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Month: April 2024

New York Times: Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter is in negotiations to plead guilty amid theft allegations

By Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — A former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is in negotiations to plead guilty to federal crimes related to accusations he stole millions from Ohtani and used it for gambling, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter. Ippei

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Biden to meet with Philippines, Japanese leaders as worry grows about Chinese action in Indo-Pacific

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is gathering Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House for a first-of-its-kind White House summit. Thursday’s meeting is aimed at demonstrating that Washington, Manila and Tokyo are in lockstep about their concerns about China’s military assertiveness

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Mexican drug gangs ‘increasingly targeting’ Australia as meth supplies overtake rivals, police say

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Drug cartels from North America have overtaken rivals in Southeast Asia to become Australia’s top suppliers of methamphetamine, police said, warning that Mexican gangs are “increasingly targeting” the country. The Australian Federal Police and overseas authorities seized 23.6 tons of North American-produced meth bound for Australia in the 2022-23 financial

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Mondo Duplantis aims for ‘dominance’ in ‘freaky sport’ of pole vault after breaking the world record multiple times

By George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Few athletes can claim to be as dominant in their discipline as Mondo Duplantis, the pole vault star who has broken the world record a staggering seven times. His latest record of 6.23 meters, achieved at last year’s world championships, is seven centimeters higher

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Ukraine’s parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament passed a law Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft. Lawmakers dragged their feet for months over the law, which is

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

ANÁLISIS | Trump recrea su red de caos dentro y fuera del país en un anticipo de lo que podría ser un segundo mandato

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A algunos demócratas de alto nivel les preocupa que los estadounidenses hayan olvidado el caos que se desató cada día que Donald Trump fue presidente, y que el desvaído recuerdo de los votantes del alboroto acabe dándole un segundo mandato. Sin embargo, el candidato del Partido Republicano está haciendo un

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Turkey seizes its third largest cocaine haul. Experts say the country is becoming a drug transit hub

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says police have seized the third largest haul of cocaine in the country’s history. Ali Yerlikaya announced Thursday that 608 kilograms (1,340 pounds) of the drug, most of it in liquid form, have been confiscated in an operation across three provinces. Groups monitoring organized crime say Turkey is growing

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European diplomats in DC scramble to gain access to Trump allies for insights

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — European diplomats in Washington are frantically working to set up meetings with allies of former president Donald Trump as they prepare for his potential return to the White House, sources familiar with the effort tell CNN. At face-to-face sit-downs in private DC clubs, hotels, embassies and think tanks around town, diplomats are asking

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2 Philippine navy pilots killed after a training helicopter crashes near a public market and homes

BY JIM GOMEZ Associated Press CAVITE, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine navy training helicopter has crashed near a seaside city, killing the two pilots on board and narrowly missing a fruit market and neighborhood, where some horrified residents ran for their lives. Nobody on the ground was injured when the Robinson R22 helicopter crashed on

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