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Actor and director Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role on “The Cosby Show,” has died in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, officials there said. He was 54. Warner drowned Sunday afternoon at a beach in Cocles de Limón, on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, the country’s Judicial Investigation Department said. He appeared to be…
Three Gorges Dam in China on Yangtze river is the biggest in the world. Now China has started building an even bigger dam. As per Xinhua news agency, China’s Premier Li Qiang has announced that construction has begun on the dam on Yarlung Zangbo — the Tibetan name for the Brahmaputra river — on the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge prepared Monday afternoon to sentence an ex-Kentucky police officer convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid, days after the U.S. Justice Department recommended he receive no prison time in the Black woman’s fatal shooting. Brett Hankison fired his weapon the night of the March…
A sentencing hearing is scheduled to take place Monday for Brett Hankison, a former Kentucky police officer who was convicted in the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician. Taylor was shot and killed on March 13, 2020, during a botched drug raid authorized by the Louisville Metro Police Department. A Louisville detective at the time,…
Participants pose for group photos during the flag presentation ceremony for the Hong Kong, China delegation to The World Games 2025 Chengdu at Hong Kong Olympic House in Causeway Bay on July 21, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY) A 40-member delegation from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region — including 22 athletes — is…
Beijing imposes exit bans on foreign nationals as a coercion tool (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images) China is barring a U.S. citizen who works for the Department of Commerce from leaving the country after he traveled there to visit relatives—the latest instance of Beijing’s controversial use of exit bans on foreign nationals. The Chinese-American man,…
When a family member or close friend asks to borrow money, it can be hard to say no — especially if they’re in a tough spot. But personal finance expert Suze Orman wants you to pause before saying yes. “Your heart will always be screaming ‘yes,’” she writes in a recent blog post. But she…
7/21: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation,” as Americans take stock of the tumultuous political moment they are living through, Margaret Brennan speaks to key Democrats Sen. Joe Manchin and Rep. Dean Phillips, who both joined the growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers calling on President Biden…
China has stopped a U.S. citizen who works for America’s Commerce Department from leaving the nation for several months, according to media reports, an episode that comes as Beijing and Washington try to arrange a leaders’ summit so they can address their differences on trade. The Chinese-American individual who works for the Patent and Trademark…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has removed the higher education minister from her position, his office said on Monday, after his party’s key coalition partner accused her of misconduct. The removal of Nobuhle Nkabane from her post could help defuse tensions between Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), the…