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South Africa's ANC expels former president Zuma after election betrayal

COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe failed on Monday to secure the backing of the biggest political party in parliament for his re-election bid, posing a major challenge to his prospects in the Sept. 21 vote.

Sri Lanka president fails to get backing of largest party for re-election

A group of 45 American doctors and nurses describe bloodshed in Gaza in an open letter to the White House, and demand immediate ceasefire.

‘We cannot remain silent about what we saw.’ US doctors who volunteered in Gaza demand ceasefire in letter to White House

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Send us your questions and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta may answer in an upcoming video.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On Call: What are your questions about the Covid-19 summer wave?

Pennsylvania State

Butler, PA

Members of a local SWAT team assisting in security for Donald Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, spoke to ABC News about what led to the failed assassination attempt.

Local sniper who spotted Trump shooter 1.5 hours before failed assassination attempt speaks out

Some Parisians and tourists said they couldn’t see clearly at the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics and decided to leave.

Spectators complain after leaving Olympics opening ceremony early

JD Vance tries to clean up “cat ladies” comment, doubles down on policies

Video captures a rocket exploding inside the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights territory.

Video shows rocket exploding inside Golan Heights

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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said Friday. He was 80. “General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party Nguyen Phu Trong passed away at 13:38 on July 19, 2024, at the 108 Central Military Hospital due to old age and serious illness,” the Nhan Dan newspaper said. Official media said a state funeral would be held.  Trong had dominated Vietnamese politics since 2011, when he was elected party chief. During his tenure, he worked to consolidate the Communist Party’s power in Vietnam’s single-party political system. In the decade before he took the top role in Vietnamese politics, the balance of power had shifted more toward the governmental wing led by then-Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country's most powerful leader, dies at age 80

Team USA’s opening Olympic weekend, Venezuela’s disputed elections, Deadpool & Wolverine’s box office bash and much more on today’s episode of 5 Things. Sign up for our newsletter at CNN.com/5Things and watch more at CNN Max.

5 stories to start your day

CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten breaks down the latest polling data that shows how Vice President Kamala Harris has multiple paths to victory over former President Donald Trump.

Polling shows Harris has multiple paths to victory

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Paradise, CA

An evacuation warning has been issued for the town of Paradise, where residents say the smell of smoke and sight of advancing flames on the horizon is enough to retraumatize them with the same horrors unleashed by California’s deadliest wildfire in 2018, which incinerated much of the town.

California town decimated by 2018 wildfire threatened again by state’s largest this year, as fires plague Oregon and Canada

Olympics commentator Bob Ballard was dropped from Eurosport, the European pay TV company, on Monday after the veteran sportscaster made sexist comments about the Australian women’s swim team.

Olympics commentator dropped over sexist comments about women’s swim team

It may have been a bronze medal, but it was celebrated in the stands like it was a gold.

Brazil’s Rayssa Leal takes dramatic, wildly celebrated bronze in street skateboarding as 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa wins gold

The attorney for Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, says his client “neither surrendered nor negotiated any terms with the US government,” but was instead kidnapped.

Attorney for Mexican drug lord says client ‘forcibly kidnapped’ by El Chapo’s son

Nigeria's largest refinery, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, is reselling crude oil cargoes from both the United States and Nigeria. Reuters sources indicate that this move, unusual for refineries, stems from technical challenges at the plant. The refinery, which began production in January 2024, aims to be the largest in Africa...

Nigeria's Dangote Refinery Reselling Imported Crude Oil

Researchers’ detection of two gases, phosphine and ammonia, in the clouds of Venus raises speculation about possible life forms in the planet’s atmosphere.

The discovery of a possible sign of life in Venus’ clouds sparked controversy. Now, scientists say they have more proof

Wildfires are raging out of control in the Western United States and Canada – destroying homes, forcing evacuations and injuring residents. One inferno has reportedly destroyed the historic mining community of Havilah. Another has scorched more than 360,000 acres of California – an area larger than the city of Phoenix. Here’s the latest:

A historic mining community is decimated as the Park Fire and other massive wildfires rage in the Western United States

Alameda, CA

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Alameda Post

The unthinkable has happened. Again. A gunman has taken multiple lives. The difference this time? It happened here, in Alameda. We are an island, both physically and psychologically. I spend a lot of time explaining to people that our focus is Alameda, and Alameda alone, so our coverage doesn’t usually include stories as horrific as this one.

It Happened Again. Here.

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South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African National Congress (ANC), the party he once...

South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led

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