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By Nimi Princewill and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people have been killed in protests in Senegal’s capital Dakar and other cities, following the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Thursday to two years in prison, which could jeopardize his chances of running in next year’s presidential race. The court found
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El tráfico de drogas sintéticas en Asia está alcanzando “niveles extremos”: hay grupos criminales estableciendo nuevas rutas de narcotráfico para evadir las medidas enérgicas de las autoridades y los precios de la metanfetamina están alcanzando nuevos mínimos, según un nuevo informe publicado este viernes. La investigación de la Oficina de
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Tom Brady has shut down speculation and rumors of a potential return to football. While speaking to Sports Illustrated, the 45-year-old Brady said on Thursday he’s “certain” he will not play football again. “I’m certain I’m not playing again, so I’ve tried to make that clear and I hate
Continue ReadingMariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — On the side of a building in Kyiv, the haggard face of a soldier stares into the distance. The mural, around five stories tall, is of captured Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Matsiyevsky, executed by Russian forces last year after he shouted the words “Glory to Ukraine.” The mural is the work
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said that the league has “uncovered a fair amount of additional information” in relation to Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant and a video which surfaced on social media in May appearing to show him flashing a gun while in a vehicle with
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has wrapped up his first trip to China in three years, after meeting a string of government officials and thanking workers at the company’s mega factory in Shanghai. Musk’s private jet took off from Shanghai’s Hongqiao airport on Thursday, capping a whirlwind 48-hour
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Biden administration is implementing a 20-year withdrawal banning oil and gas development outside the boundaries of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico. The action taken by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in the nation’s No. 2 oil-producing state was announced Friday. It is intended to protect
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek Esta cobertura finalizó. Puedes seguir las noticias más recientes de la guerra aquí The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Don’t cry because “Succession” is over, smile because J. Smith Cameron wore an extravagant set of feather-trimmed pajamas to the finale watch-party. Earlier this week, while fans of the show (which is produced by Warner Bros. Discovery, parent company of CNN) were mourning the end of “Succession,” Smith Cameron
Continue Reading CNN By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, correctly spelling the word ‘psammophile’ to take home the $50,000 first prize. Eleven students made the finals after 11 million people entered spelling competitions throughout the world. In an interview Friday
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Contact in the Desert is a UFO conference starting on Friday that addresses alien phenomena and research behind the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The conference is taking place at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa from June 2 to June 4. The focus of this year’s conference is to explore what is next when it
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Former Manchester United and England star Phil Neville has been sacked as head coach at David Beckham’s Inter Miami, the team announced on Thursday. Neville and Beckham are friends and were teammates at United, forming part of the famed group of academy players who graduated to the senior team
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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Biden administration is retaliating for Russia’s suspension of the New START nuclear treaty. The State Department announced Thursday it is revoking the visas of Russian nuclear inspectors, denying pending applications for new monitors and canceling standard clearances for Russian aircraft to enter U.S. airspace.
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor. Underestimated from the start, the Republican who cruised around his California hometown of Bakersfield and stumbled into a career in Congress was never taken too seriously by the Washington establishment. With overwhelming House passage of
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of the former school resource officer who remained outside a Parkland, Florida, high school as a gunman killed 17 people in 2018 will not visit the crime scene, a judge ruled Thursday, according to CNN affiliate WPLG. Scot Peterson is accused
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — American lawyer Kimberly West has been appointed as the chief prosecutor linked to a European Union-backed court prosecuting war crimes in Kosovo. West replaces Jack Smith, who stood down as head of the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office in November to become a U.S. Justice Department special counsel overseeing probes into former
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Más de 20 años después de que el comediante británico Ricky Gervais diera fama mundial al insufrible gerente David Brent se está haciendo una versión australiana del exitoso programa “The Office”, esta vez con una protagonista mujer. La cómica australiana Felicity Ward interpretará a Hannah Howard, directora general de la
Continue Reading By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations anti-drug agency is warning that the huge trade in illegal drugs such as methamphetamine from Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’ shows no signs of slowing down. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime released a report Friday on synthetic drugs in East
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses shot down more than 30 Russian cruise missiles and drones in Moscow’s sixth air attack in six days on Kyiv, local officials said Friday. The Ukrainian capital was simultaneously attacked from different directions by Iranian-made Shahed drones and cruise missiles from the Caspian
Continue Reading By SUZAN FRASER and CINAR KIPER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a populist with increasingly authoritarian tendencies, is scheduled to take the oath of office and start his third presidential term Saturday following his latest election win. Erdogan, who has led Turkey as prime minister or president for 20
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