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CNN By Steve Contorno, Kit Maher, Gregory Krieg and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — After technical glitches delayed the start by 25 minutes, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced on Twitter’s audio platform that he is entering the Republican presidential primary, setting up a clash with the current GOP front-runner, former President Donald Trump.
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CNN By Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Greeks will head to the polls for a second time after the three main party leaders rejected a mandate by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou to form a coalition government, following Sunday’s inconclusive vote. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis turned down the mandate on Monday after his ruling New Democracy
Continue Reading By Andrea Cambron, John Miller, Holly Yan and Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A man arrested for having an AK-47 on school property walked up to the CIA Headquarters’ gate in Virginia and allegedly said, “I’m here and I have a gun,” a law enforcement source told CNN. Uniformed federal officers turned him away at
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Consejo Nacional Electoral de Ecuador (CNE) aprobó este martes la convocatoria a elecciones anticipadas para el 20 de agosto de 2023 luego de que el presidente Guillermo Lasso disolviera la Asamblea Nacional, informó la presidenta del organismo, Diana Atamaint, en su cuenta de Twitter. En caso de haber
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A spokesman for the Taliban government’s foreign ministry says the bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria have been repatriated. Bulgarian police discovered the bodies in a secret compartment below a load of lumber in the back of a truck left on a highway not far
Continue Reading By GRACE GARCES BORDALLO and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Typhoon Mawar barreled into Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm Wednesday, pummeling the U.S. Pacific territory with high winds, heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge that swamped low-lying areas as residents hunkered down in homes and shelters. The typhoon’s
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise to power was ushered in by the contentious political aftermath of the 1999 Izmit earthquake. So when another devastating quake laid waste to large swathes of southeast Turkey earlier this year, many observers expected the president’s two-decade rule to end with a full
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s executive branch says it favors changes to copyright law to require large online service providers — including social media platforms and search engines — to pay media companies for use of journalistic content, even small excerpts. The Federal Council announced Wednesday that it’s opened a four-month examination of a proposed legal
Continue Reading By Veronica Miracle and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The California attorney general’s office will review the decision not to charge a security guard in the fatal shooting of a suspected shoplifter last month at a Walgreens store in downtown San Francisco, it said Tuesday. The review comes after the San Francisco district attorney’s office
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the Russian private army Wagner says his force lost more than 20,000 fighters in the drawn-out battle for Bakhmut, with about 20% of the 50,000 Russian convicts he recruited to fight in the 15-month war dying in the eastern Ukrainian city. The figure
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The bedchamber sword of Tipu Sultan, an 18th-century king famous for the commanding role he played in wars in southern India, has sold for £14 million ($17.4 million) at auction in London. The sale price Tuesday was seven times the estimate, breaking the record for an Indian and Islamic object
Continue ReadingCNN, WUSA By Hannah Rabinowitz, Mary Kay Mallonee and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of crashing a U-Haul truck into a security barrier near the White House Monday night praised Adolf Hitler to investigators after his arrest and said that he aimed to “kill the President” if necessary to overthrow the government
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has held a ceremony marking its planned donation of about 100 military vehicles to Ukraine, as Tokyo seeks to provide equipment that can be of broader military use than its earlier shipments of helmets and hazmat suits. The donation, which also includes 30,000 food rations, comes
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — En una mañana de domingo reciente, me encontré usando un par de uniformes médicos que no me quedaban bien, acostado boca arriba en los confines claustrofóbicos de una máquina de resonancia magnética funcional en un centro de investigación en Austin, Texas. “Las cosas que hago para la televisión”, pensé. Cualquiera
Continue Reading By Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Greeks will head to the polls for a second time after the three main party leaders rejected a mandate by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou to form a coalition government, following Sunday’s inconclusive vote. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis turned down the mandate on Monday after his ruling New Democracy party
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Three-time Grammy award-winning artist Dua Lipa has co-designed a new collection for Versace, titled “La Vacanza,” or “the holiday.” Lipa and Donatella Versace, the label’s creative director since 1997, began working together in 2018 after the pop sensation wore a daring leotard and denim jacket combination for her first
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration’s one-time student loan forgiveness program is facing a fresh threat from House Republicans while it awaits a ruling from the Supreme Court about whether the proposal can take effect. The House voted Wednesday to pass a resolution seeking to block the forgiveness program as well
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El entrenador del Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, dijo que quiere que las acusaciones financieras formuladas contra el club se resuelvan “lo antes posible”. En febrero, la Premier League acusó al Manchester City de incumplir más de 100 normas financieras, que incluyen no proporcionar información financiera precisa, no cumplir con las
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un padre y su hijo de Massachusetts fueron sentenciados en un tribunal federal este lunes por un plan en el que ambos reclamaron ilegalmente más de US$ 20 millones en ganancias de lotería y mintieron en sus declaraciones de impuestos para evadir más de US$ 6 millones en impuestos federales,
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los griegos acudirán por segunda vez a las urnas después de que los tres líderes de los principales partidos rechazaran el mandato de la presidenta griega, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, para formar un gobierno de coalición, tras la votación no concluyente de este domingo. El primer ministro, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, rechazó el mandato
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