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Comment boards for Yahoo, ESPN, CNN and IMDB. https://blarify.com Saudi Arabia released US-Saudi dual national Saad Ibrahim Almadi from prison, more than a year after he was arrested for tweets critical of the kingdom, Almadi's son, Ibrahim, told CNN. https://blarify.com/view/78951/1/saad-ibrahim-almadi-saudi-arabia-releases-dual-us-saudi-citizen-from-prison-after-he-posted-critical-tweets-about-the-kingdom-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78951/1/saad-ibrahim-almadi-saudi-arabia-releases-dual-us-saudi-citizen-from-prison-after-he-posted-critical-tweets-about-the-kingdom-cnn-politics Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:30:04 GMT US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the US has formally determined that armed forces on all sides of the conflict in northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes. https://blarify.com/view/78915/1/blinken-accuses-all-sides-in-ethiopian-conflict-of-committing-war-crimes-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78915/1/blinken-accuses-all-sides-in-ethiopian-conflict-of-committing-war-crimes-cnn-politics Mon, 20 Mar 2023 01:45:04 GMT The US has seen a "significant spike" in aggressive Russian military flights in Syria this month, the commander of US Central Command said Thursday, two days after Russian jets harassed and collided with a US drone over the Black Sea. https://blarify.com/view/78769/1/us-has-seen-significant-spike-in-aggressive-russian-military-flights-in-syria-this-month-commander-says-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78769/1/us-has-seen-significant-spike-in-aggressive-russian-military-flights-in-syria-this-month-commander-says-cnn-politics Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:45:04 GMT US home building jumped higher in February, turning around after five consecutive months of falling even as mortgage rates were climbing last month. https://blarify.com/view/78710/1/us-home-building-surged-in-february-cnn-business https://blarify.com/view/78710/1/us-home-building-surged-in-february-cnn-business Thu, 16 Mar 2023 08:45:05 GMT US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday pressed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on accountability for atrocities committed by all parties throughout the yearslong conflict in northern Ethiopia. https://blarify.com/view/78675/1/antony-blinken-discusses-need-for-accountability-for-atrocities-during-ethiopia-visit-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78675/1/antony-blinken-discusses-need-for-accountability-for-atrocities-during-ethiopia-visit-cnn-politics Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:15:06 GMT Chinese billionaire and proclaimed dissident Guo Wengui was arrested Wednesday and charged with defrauding thousands of followers out of more than $1 billion through complex investment schemes, US prosecutors announced Wednesday. https://blarify.com/view/78674/1/chinese-billionaire-arrested-and-charged-in-alleged-fraud-conspiracy-that-bilked-investors-of-more-than-1-billion-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78674/1/chinese-billionaire-arrested-and-charged-in-alleged-fraud-conspiracy-that-bilked-investors-of-more-than-1-billion-cnn-politics Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:15:05 GMT President Joe Biden will be flanked on Monday by a 377-foot submarine -- the USS Missouri -- as he announces an accelerated timeline for Australia to receive its own nuclear-powered submarines early next decade. https://blarify.com/view/78560/1/china-looms-large-as-biden-makes-submarine-moves-with-uk-australia-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78560/1/china-looms-large-as-biden-makes-submarine-moves-with-uk-australia-cnn-politics Mon, 13 Mar 2023 03:00:04 GMT The US transferred an alleged al Qaeda bomb maker from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, the Defense Department announced Wednesday, part of the Biden administration's ongoing efforts to close the prison facility. https://blarify.com/view/78327/1/us-transfers-alleged-al-qaeda-bomb-maker-from-guantanamo-bay-to-saudi-arabia-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78327/1/us-transfers-alleged-al-qaeda-bomb-maker-from-guantanamo-bay-to-saudi-arabia-cnn-politics Wed, 8 Mar 2023 11:00:04 GMT The Biden administration took action Wednesday against several Iranian officials and entities for committing human rights abuses against women and girls in the latest round of sanctions against Tehran over its crackdown on unrest in the country. https://blarify.com/view/78306/1/us-sanctions-top-iranian-officials-over-serious-human-rights-abuses-against-women-and-girls-in-prisons-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78306/1/us-sanctions-top-iranian-officials-over-serious-human-rights-abuses-against-women-and-girls-in-prisons-cnn-politics Wed, 8 Mar 2023 12:30:05 GMT US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told Congress Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to press Taiwan and try to undercut US influence in the coming years as he begins a third term as president. https://blarify.com/view/78296/1/us-intel-chiefs-say-china-likely-to-press-taiwan-and-seek-to-undercut-us-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78296/1/us-intel-chiefs-say-china-likely-to-press-taiwan-and-seek-to-undercut-us-cnn-politics Wed, 8 Mar 2023 10:45:03 GMT The US State Department on Monday imposed a visa sanction on a Syrian military official whom it says killed at least 41 