By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organizations should be shut down. The move is the latest step in a months-long crackdown on dissent. The Prosecutor General’s Office last month petitioned the Supreme Court to revoke the legal
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CNN, KUSA By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Joe Sutton, Lucy Kafanov, Amir Vera and Ashley Killough, CNN The suspect in Monday’s metro Denver shooting spree foreshadowed the rampage in a series of books he wrote under a pseudonym, and he used the names of actual victims in his writings. Five people were killed in the shootings
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial International, one of the country’s most respected human rights organizations, wiping out three decades of work to expose the abuses and atrocities of the Stalinist era. The court ruled that Memorial International had fallen afoul of Russia’s “foreign
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have charged two Afghan brothers with murder over the killing in July of their sister, whom they allegedly wanted to punish for her Western way of life. The men are accused of luring their 34-year-old sister to a meeting in Berlin, then choking and strangling her and cutting
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LIENZ, Austria (AP) — French skier Tessa Worley posted the fastest time in the opening run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom. Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin and world champion Lara Gut-Behrami sat out the race after positive COVID-19 tests. Worley led Sara Hector of Sweden by .12 seconds. Hector won her first GS in
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RocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Este nuevo año viene cargado de grandes proyectos cinematográficos, una acumulación de estrenos de pelÃculas que te mantendrá pendiente de la cartelera. Aquà la lista de las pelÃculas más esperadas de 2022: 355 (7 de enero) Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o y Diane Kruger dan vida a tres agentes secretas internacionales
Continue Reading CNN, KGTV By Joe Sutton, CNN Four people were killed Monday evening when an airplane crashed in the El Cajon area of Southern California, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The victims were aboard a Learjet 35 business aircraft which departed from John Wayne Airport in Orange County and was headed to Gillespie Field in
Continue Reading By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested five people suspected of smuggling 29 kilograms (64 pounds) of methamphetamine into Indonesia from Malaysia. A police official says the five are part of an international drug smuggling network and include a Malaysian citizen. He says the suspects told police
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has ruled that officials must draw up rules to protect disabled people if hospitals end up having to triage patients in the pandemic. The Federal Constitutional Court said on Tuesday that the parliament violated a clause in the constitution stating that no one can be discriminated against because of
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares have advanced following a rally on Wall Street as investors shrugged off concerns about the omicron coronavirus variant. Shares were higher in early trading in France and Germany and little changed in Britain. Benchmarks rose in Japan, South Korea and China. Markets were closed
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares have advanced following a rally on Wall Street as investors shrugged off concerns about the omicron coronavirus variant. Shares were higher in early trading in France and Germany and little changed in Britain. Benchmarks rose in Japan, South Korea and China. Markets were closed
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels say they’re temporarily allowing U.N. humanitarian flights to land at the airport in the capital of Sanaa. The development follows a week-long halt in flights after the Houthi rebels closed the airport, saying it was unsafe. They accused their adversary, the Saudi-led coalition, of
Continue Reading CNN By Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country’s previous record of about 252,000 daily cases, reported nearly a year ago on January 11. The new peak, according to Johns Hopkins University data, comes amid a rapid acceleration of
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country’s previous record of about 252,000 daily cases, reported nearly a year ago on January 11. The new peak, according to Johns Hopkins University data, comes amid a rapid acceleration of infections
Continue Reading RocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Dwayne Johnson le dio a su madre una sincera sorpresa esta Navidad. El actor y emprendedor publicó el dulce momento cuando le regaló un auto a su madre durante el fin de semana festivo. Dwayne “The Rock”; Johnson quiere beber tequila con su “doble” Sus hijas pequeñas lo ayudaron con la
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una niña afgana de 8 años, que forma parte de un grupo de menores evacuados a Estados Unidos, solloza todas las noches después de que su tÃa la acuesta. Otro joven afgano de 17 años se despierta agarrándose la almohada y gritando el nombre de su hermano pequeño. Cientos de
Continue ReadingCNN By Barbara Starr and Devan Cole, CNN Richard Marcinko, a legendary military figure known for leading SEAL Team Six when the covert special operations unit was in its infancy, died Saturday, according to his son and the National Navy SEAL Museum. He was 81. “Last night, Christmas evening, we lost a hero, who’s also
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press Desmond Tutu was, for many around the world, an icon. A spiritual compass. A champion of the anti-apartheid struggle. But those who saw the Nobel Peace Prize winner up close basked in his rollercoaster laughter, reveled as his eyes widened theatrically, soaked up his pristinely enunciated remarks, and came away
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer They train at the same complex in Montreal under the same coaches. They’ve had a long-term rivalry that’s taken them around the world. Hey, even the women’s first names are the same. And when they take the ice in Nashville next week for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, they
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN The defense ministers of Japan and China on Monday agreed to set up a joint communication hotline by the end of 2022, a news release from Japan’s Defense Ministry said, amid tensions between the East Asian neighbors. China’s Defense Ministry confirmed the hotline agreement in a statement without giving a date
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