[ad_1] CNN — An athlete, former jockey AP McCoy said earlier this year, is the only person who dies twice, such is the pain of walking away from the intoxicating, all-consuming nature of professional sport. McCoy retired from his long, decorated racing career in 2015, and since then has had …
Read More »Afghanistan’s female students voice devastation after being banned from universities
[ad_1] Kabul, Afghanistan CNN — The 21-year-old student had been studying hard for weeks as she prepared for the final exams of her first year of university. She was almost done, with just two exams left, when she heard the news: the Taliban government was suspending university education for all …
Read More »Exclusive: Biden task force investigating how US tech ends up in Iranian attack drones used against Ukraine
[ad_1] Washington CNN — The Biden administration has launched an expansive task force to investigate how US and western components, including American-made microelectronics, are ending up in Iranian-made drones Russia is launching by the hundreds into Ukraine, multiple officials familiar with the effort tell CNN. The US has imposed tough export control …
Read More »First on CNN: 2 Americans held by the Taliban have been released, sources tell CNN
[ad_1] Washington CNN — Two Americans who had been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released and are en route to Qatar, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Two of the sources tell CNN that one of the Americans is filmmaker Ivor Shearer, who was arrested …
Read More »Afghan Adjustment Act not Included in Omnibus spending bill, source says
[ad_1] CNN — The Afghan Adjustment Act will not be included in the omnibus spending bill, a source familiar told CNN. Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, continued to oppose the act at the committee level, the source said. CNN previously reported that roughly two dozen former leaders of the …
Read More »Fuel tanker tunnel fire kills at least 19 in Afghanistan
[ad_1] CNN — At least 19 people have been killed and 32 others were injured when a fuel tanker caught fire in a tunnel north of the Afghan capital of Kabul, a local official said Sunday. The Salang Tunnel – located between Parwan and Baghlan provinces – is around 1.66 …
Read More »Croatia beats Morocco in World Cup third-place playoff match
[ad_1] CNN — Croatia beat Morocco 2-1 in the third-place playoff on Saturday as the African side’s historic 2022 World Cup ended in defeat. It took Croatia just seven minutes to open the scoring through a header from Joško Gvardiol, before Achraf Dari equalized two minutes later. In an open …
Read More »World Cup security guard dies after ‘fall’ while on duty at the Lusail Stadium
[ad_1] CNN — A Kenyan security guard who reportedly fell while on duty at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium has died in hospital, his family and officials have confirmed to CNN. His employer had notified the migrant worker’s family on Saturday that 24-year-old John Njue Kibue had fallen from the 8th floor …
Read More »Anghami became the ‘Spotify of the Middle East.’ Now it’s moving into the real world
[ad_1] Abu Dhabi CNN — Anghami describes itself as the largest music streaming app for the Middle East and North Africa. Launched in Beirut in 2012 by Elie Habib and Eddy Maroun, it was quickly dubbed “the Spotify of the Middle East.” Now headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Anghami is growing …
Read More »Opinion: The lucky stroke that helped investigators solve the Lockerbie bombing
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Bergen is the author of “The Cost of Chaos: The Trump Administration and the World.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View …
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