CNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Cher Scarlett, a software engineer, has a history of being misidentified by face-scanning technology, including one instance that may have surfaced a distant ancestor in a photo. So when she was introduced to an online facial-recognition tool she hadn’t heard of, she wanted to see whether it would mistake
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Radina Gigova and Arnaud Siad CNN Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing accusations he misled lawmakers and is staring down fresh calls to resign, after new images were published appearing to show him raising a glass with colleagues at a social gathering inside Downing Street during lockdown. The photos, obtained
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A court ruling blocking the termination of a Trump-era pandemic restriction at the US-Mexico border is unlikely to slow border crossings, Biden administration officials say, as migration in the Western hemisphere reaches new highs. Since taking office, President Joe Biden has faced mounting pressure over his handling of the US-Mexico border,
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By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet We are surrounded by bad money advice — from social media, from influencers and even from friends and family. Bad money advice might be oversimplified, ignoring the particulars of your personal situation. It could be outdated or based on harmful stereotypes. It may come in the form of a get-rich-quick
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La participación de los países de América Latina en la cumbre regional de alto nivel sigue siendo una incógnita, a pocas semanas de la fecha prevista para su celebración en California, en medio de una migración récord en todo el hemisferio occidental. La llamada Cumbre de las Américas se celebrará
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan and Steven Jiang, CNN US President Joe Biden’s warning the US would defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression has made headlines around the world — and put growing tensions between the small democratic island and its neighboring autocratic superpower back under the spotlight. Less than a decade ago, ties seemed to
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Stacker compiled a list of the biggest cities in California 150 years ago using data transcribed from the 1870 U.S. Census.
Continue ReadingCNN: WGCL: WSB: WTOC: WJCL By Dan Merica, Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN Primaries on Tuesday across the South could represent the clearest chance for Republican voters to break with former President Donald Trump. In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp looks poised to hand Trump his biggest ballot box rejection yet since the former President’s
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Samsung on Tuesday outlined a plan to pour more than $350 billion into its businesses and create tens of thousands of new jobs over the next five years. Despite an uncertain economic environment exacerbated by long-running supply chain issues and the war in Ukraine, the South Korean conglomerate
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Samsung on Tuesday outlined a plan to pour more than $350 billion into its businesses and create tens of thousands of new jobs over the next five years. Despite an uncertain economic environment exacerbated by long-running supply chain issues and the war in Ukraine, the South Korean conglomerate said that
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN It was nutritious, easy to prepare and great as a snack, especially when sprinkled with poppy flower seeds and served in cubes. The ancient Romans feasted on a delicious honey-crusted cheesecake called Savillum, which is believed to be the real ancestor of modern US-style cheesecake. Instead of Philadelphia soft cheese, there was
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LONDON (AP) — West Ham defender Kurt Zouma has pleaded guilty to kicking and slapping his pet cat in abuse caught on video. The 27-year-old France international appeared at a hearing at Thames Magistrates’ Court accused of three offenses under the Animal Welfare Act in relation to footage of the abuse that surfaced on social
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CNN By Stephanie Elam, CNN As California stretches into its third year of drought, Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning local officials that more needs to be done to save water, and to make sure all residents realize how urgent the crisis is. If not, Newsom said, Californians could face mandatory statewide water restrictions this summer.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La cruzada del presidente Joe Biden contra los líderes autoritarios en el extranjero se complica, constantemente, por el desorden de su democracia en casa. Biden, que condena tan enérgicamente a los agresores y dirige de forma tan plena a la comunidad mundial contra Rusia, notoriamente no logró reunir a los
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and RICARDO MAZALAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Workers digging through rubble found 200 bodies in Mariupol, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, another grim discovery in the ruined port city that has seen some of the worst suffering of the 3-month-old war. The bodies found in the basement of a
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy says that it has arrested 67 people who it believes were trying to travel by sea to Australia illegally. The navy said in a statement that 12 men were arrested first near the eastern port town of Trincomalee on Monday. Upon questioning
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid wants to quickly forget about Kylian Mbappé and turn its focus back on the Champions League final against Liverpool. Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti and his players are trying their best to avoid talking about the France forward and his decision to stay with Paris
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Los ataques de Rusia continúan y se centran en el oeste de Ucrania, en una guerra que ya lleva tres meses y que no hay nada que indique que pueda haber un alto el fuego. A continuación, las principales noticias de este martes 24 de mayo: Zelensky dice que Ucrania
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN Primaries on Tuesday across the South could represent the clearest chance for Republican voters to break with former President Donald Trump. In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp looks poised to hand Trump his biggest ballot box rejection yet since the former President’s own loss in 2020, with
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and RICARDO MAZALAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of waging “total war,” seeking to inflict as much death and destruction as possible as in three months of conflict, as fighting raged Tuesday in the eastern Donbas region. Russian forces have intensified efforts to
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