By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The “Barbie” movie is a bona fide cultural moment. Not only has it set box office records and ushered in a massive spike in Barbie sales, it’s also inspired fascinating conversations about childhood and mental health. Since the movie’s release in July, adults on TikTok and other social media
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, TOM KRISHER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to stand alongside United Auto Workers pickets on Tuesday on the 12th day of their strike against major carmakers underscores support of labor unions that appears to be unparalleled in presidential history. Experts in presidential and U.S.
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are slamming prosecutors’ request for a narrow gag order in his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, calling it an effort to “unconstitutionally silence” his political speech. Trump’s attorneys in court papers filed late Monday urge U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to deny
Continue ReadingBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in tax on her 2018 income, authorities said Tuesday, in Spain’s latest fiscal allegations against the Colombian singer. Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Emergency services in central Greece are on alert as another storm system heads toward areas hit by massive floods this month. Municipal and military crews using excavators have reinforced flood defenses in the region. Flooding from Storm Daniel killed 16 people, and caused widespread damage. Heading eastward, the latest storm has
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Two powerful explosions have ripped through dwellings in central Sweden, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings. Late Monday, an explosion occurred in Hasselby, a suburb of the capital, Stockholm. In the early hours of Tuesday, a blast in Linkoping, some 175 kilometers (110 miles) to the southwest, ripped the facade
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — The leader of Spain’s conservatives is trying to win the endorsement of the nation’s Parliament to form a new government. Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s Popular Party won the most seats after inconclusive July 23 national elections that left all parties well shy of an absolute majority. Feijóo faces two investiture votes — one
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has reshuffled the country’s ruling council and Cabinet with an apparent purge of two high-ranking generals who independent media have said are under investigation for alleged corruption. The military’s top ruling body has directed four reshuffles since the army seized power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government more than
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Growing up on the remote island of Karpathos, Greece, in the 1990s, Anna Katogiritis struggled to make friends at school and says she was bullied for being “small-sized.” But she was able to find comfort and friendship from another source – the thousands of stray cats that roamed the
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong/Taipei (CNN) — China and the European Union have agreed to exchange information on export controls as part of efforts to dial down tension over trade imbalances and geopolitical issues. Europe’s trade chief said the relationship was at a “crossroads” and the bloc’s exporters needed better access
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration plans to maintain refugee admissions to the United States at 125,000, according to a draft report obtained by CNN, and admit a larger share of refugees from the Western Hemisphere amid unprecedented movement in the region. The upcoming year’s proposed refugee ceiling underscores the unique challenges
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CNNEspañol sjv Puede que la huelga de escritores termine, pero no los problemas de Hollywood. Este invierno puede ser drásticamente diferente en EE.UU. Esposa de Bruce Willis revela la “difícil” realidad sobre la demencia del actor. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. ¿Por qué van a deportar inmigrantes de
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has struck down a 2020 law that criminalized the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Korea, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech. The court issued the ruling on Tuesday in response to a complaint filed by North Korean
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly sank Tuesday over worries about a possible U.S. government shutdown and the troubled Chinese economy. France’s CAC 40 lost 0.7% in early trading to 7,076.82. Germany’s DAX fell 0.5% to 15,329.25. Britain’s FTSE 100 edged up 0.2% to 7,638.01. U.S. shares were set
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea paraded thousands of troops and an array of weapons capable of striking North Korea through its capital as part of its biggest Armed Forces Day ceremony in 10 years on Tuesday, as its president vowed to build a stronger military to thwart any
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The doping case involving teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva that marred the 2022 Beijing Olympics has returned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Valieva is now 17 and is expected to testify by video link from Russia during the closed-door hearing set to
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. health agency says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering in crowded camps as deadly fighting grinds on between the country’s military and a rival paramilitary force. The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that 162
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says he is confident that Indigenous Australians overwhelmingly support a proposal to create their own representative body to advise Parliament and have it enshrined in the constitution. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s remarks on Tuesday came as Tiwi Islanders cast their votes on making
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Mazel Paris Alegado may only be nine years old, but she’s already making history. The skateboarding prodigy is the youngest member of the Philippines team at this year’s Asian Games and she’s been busy proving that age is just a number. Alegado qualified as the youngest finalist for the
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Algunos estudiantes de noveno y décimo grado de la escuela secundaria Bedford, en Bedford, Nueva Hampshire, en su mayoría niños, tomaron fotografías de las nalgas y los senos de niñas de 11.º y 12.º grado sin su consentimiento, “calificándolas y compartiéndolas con otros”, según cartas enviadas a los padres el jueves
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