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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In her sunlit portrait of the pole dancing instructor Nusaiba Al Maskari, the UK-born Omani photographer Eman Ali creates an arresting visual simile between the strength of Al Maskari’s body and the Hajar Mountains in the background. Gracefully extending herself horizontally from her pole, she aligns with the peaks above Muscat, a
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By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a politically tumultuous era and worked tirelessly to correct wrongdoings against Native Americans, has died. Zah died late Tuesday at a hospital in Fort Defiance, Arizona, after a lengthy illness, Navajo President Buu Nygren’s
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam The Australian conservationist Bindi Irwin revealed Wednesday she has undergone surgery for endometriosis after a decade-long battle with the condition that affects the uterus. “For 10 years I’ve struggled with insurmountable fatigue, pain and nausea,” Irwin shared in posts on social media alongside an image of her in a hospital bed. “A
Continue Reading A blacksmith in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s trash into treasures. Viktor Mikhalev takes weapons and ammunition and produces what he calls the flowers of war. Mikhalev, who trained as a welder, lives and works in a house whose fence and door are
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By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a politically tumultuous era and worked tirelessly to correct wrongdoings against Native Americans, has died. Zah died late Tuesday at a hospital in Fort Defiance, Arizona, after a lengthy illness, Navajo President Buu Nygren’s
Continue Reading HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Brantly Stevenson scored 28 points and Cal Poly erupted in the second half and went on to beat Long Beach State 88-68 in an opening-round contest in the Big West Conference Tournament on Tuesday night. The Mustangs (8-24) entered the contest with an 18-game losing streak finishing the conference regular season
Continue Reading By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls. The U.N. mission to Kabul said in a statement released Wednesday that Afghanistan’s new rulers have shown an almost singular focus on
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, Elizabeth Wolfe, Rosa Flores and Andy Rose, CNN Two of the Americans who were kidnapped at gunpoint in a Mexican border city on Friday have returned to the US and are being treated at a hospital, while the remains of the two Americans who were killed are expected to be brought back
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Officials in California are imploring residents to prepare for a powerful storm set to lash the region with torrential rain later this week as the state continues to recover from colossal amounts of snow that trapped mountain communities. Previous severe weather was responsible for the death of one person in the
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Marc Stewart, CNN China should not be surprised Washington and its allies in Asia are deepening military ties given Beijing’s aggressive behavior toward many of its neighbors, the US ambassador to Japan said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with CNN. “You look at India, you look at the Philippines, you look
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Elon Musk ofreció este martes una imagen optimista de cómo Twitter puede mejorar el negocio de la publicidad que él ayudó a descarrilar y aumentar sus resultados, al tiempo que admitió que mantener la red social en funcionamiento está resultando un reto después de múltiples rondas de despidos. En su intervención
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as investors fretted that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates faster if pressure stays high on inflation. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.5% to finish at 28,444.19. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.8% to 7,307.80. South Korea’s Kospi dropped
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By ANDREW SELSKY and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Buttery, smooth, oaky. These are characteristics of the best bourbons, and a growing cult of aficionados is willing to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars to get their hands on scarce American spirits — and even bend or break laws. The first
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Buttery, smooth, oaky. These are characteristics of the best bourbons, and a growing cult of aficionados is willing to pay an astonishing amount of money for these increasingly scarce premium American spirits — and even bend or break laws. Premium spirits have always
Continue Reading By The Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Antavion Collum had 16 points in CSU Bakersfield’s 51-47 victory against CSU Northridge on Tuesday in a first-round opener of the Big West Conference Tournament. The second half featured seven lead changes and five ties. Collum also had six rebounds for the Roadrunners (11-21). Travis Henson scored
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By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy, Nick Valencia and Mark Morales, CNN The release of more video from the January traffic stop that led to the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols was delayed Wednesday, according to a court order, as the US Department of Justice announced it would perform a review of the Memphis Police
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — At this point of the season with a possible first playoff berth on the horizon, the Seattle Kraken know they must avoid faltering when the schedule turns in their favor. Case in point came Tuesday night when the Kraken managed their way through a 5-2 win
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis had 30 points and 22 rebounds, Dennis Schröder added 17 points and nine assists and the Los Angeles Lakers moved into ninth place in the Western Conference with a 112-103 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN A federal jury on Wednesday evening concluded its first day of deliberations to determine whether the convicted terrorist who carried out a fatal attack on a New York City bike path in 2017 will get the death penalty. Jury deliberations began Wednesday afternoon. The panel is expected back in court
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Arizona’s attorney general on Tuesday sued to stop a transfer of election duties in a rural county where the leaders have embraced voting conspiracy theories. The Republican majority on the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted last week to transfer of all election functions from the nonpartisan elections department to
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