unarmed civilians in a neighborhood of Damascus in April 2013. https://blarify.com/view/78186/1/amjad-yousef-us-imposes-visa-sanction-on-syrian-military-official-over-massacre-that-killed-at-least-41-unarmed-civilians-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/78186/1/amjad-yousef-us-imposes-visa-sanction-on-syrian-military-official-over-massacre-that-killed-at-least-41-unarmed-civilians-cnn-politics Mon, 6 Mar 2023 12:45:04 GMT The long-awaited MAP Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru, India, hopes its 60,000-item collection can help reframe the subcontinent's art history. https://blarify.com/view/77778/1/india-x27-s-map-museum-of-art-amp-photography-tackles-biases-and-the-male-gaze---cnn-style https://blarify.com/view/77778/1/india-x27-s-map-museum-of-art-amp-photography-tackles-biases-and-the-male-gaze---cnn-style Sat, 25 Feb 2023 09:45:05 GMT Twelve states led by liberal attorneys general announced Friday that they had sued the Food and Drug Administration, saying its limits on mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for medication abortion, are too strict. https://blarify.com/view/77763/1/12-blue-states-sue-fda-saying-it-s-too-strict-in-limiting-abortion-drugs-as-legal-battle-over-mifepristone-heats-up-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/77763/1/12-blue-states-sue-fda-saying-it-s-too-strict-in-limiting-abortion-drugs-as-legal-battle-over-mifepristone-heats-up-cnn-politics Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:45:02 GMT President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House Friday he has no plans travel to East Palestine, Ohio, and defended his administration's response to the train derailment there that caused a toxic chemical spill. https://blarify.com/view/77762/1/biden-at-this-point-i-m-not-planning-to-visit-east-palestine-ohio-after-toxic-train-derailment-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/77762/1/biden-at-this-point-i-m-not-planning-to-visit-east-palestine-ohio-after-toxic-train-derailment-cnn-politics Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:45:02 GMT https://blarify.com/view/77761/1/rep-scott-perry-was-persistent-in-contacting-executive-branch-around-2020-election-court-documents-reveal-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/77761/1/rep-scott-perry-was-persistent-in-contacting-executive-branch-around-2020-election-court-documents-reveal-cnn-politics Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:45:02 GMT As some outspoken Republican lawmakers threaten to block future aid to Ukraine, a small group of House GOP members that traveled to the country this week vowed to consider a list of key weapons and other crucial necessities during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, sources... https://blarify.com/view/77760/1/zelensky-urges-top-gop-lawmakers-to-consider-new-weapons-wish-list-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/77760/1/zelensky-urges-top-gop-lawmakers-to-consider-new-weapons-wish-list-cnn-politics Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:45:01 GMT On the anniversary of the start of Russia's war against Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called on the international community not to let Russian President Vladimir Putin's crimes "become our new normal" -- and seemed to tacitly downplay a proposal by... https://blarify.com/view/77749/1/blinken-tells-un-russia-s-crimes-can-t-become-the-new-normal-on-ukraine-war-anniversary-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/77749/1/blinken-tells-un-russia-s-crimes-can-t-become-the-new-normal-on-ukraine-war-anniversary-cnn-politics Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:00:06 GMT A coalition of media outlets is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reconsider a decision that blocked the full release of a Fulton County special grand jury report, which includes recommendations for whether former President Donald Trump or any of his associates should face criminal charges for... https://blarify.com/view/77748/1/media-outlets-ask-georgia-supreme-court-to-release-full-grand-jury-report-on-trump-2020-election-probe-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/77748/1/media-outlets-ask-georgia-supreme-court-to-release-full-grand-jury-report-on-trump-2020-election-probe-cnn-politics Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:00:06 GMT A new bill overhauling Florida universities to match Gov. Ron DeSantis' vision for higher education would shift power at state schools into the hands of the Republican leader's political appointees and ban gender studies as a field of study. https://blarify.com/view/77747/1/ron-desantis-florida-bill-would-give-governor-more-power-over-state-universities-and-ban-gender-studies-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/77747/1/ron-desantis-florida-bill-would-give-governor-more-power-over-state-universities-and-ban-gender-studies-cnn-politics Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:00:05 GMT The US has intelligence that the Chinese government is considering providing Russia with drones and ammunition for use in the war in Ukraine, three sources familiar with the intelligence told CNN. https://blarify.com/view/77746/1/intelligence-suggests-china-is-considering-sending-drones-and-ammunition-to-russia-sources-familiar-say-cnn-politics https://blarify.com/view/77746/1/intelligence-suggests-china-is-considering-sending-drones-and-ammunition-to-russia-sources-familiar-say-cnn-politics Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:00:05 GMT