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By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Some take a fatal plunge from an open window. Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui County sued Hawaiian Electric Company on Thursday over the fires that devastated Lahaina, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions. Witness accounts and video indicated that sparks from power lines ignited fires as
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Australian and Filipino forces, backed by U.S. Marines, have practiced retaking an island seized by hostile forces in a large military drill on the northwestern Philippine coast facing the South China Sea. The Philippine president and Australia’s visiting defense minister watched the mock beach landings, assaults
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By Berry Wang and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — One of China’s most popular talent shows has been suspended after claims of mistreatment allegedly made by the late pop star Coco Lee sparked outrage on Chinese social media. The fierce backlash against “Sing! China,” a reality TV singing competition modeled after global hit “The Voice,”
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — La NASA y SpaceX decidieron posponer el lanzamiento de la misión conjunta Crew-7 a la Estación Espacial Internacional previsto para la madrugada de este viernes, informó la agencia espacial en una publicación de blog. Estaba previsto que la nave despegara del Centro Espacial Kennedy a las 3:50 a.m. ET del viernes,
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations children’s agency is warning that a year on from Pakistan’s catastrophic floods, millions of children still need humanitarian assistance and access to essential services. Friday’s warning from UNICEF comes as authorities in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province race against time to evacuate people from areas
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Bray Wyatt, luchador profesional y excampeón de la World Wrestling Entertainment, falleció este jueves, según anunció la compañía. Tenía 36 años. WWE no dio a conocer de inmediato el lugar o la causa de la muerte, pero dijo que era inesperada. Wyatt, cuyo verdadero nombre era Windham Rotunda, era hijo
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy (CNN) — China has launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign targeting its hospitals, pharmaceutical industry and insurance funds as it grapples with mounting economic challenges and long-standing public frustration about high costs in the behemoth health care sector. More than 180 hospital leaders, including Communist Party secretaries and hospital heads, have been put
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The president of the Spanish soccer federation faces an emergency meeting of its general assembly on Friday amid media reports that he will hand in his resignation following an uproar for kissing a Women’s World Cup champion. Luis Rubiales is expected to stand before representatives of
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Texas police say a suspect shot and wounded two Texas officers during a car pursuit before the suspect barricaded himself in an apartment complex. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus says the suspect was arrested Thursday evening after police set up a perimeter around the area. McManus says the injured
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — When Giorgia Meloni was running to become Italy’s first far-right head of government of the post-war era, she steeped her winning campaign in the sharply ideological rhetoric of national sovereignty, “traditional families” and fear of migrants. Since taking office in September, Premier Meloni has toned down the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man fleeing New York City police officers on a motorcycle died Wednesday after a sergeant hurled a plastic picnic cooler at his head from close range, causing a violent crash, authorities said. Eric Duprey, 30, who had three young children and
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The president of the Spanish soccer federation faces an emergency meeting of its general assembly on Friday amid media reports that he will hand in his resignation following an uproar for kissing a Women’s World Cup champion. Luis Rubiales is expected to stand before representatives of
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La Federación Internacional del Fútbol Asociado (FIFA) anunció este jueves que su Comisión Disciplinaria abrió un procedimiento contra el presidente de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol, Luis Rubiales, por el beso no consensuado a la futbolista Jennifer Hermoso durante la entrega de premios del Mundial Femenino que culminó
Continue Reading WFTV, FLAGLER SCHOOLS, CNN By Raja Razek and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — The principal and a teacher at a Flagler County, Florida, elementary school are on paid administrative leave after an assembly was held only for fourth and fifth-grade Black students, who were collectively told to improve their school performance, according to the school
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press In August 1953, a CIA-backed coup toppled Iran’s prime minister, cementing the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for over 25 years before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. At the time of the coup, the public had no idea about the CIA’s role in the putsch. That changed in later years. The
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to “intensity efforts” to deescalate tensions at their contested border, in a rare face-to-face meeting since a deadly clash strained relations more than three years ago. Modi and Xi, who are in Johannesburg for the
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces on how to operate F-16 fighter jets — and eventually to provide the aircraft themselves — seemed like an abrupt change in position but was in fact one that came after months
Continue ReadingBy NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Seventy years after a CIA-orchestrated coup toppled Iran’s prime minister, its legacy remains both contentious and complicated for the Islamic Republic as tensions stay high with the United States. While highlighted as a symbol of Western imperialism by Iran’s theocracy, the coup unseating
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Se acerca la hora: a partir de 2024, ya no será gratis viajar a Europa. El programa de exención de visados ETIAS permitirá entrar a los países de la Unión Europea a partir de US$ 7,70. Como su nombre indica, no se trata de un visado, sino de un sistema para
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