Taiwan is rehearsing one of its most sensitive wartime scenarios: keeping the government functioning after a simulated Chinese “decapitation strike” targeting the island’s leadership. The drill is part of what Taipei calls the largest-ever Han Kuang military exercises, with troops defending ports, bridges and other critical infrastructure as Taipei prepares for the possibility of a conflict with China. CNN’s Will Ripley reports.

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President Donald Trump’s executive order recommends that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine be split into three separate shots.

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Two BASE jumpers scaled the glass wall of the observation deck of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and then jumped off the landmark before deploying their parachutes. They are now facing criminal charges, according to police.

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The death toll in Indonesia is rising after a magnitude 7.7 and then a 6.9 level earthquake struck just hours apart, with more than 300 houses being damaged or destroyed.

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