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By JAN M. OLSEN and PAN PYLAS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Gale-force winds and floods struck several countries in Northern Europe as the region endured more heavy rain on Friday that forecasters say will continue into the weekend. At least two people were reported dead in Scotland and authorities searched for a man
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Se esperan nuevas protestas contra el asedio israelí a Gaza en gran parte de Medio Oriente este viernes, mientras las organizaciones humanitarias advierten que los hospitales del enclave se están quedando sin combustible y temen que la ayuda vital siga bloqueada en Egipto un día más. Con la crisis humanitaria
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip early Friday, hitting areas where Palestinians had been told to seek safety, and it began evacuating a sizable Israeli town near the border with Lebanon, the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Annie Grayer and Jessica Dean, CNN (CNN) — Democrats on Capitol Hill are furious over Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s refusal to retract or add new context to her statements blaming Israel for the deadly blast that devastated a Gaza hospital, killing hundreds of people and setting off a regional backlash against the
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has sent an envoy to the Middle East to push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the latest sign of its ambition to play a larger role in the region. Envoy Zhai Jun’s first meetings included one in Qatar with a Russian counterpart as the two countries stake out
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The NCAA is investigating the University of Michigan football team for alleged sign-stealing, the school and the Big Ten Conference announced on Thursday. ‘Sign-stealing,’ the practice of gathering information on the signs a team uses to call offensive and defensive plays, is technically not prohibited under
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Arizona Diamondbacks secured a vital Game 3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday to stop from falling to a 0-3 hole in the National League Championship Series (NLCS). During a tense game, in which the Diamondbacks were on the verge of yet another defeat, Ketel Marte came
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Due to set sail from Istanbul on November 1, the three-year cruise was meant to be a smooth sail across the globe and into nomadic living for its inhabitants. But with less than two weeks to go before the scheduled departure date, Life at Sea cruises is navigating choppy waters
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say a stampede in Kenya during celebrations to mark an annual public holiday killed at least four people on Friday and injured 100 others. Police said the stampede happened when thousands of people struggled to get inside Kericho stadium in western Kenya at dawn on Friday. The stadium was the
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — For a while now the theme of “higher for longer” has dominated market speak – that’s the idea that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates elevated for a prolonged period of time to bring inflation down. But a rise in long-term Treasury yields could be doing
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — When University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill was tapped for the post just 18 months ago, she was heralded as the “clear consensus” to lead the Ivy League university. Today that consensus is nowhere to be found. In trying to placate everyone on the contentious issues of
Continue ReadingBy Juliana Liu Hong Kong (CNN) — China has unveiled plans to restrict exports of graphite — a mineral crucial to the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) — on national security grounds, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs said Friday. The announcement comes just days after the United States
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Protesters gathered at Iraq’s border crossing with Jordan on Friday to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and call for an end to Israel’s blockade, while in Indonesia’s capital, demonstrators marched from several mosques to the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to denounce American support for Israel and
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Gale-force winds and floods have struck several countries in Northern Europe as the region braces for more heavy rain. One person was reported dead in Scotland after being swept into a river and authorities searched for a man thought to be trapped in his vehicle.
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of biometric gun safes are being recalled due to concerns they can allow unauthorized access, federal officials said, citing a lawsuit alleging a 12-year-old boy died from a firearm obtained from a breached safe. More than 60,000 biometric safes – which use body-specific information to grant access –
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin Friday for the first defendant to go to trial in the Georgia case that accuses former President Donald Trump and others of illegally scheming to overturn the 2020 election in the state. Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro was indicted just over two months
Continue Reading By Paula Newton, Sania Farooqui and Sophie Jeong, CNN Ottawa (CNN) — Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats and their families from India after New Delhi threatened to revoke their diplomatic immunity amid a deepening dispute over the assassination of a Sikh activist. The move follows a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions between the two countries
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Constantine, the head coach of Pakistan’s men’s national football team, said he has “not seen so many grown men cry in all my life” after his side claimed its first-ever World Cup qualifying round win. Pakistan beat Cambodia 1-0 at Islamabad’s Jinnah Sports Stadium thanks to a 67th-minute
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — For the past year and a half, medical cannabis company CEO Gary Long has spent a lot of his time reassuring Georgia’s small-town mayors about what will soon be coming to their local pharmacy: medical marijuana. “They think that we’re going to be selling joints out of a pharmacy
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has welcomed European Union leaders to the White House. The meeting comes as he tries to assure the leaders that the United States can deliver on promises to send tens of billions of dollars’ worth of aid to wartime Ukraine and Israel. It also
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