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By Jonny Hallam and Abeer Salman, CNN Several players of Morocco’s national team unfurled a Palestinian flag on the pitch while celebrating their historic World Cup win over Spain in Qatar on Tuesday. Following a dramatic penalty shootout, Morocco became the first Arab side to make it to the World Cup quarterfinals. This is the
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN December’s full moon, also known as the “cold moon,” will shine bright in the night sky this Wednesday, peaking at 11:08 p.m. ET. Jupiter, Saturn and Mars will also be visible in the night sky Wednesday, with an extraordinarily rare phenomenon, known as a lunar occultation of Mars, set to happen
Continue ReadingBy Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected. Two weeks before, my 94-year-old father-in-law, Melvin Zax, suffered a stroke after receiving dialysis and was rushed to a hospital near his residence in western New York. There, he underwent a series of tests over the course of several
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN Sen. Raphael Warnock remains undefeated. After being pushed to another runoff in November, the Democrat asked voters in Georgia to put him over the top “one more time” in December — and, once again, they delivered. Since November 2020, Warnock has been the leading vote-getter in four
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court is taking on the future of federal elections Wednesday, discussing a case that could upend electoral politics and embolden state legislatures to act without judicial oversight. Supporters of former President Donald Trump relied on versions of the so-called independent state legislature doctrine during the
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By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign. The move
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By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign. China has
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olivertapia (CNN Español) — José Fernández Latorre, exjefe de la Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia de Perú, dijo este martes en una entrevista con Panamericana TV que le advirtió al presidente Pedro Castillo sobre los presuntos actos de corrupción cometidos por miembros de su familia y de su entorno más cercano. La Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN The ongoing debate about whether it’s acceptable to recline your seat while traveling has taken a turn in China’s Hunan province after a man was fined for leaning back on a train. Court documents released in November saw officials take a dim view of the March 2022 incident in which a
Continue Reading By ADI MARSIELA and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Police in Indonesia say a Muslim militant and convicted bomb-maker who was released from prison last year blew himself up at a police station on the main island of Java, killing an officer and wounding 11 people. The attacker entered the police station
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish officials say two trains have collided near Barcelona and 155 people were hurt. Emergency services for the Catalonia region said no one was seriously injured, although 39 people were taken to medical centers. The collision on Wednesday occurred on a train line in Montcada i Reixac, a town just north
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN A critically-ill six-month-old baby will be placed under the temporary guardianship of New Zealand’s High Court after his parents refused to allow him to undergo lifesaving heart surgery using blood from people vaccinated against Covid-19. Handing down the judgment on Wednesday, Justice Ian Gault ruled that the boy, who cannot be
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The next World Cup will be the biggest ever after world soccer body FIFA took the leap from a 32-team field to 48 teams in 2026. It means more of soccer’s so-called “little teams” that didn’t make it to Qatar will be given a chance
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — La Cámara de Diputados de México rechazó este martes una polémica reforma electoral propuesta en abril por el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, que según los críticos tenía el potencial de socavar la independencia de sus autoridades. Aunque la propuesta obtuvo 269 votos a favor y 225 votos en contra, el
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of police officers carried out raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the government in an armed coup. Officials said 25 people were detained. Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11
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A new exhibit was unveiled at the Palm Spring Air Museum in honor of Walt Disney’s birthday. ‘Mickey Mouse One: Walt’s Plane’ is now open for all museum attendees. The opening day was a special one for a group of Disney fans including Richard Haro and his wife, Pat. They go to Disneyland every Sunday
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish officials say two trains have collided near Barcelona and several dozen people have been hurt. Emergency services for Catalonia said that preliminary reports indicate 70 people were hurt. No details on the nature of the injuries were given by officials, but local media said that there were no serious injuries.
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Colon cancer has claimed another life. Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley, best known for her roles in the television sitcoms “Cheers” and “Veronica’s Closet,” died Monday at age 71 after battling cancer that was “recently discovered,” according to a family statement. A representative for Alley confirmed to
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Camille Herron has called it a “unicorn moment” for the sport of ultrarunning — a performance that expanded the notion of what women can achieve in endurance events. When Herron crossed the finish line at Jackpot Ultra Running Festival’s 100-mile race in Henderson, Nevada in February, she did so as the
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai and Emilia Delfino, CNN A court in Argentina on Tuesday sentenced the country’s vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to six years in prison and disqualified her from holding public office again after finding her guilty of corruption during her earlier terms as President. Fernández de Kirchner has temporary immunity due to
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