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By Jennifer Hansler and Juliana Liu, CNN Beijing/Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing’s newly unveiled export controls on two strategic raw materials critical to the global chipmaking industry are a “concern,” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on the first day of her trip to China, where she met the country’s premier in an effort to
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By Gerardo Lemos, CNNE (CNN) — Dozens of people trapped in gondolas on one of the world’s highest cable car systems in Ecuador have been rescued, according to a statement from government officials Friday. Firefighters were alerted around 4 p.m. local time Thursday of a technical failure that affected the Quito Cable Car, with at
Continue Reading CNN By Gerardo Lemos, CNNE (CNN) — Dozens of people trapped in gondolas on one of the world’s highest cable car systems in Ecuador have been rescued, according to a statement from government officials Friday. Firefighters were alerted around 4 p.m. local time Thursday of a technical failure that affected the Quito Cable Car, with
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We’re hearing for the first time from College of the Desert’s new interim superintendent and president. Dr. Laura Hope most recently served as an associate superintendent at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga. She replaces Dr. Martha Garcia who left COD to be president of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. Hope’s contract runs through June
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una pareja de Florida fue acusada de homicidio con agravantes por la muerte de una niña de 18 meses abandonada en un coche caluroso durante la noche tras una fiesta del 4 de julio, según informó la policía. Joel y Jazmine Rondon, ambos de 33 años y residentes en Lakeland,
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state have demolished a man’s home after a video that appeared to show him urinating on a member of a tribal community went viral on social media this week. While the incident captured in the video allegedly occurred a year
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state have demolished a man’s home after a video that appeared to show him urinating on a member of a tribal community went viral on social media this week. While the incident captured in the video allegedly occurred a year
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — A pair of previously unknown and “exceptionally rare” portraits by Rembrandt sold for over £11.2 million ($14.2 million) Thursday after they were discovered in a private collection in the UK. Depicting relatives of the Dutch master, the intimate paintings are the last Rembrandt portraits still in private hands,
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing’s temperature soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) again Thursday, as the Chinese capital grapples with what is shaping up to be one the most severe heat waves on record. Since 1951, Beijing has seen temperatures rising above 40C (104F) on 11 days – and
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing’s temperature soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) again Thursday, as the Chinese capital grapples with what is shaping up to be one the most severe heat waves on record. Since 1951, Beijing has seen temperatures rising above 40C (104F) on 11 days – and
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By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy and Freddie Freeman homered and Julio Urias pitched six innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday night. The Dodgers took three of four from Pittsburgh to pull within a half-game of slumping Arizona for the NL
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Todas las personas que se encontraban atrapadas en el teleférico de Quito fueron rescatadas, informó este viernes en un comunicado el municipio de la ciudad. En total las autoridades rescataron a 27 personas que se habían quedado suspendidas en las góndolas cuando el servicio quedó inoperante y 47 personas
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By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is taking a major step in approving plans to boost its anemic production of ammunition and missiles within the 27-nation bloc. It’s aimed at both defending itself and quickly helping Ukraine in trying to push back the invasion by Russia. The EU presidency announced
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares slipped Friday after another decline on Wall Street, where hopes for an end to interest rate hikes were again dashed by strong jobs data. U.S. futures fell and oil prices were higher. Investors were watching for updates from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the aborted uprising against military leaders or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. Instead, a campaign
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — After a pleasant evening of wine-tasting — joyfully billed “Grapes and Friends!” — with a hundred or so people and oysters, charcuteries and cheeses, the mayor of the picturesque French town of Quissac was on his way home. Then his phone rang: Urban unrest that was engulfing
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La extraña historia de Yevgeny Prigozhin —el antiguo amigo del presidente Vladimir Putin que luego se amotinó contra el Kremlin— acaba de ponerse mucho más rara. El malhablado exjefe de la empresa militar privada Wagner —que dirigía un imperio que incluía una granja de trolls, una empresa multimillonaria de catering
Continue Reading By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stood before tens of thousands of roaring sports fans with a message: I am not a dictator. “They say we live in a dictatorship,” Bukele said, but “ask bus passengers, people eating in restaurants, waiters. Ask whomever you want.
Continue Reading SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the capitals of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, discussing military aid and receiving assurances of support for Ukraine’s entry into NATO after its war with Russia is over. Czech President Petr Pavel said it is in the interest of his country and Ukraine that soon as the war
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its Western allies clashed with Russia and Iran at the U.N. Security Council over Tehran’s advancing uranium enrichment and its reported supply of combat drones to Moscow used to attack Ukraine. The sharp exchanges were at a meeting Thursday on implementation
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