptoms of the disease.
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Hong Kong teenage activist detained after reportedly planning to claim asylum at US consulate

A 19-year-old Hong Kong activist facing secession charges under the city's national security law was detained Tuesday amid reports he planned to attempt to claim asylum at the United States consulate.
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Typhoon Molave makes landfall in Vietnam in the aftermath of deadly floods

Typhoon Molave made landfall just south of the Vietnamese resort city Da Nang on Wednesday, lashing the coast with powerful rains and winds, and inflicting further misery on an area still reeling from widespread deadly flooding.
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Australian PM calls Doha airport incident 'unacceptable'

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison responded to an incident at Doha Airport where more than 18 women were subjected to compulsory intimate medical exams after a newborn was found abandoned in a trash can. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports.
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Harley-Davidson's ebike is here, just don't call it a Harley

Harley-Davidson, an aging brand that has faced shrinking sales over the past year, is starting an ebike company that it hopes could help it connect with a younger audience and grow its business.
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At these companies, workers are required to take time off

Unlimited paid time off sounds great on paper.
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Protests in Italy over anti-virus measures turn violent

Demonstrations took place in several cities of Northern Italy on Monday, following new restrictions to curb the country's second wave of Covid.
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The 'Caspian Sea Monster' rises from the grave

Beached on the western shores of the Caspian Sea, it looks like a colossal aquatic beast -- a bizarre creation more at home in the deep than above the waves. It certainly doesn't look like something that could ever fly.
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North Korea is going to be a major headache for whoever wins the US election

As Barack Obama ended his 75th day as President of the United States, the engines of a massive North Korean rocket roared to life half a world away -- sparking one of the first major international crises of his administration.
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Last-minute drama as Real Madrid avoids yet another defeat in the Champions League

A last-minute goal from Casemiro completed a stunning comeback from Real Madrid on Tuesday that earned the Spanish giants its first point of the new Champions League campaign.
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At least three dead, including children, after boat sinks off French coast

At least three people have died, including children, after a boat capsized in French waters while trying to reach the UK, human rights monitoring group Channel Rescue said.
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US citizen abducted in Niger, State Department says

A US citizen has been abducted in Niger, the US State Department confirmed in a statement Tuesday.
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India to sign defensive agreement with US following Himalayan standoff with China

The United States and India have reaffirmed their defensive and security relationship, as Washington continues to rally allies in Asia amid concerns over increased Chinese military activity in the region.
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At least 7 dead, more than 120 injured after blast at religious school in Pakistani city of Peshawar

Seven people have died and at least 123 more have been injured in a blast at a religious school on Tuesday in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to local authorities.
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Calls to boycott French products grow in Muslim world after Macron backs Mohammed cartoons

Calls are growing in parts of the Muslim world to boycott French goods in protest after President Emmanuel Macron publicly defended cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, which are considered blasphemous in Islam.
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Analysis: With 46,000 troops, US and Japan to show China how they can defend islands

Tens of thousands of US and Japanese troops will begin a massive island-landing exercise in the Pacific this week as part of joint military operations seen as a warning to China that Washington backs Tokyo over Beijing's claim to Japanese-controlled islands.
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See the moment protesters stormed into a church to disrupt mass

Protesters in Poland are demonstrating across the country against a near total-ban on abortions.
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Meet the woman who could lead the US Treasury in a Biden administration

The US election is still more than a week away, but speculation about who might lead the Treasury Department under a Biden administration is already in full swing.
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McDonald's social media person cries out for help and other brands give a warm embrace

The McDonald's social media manager ignited a conversation on Twitter Friday, gathering people who run brand social accounts to vent and talk about mental health.
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Japanese craft breweries are turning unsold beer into gin

This was going to be a big year for Japan. With the Summer Olympics due to be hosted in Tokyo, the island nation expected 40 million tourists to grace its shores.
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Hear from doctors inside an ICU in northern Italy

The Italian region of Lombardy was hit hard by the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and is now bracing for another surge in cases. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from an intensive care unit in one of the region's hospitals.
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Vietnam prepares to evacuate 1.3 million people as typhoon approaches

Vietnam is preparing to evacuate nearly 1.3 million people ahead of Typhoon Molave, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday.
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Uyghurs are desperate for action in Xinjiang. Some say only Trump can help

When Donald Trump won the United States presidency in 2016, Uyghur exile and US citizen Erkin Sidick was stunned and disappointed.
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British study shows evidence of waning immunity to Covid-19

A study of hundreds of thousands of people across England suggests immunity to the coronavirus is gradually wearing off - at least according to one measure.
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