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By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — As swaths of southern Europe continue to swelter under a deadly heat wave, for many outdoor workers, it’s turning into a brutal endurance test. In some cities, workers are walking off jobs — or threatening to — if more is not done to protect them and make working conditions
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Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer The biggest professional sports leagues in the United States have dealt with hazing issues over the past decade. They range from NFL offensive lineman Richie Incognito’s bullying of a Miami teammate to Major League Baseball banning rookies from dressing up as women. Of the four major U.S. leagues, baseball
Continue ReadingISABELLA O’MALLEY Temperatures have peaked at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) the entire month of July in Phoenix. Air conditioning, which made modern Phoenix even possible, is a lifeline. When a cloudless sky combines with outdoor temperatures over 100 F, your house turns into an “air fryer” or “broiler,” as the roof
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Whether he’s backstage at the Oscars, shooting posters for the James Bond franchise or roaming the sets of over 200 movies, Greg Williams enjoys the kind of access most celebrity photographers can only dream of. The former war photographer, who covered conflicts in Chechnya and Sierra Leone in the 1990s,
Continue ReadingBy MARCIO SANCHEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles sold the winning ticket for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the third largest in the history of the game. The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were: white
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Two more tourists have been caught apparently defacing the Colosseum in Rome, following a similar incident in June. On Friday, a 17-year-old girl from Switzerland was spotted apparently carving her initials into a wall of the building by a tourist guide, a spokesperson for the local
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — World Cups are so often defined by their upsets, the surprise results that stun crowds and cause delirious celebrations. The first match of the 2023 Women’s World Cup duly delivered such scenes as co-hosts New Zealand shocked Norway 1-0 in Auckland, thanks to a stunning Hannah Wilkinson goal just
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Visiting China just got a whole lot easier for international travelers. Starting Friday, visitors are able to link their Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) accounts to China’s most popular mobile payment platforms, allowing them to book taxis, ride the subway and pay for goods and services at
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Visiting China just got a whole lot easier for international travelers. Starting Friday, visitors are able to link their Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) accounts to China’s most popular mobile payment platforms, allowing them to book taxis, ride the subway and pay for goods and services
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Ali Riley captained New Zealand to a historic first ever World Cup win on Thursday as her team defeated Norway 1-0, but it was her nails that made headlines after the game, as well as her performance on the pitch. Riley’s painted nails were visible as
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By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese engineers on Thursday broke ground on a new super deep borehole that will burrow far into the Earth’s crust as the country steps up its search for natural resources hidden tens of thousands of feet underground. The hole will eventually reach 10,520 meters (34,514 feet) into
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova and Chris Stern, CNN London/Berlin (CNN) — Tesla has lodged an application to double the production capacity of its plant near Berlin to 1 million electric vehicles a year. The world’s biggest maker of battery-powered electric cars also wants the plant — located about 30 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of the German
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Tennis player Amarissa Toth has apologized to her opponent Zhang Shuai after their match at the Hungarian Grand Prix ended in controversy on Tuesday. Toth has been heavily criticized by fans and the tennis community after the incident, where she rubbed away a mark on the court following a
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a damaging political blow on Friday as voters rejected his party in two parliamentary elections it could ordinarily have expected to win. The Conservatives lost to the resurgent Labour Party in Selby and Ainsty, a region in the north of England
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Auckland, New Zealand (CNN) — When the Philippines faced off against Switzerland in the New Zealand city of Dunedin on Friday, they became the first team of any gender from the Southeast Asian nation to play at a World Cup. Boosted by a large contingent of dual US
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Ejecutaron este viernes en Alabama a James Barber, condenado a muerte, luego de que la justicia confirmara que no se suspendería la pena a pesar de la demanda de Barber acerca de que la inyección letal podría suponer un castigo cruel e inusual. “El fiscal general Marshall autorizó que la ejecución
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Alabama death row inmate James Barber was executed early Friday morning after the US Supreme Court denied his request for a stay, despite his claim that lethal injection could result in cruel and unusual punishment. Barber was sentenced to death for the 2001 murder
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A homicide case that went cold for more than 40 years has been solved with the help of forensic genetic genealogy technology, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella said Thursday. Investigators sifted through hundreds of leads after 23-year-old Laura Kempton was found dead in her Portsmouth apartment in
Continue Reading WBZ, NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CNN By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A homicide case that went cold for more than 40 years has been solved with the help of forensic genetic genealogy technology, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella said Thursday. Investigators sifted through hundreds of leads after 23-year-old Laura Kempton was found
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