May 2024

La Casa Blanca anunciará medidas para modernizar la red eléctrica orientadas a reforzar la energía limpia y evitar los cortes

May 28, 2024 6:21 AM CNN Newsource

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Este martes la Casa Blanca anunciará medidas para modernizar un obstáculo importante para la transformación de la energía limpia: la envejecida infraestructura eléctrica de Estados Unidos. La nueva iniciativa, impulsada entre el gobierno federal y 21 estados, tiene como objetivo realizar reparaciones y mejoras más rápidas en la red, comprometiéndose a

A new novel from this bestselling author teaches us the meaning of connection

May 28, 2024 6:13 AM CNN Newsource

By Saira Mueller, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes, it’s easier to be alone. At least that’s what Marnie and Michael, the main characters in David Nicholls’ new novel “You Are Here,” have thought for years — until their mutual friend Cleo organizes a multi-day group hike across the English countryside. “You Are Here” is, at its

A former spy chief tipped to become the Netherlands’ next prime minister in hard right coalition

May 28, 2024 6:09 AM Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A former head of the Dutch spy agency and counterterrorism office is tipped to become the Netherlands’ next prime minister, leading a four-party coalition led by Geert Wilders’ hard-right Party for Freedom. Dick Schoof is a former head of the General Intelligence and Security Service and currently the top civil

Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodia Armed Forces Vong Pisen (C-L) and Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command's Gao Xiucheng (center R) attend a demonstration of a machine gun equipped robot battle "dog" (C) during the Cambodian-Chinese Dragon Gold-2024 drill at a military police base in Kampong Chhnang province on May 16.

China’s military shows off rifle-toting robot dogs

May 28, 2024 6:04 AM CNN

CNN By Brad Lendon and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — It looks like something out of the dystopian show “Black Mirror,” but it’s just the latest adaptation of robotics for the modern battlefield. During recent military drills with Cambodia, China’s military showed off a robot dog with an automatic rifle mounted on its back, essentially

A missile attack damages a ship in the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast near previous Houthi rebel assaults

May 28, 2024 6:02 AM Associated Press

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack has damaged a ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. A private security firm says radio traffic suggested the vessel took on water after being struck. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Tuesday, but suspicion immediately

Hotter than normal through the week

May 28, 2024 5:58 AM Patrick Evans

Highs topped out at 102 yesterday, and we’ll be close to that number again today. Along wit those hotter than normal conditions, breezy NW winds will continue in the evening hours, really between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. each evening. For that reason the Air Quality Watch south of the Salon Sea is again in

Israeli army says it used small munitions in Rafah airstrike, and fire was caused by secondary blast

May 28, 2024 5:55 AM Associated Press

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says an initial investigation into a strike that sparked a deadly weekend fire in a tent camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has found the blaze was caused by a secondary explosion. A military official, speaking

Chicago police fatally shoot stabbing suspect and wound the person he was trying to stab

May 28, 2024 5:51 AM Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police fatally shot a stabbing suspect and wounded the person he was trying to stab after the suspect refused to drop his weapon. Police say officers were patrolling late Monday when they saw a male attempting to stab a male in the street and ordered the suspect to drop his weapon.

Desert Regional nurses rally ahead of revised lease proposal vote

May 28, 2024 5:50 AM Tori King, Allie Anthony

The Desert Healthcare District will review a revised lease proposal for Desert Regional Medical Center. Tenet Healthcare is proposing to provide the following additions to the prior proposal from September 2023: Provides $650 million over 30 years to the Desert Healthcare District. Increases the upfront payment by Tenet from $75 million to $100 million, and

Georgian lawmakers debate overriding presidential veto of divisive foreign influence bill

May 28, 2024 5:50 AM Associated Press

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian lawmakers are debating a motion to override a presidential veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks. The legislature controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party on Tuesday considered dismissing President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the

España, Noruega e Irlanda reconocen formalmente a Palestina como Estado

May 28, 2024 5:49 AM CNN Newsource

Sofía Barruti (CNN Español) — España, Noruega e Irlanda reconocieron formalmente al Estado de Palestina este martes, tal como habían anunciado que harían días atrás, con mensajes en los que destacaron la necesidad de alcanzar una solución de dos Estados para poner fin al conflicto de Medio Oriente. “Es una necesidad perentoria si queremos entre

A new Netflix docuseries unravels what it calls a ‘cult’ for TikTok dancers

May 28, 2024 5:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Over two years ago, a 40-minute-long public plea made on Instagram Live rippled across social media. In the video, TikTok dancer Melanie Wilking and her parents claimed they had lost all contact with her 25-year-old sister, Miranda — now, Miranda Derrick — to a “religious organization” and that she

T-Mobile to buy almost all of U.S Cellular in deal worth $4.4 billion with debt

May 28, 2024 5:26 AM Associated Press

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer T-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, and further consolidating the industry. T-Mobile will get U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and about 30% of spectrum assets across several spectrum bands. T-Mobile will also enter into a new master license

At least 17 are killed when a stone quarry collapses in India’s northeast. 12 others remain missing

May 28, 2024 5:16 AM Associated Press

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A stone quarry has collapsed in India’s northeast due to heavy rain triggered by a tropical storm, killing 17 quarry workers and leaving 12 missing. Police said Tuesday that rescuers recovered the bodies of those killed in the quarry in Melthum, about 3.5 miles from the

Stock market today: US markets mixed in quiet post-holiday trading

May 28, 2024 5:14 AM Associated Press

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was mixed in quiet trading early Tuesday after the long Memorial Day weekend holiday. Futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.1%. U.S. Cellular jumped 5.6% after it announced that T-Mobile

South Africa’s president faces his party’s worst election ever. He’ll still likely be reelected

May 28, 2024 5:13 AM Associated Press

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces the prospect of his ruling party’s worst election result ever. Yet he’s still likely be reelected as leader of Africa’s most advanced country after Wednesday’s national vote. Several polls have support for his African National Congress at below

Hong Kong arrests six in first use of new local national security law days ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

May 28, 2024 5:13 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Hong Kong police have made their first arrests under a newly passed local national security law over social media posts deemed “seditious” by authorities, just days ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The city’s national security police on Tuesday arrested six people

22 are dead across the US after weekend tornadoes. More storms may be in store

May 28, 2024 5:05 AM Associated Press

By BRUCE SCHREINER and JULIO CORTEZ Associated Press A possible tornado damaged a school and homes in Pennsylvania, the latest in a series of powerful storms that swept much of the U.S. during the Memorial Day holiday weekend and killed at least 22 people. No injuries were reported, but there was roof damage Monday night

Spanish court orders FIFA and UEFA to stop anticompetitive conduct in Super League case

May 28, 2024 4:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — A Spanish court ordered FIFA and UEFA to stop anticompetitive conduct in their opposition of the breakaway European Super League (ESL) in a ruling on Monday. Judge Sofía Gil García ruled that soccer’s world governing body FIFA and its European counterpart UEFA have abused their position of power and

Nicolás Posse renuncia a la Jefatura de Gabinete en el Gobierno de Milei

May 28, 2024 4:50 AM CNN Newsource

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Nicolás Posse renunció este lunes a la Jefatura de Gabinete en el Gobierno del presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, de acuerdo con un comunicado que la Oficina del mandatario publicó esta noche en su cuenta de X, antes de Twitter. El nuevo jefe de Gabinete será el hasta ahora ministro

Month: May 2024