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By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Dartmouth College’s head football coach Buddy Teevens, 66, died Tuesday of injuries sustained after being hit by a truck while cycling on March 16 in St. Augustine, Florida, the Teevens family announced in a statement released through the school. “Our family is heartbroken to inform you that our beloved ‘coach’ has
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel produced the unthinkable on Tuesday after scoring his team’s 95th-minute equalizer against Atlético Madrid in the Champions League. With the Italian side 1-0 down after Pablo Barrios’ first-half strike, and with mere seconds remaining in the opening group stage match, Provedel went up for a
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has signed a deal with South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare to produce human insulin specifically for diabetes patients in Africa where there is a dire need for the life-saving treatment. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention welcomed the
Continue ReadingBy AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan and Armenian forces reached a cease-fire agreement Wednesday to end two days of fighting in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region that has been a flashpoint for decades, officials on both sides said. An hour after the truce was announced, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the
Continue ReadingBy HAU DINH and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, has arrived in Vietnam to begin a five-day visit marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, as Tokyo pushes to deepen ties with developing and emerging nations to tackle
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — It’s been 50 years since the most-watched tennis match in history took place between female sports icon Billie Jean King and former men’s world No. 1 and self-proclaimed male chauvinist Bobby Riggs. An estimated 90 million TV viewers worldwide tuned into the so-called “Battle of the Sexes” between King
Continue ReadingBy AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A cease-fire agreement with Azerbaijan was reached on Wednesday to end two days of fighting in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region, local authorities and Azerbaijani officials said. The agreement was to go into effect at 1 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), and peace talks between Azerbaijani officials
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in Britain fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to sharp rises in energy and food costs. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index was 6.7%
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — US investigators seized artworks by Austrian painter Egon Schiele from three museums amid claims Nazis stole them from a Jewish collector during World War II. Museums in Chicago, Pittsburgh and Oberlin, Ohio were named in search warrants issued by New York state’s Supreme Court, which said it has “reasonable
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Wednesday as markets awaited a decision on interest rates by the Federal Reserve. France’s CAC 40 inched down less than 0.1% to 7,281.23 and Germany’s DAX added 0.3% to 15,715.93. Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 0.6% to 7,704.97 after the government reported inflation
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday in New York. The two leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s largest democracies are seeking areas of common ground despite some recent differences on the war in Ukraine and
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday is set to come face-to-face with his most ardent critics as House Republicans prepare to use a routine oversight hearing to interrogate him about what they claim is the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under President Joe Biden.
Continue ReadingBy Jedd Rosche and Christopher Hickey, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is overseeing one of the narrowest congressional majorities in decades – tied with two other time periods for the fifth-smallest majority in US history, according to the Pew Research Center. With control of 221 seats, McCarthy’s party controls just 9 more seats than Democrats’
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King’s victory in the “Battle of the Sexes” was a milestone moment as women pushed for equality on the playing field and beyond. On the 50th anniversary of that match against Bobby Riggs — still the most-watched in tennis history — King moved
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King’s victory in the “Battle of the Sexes” was a milestone moment as women pushed for equality on the playing field and beyond. On the 50th anniversary of that match against Bobby Riggs — still the most-watched in tennis history — King will
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Hong Kong (CNN) — Al inicio de su tercer mandato sin precedentes, Xi Jinping llenó las altas filas de China con una lista de funcionarios leales que presumiblemente esperaba allanarían el camino para lograr su gran visión para China. Sin embargo, menos de un año después, una tormenta de turbulencias está agitando
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By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean police have arrested two people and questioned more than a dozen American soldiers on suspicion of smuggling and distributing synthetic cannabis after raiding two US army bases. The raids, which took place in May, were reported by the Pyeongtaek police department
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to have his long-coveted meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday — bringing together the two leaders for the first time since the Israeli leader took office at the helm of his country’s far-right government late last
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Saturday’s 3-1 drubbing at the hands of Brighton at Old Trafford must surely be the low point of Erik ten Hag’s time in charge of Manchester United – and there have been a few of them. Roberto De Zerbi’s side is everything this United team is not at the
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Jens Haaning was supposed to create works of art with the 530,000 Danish krone ($76,000) lent to him by a museum, but instead he took the money and ran in the name of art. Now, after almost two years of litigation, a Copenhagen court ruled on Monday that the
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