By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Amal Oraby is usually a fixture at street protests. But as tens of thousands of Israelis have demonstrated for months against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary, Oraby is sitting this one out. An activist and lawyer, Oraby is one of the many Palestinian
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN More than 70 years after cheetahs were declared officially extinct in India, the country is now home to four newborn cheetahs, India’s Environment Minister announced Wednesday. The cubs were born to Siyaya and Freddie, two of the eight rehabilitated cheetahs brought from Namibia to India’s Kuno National Park
Continue Reading By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban militants have killed four police officers and wounded six in a pair of attacks in northwest Pakistan. Police said a roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying officers, killing four of them. The officers in the vehicle were reinforcements responding to an attack on a police
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By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Top executives of Chinese e-commerce and financial giant Alibaba says the company is moving toward giving up control of some of its business units in a transition toward becoming a capital operator to unlock the value of its sprawling businesses. Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang outlined
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Tina Burnside, Chloe Liu, Haley Britzky and Dave Alsup, CNN Nine US service members were killed after two helicopters with the 101st Airborne Division crashed late Wednesday in southwestern Kentucky, officials said. There were no survivors. The two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed around 10 p.m. in Trigg County near the Tennessee
Continue Reading LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A 16-month-old boy was fatally shot by his 5-year-old sibling at a northwestern Indiana apartment, authorities said. The older sibling accessed a handgun inside the Lafayette apartment on Tuesday afternoon and fatally shot the boy, who was identified as Isiah Johnson, police said late Tuesday. Lafayette police Lt. Matt Gard said
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Taiwan’s relationship with the United States has “never been closer,” its President Tsai Ing-wen said after arriving in New York City Wednesday, as Beijing warned her visit could lead to “serious confrontation” between China and the US. Taiwan faced “tremendous challenges,” Tsai said from the city, where she is making the
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities have ordered urgent action to stop the spread of a fire that overnight engulfed forests on two mountains in a province northeast of the capital Bangkok. Government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said firefighting vehicles had been deployed to extinguish the blaze, which broke out Wednesday night in Nakhon Nayok province, 70
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Las autoridades brasileñas instan a los partidarios del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro a no recibirlo en el aeropuerto cuando se espera que regrese a Brasil este jueves, su primera vez en el país desde que perdió la reelección en octubre de 2022. Hablando antes de abordar su vuelo de regreso a casa
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has stripped Indonesia of its right to host the Under-20 Men’s World Cup later this year after an Indonesian official objected to the participation of Israel. “FIFA has decided, due to the current circumstances, to remove Indonesia as the host of the FIFA
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The closely watched trial over a 2016 ski collision between Gwyneth Paltrow and the retired optometrist suing her for the injuries he sustained is expected to draw to a close Thursday, when attorneys give closing arguments and send the case to the eight-member jury. Terry
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El legado del activista Cesar Chavez sigue vivo en la Ciudad de Coachella.
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence has returned to the United States and has joined his family. Paul Rusesabagina’s arrival in San Antonio was announced by his daughter Carine Kanimba,
Continue Reading By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed. Students are concerned, too. Some fear for their physical safety. Many worry their teachers will be fired en masse and their courses and books will be policed. It’s increasingly
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: “Llamado a la Tierra” es una serie editorial de CNN comprometida con informar sobre los retos medioambientales a los que se enfrenta nuestro planeta, junto con las soluciones. La iniciativa Perpetual Planet, de Rolex, se asoció con CNN para crear conciencia y la educación en torno a cuestiones clave de
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The Firebirds defeated the Bakersfield Condors on Wednesday night at Acrisure Arena by the final score of 5-1. Carsen Twarynski netted two goals while Joey Daccord made 31 saves in the Firebirds’ 43rd win of the season. Read the game’s full box score HERE. Joey Daccord made 31 saves in the victory that moves Coachella Valley to
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant’s a 13-time All-Star, a two-time NBA champion, a four-time league leader in scoring and has done just about everything else a player can do in the game of basketball. But even he can get a little nervous on a night like Wednesday. Devin Booker
Continue Reading SONIA PÉREZ D., MORGAN LEE and CLAUDIO ESCALÓN Associated Press SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala (AP) — The last Ana Marina López heard of her husband, the 51-year-old Guatemalan migrant told his family that he was being detained by Mexican immigration agents at the U.S.-Mexico border. That was two days before a fire in an immigration
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Dos tiroteos activos en dos escuelas primarias, ambos atacantes armados con rifles de asalto y ambos dispuestos a matar. La policía de Uvalde, Texas, el pasado mes de mayo, y la de Nashville, esta misma semana, se apresuraron a responder a las llamadas al 911 por disparos. Pero mientras que el
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday following a rally on Wall Street as worries over banks following the collapses of several lenders in recent weeks eased further. Forceful actions by regulators have helped to calm markets as investors have turned their focus to how central banks might
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