WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Auckland prepared for another round of flooding as rain battered northern New Zealand’s Northland region, which declared an emergency Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of the deluge. A state of emergency was already in place for Auckland, which saw deadly record rainfall Friday. Officials had closed schools for the week and
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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has arrived in New York City to showcase a $292 million mega grant that’ll be used to help build a rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River. The mega grant is part of an effort to draw a contrast between the Democratic president’s economic
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Experts are warning that Nigeria’s push to replace its paper money with newly designed currency notes has created a shortage of cash. They say people can’t buy what they need and businesses have closed in Africa’s largest economy. Ayokunle Olubunmi of Nigeria’s main ratings agency, Agusto
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — “Hay un montón de rusos aquí”, dice en inglés Sviatoslav, un ruso de 28 años que reside en Argentina y prefiere no dar su apellido. Llegó con su familia en noviembre para que nazca aquí su segundo hijo y aún no hablan español. Ellos forman parte de las parejas
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter When the Supreme Court reconvenes at the end of February, it will hear a headline-grabbing case concerning President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program that will affect the finances of millions of Americans. Critics, including the Republican-led states that have sued, say the initiative amounts to an
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau China has hit back after reports that Washington is moving to further restrict sales of American technology to Huawei. “China is deeply concerned,” Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the country’s foreign ministry, said at a press conference Tuesday. The Financial Times reported earlier that the US Commerce Department
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Un exmercenario del Grupo Wagner dice que la brutalidad que presenció en Ucrania finalmente lo llevó a desertar, en una entrevista exclusiva con CNN este lunes. Los combatientes de Wagner a menudo eran enviados a la batalla con poca estrategia, y el trato de la compañía a los reclutas reacios era despiadado,
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities have released a man convicted of the 2008 killing of a U.S. diplomat in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Khartoum. The release followed a 2020 deal between Sudan and the Trump administration that included compensation settlements for killings of Americans. Abdel-Raouf Abu Zaid was
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China has accused the new Czech president of challenging its national sovereignty by affirming ties with self-ruled Taiwan in a phone with the island’s leader. The call represents a symbolic breach of China’s attempts to isolate Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory with no right to independent diplomatic recognition. President
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares declined in muted trading on Tuesday as investors awaited decisions on interest rates and updates on corporate earnings reports from around the world. The Federal Reserve’s next decision on interest rates, expected Wednesday, will provide insight into whether the U.S. central bank will further
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares declined in muted trading on Tuesday as investors awaited decisions on interest rates and updates on corporate earnings reports from around the world. The Federal Reserve’s next decision on interest rates, expected Wednesday, will provide insight into whether the U.S. central bank will further
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors planned to file felony charges of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of a Western movie in 2021. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died shortly after being wounded at a film set
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By Andi Babineau, Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN Two emperor tamarin monkeys missing since Monday from the Dallas Zoo were found alive Tuesday in the closet of an abandoned Dallas-area home, officials said, and police say they still want to talk to a certain man in connection with the case. The monkeys’ retrieval —
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The possibility of providing Kyiv with fighter jets to help beat back Russia’s invasion forces risks the unity of Ukraine’s Western allies, amid fears of escalating the nearly year-long conflict and being drawn deeper into the war. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov was due in Paris
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights monitoring groups say Myanmar’s military is increasingly turning to airstrikes with deadly results to try to crush stiff armed resistance two years after it seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil war. According to the organization Myanmar Witness and other experts, the
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Paradise Afshar and Tina Burnside, CNN A man accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman in Oregon this month died from a self inflicted-gunshot wound following an hourslong standoff with authorities Tuesday night, a CNN affiliate reported. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died in the hospital after law enforcement had surrounded a property
Continue Reading By JADE LE DELEY and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French labor leaders hope to bring more than 1 million demonstrators into the streets again in the latest clash of wills with the government over plans to push back France’s retirement age. For both sides, nationwide strikes and protests Tuesday are an important
Continue Reading By JADE LE DELEY and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French labor leaders hope to bring more than 1 million demonstrators into the streets again in the latest clash of wills with the government over plans to push back France’s retirement age. For both sides, nationwide strikes and protests Tuesday are an important
Continue Reading By ARSENE KABORE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says at least 32 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed by jihadis in multiple attacks across the country. The State Information Agency posted on its Facebook page Tuesday that the attacks occurred over several days. A dozen
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Taylor Ward and Dakin Andone, CNN Authorities in Texas responded to hundreds of accident-related calls Tuesday as an ice storm wreaks havoc on the roads and threatens parts of the South and central US with ice and sleet for at least another day. The icy weather disrupted daily life for thousands across
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