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Obama: Trump’s comments ‘rattle’ world leaders

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:07:41 +0000

President Barack Obama gives a speech. (file photo)

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US fails to reach 2018 World Cup; Argentina breathes sigh of relief

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:38:43 +0000

(CNN) — For the first time since 1986, the US Men’s National Team will be watching the World Cup from home. Falling 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago, the US failed to qualify for Russia 2018. An early own-goal from Omar Gonzalez set the tone for the defeat, before Alvin Jones doubled the Trinidad and Tobago

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What happened inside the shooter’s suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:00:48 +0000

Paddock had booked room 32135, described by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joseph Lombardo as one large suite with uninterrupted views of the Las Vegas Strip. (Source:David Becker/Getty Images)

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What happened inside the shooter’s suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:10:06 +0000

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Jonghyun: Fans mourn death of SHINee K-pop star

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:19:01 +0000

(CNN) — Fans of K-pop superstar Kim Jong-hyun are expressing their grief at the loss of the 27-year-old singer who died Monday in an apparent suicide at a studio apartment in the Gangnam district of Seoul. Better known as Jonghyun, Kim’s death was confirmed by his management company, SM Entertainment, which said: “We are sorry

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Yemen spiraling toward ‘total collapse’ as world watches, UN warns

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Wed, 31 May 2017 15:43:57 +0000

(CNN) — Blaming the “inability or indifference” of the international community, the United Nations’ humanitarian chief warned that Yemen is spiraling toward “total social, economic and institutional collapse.” Speaking to the UN Security Council, Stephen O’Brien, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said the country’s citizens face a “triple threat” of

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ISIS kills 33 execution-style in Syria; 22 people in Iraq attack — report

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:03:07 +0000

(CNN) — ISIS killed 33 people execution-style in eastern Syria on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the terror organization carried out the mass killing in the the al-Mayadin desert near the strategic city of Deir Ezzor on Wednesday morning, it said, adding that its activists were

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South Korea presidential election date announced

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:07:32 +0000

(CNN) — The date for South Korea’s presidential election has been announced, with the country set to vote on its next leader nearly two months after a court upheld the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye. The country’s presidential elections will take place on May 9, Interior Minister Hong Yun-sik said Wednesday. Acting President Hwang

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Tourists die in Taiwan tour bus blaze

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:06:14 +0000

(CNN) — At least 26 people have been killed in a tour bus fire after it crashed into a guardrail on a highway near Taoyuan International Airport, according to the Ministry of the Interior’s National Fire Agency. Of the dead, 24 were tourists from China, including three children. A Taiwanese tour guide and the bus

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Singapore Airlines jet ‘faceplants’ as landing gear retracts

Euan McKirdy, CNN — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:05:16 +0000

(CNN) — A Singapore Airlines jet faceplanted when its forward landing gear retracted on the tarmac at Singapore’s Changi Airport Sunday. The Airbus A330-300 was undergoing a landing gear check when the incident occurred, according to a Singapore Airlines statement. Social media images showed the stricken plane, nose-down, at a gate. ‘ ‘5’: ‘contentWidth’: ‘100%’

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