India suspends visas for Canadian nationals as diplomatic spat deepens (www.cnn.com)
UNESCO designates ancient Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site, sparking Israeli ire (www.cnn.com)
The United Nations World Heritage Committee voted Sunday to list the Tell es-Sultan archaeological site in Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.”...
Biden administration announces relief for Venezuelans in the US, likely appeasing New York City officials (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration announced Wednesday the expansion of a form of humanitarian relief to Venezuelans already in the United States, making hundreds of thousands more people eligible for work permits and likely appeasing calls by New York City officials to provide work authorization to certain migrants....
Person in car with license plate allegedly connected to suspect in Illinois killings dies after trying to elude police, authorities say (www.cnn.com)
A person inside a car with a license plate allegedly connected to the shooting deaths of a family of four in their Illinois home last weekend died Wednesday after trying to elude police in Oklahoma, officials said....
Attorney for Alabama band director arrested after football game says tasing was unacceptable and left students traumatized (www.cnn.com)
The Alabama band director who was arrested after refusing to stop his band’s performance at a high school football game is grappling with the aftermath of being tased by police, which his attorney says was unacceptable and left students traumatized....
Another country has called Xi a ‘dictator’ and China is not happy with that description (www.cnn.com)
China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas....
Family of four shot dead at home, rattling quiet Illinois neighborhood, ‘not a random incident,’ according to police (www.cnn.com)
Police in a quiet community outside Chicago who are investigating the shooting deaths of a family of four, including two children, in their home Sunday night say it wasn’t a random incident....
Video shows school employee hitting 3-year-old nonverbal autistic child in the head and knocking him to the floor, attorney alleges (www.cnn.com)
Video from an Ohio school’s hallway camera shows a school employee chasing a 3-year-old down the hall and hitting him in the head from behind, knocking him to the ground, an attorney for the boy’s family alleges....
Azerbaijan launches operation against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh (www.cnn.com)
At least 32 people have been killed and 200 others wounded in a military operation by Azerbaijan in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, according to an official in Armenian-controlled territory there....
Five Americans back on US soil after release from Iranian detention (www.cnn.com)
Five Americans freed from Iranian detention this week returned to US soil early Tuesday following an initial stop in Doha, Qatar, two US officials told CNN....
Residents asked to stay indoors after escaped Pennsylvania killer is spotted again, and police say he is armed (www.cnn.com)
A Monday night sighting of the convicted killer who escaped from an eastern Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago jolted the surrounding community into high alert and prompted school closures Tuesday, after police warned the inmate now has a weapon.
Colorado officer who placed handcuffed suspect into police vehicle that was hit by a train sentenced to 30 months probation, 100 hours community service (www.cnn.com)
Because nothing says “accident” like leaving a prisoner in the middle of a railroad crossing!
2 pilots were killed in a collision at a Reno air show (www.cnn.com)
Two pilots were killed when their planes collided Sunday during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada, organizers of the event said....
China appears to have suspended spy balloon program after February shootdown, US intel believes (www.cnn.com)
China appears to have suspended its surveillance balloon program following a major diplomatic incident earlier this year, when one of the country’s high-altitude spy balloons transited the United States, multiple sources familiar with US intelligence assessments told CNN....
Taiwan’s defense ministry urges Beijing to stop ‘military harassment’ after 103 Chinese warplanes fly near island (www.cnn.com)
Taiwan’s defense ministry has urged Beijing to stop its “persistent military harassment,” after it detected more than 100 Chinese warplanes close to the island in a 24-hour span between Sunday and Monday....
Libya floods: Death toll rises to 11,300 in Derna, severely decomposing bodies found in the sea (www.cnn.com)
French ski resort closes permanently because of snowfall shortage (www.cnn.com)
California sues 5 major oil companies, accuses them of deceiving public over the risks of fossil fuel use (www.cnn.com)
The state of California is suing the oil companies BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and ConocoPhillips and their trade group, the American Petroleum Institute, over what the state says is a long-standing pattern of deceiving the public over the risks associated with fossil fuels and causing billions of dollars in damage to...
7,000 people arrive on Italian island of 6,000 as migrant crisis overwhelms Lampedusa (www.cnn.com)
Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000 people arriving in two days, prompting its mayor and the United Nations refugee agency to warn the Italian island is becoming overwhelmed....
Speculation grows over whereabouts of China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu (www.cnn.com)
CEOs are having their worst year in decades (www.cnn.com)
One year since Mahsa Amini’s death, a protester shot in the eye during Iran’s crackdown continues her struggle from exile (www.cnn.com)
Elahe Tavakolian’s shooter was so close, she could see him pointing his gun at her....
Second Australian woman this year dies after being shot by police taser | CNN (www.cnn.com)
US seizes nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian oil allegedly bound for China (www.cnn.com)
Biden and Zelensky to meet in US next week (www.cnn.com)
US President Joe Biden plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week around the United Nations General Assembly meetings, according to multiple officials familiar with the plans....
