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By Dana Santas, CNN For many people, travel is a necessary part of celebrating the holidays with loved ones. This means enduring all the stressful hiccups that can come with traveling and spending time away from the comforts of your own home. Every year, my family kicks off the season by watching the classic comedy
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Obama Foundation program that has trained hundreds of young leaders across Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Europe is being expanded to include the United States. Former President Barack Obama is expected to announce the new program on Thursday during a two-day democracy forum the foundation is co-sponsoring
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By Travis Caldwell, Amy Simonson and Amanda Musa, CNN Michael Hollins, the University of Virginia football player who was seriously wounded in Sunday’s mass shooting, was taken off intubation and moved from the hospital’s intensive care unit, a family friend told CNN on Thursday. “Mike is doing better today,” Gipson said. “He is in intermediate
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong leader John Lee has arrived at a regional economic summit in Bangkok in the first appearance by the city’s chief executive at an international event in nearly three years — as the Asian financial hub angles for a comeback. Lee, a US-sanctioned official who has guided Hong Kong through
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Italian police have issued 18 arrest warrants for Italians and Tunisians accused of operating a migrant-trafficking route on high-speed boats between Tunisia’s coast and Sicilian ports. The suspects are alleged to have demanded payment of 3,000-5,000 euros ($3,100-$5,200) in cash per person, packed the boats with 10 to 30 passengers at a
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — In a courtroom packed with relatives of victims killed in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Dutch judge began reading the verdict Thursday in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian on trial for their alleged roles in the
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By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — In a courtroom packed with relatives of victims killed in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Dutch judge began reading the verdict Thursday in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian on trial for their alleged roles in the
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN, KELVIN CHAN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — As international climate talks in the Egyptian desert go into its final days, the focus is on somehow erasing some countries’ lines in the sand on key issues. These include compensation for climate disasters, ending all fossil fuel use and
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hopes for greater cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including on its $500 billion futuristic desert city project. Yoon met the kingdom’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday. It was the prince’s first visit to South Korea since 2019.
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hopes for greater cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including on its $500 billion futuristic desert city project. Yoon met the kingdom’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday. It was the prince’s first visit to South Korea since 2019.
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olivertapia (CNN) — “O mueres como un héroe, o vives lo suficiente para convertirte en el villano”, dice Harvey Dent en “The Dark Knight” de Batman, presagiando su descenso de héroe a villano. ¿Se podría decir lo mismo de Cristiano Ronaldo? No es ningún secreto que la superestrella portuguesa no ha disfrutado de un reencuentro
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Pledging to face an economic storm, Britain’s new government is set to offer an emergency budget featuring tens of billions in spending cuts and tax increases Thursday as it seeks to restore the U.K.’s economic credibility and patch up the nation’s battered finances. Just
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Pledging to face an economic storm, Britain’s new government is set to offer an emergency budget featuring tens of billions in spending cuts and tax increases Thursday as it seeks to restore the U.K.’s economic credibility and patch up the nation’s battered finances. Just
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says “sports should not be politicized” only days after it was announced that he would attend the World Cup in Qatar if France reaches the semifinals. Macron is in Bangkok and says issues about Qatar’s human rights record and the environment are “questions you have to ask yourself
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian airstrikes targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities again Thursday as the first snow of the season fell in Kyiv, a harbinger of the hardship to come if Moscow’s missiles continue to take out power and gas plants as winter descends. Separately, the United Nations announced the extension
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian airstrikes inflicted more damage on Ukraine on Thursday, with the latest barrage smashing into energy infrastructure, apartment buildings and an industrial site. At least four people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in drone and missile strikes around the country, authorities said.
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they’re going on strike Thursday in what would be the largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year. The walkouts are scheduled to coincide with Starbucks’ annual Red Cup Day, when the company
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they’re going on strike Thursday in what would be the largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year. The walkouts are scheduled to coincide with Starbucks’ annual Red Cup Day, when the company
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they’re going on strike Thursday in what would be the largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year. The walkouts are scheduled to coincide with Starbucks’ annual Red Cup Day, when the company
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business More than 2,000 employees at 112 Starbucks locations are set to go on a one-day strike Thursday, according to the union which has been organizing stores for the last year. The union says it is striking to protest the retaliation taken against union supporters nationwide. It is also protesting what
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