By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents. Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN You should know by now that a Beyoncé album release is a whole event. “Renaissance” is that, of course, and the Grammy winner’s eagerly awaited seventh album doesn’t disappoint, if social media is to be believed. The album officially dropped Friday morning. So much to digest, so much to dissect
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a lengthy and candid discussion about Taiwan on Thursday as tensions mount between Washington and Beijing, despite Biden’s onetime hope of stabilizing the world’s most important country-to-country relationship. The two leaders did agree to begin arrangements for a face-to-face summit,
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva and Josh Pennington, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday the attack on a prison in separatist-held eastern Ukraine, which resulted in the deaths of at least 40 prisoners, was “a deliberate war crime by the Russians.” Russia, meanwhile, blamed Ukraine for the attack. The Olenivka prison near Donetsk has
Continue ReadingCNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Samuel Alito, appearing for the first time in public since penning the opinion that reversed Roe v. Wade, mocked foreign criticism of the decision during a speech he delivered in Rome. Alito — sporting a new beard — gave the talk that was largely dedicated
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olivertapia (CNN) — El gobierno español lanzó una campaña de verano animando a las mujeres de todas las formas y tamaños a ir a la playa. “El verano también es nuestro. Disfrútalo como, donde y con quien tú quieras”, tuiteó este miércoles el Ministerio de Igualdad. “Hoy brindamos por un verano para todas, sin estereotipos
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By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil was swimming in profits the last few months, reporting Friday that it brought in a record $17.85 in net income during the second quarter, a period in which Americans struggled with painfully high prices at the pump. The Irving, Texas, company increased oil
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Sergio Massa es el nuevo “superministro” de asuntos económicos de Argentina, un anuncio que llegó esta semana tras una fuerte reestructuración ministerial del presidente Alberto Fernández. Con estos cambios, Fernández hizo una reestructuración de una mesa triangular de poder de la coalición de gobierno, el Frente Amplio, donde están
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By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Facing a growing threat from China, the Navy envisions drone ships keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across the vast Pacific Ocean, extending the reach of firepower, and keeping sailors out of harm’s way. The Navy is speeding development of those robotic ships as an affordable way to keep
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Facing a growing threat from China, the Navy envisions drone ships keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across the vast Pacific Ocean, extending the reach of firepower, and keeping sailors out of harm’s way. The Navy is speeding development of those robotic ships as an affordable way to keep
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By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Facing a growing threat from China, the Navy envisions drone ships keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across the vast Pacific Ocean, extending the reach of firepower, and keeping sailors out of harm’s way. The Navy is speeding development of those robotic ships as an affordable way to keep
Continue Reading ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited one of Ukraine’s main Black Sea ports Friday, a week after a deal was struck with Russia, Turkey and the United Nations to create safe corridors for ships to export grains that have been trapped in the country since the war began five months ago. His visit
Continue Reading ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited one of Ukraine’s main Black Sea ports Friday, a week after a deal was struck with Russia, Turkey and the United Nations to create safe corridors for ships to export grains that have been trapped in the country since the war began five months ago. His visit
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats have a good chance in North Carolina of picking up a Senate seat. As they look to November, they’ve been aggressively protecting its left flank by keeping the Green Party off the ballot. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent canvassers asking people to
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud. Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, is charged with failing to pay the
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN Efforts by Democratic campaigns, committees and outside groups to tilt the playing field in their favor by supporting extremist Republican primary candidates are sparking backlash as other Democrats warn the tactic risks putting conspiracy theorists and election deniers in office. The latest flashpoint in the debate came this week when the
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt and Lauren Kent in London The German city of Hanover has banned hot water in public buildings and has introduced measures to reduce heating and energy usage as Europe faces a potential natural gas crisis this winter. “Every kilowatt-hour saved saves the gas storage tanks,” said the mayor’s office in a news
Continue Reading SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A court in Bosnia has sentenced a former top ruling party official to three years in prison for corruption. The Klix news portal reported that the former secretary-general of the ruling Bosniak Party of Democratic Action was convicted on Friday of using party connections and bribes in 2016 to secure people
Continue ReadingBy Silvia Marchetti, CNN When dozens of towns across Italy started selling crumbling buildings for the cost of an espresso, people from all over the world were prompted to grab a slice of the action — and for many different reasons. It’s not always about chasing the idyllic dream of living La Dolce Vita in
Continue Reading By COURTNEY BONNELL and COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency shot up to another record in July, pushed by higher energy prices fueled by Russia’s war in Ukraine, but the economy managed better-than-expected, if meager, growth in the second quarter. Annual inflation in the
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