By Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — In a presidential contest cycle, Senate races don’t get the same kind of attention when there’s still a year to go until Election Day. But the start of the second fundraising quarter earlier this month brought a host of new candidate names – some declared and some still biding
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — En un reñido partido y revancha de la final del Mundia de 2019, la selección nacional femenina de Estados Unidos (USWNT, por sus siglas en inglés) y Países Bajos, dos de los mejores equipos del mundo, llegaron a un empate 1-1 este jueves en el Mundial Femenino de Fútbol 2023. Cánticos
Continue ReadingBy PETROS GIANNAKOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press RHODES, Greece (AP) — Wildfires have reached the outskirts of Athens as strong wind gusts cause flare-ups around Greece, disrupting highway traffic and rail services. The fires have raged across parts of the country during three successive Mediterranean heat waves over two weeks, leaving five people dead.
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has arrived in China and plans to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Widodo said in a statement Thursday that he and Xi will discuss investments and “various strategic projects for Indonesia and China,” including in trade and health. The Xinhua News Agency said Widodo was due to attend
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had collected from recently discovered victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church, the country’s senior bishops squirmed in the auditorium’s front-row seats. During a live television broadcast, the experts reported
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Late rapper Tupac Shakur’s gold, ruby and diamond crown ring fetched more than $1 million on Tuesday, becoming the most valuable hip-hop artifact ever sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s. The ring, which was designed by Shakur and worn during his last ever public appearance at the 1996 Video
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — Durante la atención a una llamada de emergencia del 911, dos policías estatales murieron este miércoles al ser atacados a disparos por sujetos, quienes privaban de la libertad a un policía municipal en Eduardo Neri, en Guerrero. Según un comunicado de la Secretaría de Seguridad del estado, los victimarios despojaron
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has signaled it will no longer bar its athletes from competing against Russians who are taking part in sporting events as “neutral athletes.” That would be a significant easing of its boycott policy a year before the Paris Olympics. A decree dated Wednesday says Ukrainian athletes and teams will only
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Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency officials say a helicopter has crashed in Siberia, killing six and injuring seven of those on board. The Mi-8 helicopter carrying 13 people in the Altai Republic in southern Siberia caught fire as it was landing and brushed against a power line, according to the Altai branch of the Russian
Continue ReadingBy Alasdair Howorth, for CNN (CNN) — One year ago, the South Africa women’s national soccer team was crowned queen of the continent as it defeated Morocco in front of 50,000 fans in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final. The team is now making its second appearance at the Women’s World Cup, but
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is opeing a formal antitrust investigation targeting Microsoft into the software company’s Teams messaging and videoconferencing app over concerns that its bundling with its Office productivity sofware suite gives it an unfair edge over competitors. The European Commission said Thursday that it would carry
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By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Delegations from Russia and China, North Korea’s key allies in the Korean War, gathered in Pyongyang this week to celebrate North Korea’s “Victory Day” in the war that ravaged the Korean Peninsula seven decades ago as they align over another very contemporary conflict
Continue Reading CNN By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Delegations from Russia and China, North Korea’s key allies in the Korean War, gathered in Pyongyang this week to celebrate North Korea’s “Victory Day” in the war that ravaged the Korean Peninsula seven decades ago as they align over another very contemporary
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A Chinese news agency says Indonesian President Joko Widodo has arrived in China and plans to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The Xinhua News Agency said Widodo was due to attend the opening of the FISU World University Games in Chengdu in southwestern China. It said the two leaders would meet but
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has launched a major push to dislodge Russian forces from the country’s southeast as part of its weekslong counteroffensive, committing thousands of troops to the battle, according to Western and Ukrainian officials and analysts. The surge in troops and firepower has been centered on the
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen has seen after-tax earnings fall by 20% in the first half of the year from the same period last year. The decline to 8.5 billion euros, or $9.45 billion, comes as the automaker tries to engineer a rebound in China. The company said it took a non-cash loss on raw
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Delegaciones de Rusia y China, aliados clave de Corea del Norte en la Guerra de Corea, se reunieron en Pyongyang esta semana para celebrar el “Día de la Victoria” de Corea del Norte en la guerra que asoló la península coreana hace siete décadas, mientras se
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden unveiled his latest round of judicial nominees Thursday, bringing the number of people he has offered for the federal judiciary to 180 and continuing the White House’s emphasis on demographic and professional diversity. The four newly announced nominees are being offered to fill vacancies on two
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s lawsuit accusing the publisher of The Sun tabloid of unlawfully snooping on him can go to trial, but not on claims of phone hacking, a High Court judge ruled Thursday. The Duke of Sussex alleged the publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News Of
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