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Two Russian curlers have given back their Winter Olympic bronze medals after one of them, Aleksandr Krushelnitckii, tested positive for the banned substance meldonium. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2EWOTEr

Jennifer Lawrence is fighting back against those who criticized a dress she wore to a London press event on Tuesday, calling the conversation around her outfit choice "utterly ridiculous." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2sLbKhA

In 1937, a young trucker named Malcolm McLean was delivering a load of cotton to a harbor in Hoboken, New Jersey. As he watched workers slowly transport the boxes by hand onto a ship, the story goes, he thought there had to be a better way to do it. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2EGTEi0

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A Tokyo skyscraper is set to become the world's tallest wooden building. Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry says its 1,148 feet tall timber tower will be completed by in 2041, to mark the 350th anniversary of the business that year. The W350 tower will cost an estimated 600 billion yen ($5.6 billion) to build. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2EOriWL

Students who survived the Parkland, Florida, shooting laid into President Donald Trump after he linked the FBI's failure to follow up on a report about the school shooter and the resources expended on the Russia investigation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2sAqxeV

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Changing attitudes among young Chinese means shark's fin soup is increasingly off banquet menus, according to a new report from WildAid, which says the consumption of the delicacy is no longer the single greatest threat to sharks. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2syqjVu

Skating to "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles, North Korea's figure skaters received huge cheers as they took to the ice at the Gangneung Ice Arena at the Winter Olympics in South Korea. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2EnK0AY

A much-anticipated Senate debate on immigration this week seemed to stutter even before it began Tuesday, as negotiations devolved into a fight about process and a healthy round of finger pointing, with time to reach a deal before the end of the week evaporating with each passing hour. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2HcdELc

A wildfire raging in a remote part of South Australia is large enough that smoke emanating from it can be seen from space, CNN meteorologists confirm. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2CiMzCA

Figure skaters Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierm are the first married couple from the US to compete at the Winter Games in 20 years. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2EBYNeL

Olympics swimming champion Michael Phelps is diving into a new role: Father of two. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2EBY4dx

South Africa's ruling African National Congress party will reveal Tuesday the outcome of a marathon meeting to decide the fate of scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2nWEWNT

CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports from the scene of a plane crash in Russia where all 71 people on board were killed. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2H8MUuY

CNN's Delia Gallagher gets exclusive access to the Sistine Chapel as it has its annual checkup. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2nuL4MY

Folks were abuzz over the weekend about Kim Cattrall slamming her former "Sex and the City" co-star Sarah Jessica Parker, but their apparent ill will is nothing new. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2BVLN2E

The Senate is set to begin debating immigration Monday evening, and in a rare occurrence for the upper chamber of Congress, no one is quite sure how that will go. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2H8L1P6

Architects are -- sometimes to their dismay -- confined by the limits of engineering. In turn, engineers are confined by the limits of physics. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2BSCfWa

Former entertainment industry executive Jill Messick died by suicide on Wednesday after a long struggle with depression, according to a statement from her family obtained by CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition http://ift.tt/2GZy6ir