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The head of all U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific spoke to a Chinese counterpart for the first time in years, according to a statement from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The video call between the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific command Admiral Samuel Paparo and Gen. Wu Yanan, the commander of the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater
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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo testifies before Congress about nursing homes and COVID Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo testifies before Congress about nursing homes and COVID 03:30 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified before Congress about his administration’s handling of the COVID pandemic. Cuomo previously testified in a private hearing back on June 11.
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As efforts got underway Tuesday to retrieve a first sample of the highly radioactive debris festering in the depths of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, shoppers with deep pockets almost 6,000 miles away were being offered another, less threatening product from the earthquake- and tsunami-battered region. Harrods, arguably the world’s poshest department store, has
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Monique Olivier, who is serving life for aiding her serial killer husband Michel Fourniret, is a suspect in the 1997 disappearance of a teenage girl in France, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Olivier is formally in custody for the “kidnapping (and) illegal confinement” of 17-year-old Cecile Vallin and is being questioned by a specialist cold case
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Tokyo – An extendable robot began a two-week mission Tuesday to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Highly radioactive fuel and other materials in the reactors melted when a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 damaged the plant’s cooling
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Oprah Winfrey picks “Tell Me Everything” as latest book club selection – CBS News Watch CBS News Oprah Winfrey announces her latest book club selection, “Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout, which brings back characters from her previous novels including her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Olive Kitteridge.” View CBS News In Be the first to know
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Legendary actor James Earl Jones dies at 93 – CBS News Watch CBS News Actor James Earl Jones, who voiced iconic characters like Darth Vader, Mufasa and many more, died Monday at the age of 93. Vlad Duthiers looks back on his remarkable career and life. View CBS News In Be the first to know
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The European Union’s top court on Tuesday rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros, or the equivalent of more than $14 billion, in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute. The European Court of Justice overruled a lower court’s earlier
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Oprah Winfrey joined “CBS Mornings” on Tuesday to exclusively reveal her latest book club selection: “Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout. The book brings together beloved characters from Strout’s previous works, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Olive Kitteridge” and its sequel, “Olive, Again,” which was Winfrey’s pick in 2019. “Tell Me Everything” follows the evolving friendship between 90-year-old
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — There’s new hope for people with sickle cell disease, which affects mainly African Americans. It’s gene therapy research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia that’s being called a game changer. The first patient to get the therapy outside a research setting is a Cherry Hill college student who’s been waiting almost two decades
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