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By JULIA FRANKEL, ADAM GELLER and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, they are finally free to laugh and chat and play. But some of the children who have come back from captivity are still reluctant to raise their voices above a whisper.
Continue ReadingBy Maureen Ohare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: The Paris Métro is getting a huge new network, why the Channel Tunnel’s train service has a big problem and our picks of the world’s most gorgeous coastlines. How to coast through life Living life on the edge doesn’t have to be stressful. It
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — At least four people have died and more than 200 people evacuated after a devastating fire broke out near the mortuary of the San Giovanni Evangelista hospital in the Roman suburb of Tivoli late Friday night, according to Italy’s fire brigade. The fire broke out on the
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters at the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit are demonstrating for several causes, but all are limited in what they can say, where they can go and what their signs can portray. Demonstrators carried signs Saturday bearing the image of Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA and TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe is holding special elections for nine seats in Parliament after opposition lawmakers were removed from their positions and disqualified from running again. The opposition called it an illegal push by the ruling ZANU-PF party to bolster its parliamentary majority and possibly change
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States, have separately condemned a high-seas assault by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships that repeatedly blasted water cannons to block three Philippine fisheries vessels from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The noontime
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee and Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is confronting the prospect of his son Hunter facing an embarrassing legal ordeal next year amid a host of other political obstacles in a possible rematch with Donald Trump. The additional criminal charges brought by the Justice Department against Hunter
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Santa Ana Winds, which will elevate dry conditions this weekend, are expected to strengthen this morning. The National Weather Service has issued Wind Advisories from San Bernardino County south into Imperial County with sustained gusts that could reach 35-50 MPH and isolated gusts near 60 mph in wind prone areas like the San Gorgonio Pass. The
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Uzoh, CNN (CNN) — The experiment to inject jeopardy into the November and December months of basketball – a long-held ambition of NBA commissioner Adam Silver – culminates this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the T-Mobile Arena. All 30 NBA franchises were placed into six groups of five teams at the beginning
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Tennis great and ESPN analyst Chris Evert announced she has been re-diagnosed with cancer and will not be part of the network’s coverage of the 2024 Australian Open. “Since I was first diagnosed with cancer two years ago, I’ve been very open about my experience. I wanted
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is confident that his troubled government will find a good solution to a budget crisis triggered by a court ruling last month. He promised his center-left party on Saturday that there will be no dismantling of the country’s welfare state. Leaders
Continue Reading By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Misty LaBean spent her whole life wondering why her mother left her family when she was only a year old. Connie Christensen’s disappearance 40 years ago from Wisconsin wasn’t out of the blue for the rest of her relatives: She had left before, running away when she was a
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A fire has broken out in a hospital on Rome’s outskirts, killing at least three people. The blaze also forced the evacuation of the St. John the Evangelist hospital in Tivoli, officials said Saturday. The Tivoli mayor’s office says patients in intensive care were transferred immediately to other hospitals via ambulance. Less-critical
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States, have separately condemned a high-seas assault by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships that repeatedly blasted water cannons to block three Philippine fisheries vessels from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The noontime
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El primer ministro británico, Rishi Sunak, tiene un problema grave. Mientras su gobernante Partido Conservador se prepara para entrar en lo que probablemente será un año electoral en 2024, languidece semana tras semana por detrás del opositor Partido Laborista en las encuestas. Los conservadores están en el poder desde 2010,
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s announced on Wednesday that it is piloting a new cafe concept called CosMc’s, which will mostly sell indulgent, highly customizable caffeinated beverages with some food. The first CosMc’s location is now open in Illinois, and nine more are planned in Texas in the coming months. For
Continue ReadingWLS, MCDONALD’S, CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s announced on Wednesday that it is piloting a new cafe concept called CosMc’s, which will mostly sell indulgent, highly customizable caffeinated beverages with some food. The first CosMc’s location is now open in Illinois, and nine more are planned in Texas in the
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La presidenta de Harvard, Claudine Gay, se disculpó en una entrevista con el periódico de la universidad por su testimonio desastroso ante el Congreso de Estados Unidos esta semana, en el que ella y los rectores de otras universidades evitaron reconocer explícitamente que los llamados al genocidio del pueblo judío constituyen
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters at the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit have demonstrated for imprisoned human rights activists in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, the past and current host of the negotiations. Demonstrators carried signs Saturday bearing the image of Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor and Egyptian
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — In good economic times and bad, people’s self-control to spend within their means on gifts during the holiday season flies out the window. For decades, credit cards bore the brunt of compulsive holiday spending habits. But increasingly, they’re sharing the spotlight with Buy Now, Pay Later companies.
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