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By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Demand for high-speed rail travel is booming in Europe. Travelers are desperate for a fast, sustainable alternative to short-haul air flights and congested highways. But there’s a problem. Demand is outstripping supply on many routes. Trains are full and prices are often sky high, forcing many travelers to use
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president blamed “foreign terrorists” for a bomb blast that killed four people Sunday, wounded dozens of other Catholic worshippers in the south and sparked a security alarm, including in the capital, Manila, where state forces were put on alert. The suspected bomb, which the
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Mientras los líderes y delegados mundiales se reúnen en Dubai para la cumbre anual sobre el clima de la ONU , un nuevo análisis muestra cómo las ciudades anfitrionas de cumbres anteriores podrían verse inundadas, si no completamente sumergidas, por el aumento de las aguas del océano. El incesante aumento de
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A “potential explosion” has struck a key shipping route off the coast of Yemen. That’s according to a statement from the British military on Sunday. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations issued a brief warning to shippers that the incident happened in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks focused Sunday on the contagious effects on human health. Under a brown haze over Dubai, the COP28 summit moved past two days of lofty rhetoric and calls for unity from top leaders to concerns about
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants opened fire at a bus in northern Pakistan, killing nine people including two soldiers, and injuring over 20 others, local police said. The attack happened Saturday night on the Karakoram Highway in northern Gilgit Baltistan region. The highway connects Pakistan with China and also passes through the Khyber
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By Tamar Michaelis, MJ Lee and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Israeli authorities recalled their team of negotiators from Qatar after reaching a “dead end” in talks to release hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, according to a statement released by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. The talks in the Gulf nation
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Sunday ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifted its offensive to the southern half of the territory where it says many Hamas leaders are hiding. Heavy
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Clean energy stocks are out of vogue, as higher interest rates and lagging efforts to combat climate change dog the sector. Those obstacles might not go away anytime soon. The iShares Global Clean Energy exchange-traded fund, which tracks the performance of sectors from renewable electricity to semiconductors
Continue ReadingBy Shelly Shepard, CNN (CNN) — Even as a young child, Cherilynne Hill felt a kinship with the simple things in life. Summers were spent visiting her grandparents in Canadice, New York, where she was first introduced to tiny living. Her grandpa and stepdad had converted an old school bus into a skoolie, and Hill
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines has killed at least one villager and injured several others as thousands scrambled out of their homes in panic and jammed roads to higher grounds after a tsunami warning was issued. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis had 27 points and 14 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston 107-97 on Saturday night, keeping the Rockets winless on the road. Austin Reaves added 18 points off the bench and LeBron James had 16 points and seven assists. Fred VanVleet
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As participants at the United Nations’ COP28 climate talks filed in Sunday for another day of talks, they found themselves greeted by a rare sight in the United Arab Emirates — a protest. From activism about the Israel-Hamas war to environmental issues, activists allowed
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Cuando la activista de derechos humanos Ziv Stahl se despertó con el estallido de los disparos de cohetes el 7 de octubre, mientras se encontraba en la casa de su hermana en el kibutz Kfar Aza, no anticipó ni por un momento la escala del ataque terrorista que se estaba desarrollando
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox had 26 points and a career-high 16 assists, Malik Monk made a clutch 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter and the Sacramento Kings beat the Denver Nuggets 123-117 on Saturday night to spoil Nikola Jokic’s NBA-leading eighth triple-double. The Kings led comfortably most of
Continue ReadingBy SHUMAILA ANDLEEB Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Local police say that militants have opened fire at a bus in northern Pakistan, killing nine people including two soldiers. The shooting occurred in the Chilas area of the northern Gilgit Baltistan region on Saturday night. The bus was carrying passengers from Gilgit to Rawalpindi. The
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Esteemed “Saturday Night Live” alum Tina Fey made a surprise cameo on the long-running sketch show’s latest episode to help initiate host Emma Stone into the so-called Five-Timers Club. Fey, a six-time host, told Stone that at 35 years old, she was the youngest person to reach the milestone.
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — On a night when one of the Anaheim Ducks most popular players set a franchise record, it was who everyone hopes will be one of its future stars that helped snap an eight-game losing streak. Rookie Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist and
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Vote counting began in four Indian states in a test of strength for India’s opposition pitted against the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of next year’s crucial national vote. Results are expected later in the day. Results are expected later Sunday. Elections in the four states — Rajasthan,
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis had 27 points and 14 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston 107-97 on Saturday night, keeping the Rockets winless on the road. Austin Reaves added 18 points off the bench and LeBron James had 16 points and seven assists. Fred VanVleet
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