Sciutto: Trump joked as the market went down the tubes
CNN's Jim Sciutto reviews a day in which the stock market plunged after a series of tweets by President Trump. #CNN #News
August 23, 2019
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Dow plunges after Trump tweets about China, Fed
Investor concerns over the uncertainty caused by the US-China trade war send the Dow plunging after President Donald Trump sent out a series of tweets that indicated that the trade war would be getting worse. #CNN #Trump #TradeWar
August 23, 2019
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated for pancreatic cancer
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for pancreatic cancer in New York City, the Supreme Court announced. #CNN #News
August 23, 2019
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Economist reacts to Trump's tweet: Nothing like this has ever happened before
Austan Goolsbee, the former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, reacts to President Trump's tweet asking if Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell or Chinese President Xi Jinping is the bigger enemy to America. #CNN #News
August 23, 2019
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French President Emmanuel Macron slams Brazil's president over Amazon fires
Ahead of the G7 summit in France, world leaders are sounding off on the fires raging through the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. A spokesperson for French President Emmanuel Macron said Macron believes Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro lied to him in June when he reportedly promised to do more to combat climate change.
The vast majority of the fires have been set by loggers and ranchers to clear land for cattle. The practice is on the rise, encouraged by Bolsonaro, who is backed by the country's so-called "beef caucus." Bolsonaro has dismissed accusations of responsibility for the fires, placing blame on NGOs.
There have been 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, with more than half in the Amazon region, INPE said. That's more than an 80% increase compared with the same period last year.The Amazon is often referred to as the planet's lungs, producing 20% of the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.
It is considered vital in slowing global warming, and it is home to uncountable species of fauna and flora. Roughly half the size of the United States, it is the largest rainforest on the planet.
August 23, 2019
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See how each of these 4 US presidents shaped wars in Afghanistan
It has been many years since 9/11, but the US has been involved in Afghanistan for far longer. Here's a look at how four presidents and four very different strategies have shaped the US role in Afghanistan.
August 23, 2019
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Cooper counts Trump’s flip-flops: “Buckle up”
CNN's Anderson Cooper retraces the recent contradictions President Trump has made about the US economy.
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August 22, 2019
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Critics deface Trump ‘Masterpiece’
CNN's Jeanne Moos takes a look at a painting featuring President Trump titled "Masterpiece" that was defaced by online critics.
#CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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Ivanka and Jared are silent amid controversy
As President Donald Trump has rotated between controversies for the last few days, two of his top advisers have been notably publicly absent -- again.
#CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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Watch Ted Cruz's eerie prediction about Trump
During the 2015 GOP primary election, Ted Cruz joked that Donald Trump might "nuke Denmark" if elected president. #CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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New video reveals Titanic being devoured
The RMS Titanic was visited by divers for the first time in 14 years, and the ship that was once a picture of luxury was found in the process of being swallowed up by the ocean floor and ravaged by metal-eating bacteria.
#CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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Ex-advisers worried about Trump's behavior, NYT reports
The New York Times reports that those who know President Trump are worried about his erratic recent behavior. #CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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US Steel announces layoffs days after Trump touts tariffs
CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich reports the US Steel announcement that it will temporarily lay off around 200 workers in Michigan, has left many in the community confused and shocked.
The move comes just over a week after President Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that his tariff policy is helping save the steel industry.
#Trump #CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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See moment plane crashes into ocean
A man and a woman were rescued by the Coast Guard after a small plane went down near Half Moon Bay off the Northern coast of California.
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August 22, 2019
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Why a farmer is dumping 12,000 gallons of milk a day
CNN's Rene Marsh investigates Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and their effects across the US. The CDC says PFAS are found in the bloodstreams of nearly all Americans, and they have been linked to many ailments including liver cancer, thyroid problems and birth defects.
#CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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Joe Walsh: Strongly considering primary challenge to Trump
Former Illinois GOP Rep. Joe Walsh, who has been publicly mulling a 2020 primary challenge to President Donald Trump, said he is "strongly, strongly considering" entering the race. #CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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Amazon rainforest burning at record rate
Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn that it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change.
The fires are burning at the highest rate since the country's space research center, the National Institute for Space Research (known by the abbreviation INPE), began tracking them in 2013, the center said.
There have been 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, with more than half in the Amazon region, INPE said. That's more than an 80% increase compared with the same period last year.
The Amazon is often referred to as the planet's lungs, producing 20% of the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.
It is considered vital in slowing global warming, and it is home to uncountable species of fauna and flora. Roughly half the size of the United States, it is the largest rainforest on the planet.
#CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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Donald Trump and Anthony Scaramucci: Bros to foes
The relationship between President Donald Trump and businessman Anthony Scaramucci reads like a top-rated television series. From acquaintances in the New York finance world to friends and then bitter enemies, here is everything you need to know about this decades-long drama.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Scaramucci no longer backs Trump's reelection, says change may be needed at top of ticket
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/politics/anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump-reelection-cnntv/index.html.
Why Anthony Scaramucci's rebellion bothers Donald Trump so much
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/20/politics/anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump/index.html.
Inside Trump's feud with Anthony Scaramucci
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/21/trump-feud-anthony-scaramucci-1470384.
Hedge Fund Founder Would Support Trump If He Wins GOP Nomination
https://www.npr.org/2016/05/03/476559441/hedge-fund-founder-scaramucci-would-support-trump-if-he-wins-gop-nomination.
Anthony Scaramucci out as White House communications director
https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/anthony-scaramucci/index.html.
Hedge-Funder and Trump Adviser Anthony Scaramucci on Team Trump’s Economic Plan and Getting Mexico to Pay for the Wall
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/11/anthony-scaramucci-on-team-trumps-economic-plan.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s3&utm_campaign=sharebutton-t>m=top.
Anthony Scaramucci: 'I’m in the game for a fight. I love the fight'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/09/anthony-scaramucci-life-after-11-days-in-white-house-trump-decca-aitkenhead.
The Surprisingly Tolerable Second Act of Anthony Scaramucci
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/07/22/feature/the-surprisingly-tolerable-second-act-of-anthony-scaramucci/.
The Hilarious Story of How Anthony Scaramucci Was Hired, Fired and Rehired At Goldman Sachs
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-scaramucci-goldman-sachs-2012-8.
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August 22, 2019
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Lemon and Cuomo imagine Trump prepping 'chosen one' line
CNN's Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo think about how President Trump prepared before referring to himself as the "chosen one" while speaking on his role in the ongoing trade war between the US and China. #CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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Anderson Cooper: Ivanka must be very proud of her dad tonight
CNN's Anderson Cooper examines recent comments from President Trump ranging from calling the Prime Minister of Denmark "nasty," to repeating NRA talking points. #CNN #News
August 22, 2019
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An umbrella. A bauhinia flower. A bleeding eye. They've become symbols of the Hong Kong protests -- and some demonstrators are getting them permanently inked onto their bodies. The pro-democracy movement, which is heading towards its 12th consecutive weekend, has inspired a wave of protest art that’s shown up on banners, posters, online memes; and now, human skin. One local tattoo artist gave around 100 people free Hong Kong-themed tattoos throughout July. Among the designs were two cleverly arranged Chinese characters that mean either Hong Kong or add oil -- a local rallying cry -- depending on which direction they're facing. Other popular inkings include the bauhinia flower on the Hong Kong flag, the yellow umbrellas associated with the regular marches in the city, and images of a female protester’s injured eye. The tattoos act as public statements of dedication and belief -- particularly striking in a time when most demonstrators are trying to conceal their identities from authorities. 📸 @zada_hk & @iconoglyphs
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Maddy Freking's team may have been eliminated from the Little League Baseball World Series, but her star turn as pitcher will go down in history ⚾ On Sunday, 12-year-old Maddy ditched her usual position playing second base to take the pitcher's mound as her team, Minnesota's Coon Rapids-Andover, faced off against Virginia's Loudoun South—the first time a girl pitched in the series since 2014. Maddy is only the 19th girl to play in the series in its 72-year history, and the sixth girl to pitch. “It’s an honor,” Maddy told ESPN. “I also think it’s really cool to be, out of however many boys, the 19th girl to be here.” (📸: Gene J. Pkuskar/AP)
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Follow ➡️ @cnnclimate ➡️ Thirsty travelers will no longer be able to buy plastic water bottles at San Francisco International Airport starting Tuesday. The airport is ditching disposable plastic bottles in an effort to become the world’s first zero-waste airport by 2021 ♻️ Travelers instead can fill their own reusable bottles at drinking fountains, or buy glass or aluminum water bottles inside the airport. (📸: Getty Images)
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Evelyn Hernández, a rape survivor who'd been accused of inducing an abortion and previously sentenced to 30 years in prison, was acquitted of all charges by an El Salvador judge at the conclusion of a retrial. Hernández, 21, was found not guilty after the judge said there was not enough evidence to convict her, according to Hernández's defense team. Thank God, justice was served, Hernández told reporters after the ruling. The case has drawn an international spotlight onto El Salvador's abortion laws, some of the strictest in the world. Terminations are illegal in El Salvador under any circumstance, including when the pregnancy poses a risk to the mother or in cases of rape.
