By Laura He and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — Stock markets in Europe and Asia fell Friday as investors became increasingly worried that more interest rate hikes by central banks would tip major economies into a prolonged recession. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng (HSI) Index led the losses, closing 1.7% down. Japan’s Nikkei 225
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Los estruendos de los bombardeos entrantes y salientes son la banda sonora del frente ucraniano. Pero su presidente advirtió esta semana que la contraofensiva no debe verse a través del lente de una película de Hollywood. A las afueras de los pueblos recién liberados de Neskuchne y Storozheve, los soldados
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CNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Heavy showers blanketed northern India over the weekend, offering some much needed respite from a blistering heatwave that ravaged the region. But with mercury levels expected to remain high in other areas, the soaring heat has highlighted how millions in the world’s most populous nation are
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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has signed letters of intent to cooperate with many European corporate giants, as it attempts to mend relations damaged by Beijing’s perceived support for Moscow throughout the war in Ukraine. The agreements were signed this week between China’s top economic planner and European manufacturing conglomerates, including
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Bret seguía azotando las islas del Caribe oriental a primera hora del viernes, llevando vientos fuertes y lluvias torrenciales que podrían causar inundaciones y un peligroso oleaje. El Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés) informó a última hora de la noche del jueves
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CNN By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent (CNN) — In its early phases, Ukraine’s counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN. The counteroffensive is “not meeting expectations on any front,” one of the officials
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CNN By Sarah El Sirgany and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Neskuchne, Ukraine (CNN) — The bangs of incoming and outgoing shelling are the soundtrack of Ukraine’s frontline. But its president warned this week that the counteroffensive should not be seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie. Just outside the newly liberated villages of Neskuchne and
Continue Reading CNN By Sarah El Sirgany and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Neskuchne, Ukraine (CNN) — The bangs of incoming and outgoing shelling are the soundtrack of Ukraine’s frontline. But its president warned this week that the counteroffensive should not be seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie. Just outside the newly liberated villages of Neskuchne and
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By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing’s temperature soared above 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees Fahrenheit) Thursday, setting a new record for the capital’s hottest day in June, as millions across heavily populated northeast China endure heat wave conditions forecast to stretch into the weekend. Thursday’s high of 41.1 degrees Celsius (106 degrees
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — What was supposed to be a 10-hour journey to the Titanic shipwreck ended in tragedy, with all five passengers on the missing submersible killed in a catastrophic implosion. Their deaths were confirmed Thursday, concluding a week-long search for survivors that was closely watched around the world. The US Navy
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Los cinco pasajeros del submarino Titán murieron en una “implosión catastrófica”, informaron las autoridades estadounidenses el jueves, en el marco de la extraordinaria operación internacional de búsqueda cerca del lugar del naufragio más famoso del mundo. Un vehículo operado de manera remota halló el cono de cola y otros restos
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By Manveena Suri and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Nearly half a million people in northeast India have been affected by severe flooding after heavy rains battered the region, turning roads into rivers and submerging entire villages. More than 495,000 people spread across 22 districts in the state of Assam have been impacted
Continue Reading By Sarah El Sirgany and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Neskuchne, Ukraine (CNN) — The bangs of incoming and outgoing shelling are the soundtrack of Ukraine’s frontline. But its president warned this week that the counteroffensive should not be seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie. Just outside the newly liberated villages of Neskuchne and Storozheve,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Tras interpretar a Shiv Roy en “Succession” —la serie de televisión aclamada por la crítica que retrató satíricamente la lucha por el control de un imperio mediático de la familia Roy, muy rica pero moralmente en bancarrota— Sarah Snook protagonizará otra producción punzante. La actriz interpretará los 26 papeles de
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By Sana Noor Haq and Niamh Kennedy, CNN London (CNN) — Hundreds of protesters lined the street outside the UK’s High Court on Saturday holding picket signs that read “Our bodies, Our right to decide,” before marching through the streets of central London demanding reformed abortion laws for women in England and Wales. Earlier this
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — ¿Adorable o tétrico? Cuando se trata del Furby, depende de a quién preguntes. Furby, el fenómeno de los juguetes de la década de 1990 que enfrentó a niños y padres en bandos opuestos cuando llegó a las tiendas y se convirtió rápidamente en una manía, está de vuelta. Hasbro,
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — At least 31 people are dead and seven injured in the Chinese city of Yinchuan, in northwest Ningxia region, after a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant Wednesday night, according to state media. The explosion was caused by a leak of a liquified gas tank inside
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CNN By Steve Almasy and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Victor Wembanyama, a 7-foot-4 Frenchman who some NBA commentators think could be a generational talent, was the No. 1 pick by the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Draft on Thursday night. The past two times the five-time NBA champions have had the
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A 36-year-old man pleaded guilty today to carrying out multiple residential burglaries in Palm Desert last year and was immediately sentenced to five years in state prison. Adan Abel Holguin pleaded guilty Thursday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to two felony counts of burglary and one felony count each of receiving stolen property,
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By Andy Rose and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Medication abortion will remain legal in Wyoming for now after a district judge on Thursday blocked the state’s ban on abortion pills, according to the Casper Star-Tribune. The law, intended to take effect July 1, would have prohibited the prescription, sale and use of abortion pills
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