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Silvia Marchetti, CNN Its mountains, canyons, beaches and lagoons make it one of Italy’s most beautiful and varied landscapes, but few people — and that includes Italians — know anything about it. Perhaps because it’s tucked away on the country’s northeastern border with Slovenia and Austria, perhaps because of a history of invasions, including the
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The world is in a “sorry state” because of myriad interlinked challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine that are “piling up like cars in a chain reaction crash,” the U.N. chief said at the World Economic Forum’s meeting Wednesday. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN One of the leading storylines that will dominate the NFL offseason will be where will Tom Brady be plying his trade next season — if at all? The 45-year-old has just finished one of his most turbulent seasons, both on and off the field, which ended with his Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of nurses in Britain walked out Wednesday in a new protest over pay, with no end in sight to a wave of strikes that has piled pressure on the U.K.‘s overburdened public health system. Two 12-hour nursing strikes on Wednesday and Thursday affect about a quarter
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal bowed his head during changeovers and rested his elbows on his knees, the very picture of resignation. What already was a poor start to 2023, following a year marred by all manner of health issues, reached a low point at the Australian Open
Continue Reading By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dissolved a provincial assembly in the country’s northwest, where it held majority seats. Its rival, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League criticized Wednesday’s move, saying it meant to deepen the political crisis and force early parliamentary elections.
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN The UN Secretary General has accused fossil fuel producers and their financial backers of “racing to expand production, knowing full well that their business model is inconsistent with human survival.” Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, António Guterres said the commitment to limit global warming to 1.5
Continue ReadingPhilip Wang Alvin Chau, one of Macao’s high-profile gambling promoters, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for racketeering and illegal gambling activities, the city’s public broadcaster TDM reported Wednesday. Chau, 48, was the former chairman of Suncity Group, a Macao-based company that helped promote gambling by lending credit to high rollers. Macao is
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CNN By Andy Rose and Chris Boyette, CNN Gunfire broke out at an Oklahoma City area high school after a basketball game Tuesday night, sending game commentators ducking for cover and fans running. At least one man was shot and taken to a hospital, officials told CNN affiliate KOCO. “After the completion of the boys’
Continue Reading A suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at the Mall of America in December was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday. Bloomington, Minnesota, Police Chief Booker Hodges says the 17-year-old suspect was taken into custody in Decatur, Georgia, by federal and state law enforcement officials. The suspect faces charges of second-degree murder and second-degree
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olivertapia (CNN) — Europa se apresura a comprar diésel de Rusia antes de que entre en vigor una prohibición de importaciones a principios de febrero, pero es poco probable que el frenético almacenamiento evite un nuevo impacto en los precios del combustible para camioneros, conductores y empresas. En las dos primeras semanas de enero, los
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Coco Gauff fought through a tough second-round match at the Australian Open on Wednesday, defeating Emma Raducanu 6-3 7-6. The 18-year-old Gauff is now unbeaten in seven matches this year having won the ASB Classic in Auckland earlier this month. Against Raducanu, the 2021 US Open champion, she faced arguably her
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Nouran Salahieh, CNN A US Army officer who was pepper sprayed, pushed to the ground and handcuffed by Windsor, Virginia, police officers during a 2020 traffic stop was awarded around $3,600 Tuesday in a lawsuit that was seeking $1 million in compensatory damages. Second Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black and
Continue ReadingCNN By Christiane Amanpour and Ben Morse, CNN As she finished a Zoom meeting with a colleague, Dr. Céline Gounder’s phone began to buzz incessantly. The phone had been on silent, but now Gounder was inundated with numerous text messages, WhatsApp messages, Twitter messages and phone calls. It was a phone call from Gabriele Marcotti,
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Amanpour and Ben Morse, CNN As she finished a Zoom meeting with a colleague, Dr. Céline Gounder’s phone began to buzz incessantly. The phone had been on silent, but now Gounder was inundated with numerous text messages, WhatsApp messages, Twitter messages and phone calls. It was a phone call from Gabriele Marcotti, senior
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst The Supreme Court’s reversal of abortion rights last year deviated so much from traditional decision-making that it might have soon appeared an aberration. But now into 2023, the six conservative justices are plainly positioned to remake the law across the board. Their actions in a series of
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal bowed his head during changeovers and rested his elbows on his knees, the very picture of resignation. What already was a poor start to 2023, following a year marred by all manner of health issues, reached a low point at the Australian Open
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Pess KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb Wednesday killed 18 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and three children, Ukrainian authorities said. There was no immediate word on whether the crash was an accident or a result of the war with Russia. No fighting has been reported
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Three alleged black-market immigration agents have been arrested in western India in connection with the case of an Indian family who froze to death on the United States’ border with Canada last year, police said Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner Chaitanya Mandlik with Ahmedabad Police’s crime branch named the suspects
Continue ReadingCNN By Maria Kostenko, Sophie Tanno, Brent Swails and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A helicopter crash near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region has killed at least 16 people, including the leadership team of Ukraine’s interior ministry who were traveling on the aircraft and three children on the ground, according to officials. At least 30 others,
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