By Helen Regan, CNN The former President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III died Thursday at the age of 61 after being hospitalized in Quezon City, state media reported. Popularly known as “Noynoy,” Aquino was the country’s 15th president, serving from 2010 to 2016 following the death of his mother, former President and democracy icon
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN Chinese businesses with risky investments in Southeast Asia’s Mekong region are increasingly turning to legal, China-based private security companies for protection, according to a new report. The Washington-based Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS) found that China-based companies account for 29 of the 49 foreign private security firms operating in Cambodia
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN Chinese businesses with risky investments in Southeast Asia’s Mekong region are increasingly turning to legal, China-based private security companies for protection, according to a new report. The Washington-based Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS) found that China-based companies account for 29 of the 49 foreign private security firms operating in Cambodia
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Ángela Reyes (CNN) — El cineasta Nick Guthe dice que, los meses antes de suicidarse, su esposa Heidi Ferrer sufría síntomas debilitantes del covid-19 largo. Comenzó el verano pasado, con un dolor «insoportable e inexplicable» en los pies, le contó Guthe a Alisyn Camerota de CNN el miércoles. Luego le siguieron problemas digestivos. Sufría dolores
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By Rosa Flores, CNN An ultrasound technologist who says she was fired by a Houston hospital because she wouldn’t get vaccinated against the coronavirus told CNN on Wednesday, “I don’t want to work for people like that. Don’t take away my choice.” LaTricia Blank worked at Houston Methodist hospital for eight and a half years.
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PS Homeboys is a new furniture and decor store in Palm Springs that’s open for business, but the owners say you might not know it from the street. The temporary parklet for Thai Smile on the corner of Indian Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Canyon Way is in the way, said co-owners Neils Kosman and Jeremy
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The period to withdraw signatures from the petition to recall Governor Gavin Newsom is over and just a few signatures were removed. Shirley N. Weber, the Secretary of State, notified the Department of Finance that just 43 signatures were removed from the petition during the 30-day signature withdrawal period. The recall petition has more than
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN Members of Congress pressed acting US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock on Wednesday to ban all flavored e-cigarettes, saying the sweet and fruity flavors are attracting too many children and teens. But Woodcock would not be drawn on whether the agency plans to ban or otherwise limit the
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Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — El actor Drake Bell, conocido por la comedia de Nickelodeon «Drake & Josh», se declaró culpable este miércoles de los cargos de intentar poner en peligro a un menor de edad y de distribuir material nocivo para menores, según la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Cuyahoga en Ohio. Bell
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By Alexandra Meeks and Paul LeBlanc, CNN California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom will face a recall election, marking just the second time in state history that a special election will be held to recall a sitting governor. State officials confirmed Wednesday that a recall election will proceed after just 43 people withdrew their signatures from
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — La Guardia Nacional de México halló a al menos 108 migrantes centroamericanos mientras viajaban hacinados en un autobús en una carretera del municipio mexicano de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, en Chiapas, según informó este miércoles ese cuerpo de seguridad en un comunicado. Según la nota, las autoridades detuvieron al vehículo porque
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — La cantante Britney Spears compareció este miércoles en la corte de forma remota para defender su caso para que se levante la tutela de larga data sobre el manejo de su patrimonio. Esto es todo lo que sucedió: Los fans se manifestaron: seguidores y activistas de Spears se reunieron en
Continue Reading CNNEE Nota del editor: Roberto Izurieta es director de Proyectos Latinoamericanos en la Universidad George Washington. Ha trabajado en campañas políticas en varios países de América Latina y España, y fue asesor de los presidentes Alejandro Toledo, de Perú; Vicente Fox, de México, y Álvaro Colom, de Guatemala. Izurieta es amigo cercano de Keiko Fujimori
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Justice Department released six never-before-seen clips of police body-camera and surveillance footage showing rioters harassing and attacking police on January 6 around the US Capitol. With several taken from the viewpoint of DC Metropolitan Police officers as they were overrun, the videos are the latest chilling example of how a
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The Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, ‘Short Fest,’ officially kicked off this week. The event is happening in-person once again this year and features 295 short films. “For all of us who worked the virtual festival last year, this feels like we’re celebrating two festivals in one,” said Lili Rodriguez, Artistic Director, Palm Springs
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Un buque de guerra británico se vio envuelto este miércoles en un enfrentamiento con fuerzas rusas frente a la costa del disputado territorio de Crimea. Rusia dice que uno de sus aviones de guerra lanzó bombas y un barco patrullero hizo disparos de advertencia para hacer retroceder a un buque destructor británico
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Nobles and Devan Cole, CNN Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island defended his family’s ties to an exclusive beach club in the state on Wednesday but apologized for “failing to address” what he called the “lack of diversity” at a sailing club to which he belongs. The comments from Whitehouse come as
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Jessica Dean, CNN Senators on both sides of the aisle said Wednesday evening there’s an agreement with White House officials and 10 senators on a bipartisan infrastructure deal, with senators planning to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday to discuss it. GOP
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