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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hotels in Argentina and Uruguay reportedly rejected reservations for Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters over accusations of antisemitism leveled at the British singer known for his pro-Palestinian views. Waters was due to stay in Argentina’s capital of Buenos Aires ahead of shows scheduled for Nov. 21-22 as part of his
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE J. MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a meeting a year in the making. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down together on Wednesday just outside of San Francisco, where Asian leaders gathered for an annual summit. It was almost exactly one year since their
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Valeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, inauguró este martes las nuevas instalaciones de la biblioteca nacional en el centro histórico de la capital, cuya construcción fue una donación de la República Popular China, con un costo presupuestado de US$ 54 millones, según había informado el mandatario en 2021. La
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has suspended Golden State’s Draymond Green for five games for grabbing Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert around the neck “in an unsportsmanlike and dangerous manner,” the league said Wednesday night. Also penalized by the league for their roles in the incident, which happened early in Tuesday’s game between the Timberwolves and
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to endorse Donald Trump on Sunday, during an anticipated visit from the former president to the border city of McAllen, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The endorsement would be a major boon to the Trump campaign, especially
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By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — The UK’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court Wednesday, dealing a potentially fatal blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship migration policy and sparking a furious revolt from the right wing of British politics. The UK’s highest court ruled
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Migrants with crimional records in Australia will face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation introduced in response to a High Court ruling that foreigners migrants can’t be detained indefinitely. The government said that by Thursday it has released
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — The mother of the Virginia 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher in January was sentenced to 21 months in prison for federal felony offenses, a spokesperson with the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia told CNN Wednesday. Deja Taylor pleaded guilty in June to two
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated A former Hawaii psychiatric hospital patient has been indicted on a murder charge in the stabbing death of a nurse at the facility. Court records also show Tommy Kekoa Carvalho pleaded guilty to a 2020 assault of a state mental health worker. Authorities say Carvalho on Monday stabbed Justin Bautista,
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Now that Quentin Johnston has his first NFL touchdown out of the way, he can begin planning on how to celebrate future scores. Johnston was getting ready to run back to the Chargers’ sideline after catching a 1-yard TD pass in the back of
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Sam Fossum, CNN GOP Rep. Michael Guest, the chairman of the House Ethics Committee, told CNN that there would not be a recommendation on whether to expel Rep. George Santos from the House in the panel’s long-awaited report on his conduct. The decision to avoid an explicit recommendation could make it
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN The new speaker may have averted a government shutdown this week, but the major showdown over spending has merely been punted till January. Now, Speaker Mike Johnson has just two months to forge consensus within his fractious conference over a series of spending bills that don’t have the
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Lachlan Murdoch is stepping onto center stage. On Wednesday, his father, Rupert Murdoch, officially stepped down as chairman of News Corporation, the print publishing arm of the billionaire mogul’s powerful media empire, marking the end of an era. Rupert, who maintained he will continue an “active role” in the company, will formally
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON Associated Press MOTALA, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has opened a new state-of-the-art plastic sorting facility, the largest of its kind and big enough to receive all plastic packaging waste generated from Swedish households. The plant in central Sweden is called Site Zero and was built to receive 200,000 tons of plastic household
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — All five of Matthew Perry’s “Friends” co-stars are sharing more remembrances of the star in their first personal social media posts since the actor’s death last month. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer each posted heartfelt notes about Perry, who died Oct. 28, on Instagram.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — All five of Matthew Perry’s “Friends” co-stars are sharing more remembrances of the star in their first personal social media posts since the actor’s death last month. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer each posted heartfelt notes about Perry, who died Oct. 28, on Instagram.
Continue Reading By David Shortell, Helen Regan, Abeer Salman, Mostafa Salem and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Israel said its military launched a “targeted” operation against Hamas early Wednesday morning inside Gaza’s largest hospital, where thousands of Palestinians are believed to be sheltering. Conditions at Al-Shifa Hospital, which has run out of fuel and is no longer
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge heard closing arguments on whether Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is barred from the ballot by a provision of the U.S. Constitution that forbids those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The hearing came on the heels of two losses elsewhere for advocates
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Whether it was the rest from a week off, the addition of Chase Young, coordinator Steve Wilks’ move from the booth to the sideline or a combination of all of the above, the problems on San Francisco’s defense seemed to get fixed during
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Anthony Farrer’s lifestyle was as flashy as the luxury wristwatches he sold in Beverly Hills. His watch consignment business, The Timepiece Gentleman, had a storefront on the city’s fabled Rodeo Drive. His red Lamborghini and his Ducati motorcycles sat outside his lavish rental in Santa Monica. He made frequent
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