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This is how you demolish a nuclear power plant without blowing it up. A team of engineers in Germany brought down this 80-meter (262-foot) concrete cooling tower last week without using a single explosive, according to project manager Olaf Day. They used robots instead. It was the first time in the world this demolition method has been used [on a nuclear plant], Day said. And while the tower was not deemed radioactive, there is still interest in minimizing dust with this method, experts say. Germany decided to phase out all its nuclear power plants in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
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President Barack Obama's high school basketball jersey sold for $120,000 to an anonymous buyer at an auction in Dallas 🏀Obama wore the jersey during his senior year at Punahou School in Honolulu as a member of the 1979 Hawaii State Champion boys' varsity basketball team. The jersey's price bested the winning bid for a dual signed photograph of baseball legends Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, the only one of its kind known to exist. That lot sold for $111,000. (📸: Heritage Auction)
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Follow ➡️ @cnnclimate ➡️ Click the link in our bio to learn more. NASA took CNN on a flight over Helheim — one of Greenland’s largest glaciers — uncovering a stark warning of the climate crisis. NASA oceanographer Josh Willis and his team are investigating how the ice is being attacked not only by rising air temperatures but also by the warming ocean, which is eating it away from underneath. “There is enough ice in Greenland to raise the sea levels by 7.5 meters, that’s about 25 feet, an enormous volume of ice, and that would be devastating to coastlines all around the planet,” said Willis. “We should be retreating already from the coastline if we are looking at many meters [lost] in the next century or two.” Glaciers like Helheim are powerful enough to make the global sea level rise by half a millimeter in just a month — something NASA researchers say cannot be ignored.
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The New York police officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner in 2014 will no longer be on the police force, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill announced Monday. It is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer effectively serve as a New York police officer, he said. Officer Daniel Pantaleo was found guilty in a disciplinary trial earlier this month of using a chokehold on Garner, the New York man whose final words, I can't breathe, became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement. Despite the disciplinary trial, Pantaleo has avoided criminal charges in the death. A grand jury in New York declined to indict the officer in 2014, and the city of New York settled with Garner's estate for $5.9 million in 2015. The Justice Department declined to bring federal civil rights charges last month.
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Follow ➡️ @cnnclimate ➡️ This is the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change. On Sunday, scientists memorialized Okjökull, known as Ok for short, with a plaque that contained a dire warning. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years, all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and know what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it, the plaque reads in English and Icelandic.
If glaciers continue to melt at the current rapid rate, it will pose a number of hazards for the planet, geologists say. Here are some of the potential hazards:
▪️People could be displaced
▪️Some remote island nations would be at risk of disappearing
▪️Water supply could diminish
▪️Food could become scarcer
▪️Coastal communities would be more susceptible to flooding,
▪️Trade could be impacted
(📸: @NASA, Jeremie Richard/AFP/Getty Images and Dominic Boyer/Cymene Howe)
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For the first time, a series of sketches have been revealed hidden underneath one of Leonardo Da Vinci's most famous paintings. Scientific analysis of The Virgin of the Rocks uncovered the original composition Leonardo started and then abandoned, before he painted the final product that has been admired for centuries. In the abandoned composition both figures are positioned higher up, while the angel, facing out, is looking down on the Infant Christ with what appears to be a much tighter embrace, London's National Gallery explained in a press release. These new images were found because the drawings were made in a material that contained some zinc, so it could be seen in the macro x-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF) maps showing where this chemical element was present, and also through new infrared and hyperspectral imaging, the gallery said. ➡️ Swipe to see the hidden sketch (📸: The National Gallery)
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Hong Kong have braved torrential rain to come out for an 11th consecutive weekend of mass demonstrations. Police only gave permission for people to gather in Victoria Park, but protesters ended up blocking several of the city’s main thoroughfares. Hong Kong’s summer of unrest began in June over a now-shelved extradition bill, but demonstrations soon expanded to include calls for greater democracy and government accountability, and condemnation of alleged police brutality. Protest organizers estimate that 1.7 million people turned out for today's demonstration; police have told CNN they do not yet have their own estimate for crowd size and CNN cannot independently confirm the organizers’ figures.
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High-level executives with children have a few advantages over other working parents: They make more money, which makes childcare easier to afford. They may have more say in where and when they work. And they can influence what family friendly means at their companies. But like any other working parent, top executives don't get more than 24 hours in a day. And they can never control the constant demands that come with having kids. @cnnbusiness asked executives to share their experiences of how they balance family and work.
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