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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Faruk Koca, the former president of top-flight Turkish soccer club Ankaragücü, has been banned from football for life following his attack on a referee, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) announced Thursday. Following the 1-1 draw between Ankaragücü and Rizespor on Monday night, Koca ran onto the field and punched
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected members of a separatist group killed 11 people and wounded eight others in a nighttime attack on a police station in southeastern Iran, state TV said Friday. The deputy governor of Sistan and Baluchestan province, Ali Reza Marhemati, said senior police officers and soldiers were killed and wounded
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Professional golfers have been known to complain about the unruly behavior of crowds, but it could be worse – at one South African course, the spectators once feasted on a giraffe in the middle of the third fairway. The audience are, quite literally, animals at Skukuza Golf Club in
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World markets powered higher on Friday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to another record close on excitement that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates several times next year. Germany’s DAX advanced 0.6% to 16,849.10 and the CAC 40 in Paris was up 0.4%
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Corea del Sur, el país con la tasa de natalidad más baja del mundo, espera que esta caiga aún más en los próximos dos años, al tiempo que se prevé que su población total se desplome a niveles no vistos desde la década de 1970. Los nuevos datos subrayan la
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said Draymond Green’s indefinite suspension for striking Jusuf Nurkic in the face “makes sense.” Talking to reporters ahead of the team’s game in Los Angeles against the Clippers on Thursday, Kerr said the suspension will hopefully help Green work on himself and
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has defended controversial cash bounties offered for Hong Kong dissidents who have fled abroad. The rewards have been heavily criticized by foreign governments and human rights groups. Bounties of $128,000 have been offered for information leading to the capture of 13 opposition figures accused of violating the semi-autonomous Chinese city’s sweeping
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By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at first, he didn’t even realize what it was. “I got into the culture visually
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at first, he didn’t even realize what it was. “I got into the culture
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. Sigue las noticias más recientes aquí. Filas de automóviles conduciendo cerca de un área de estacionamiento cerca de la frontera con Gaza el 14 de diciembre de 2023 en el sur de Israel. Crédito: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French maritime authorities say they rescued more than 60 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel overnight Friday but that one of them died. Another person was rescued in critical condition and flown by helicopter to a hospital in the French port of Calais, maritime authorities said in a statement. The person
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Allies of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say penitentiary officials are reporting that earlier this month he was moved from the region where he was serving time, but have still not disclosed where he is. Navalny’s lawyers haven’t seen him since Dec. 6, his spokesperson
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Más de 500 personas fueron trasladadas a un hospital tras el accidente de un tren subterráneo ocurrido el jueves en Beijing en medio de nevadas, según un comunicado de las autoridades de Transporte de Beijing difundido el viernes. “Un total de 515 personas fueron trasladadas al hospital para ser examinadas, de
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hundreds of commuters, dozens of them with fractured bones, were sent to the hospital in Beijing on Thursday after two trains collided on a busy metro line during snowy conditions, the city’s transportation authority said. The collision took place around 7 p.m. during rush hour on the
Continue ReadingBy KARIN LAUB, NAJIB JOBAIN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The United States national security adviser and the Palestinian president were set Friday to discuss postwar arrangements for Gaza — which, according to a senior U.S. official, could include reactivating Palestinian security forces driven out by Hamas in its 2007
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Liberian-flagged cargo ship caught fire in the Red Sea on Friday after being hit by a projectile launched from rebel-controlled Yemen, authorities said. The attack on the Al Jasrah, though causing no injuries, further escalates a campaign by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Alex Batty, un niño británico cuyo paradero se desconocía desde hace seis años, fue encontrado la mañana de este miércoles en una región del suroeste de Francia, dijo a CNN un portavoz de las autoridades regionales el jueves. Batty desapareció cuando tenía 11 años, después de viajar de vacaciones a España en
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Liberian-flagged cargo ship caught fire in the Red Sea on Friday after being hit by a projectile launched from rebel-controlled Yemen, a U.S. defense official said. The attack on the Al Jasrah further escalates a campaign by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who have
Continue ReadingBy Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — This week, Chinese authorities across the board intensified efforts to boost growth, but those attempts may not be enough to fix the ailing economy. On Friday, the country’s central bank pumped a massive amount of liquidity into the banking system as part of broader efforts to support
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Two subway trains have collided in heavy snow in Beijing, sending 515 people to the hospital, including 102 with broken bones. Authorities said Friday the accident occurred the previous evening in Beijing’s mountainous west on an above-ground portion of the sprawling subway system’s Changping line. They say slippery tracks prompted automatic braking
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