MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan poet and novelist Gioconda Belli, known for her feminist and erotic literature, has been awarded the Reina Sofia Ibero-American Poetry prize. Considered among Latin America’s best-known writers, Belli’s work has been translated into more than 20 languages and includes 15 poetry collections, eight novels, and seven books of essays, testimonials
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it plans to launch its first military spy satellite in June. A military official described space-based reconnaissance as crucial for monitoring the United States’ military exercises with South Korea. North Korea had told Japan’s coast guard on Monday that it planned to
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August in the state Senate, where the jury that would determine his future could include his wife,
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By HENRY SCHULMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rookie Patrick Bailey had four RBIs on his 24th birthday, boosting the San Francisco Giants to a 14-4 rout of Pittsburgh on Monday that dropped the Pirates under .500 for the first time since the opening weekend of the season. Pittsburgh (26-27) has lost 19 of
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Raging wildfires that have burned through thousands of acres have forced more than 16,000 Canadians to evacuate their homes and triggered a burn ban in Nova Scotia, as the region experiences record-breaking heat. Officials say the fires, which span a total of more than 25,000 acres
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ha sido un año excepcional para el nudismo en todo el mundo. BerlÃn anunció hace poco que las mujeres ya pueden hacer “topless” en las piscinas públicas de la capital alemana, mientras que la isla de Nantucket hizo lo propio el pasado diciembre, después de que sus residentes votaran a favor
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Originally Published: 29 MAY 23 05:44 ET Updated: 29 MAY 23 05:49 ET By David McKenzie and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, the speaker of parliament said, defying international pressure. In a statement, Biden condemned the new law, calling it
Continue Reading Ralph Yarl — a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm last month after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell — walked at a brain injury awareness event Monday in his first major public appearance since the shooting. The 17-year-old suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was shot while trying to pick
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The prosecutor in Argentina who is leading the investigation into the failed assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has called for the three detained suspects to face trial as he said there is so far no evidence that points to political financing
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Pavin Smith started this season in Triple-A. Drey Jameson spent a stretch down in Reno, too. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ rapid improvement into one of the better teams in the National League has created competition to stay on the team’s big league roster. Now that Smith and
Continue Reading By CARLOS VALDEZ and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A prosecutor in Bolivia has launched an investigation into the mysterious death of the trustee of a bankrupt bank who fell from the 15th floor of a building and his family disputed claims he took his own life. Several of Bolivia’s top
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN) — La ciudad china de Shanghái registró este lunes la temperatura más alta del mes de mayo en más de 100 años, con un récord de 36,1 grados Celsius (casi 97 grados Fahrenheit). El récord anterior, de 35,7 grados Celsius (96,3 grados Fahrenheit) se registró por primera vez en mayo de 1876
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The wind isn’t done with us yet. Low pressure off the coast of California will move inland through Wednesday, keeping onshore flow steady and temperatures cooler than normal. No wind alerts have been issued at this time. Still, gusts around the valley floor will exceed 30 MPH at times, with stronger gusts expected in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted late Thursday on a bill to suspend the country’s debt limit through January 1, 2025 following weeks of contentious negotiations on the legislative deal between the White House and Republicans. The bill is now on its way to President Joe Biden for approval, and once
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Cruise ship Carnival Sunshine was rocked by a storm over the weekend, frightening passengers and delaying the ship’s return to port in Charleston, South Carolina, and the departure of its next voyage. First-time cruise passenger William B. Blackburn was on deck 6 of Carnival Sunshine during rough weather that
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Not long after Liam Hendriks was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the All-Star closer set an ambitious goal for himself. He wanted to return to the Chicago White Sox before the end of May. He made it — with a couple days to spare. Hendriks
Continue ReadingCNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Staff Sgt. Ken Wallingford had only days left to serve in the US Army when he found himself trapped – and seconds away from being burned alive. He’d spent the previous night hiding in a bunker with another soldier at a base that had been overrun by the
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CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Staff Sgt. Ken Wallingford had only days left to serve in the US Army when he found himself trapped – and seconds away from being burned alive. He’d spent the previous night hiding in a bunker with another soldier at a base that had been overrun by the
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Mississippi authorities captured one escapee and are still looking for a second man after the pair broke out of a detention facility Monday morning, just a little over a month after four other men had escaped the same jail. Michael Lewis, 31, and Joseph Spring, 31, were discovered missing
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN) — El horizonte de Nueva York —famoso en todo el mundo— deslumbra a los espectadores desde hace casi un siglo. Pero durante cuatro dÃas al año, el sol se alinea perfectamente a través de los espacios entre los edificios para proyectar un asombroso haz de luz al atardecer que recuerda al antiguo
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