BERLIN (AP) — Parts of northern and central Europe continued to grapple with flooding as rivers remain swollen after heavy rain. A barrier near the German city of Magdeburg was opened for the first time in a decade to ease pressure from the Elbe River. Some animals were evacuated from their enclosures at a safari
Continue ReadingBy KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer Diana Flores has starred in a Super Bowl halftime ad, signed a deal with Under Armour and even coached girls at a clinic in Morocco. Mexico’s flag football quarterback did not see this coming. “For a Mexican girl who fell in love with a very American sport at the
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Tour d’Argent already boasts a 320,000-bottle wine cellar, a world-famous duck recipe and a storied 441-year history. Now, the legendary Paris restaurant is about to serve up its “plat de résistance”: a front-row view of two of the biggest events of 2024 — the renaissance of
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A storm that battered the U.K. with high winds and heavy snow has damaged houses, canceled trains and left thousands of people without electricity across Scotland and parts of northern England. Workers dealt with wind speeds of 80 miles per hour in some coastal areas of Scotland as they tried to restore
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has held a funeral for a high-ranking general of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who was killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria. Hundreds of mourners accompanied the flag-draped casket of Gen. Razi Mousavi from a central square of Tehran to a shrine where he was buried on Thursday. The
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A civilian cargo ship struck a Russian mine in the Black Sea near Ukraine’s Danube ports Thursday, injuring two sailors, officials and analysts said, in an incident that underscored the dangers faced by those exporting Ukrainian grain during the war. The Panama-flagged vessel struck the floating
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN (CNN) — Few could have predicted that one of the most derided sartorial mainstays of the 1980s — a decade that has never quite enjoyed the style resurgence of the eras that bookended it — would be a multibillion-dollar industry in its own right by the end of the 2020s. Yet
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Kendall Coyne Schofield is relishing her return to hockey, and doing so as a first-time mother. She will be bringing her six-month-old son Drew along for the journey while playing for Minnesota in the newly established Professional Women’s Hockey League. Schofield is a three-time Olympian and former U.S. captain.
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Emergency workers in South Florida rescued two people, including one who later died, from a canal after their helicopter crashed. The Federal Aviation Administration says the helicopter, a Hughes 369 aircraft, was carrying two people from Fort Myers when it crashed into a canal about three miles west of Miami Executive Airport.
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China has renewed its threat to use military force to annex the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory. A Defense Ministry spokesperson told reporters Thursday that China’s armed forces would “as always take
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a rollercoaster lately for Apple Watch shoppers. The newest models were yanked from Apple’s shelves in the throes of the holiday shopping season amid an ongoing patent dispute, though a last-minute court order means they’ve started going back on sale – for now, at least. Here’s what
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CNN By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a rollercoaster lately for Apple Watch shoppers. The newest models were yanked from Apple’s shelves in the throes of the holiday shopping season amid an ongoing patent dispute, though a last-minute court order means they’ve started going back on sale – for now, at least. Here’s
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Cuando se supo que un alto asesor del candidato presidencial republicano Vivek Ramaswamy se uniría a la campaña del expresidente Donald Trump el mes pasado, los asesores de Trump se pusieron furiosos creyendo que el asesor se estaba promocionando a sí mismo, sin el permiso de los altos mandos de la
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Even for the all-conquering Manchester City, the art of winning can prove elusive, lost for weeks as it secured just one victory in six Premier League games, before it capped its historic year by winning a record fifth trophy at the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s navy says it forcibly pushed a boat packed with refugees back to international waters after the vessel approached the shores of Aceh province. The province that forms part of Sumatra island has seen an increasing number of arriving boats, most carrying Rohingya
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign ministry says Qatar’s Court of Appeal reduced the death sentence handed in October to eight retired Indian navy officers on spy charges. Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said Thursday in a statement that the detailed verdict has not been received yet. “We are in close
Continue Readingmondemanola (CNN Español) — El Gobierno del presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, presentó este miércoles un megaproyecto de ley que plantea una profunda reforma del Estado. Los 5 puntos más polémicos del megadecreto del presidente Javier Milei La iniciativa Ley de Bases y Puntos de Partida para La Libertad de los Argentinos, como se titula,
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — As the new year approaches, you might be thinking about buying a bottle of champagne to ring it in with a celebratory “pop.” But the climate crisis could ruin the party, new data suggests. The three grapes used in almost all champagne — chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is enlisting new help in Iowa as he scrambles to ward off mounting interest in the rival presidential candidacy of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley: One of her former constituents. South Carolina state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, a deeply conservative lawmaker who has pushed a
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — There were times when Jo Overstreet felt all alone as a standout flag football player on boys teams growing up in Texas. Sure, she was accepted. Considered just one of the boys. She longed for something more — a sense of sisterhood. These days, the 40-year-old
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