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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A severe tropical cyclone is lashing the northwest Australian coast with strengthening winds and increasing rain. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said Cyclone Ilsa reached Category 4 intensity Thursday over the Indian Ocean. Ilsa is expected to be the first storm on that scale to cross the
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in a month, possibly testing a new more mobile, harder-to-detect missile for the first time, its neighbors said, as it extends its provocative run of weapons tests. Japan briefly
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El actor ganador del Oscar Jamie Foxx está hospitalizado en Georgia y bajo observación, le dijo a CNN una fuente con conocimiento de la situación. La fuente con conocimiento del evento dijo que Foxx no fue transportado por un vehículo de emergencia y que no tuvo lugar mientras estaba en el
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN A trove of leaked classified Pentagon documents highlight US anxieties over growing Chinese and Russian influence in Latin America and Africa. Among the details are references to Russian mercenary group Wagner exploring a contract to fight criminal gangs in Haiti, and a Chinese company negotiating to build a deep water port
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN The suicide rate in the United States returned to a near-record high in 2021, reversing two years of decline, according to a report released Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Final data for the year shows that suicide was the 11th leading cause of death nationwide, with
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Sean Lyngaas, CNN The person behind a massive leak of classified US military documents worked on a military base and posted sensitive national security secrets in an online group of acquaintances, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The Post reporting, which CNN could not independently verify, covers new ground in identifying the
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About 400 elementary students now know a little bit more about where some of their school food comes from. Students from the Palm Springs Unified School District Spring Break Camp toured Aziz Farms in Thermal on Wednesday. For many of them, it was their first time visiting the east valley and stepping onto a farm.
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and HANNA ARHIROVA WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s leaders say they don’t see a major U.S. intelligence leak as gravely damaging future offensives. A key reason: They have long held back on sharing their most sensitive operational information, doubting Washington’s ability to keep their secrets safe. Ukrainian and U.S. officials said this week
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Escaping police custody by swapping identities seems like a plot straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, but police in Hong Kong are on the hunt for a suspect who did just that. A 37-year-old man who had been detained on suspicion of drug offenses is thought to have slipped out of
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters A Hanoi court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent Vietnamese political activist to six years in prison for conducting anti-state activities, his lawyer said, in a case that has raised international concerns over the communist country’s treatment of dissidents. Nguyen Lan Thang, 48, participated in environmental and anti-China protests, voiced support for other
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Gulf nations of Bahrain and Qatar have agreed to restore diplomatic relations. Bahrain had been the last holdout of four Arab nations that imposed a boycott on Qatar in 2017. They were angered by Qatar’s support for Islamist groups that rose to power in some countries following the
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, CNN Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday he “can’t imagine” what the family of the man who killed five people, including a friend of the governor, in Louisville on Monday is feeling. Beshear’s comments, made during an emotional interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins which was his first since the mass shooting,
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy and Lindsay Isaac, CNN Police have launched an investigation after a document outlining details of US President Joe Biden’s trip to Northern Ireland was found on the street by a member of the public on Wednesday. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said they were “aware of a security breach,” following
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Haruki Murakami wrote a story of a walled city when he was fresh off his debut. More than four decades later, as a seasoned and acclaimed novelist, he gave it a new life as “The City and Its Uncertain Walls.” It was three years ago when he
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA guard Tyger Campbell has declared for the NBA draft, joining teammates Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Jaylen Clark who already made the move. Campbell announced his decision Wednesday night on Instagram. “I take a lot of pride in the success we have had, and that’s the result of a lot of
Continue ReadingCNN By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN The search for New York City’s first-ever “rat czar” has come to an end. Kathleen Corradi has been hired as the city’s director of rodent mitigation, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday. Corradi will coordinate city agencies such as the Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Parks and Recreation, and Sanitation
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting Washington spied on South Korea have put the country’s president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S., the first such trip by a South Korean leader in 12 years. The documents contain
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El crimen de tres mujeres en Ecuador se suma al número de femicidios que, en lo que va del 2023, está por los 138. El caso de Nayeli Tapia, Denisse Reyna y Yuliana Macías se ha activado desde Fiscalía con un protocolo especial para Investigar Feminicidios y otras Muertes Violentas
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Chad Smith’s first major league win came courtesy of a rarely applied official scoring rule. It was an unusual twist at the end of a long day for the Oakland reliever. Smith pitched the final two innings of the Athletics’ 8-4 victory over Baltimore on Wednesday
Continue Reading FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) — Nearly a foot (30 centimeters) of rain fell in a matter of hours in Fort Lauderdale – causing widespread flooding, the closure of the city’s airport and the suspension of high-speed commuter rail service for the Broward County region. The city of Fort Lauderdale released a statement Wednesday evening urging residents
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