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By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong, and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s mega city of Chengdu has extended its Covid lockdown for a second time, with no end in sight as authorities struggle to eradicate an outbreak that is continuing despite stringent restrictions that have upended businesses and daily life. Home to 21 million people and the
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olivertapia (CNN) — Después de sorprender al 22 veces campeón de Grand Slam Rafael Nadal para llegar a los cuartos de final del US Open el lunes, Frances Tiafoe arrojó su raqueta al suelo y se cubrió la cara con asombro. Se sintió como un momento fundamental en la carrera del estadounidense de 24 años;
Continue ReadingCNN By Derek Van Dam, Judson Jones, Brandon Miller, Allison Chinchar and Monica Garrett, CNN Hurricane Kay made landfall in Mexico, along the west coast of the central Baja California Peninsula on Thursday afternoon, triggering flooding concerns not just in that region, but in parts of California and Arizona too. Hurricane conditions were impacting the
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has this month greenlit the rollout of updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters, following the US Food and Drug Administration’s authorization. These shots will replace the boosters previously offered in the US such that, for people 12 and older, being “up-to-date” with vaccines means having
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin has filed a lawsuit against his nephew accusing him of extortion, malicious persecution, abuse of law and damages stemming from false allegations that attorneys say cost the singer and actor millions of dollars in lost income. The lawsuit filed
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Are you waking up in a puddle of sweat — if you can sleep at all? That’s the grim reality for millions around the globe suffering through severe, unbearable heat waves. In California, temperatures in the 110’s (Fahrenheit) are setting records and pushing the state’s electrical power grid to a breaking
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By Aya Elamroussi and Paradise Afshar, CNN A Washington state public school district will reopen Thursday after a teacher strike that demanded improvements to classroom sizes, pay and health services — while another district is planning to strike if similar asks aren’t met, joining educators in Seattle. The Kent Education Association, which represents close to
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Do you ever sit and watch sports and think: “What on earth is going on?” Do you ever feel excluded from a conversation about sports because you don’t understand what is being talked about? Learning a new sport is tough. Even knowing all the words and phrases in a sport you
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By BRIAN INGANGA and JULIE WATSON Associated Press KAMPI ya SAMAKI, Kenya (AP) — A land of lakes has turned to menace in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. Water is rising in part due to climate change, and hippos and other animals are coming into contact with humans as never before. Winnie Keben lost her leg
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 has struck off the western islands of Zakynthos and Cephalonia, but no damage or injury has been reported. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the undersea quake occurred at 10:36 a.m. (0736GMT) some 57 kilometers (35 miles) southwest of Lixouri on
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 has struck off the western islands of Zakynthos and Cephalonia, but no damage or injury has been reported. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the undersea quake occurred at 10:36 a.m. (0736GMT) some 57 kilometers (35 miles) southwest of Lixouri on
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is set to join the U.S. Federal Reserve in making a jumbo interest rate hike Thursday as it tries to stamp out record inflation — although it risks worsening a recession that economists say is bearing down on Europe. The meeting
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is set to join the U.S. Federal Reserve in making a jumbo interest rate hike Thursday as it tries to stamp out record inflation — although it risks worsening a recession that economists say is bearing down on Europe. The meeting
Continue Reading RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says President Joe Biden has approved additional military aid to Ukraine worth up to $675 million. The announcement Thursday came as he gathered allies to renew their commitment to military support “for the long haul.” Austin said at the start of a meeting with
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty Thursday in a New York court to state charges of money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to an alleged online scheme to raise money for the construction of a wall along the southern US border, according to
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say a man has been found safe after he spent two days aloft in a hydrogen balloon, traveling about 320 kilometers (200 miles), after it became untethered and flew away while he was using it to harvest pine nuts from a tree. The man and a partner were collecting
Continue Reading By SAM McNEIL Associated Press HILF, Israel (AP) — Ayoub Rumeihat opened his palms to the sky in prayer as he stood among tombstones for Bedouins killed in action while serving the state of Israel. Finishing the holy words, he gazed at the distant Mediterranean Sea across a valley full of olives and oak where
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank after the military said he hit a soldier in the face with a hammer. In a separate incident on Thursday, Israeli police said they had “prevented a disaster” by arresting a Palestinian in Tel Aviv who was armed with
Continue Reading AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum will unite two iconic paintings from Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer early next year — The Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Milkmaid. The most famous museum in the Netherlands will bring together 27 of the 35 known paintings of the 17th century artist. Vermeer had the uncanny genius
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Three days after a brutal mass stabbing devastated a rural Indigenous community in Saskatchewan, the two brothers who were wanted in the violent attacks are dead, though witness accounts indicate that one of the men, Myles Sanderson, was responsible for the deaths of 10 of the victims, according to a law
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