Six of the 43 college students “disappeared” in 2014 were allegedly kept alive in a warehouse for days then turned over to the local army commander who ordered them killed, the Mexican government official leading a Truth Commission said Friday.

#CGTNAmerica Interior Undersecretary Alejandro Encinas made the shocking revelation directly tying the military to one of Mexico’s worst human rights scandals, and it came with little fanfare as he made a lengthy defense of the commission’s report released a week earlier.

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Close to 6,000 people are being asked to evacuate on Saturday as the Oak fire exploded in size overnight, burning homes to the ground in Mariposa, in the U.S. state of California.

#CGTNAmerica At least ten structures have been destroyed and 2,000 more at risk. At least ten structures have been destroyed and 2,000 more at risk.

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The monkeypox virus outbreak has officially been declared a ‘global emergency’ by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday, after the head of the UN organization broke a tie of mixed opinions among its panel of experts.

#CGTNAmerica The virus has been detected in more than 70 countries, and requires a global response, the WHO says, urging people to take the current outbreaks seriously.

Take a look at some of the latest facts on the outbreak.

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Chicken feet, pork feet and pig ears have higher appeal in China than they do to American consumers, just one more way American protein producers and China can have win-win relations in the field of agriculture, Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang said Saturday. #ChinaUS #CGTNAmerica President and CEO Shane Smith of Smithfield and team hosted Qin and his delegation, including representatives from China’s agricultural sector, at their processing plant in Denison, Iowa. #QinGang #ChinaUS #USChinatrade #CGTNAmerica

More than 30 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli security forces at the #AlAqsa mosque compound in #Jerusalem on Friday. Israeli police stormed the mosque after protestors threw stones close to the Western Wall where Jewish worship was taking place. #CGTNAmerica The mosque, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, is a sacred site for both religions.
Protests in solidarity with the Al-Aqsa demonstrators were also held in the Gaza Strip, in Amman, Jordan, and in Dhaka, Bangladesh. #AlAqsa #CGTNAmerica

The U.S. CDC has issued a nationwide alert for medical professionals to report any cases of #hepatitis in #children. The alert was made after a cluster of 9 severe hepatitis cases was identified in children aged 1-6 in Alabama. #CDC #CGTNAmerica In Alabama, several children developed liver failure and two had to receive liver transplants. #hepatitis #children #CGTNAmerica

Ahead of The China-U.S. Agricultural Forum taking place in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang met with Former U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Quinn and spoke on the topics of feeding a growing world and peace through agriculture.

#CGTNAmerica Ambassador Qin honored Quinn as they met in the World Food Prize Hall of Fame for having welcomed both President Xi when he was a county level official, and Xi’s father years earlier when he also came to visit Iowa,

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Russia’s TASS reports that Russian air defense has brought down a military transport plane carrying Western arms outside Odesa.

#CGTNAmerica “Near Odesa Russian anti-aircraft defense forces have shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane, which was delivering a large shipment of arms supplied to Ukraine by Western counties,”

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China's Permanent Representative to the UN Zhang Jun says that China is concerned about the increasing number of civilian casualties in Ukraine, at today's #UNSC emergency meeting. #UN #Russia #CGTNAmerica #China Vulnerable groups and medical supplies and personnel must be safeguarded, he said. #China #UN #UNSC #Russia #Ukraine #CGTNAmerica

New York City lifted its mask requirements on Monday for indoor businesses, dining and events, after the city reported a drop in COVID-19 cases. Broadway will maintain its mask and vaccine policies through April. #NYC #Covid19 #cgtnamerica

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For the first time in nearly two years, schoolchildren in New York City can return to school without masks. Children in the city’s public schools now have the option to choose whether they wear masks.
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Hundreds of trucks, cars, and recreational vehicles made their way to the Beltway on the outskirts of Washington, D.C, on Sunday. #cgtnamerica #PeoplesConvoy Calling itself the "People’s Convoy", the protesters, imitating the trucker rallies in the U.S.-Canada border in February, are calling for an end to all pandemic-related restrictions. #cgtnamerica #CGTNNews

At least 43 killed, 584 injured after #tsunami hits #Indonesia's Sunda Strait goo.gl/3yZdnD #UPDATE Death toll from volcano-triggered tsunami in coastal areas along the Sunda Strait in western #Indonesia jumps to 62, official says goo.gl/3yZdnD