By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow has formally opened, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on how to tackle the common challenge of global warming. Following Sunday’s opening gavel, leaders from around the world will gather in Scotland’s biggest city
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero was taken to hospital for a ‘cardiac exam’ after suffering chest pain and dizziness during his side’s 1-1 draw with Alaves on Saturday. The 33-year-old was treated on the pitch after he was seen holding his chest just moments before half-time and was subsequently replaced during the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Condoleezza Rice, former US secretary of state. Personal Birth date: November 14, 1954 Birth place: Birmingham, Alabama Birth name: Condoleezza Rice Father: John Wesley Rice Jr., minister and dean Mother: Angelena (Ray) Rice, a high school teacher Education: University of Denver, B. A., 1974; University
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By NICOLE WINFIELD, DAVE MCHUGH and KARL RITTER Associated Press ROME (AP) — Leaders of the world’s biggest economies have made a compromise commitment to reach carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a two-day summit that was laying the groundwork for the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. According to Sunday’s
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD, DAVE MCHUGH and KARL RITTER Associated Press ROME (AP) — Leaders of the world’s biggest economies have made a compromise commitment to reach carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a two-day summit that was laying the groundwork for the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. According to Sunday’s
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is preparing to hear a gun rights case that could lead to more guns on the streets of New York and Los Angeles and threaten restrictions on guns in subways, airports, bars, churches, schools and other places where people gather. The case the justices
Continue Reading By JAY REEVES Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Supporters of a proposal to provide paid family medical leave are dealing with another disappointment in Sen. Joe Manchin’s home state of West Virginia. Jessi Garman was looking to get a job and also have a third child. But doing both at the same time doesn’t
Continue Reading By ZARAR KHAN and BABAR DOGAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government and an outlawed radical Islamist party have reached an agreement to end a 10-day long — at times deadly violent — rally calling for the closure of France’s embassy and the release of the party’s leader. Neither Pakistan’s foreign minister nor a
Continue Reading By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Break up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies’ shield against liability in certain cases? Or creating a new regulator to strictly oversee the industry? Those ideas have captured official attention in the U.S., Europe, U.K. and Australia as controversy has enveloped Facebook, Google, Amazon
Continue Reading By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Break up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies’ shield against liability in certain cases? Or creating a new regulator to strictly oversee the industry? Those ideas have captured official attention in the U.S., Europe, U.K. and Australia as controversy has enveloped Facebook, Google, Amazon
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Fred Haise. Personal Birth date: November 14, 1933 Birth place: Biloxi, Mississippi Birth name: Fred Wallace Haise Jr. Father: Fred Haise Sr. Mother: Lucille (Blacksher) Haise Marriages: Frances Patt (Price) Haise (1979-February 7, 2022, her death); Mary Griffin Grant (June 4, 1954-1978, divorced) Children:
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN Voters head to the polls to cast ballots for mayor in key American cities on Tuesday. Divisions that have played out in Washington between moderate and progressive Democrats are also very much alive in these races in predominantly Democratic cities as the party tries to chart its future. Overhauling policing procedures
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Since the challenge to a Texas abortion ban first reached the Supreme Court two months ago, the justices have conferred only in private over the law that flouts nearly a half century of abortion-rights rulings. On Monday the internal debate goes public, as the nine
Continue ReadingBy Jeevan Ravindran, CNN India cricket captain Virat Kohli has criticized the “spineless people on social media” who attacked the team’s bowler Mohammed Shami over his religion following the team’s loss to Pakistan in a T20 World Cup match. “To me, attacking someone over their religion is the most pathetic thing that a human being
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s NHK public television exit poll projects Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing coalition will keep a majority in a parliamentary election Sunday, although it’s expected to lose some seats. Kishida’s Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito together are expected to win between 239 to
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German federal police have apprehended 23 migrants along the German-Polish border and detained two suspected traffickers. German news agency dpa reported on Sunday that there were several children among the people discovered inside a van during a routine checkup. All migrants were from Iraq, the two suspected traffickers were Syrians. The car
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LONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha has called on Instagram to take racism more seriously after being targeted with abuse after scoring in a 2-0 win at Manchester City on Saturday. The Ivory Coast international posted screenshots on Instagram of racist abuse he had received by direct messages following the match that saw
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha has called on Instagram to take racism more seriously after being targeted with abuse after scoring in a 2-0 win at Manchester City on Saturday. The Ivory Coast international posted screenshots on Instagram of racist abuse he had received by direct messages following the match that saw
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden has told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that their countries must cooperate more and better manage disagreements after their partnership was tested by Turkey’s threat to no longer recognize the U.S. envoy and its purchase of a Russian missile defense system.
Continue Reading VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told people to pray so that “the cry of the Earth” is heard at the U.N. climate summit. Francis, in comments to the public in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, noted that it was the first day of the crucial gathering in Glasgow, Scotland. He told the crowd:
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