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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest in a campaign of assaults by the group over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack came as a U.S.
Continue ReadingBy JOEAL CALUPITAN and AARON FAVILA Associated Press ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN (AP) — The Philippine navy says it will not allow China to remove a Philippine military outpost in a fiercely disputed South China Sea shoal where four Filipino navy personnel were injured in a confrontation between Chinese and Philippine ships. Philippine officials summoned a
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Protesting Polish farmers on tractors have blocked highways leading into Warsaw while thousands of their supporters gathered in front of the prime minister’s office. Some trampled a European Union flag and burned a mock coffin bearing the word “farmer.” The protesters want a withdrawal from the
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — University of Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark is now the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball history and possesses an abundance of other records, but one achievement has evaded her so far in her illustrious college career: a national championship. With Clark set to leave
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are the last remaining major candidates for their parties’ 2024 presidential nominations. But they’re not the “presumptive nominees” just yet. The Associated Press only uses the designation once a candidate has captured the number of delegates needed to win a
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of the presidential race has hardly been cloudy for some time, even if it is one that most voters say they don’t want to see. On not-so-Super Tuesday, there were few surprises. It became ever clearer President Joe Biden was on a
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Lingering respiratory and mobility problems are continuing to take their toll on the Pope. Francis presided over his weekly general audience on Wednesday. But he had an aide read his catechism lesson, as he has done for the past several days. He also appeared unable to climb up the few steps
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Elon Musk supported making OpenAI a for-profit company, the ChatGPT maker said, attacking a lawsuit from the wealthy investor who has accused the artificial intelligence business of betraying its founding goal to benefit humanity as it pursued profits instead. In its first response since the Tesla CEO sued last
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian pound has slipped sharply against the dollar after the Central Bank of Egypt raised its main interest rate and said it would allow the currency’s exchange rate to be set by market forces. Commercial banks were trading the U.S. currency at more than 50 pounds
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists say they have discovered what may be the largest mass grave ever excavated in Europe at a site in southern Germany. Roughly 1,000 skeletons of plague victims have so far been found in mass graves in the center of the city of Nuremberg, which experts believe may contain
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Mientras estaba en Puerto Príncipe, la capital haitiana, esperando la oportunidad de entrevistar al líder pandillero más notorio, Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, Giles Clarke escuchó disparos semiautomáticos desde lo que parecían solo dos o tres cuadras de distancia. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel “Miré al grupo de lugareños, preguntándome si podrían responder,
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — State lawmakers in Tennessee could soon pass a bill that would limit the types of flags that can be displayed in public schools, sparking outcry from LGBTQ advocates who say the measure is an attempt to ban the Pride flag and curtail free speech. The Tennessee state House advanced HB 1605
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — Attendance capacity at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games’ Opening Ceremony – the first to be held along a river – will be halved due to security reasons, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Tuesday in an interview with French broadcaster France 2. The minister said there was
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Democrats in Hawaii are voting on their party’s nominee for president. There has been little visible campaigning in the islands but incumbent President Joe Biden has a large advantage. Others on the ballot include U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips and self-help author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson. Democratic
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell begins two days of testimony to Congress on Wednesday, with two issues likely to dominate the questions he’ll face: When will the Fed start cutting interest rates, and by how much? A rate reduction would likely lead, over time, to lower
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and MEG KINNARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar with her decision, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination. Three people with direct
Continue ReadingBy Fred Pleitgen and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Berlin/London (CNN) — A group of far-left activists has claimed it was behind an arson attack on a high-voltage electricity pylon Tuesday that cut off the power supply to Tesla’s factory in Germany. The activists, calling themselves the “Volcano Group,” claimed responsibility for the fire in a letter
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China has plenty of room to maneuver to attain its annual target for robust economic growth of about 5% after a strong start for the year, top economic officials said Wednesday, though they acknowledged it’s a challenge. China’s exports rose about 10% in the first two
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian lawmakers have unanimously approved the resignation of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, which he submitted as part of a power-sharing agreement between the two main political parties in the coalition government. The center-right GERB party which won last April’s general election and the runner-up, the reformist coalition led by “We Continue
Continue ReadingCNN By Kylie Atwood, Arit John and Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced Wednesday that she is exiting the Republican presidential race and urged presumptive nominee Donald Trump to “earn” the support of voters who backed her. “The time has now come to suspend my campaign. I said I wanted Americans
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