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CNN, NASA, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, ESA By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, arrived at the International Space Station this morning after soaring into outer space aboard a Russian-built Soyuz capsule, kicking off the first self-funded tourism mission to the International Space Station in a decade. The capsule took off from
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olivertapia (CNN en Español) — Las autoridades peruanas encontraron este miércoles al helicóptero militar que había sido reportado como desaparecido el día anterior en la provincia de Huarochirí. La Fuerza Aérea informó en un comunicado que en el accidente murieron los cinco tripulantes de la aeronave. Agregaron que se dispuso la “inmediata” activación de una
Continue Reading olivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Christian Chapman, un exasegurador de Better.com, pensó que estaba ingresando a otro de los foros en Zoom del CEO Vishal Garg. No sabía que sería su última llamada como empleado de la compañía hipotecaria en línea. “Si estás en esta llamada, eres parte del desafortunado grupo que está siendo
Continue ReadingAmy Woodyatt, CNN Kim Kardashian has undergone a style evolution, and it is in part down to her ex, Kanye West, she says. “I am honestly so humbled to be here. I mean, I started off as a closet organizer and a stylist. So the fact that I am winning a Fashion Icon Award, it’s
Continue ReadingBy Salma Abdelaziz, CNN Illustrations by Alberto Mier, CNN Produced by Monica Sarkar, CNN Editor’s note: This story is part of CNN’s commitment to covering issues around identity, including race, gender, sexuality, religion, class and caste. Berlin (CNN) — “We can do it!” When tens of thousands of desperate migrants made the treacherous journey to
Continue ReadingCNN By Salma Abdelaziz, CNN Illustrations by Alberto Mier, CNN Produced by Monica Sarkar, CNN Editor’s note: This story is part of CNN’s commitment to covering issues around identity, including race, gender, sexuality, religion, class and caste. Berlin (CNN) — “We can do it!” When tens of thousands of desperate migrants made the treacherous journey
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ national museum is planning to restretch Rembrandt van Rijn’s iconic painting “The Night Watch” to get rid of deformations in its top left corner. The museum announced Wednesday that the 379.5×453.5-centimeter (149.4×178.5-inch) canvas will be removed from its wooden stretcher next month and
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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel is credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence and working to hold a fractious European Union together. She also been lauded for managing a string of crises and being a role model for women in a near-record tenure that ends with her leaving office amid
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and several other countries in Central and Eastern Europe are facing the emergence of the omicron variant while already dealing with surging coronavirus cases and deaths. COVID-19 deaths recently peaked in Russia and Ukraine, and more than 1,00 people in Russia are dying with the
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Olaf Scholz has taken over as Germany’s new chancellor at the head of a three-party coalition government, ending the 16-year era of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel. Scholz will lead a 17-member Cabinet with one more minister than Merkel’s team. Green co-leader Robert Habeck will become vice chancellor.
Continue Reading By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamic militant who eluded capture for 16 years to life in prison after finding him guilty of making bombs used in a 2005 market attack that killed 22 people. Upik Lawanga, known as “professor,” is a key member of the
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European diplomat chairing nuclear talks between Iran and world powers says negotiations in Vienna will resume Thursday. Enrique Mora tweeted Wednesday that the parties to the 2015 Vienna accord will meet in the Austrian capital after consulting with their governments in recent days. European diplomats had
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European diplomat chairing nuclear talks between Iran and world powers says negotiations in Vienna will resume Thursday. Enrique Mora tweeted Wednesday that the parties to the 2015 Vienna accord will meet in the Austrian capital after consulting with their governments in recent days. European diplomats had
Continue Reading Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says fighting between troops loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels displaced over 25,000 people around a key port city last month. The fighting in Hodeida flared up when rebels rushed in to areas abandoned by government forces, followed by a counterstrike by pro-government
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Olaf Scholz fue votado como nuevo canciller de Alemania el miércoles, poniendo fin a los cuatro mandatos de Angela Merkel al frente de la mayor economía de Europa. Scholz, el líder del Partido Socialdemócrata (SPD), ganó la votación secreta en el Parlamento como se esperaba, una culminación de meses de negociaciones tras
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Atlético Madrid beat Porto 3-1 in a bad-tempered clash to steal a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Three players were shown red cards during Tuesday’s match as the two sides squared up on multiple occasions, with Atleti’s eventual win moving the team off the bottom of Group
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By Theresa Waldrop, Stella Chan and Holly Yan, CNN Scott Peterson has been resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the deaths of his wife and unborn child, a California judge ruled Wednesday. Peterson, 49, was convicted in 2004 for the murders of his wife Laci and their unborn son Conner.
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Peter Nickeas and Ray Sanchez, CNN The trial of Kim Potter ended December 23 after a jury found the former suburban Minneapolis police officer guilty of two counts of manslaughter for the killing of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April. Potter, who is White, fatally shot the 20-year-old Black man
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new Chancellor on Wednesday, bringing to an end Angela Merkel’s four terms at the helm of Europe’s largest economy. Scholz, the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), won the secret vote in the Parliament as expected, a culmination of months of negotiations
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A leaked video that shows staff members in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office joking about holding a lockdown-breaching Christmas party last year is adding fuel to allegations that government officials flouted coronavirus rules they imposed on everyone else. The prime minister’s office has been trying for
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