By Samuel Joseph, CNN (CNN) — NBA superstar LeBron James suffered the worst loss of his legendary career on Monday as his Los Angeles Lakers side was routed by 44 points on the road by the Philadelphia 76ers, 138-94. Per the NBA, the biggest margin that James had lost by coming into Monday’s matchup was
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s government plans to ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas. The measures are part of a national anti-tobacco plan presented by the health minister, who says tobacco products cause 75,000 avoidable deaths a year in France. He says the government will introduce legislation next
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Greek officials said Tuesday that they will continue talks with the British Museum about bringing the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens, despite U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak abruptly canceling a meeting with his Greek counterpart where the contested antiquities were due to be discussed.
Continue Reading
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Stephen Colbert se ausentará esta semana por enfermedad de su programa “Late Show”. Colbert anunció este lunes en Threads que tiene que cancelar los nuevos episodios de “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” programados para esta semana mientras se recupera de una cirugía. Stephen Colbert: “Es un regalo existir… y con
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de España detuvo este lunes a un joven de 26 años, sospechoso de haber apuñalado y matado a su expareja de 25 años y a la hija de ambos de cinco años, informó una fuente policial a CNN. Todos ellos eran de nacionalidad peruana, según estas fuentes.
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan High Court has struck out key clauses of a contentious finance law that has been blamed for significantly raising taxes and the cost of living in East Africa’s largest economy. A trio of high court judges said Tuesday that parts of the Finance Act
Continue Reading
By Arya Jyothi, video by Jadyn Sham, Kristie Lu Stout and Kevin Broad, CNN (CNN) — A green pit viper coiled around a drainpipe, three blue-banded bees sleeping on a grass blade, and a gecko climbing a tree against the backdrop of a bustling city. They’re all part of Hong Kong-British wildlife photographer Lawrence Hylton’s
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — “All the rich can afford a new car,” an elderly British woman commented at a recent protest in London against plans to expand a toll on older, polluting vehicles to outer suburbs of the city. “It’s affecting so many poor people… Everybody wants clean air but it’s
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Cristiano Ronaldo told a referee to overturn a penalty awarded in his favor during Al-Nassr’s Asian Champions League game against Persepolis. The act of sportsmanship occurred in the second minute of Monday’s match as Ronaldo was brought down in the box, prompting referee Ma Ning to award a penalty
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, a transatlantic flight operated by a commercial airline will be powered by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) — a type of plane fuel that bears the promise of a much lower climate impact than traditional ones. Traveling from London Heathrow to New York’s JFK, the
Continue ReadingPOCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Police say a thick layer of fog is believed to have caused a roughly 30-vehicle collision on an Idaho interstate. The collision occurred Monday morning on eastbound Interstate 86 near Pocatello. Police say the fog caused visibility to significantly decrease in a short amount of time, slowing vehicles and causing a
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — WeightWatchers is betting that diet culture is over. Welcome to the age of Ozempic. Diet drugs have upended the weight loss business. The number of Americans taking semaglutide medication has increased 40-fold over the past five years, a contrast from decades of diet and exercise advice on
Continue ReadingCNN By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — WeightWatchers is betting that diet culture is over. Welcome to the age of Ozempic. Diet drugs have upended the weight loss business. The number of Americans taking semaglutide medication has increased 40-fold over the past five years, a contrast from decades of diet and exercise advice
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Layoffs are never welcome news to employees. But they bring an extra bite when they are carried out during the holiday season. Even if they are just signaled as coming in the next few months, the mere concern that you could be let go puts a real
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Tornadoes have been forecast for the Black Sea region after a storm left more than 2 million people without electricity in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine. The Institute for the Study of War think tank said that the storm also impacted Russian military operations in occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine. Officials said
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — SGA for MVP has a certain ring to it. The notion isn’t far-fetched, either. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is among the early season surprises who have played their way into the MVP conversation, joining the usual list of NBA stars that includes Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid. Gilgeous-Alexander,
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai is preparing to host the COP28 climate talks as world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and Pope Francis have signaled they will not be attending the negotiations. The talks come during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war roiling the wider Middle East. Israel’s Foreign
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A visiting Chinese official has warned Australia to act with “great prudence” in deploying warships in the South China Sea after a recent confrontation between the two navies. Liu Jianchao is the Chinese Communist Party’s international minister. He gave the warning on Tuesday while speaking at
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Winter’s early onset has brought heavy snowfall and icy roads to Northern Europe. The winter conditions have created disruptions and dangerous driving conditions, and German media reported that they have resulted in at least two deaths and children stuck overnight in a school. Germany’s western state of Hesse was particularly affected by
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway says the Philippine government and the country’s communist rebels have agreed to resume talks aimed at ending decades of armed conflict. Norway’s foreign ministry says high-ranking delegations from both sides met in the Norwegian capital last week and agreed to a “common vision for
Continue Reading