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By Ben Wedeman, Muhammad Darwish and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — The fate of the 120 remaining hostages in Gaza is crucial to any deal to end the protracted and bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas. But a senior Hamas official has told CNN that “no one has an idea” how many of
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed on Friday after Wall Street touched fresh records, with benchmarks pushed higher by the frenzy over artificial-intelligence technology. France’s CAC 40 dropped 1.3% in early trading to 7,606.73 while Germany’s DAX dipped 0.5% to 18,174.98. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.2% to 8,143.79.
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Seger and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — Few issues epitomize the astonishing nature of Donald Trump’s political success as much as abortion. Over the past two decades, his public statements on one of the most divisive American cultural issues have swung like a pendulum. Trump has compared his shift on abortion to that
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — In the Chinese zodiac, 2024 is the year of the dragon. To the internet, it is the year of the rat. It began, seemingly, with a few innocuous social media posts comparing Mike Faist, co-star of the titillating tennis throuple film “Challengers,” to a dormouse. Soon, the complexity of
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BARI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis is no stranger to artificial intelligence: a deepfake photo of him in a white puffer jacket went viral last year. But his concerns about AI go far beyond an unflattering shot and are now taking center stage at the Group of
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A leading #MeToo journalist in China has been sentenced to five years in prison on subversion charges, according to supporters, as the ruling Communist Party ramps up its effort to dismantle what remains of the country’s civil society. Huang Xueqin, an independent journalist, was found guilty by
Continue Reading By Esha Mitra, Dhruv Tikekar, Kathleen Magramo and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — At least 10 people have died in flooding and landslides across Himalayan regions of India and Nepal following heavy rainfall on Thursday, according to local officials. The severe downpours have also left 2,400 tourists stranded in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim.
Continue Reading CNN By Christopher Lamb and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — As world leaders gather in Italy for a summit addressing entrenched global crises, Pope Francis hosted an international gathering of a different sort on Friday to broadcast his own message – of the importance of humor. The leader of the Catholic Church hosted the equivalent
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has started up new cascades of advanced centrifuges and plans to install others in the coming weeks after facing criticism over its nuclear program. That’s according to a statement from the United Nations’ atomic watchdog on Friday. It said its inspectors verified Monday
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Taylor Swift was not the only one shake, shake, shaking at her recent Edinburgh concert, as data from geological experts has shown. Fans of the megastar literally made the earth move as they watched her perform live in the Scottish capital last week, the British Geological Survey (BGS)
Continue ReadingCNN By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift knows that all good things must come to an end – and that includes her Eras Tour. In an emotional speech during the 100th show of her record-breaking tour on Thursday night, the megastar confirmed that her current musical voyage would come to an end this
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The fluttering of 64 kilometers (40 miles) of orange bunting and a hammer driving a nail into a wall to hold up an orange tarp are the sounds of a Dutch summer of soccer in a normally drab suburban street in The Hague. The Marktweg
Continue Reading WAPT, TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE, CNN By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana man was arrested Thursday after a 35-year-old mother was found dead and her two abducted daughters were later discovered in Mississippi – one dead and the other alive – in what investigators say may be a human trafficking
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For the first time in 30 years, South African lawmakers will elect a president on Friday with the outcome not a mere formality. Cyril Ramaphosa is seeking a second term as leader of Africa’s most industrialized economy but his African National
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Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair says his country looks on track to meet NATO’s military spending guideline. He says Canada notably plans to boost investment in the high Arctic near its shared border with Russia as the region warms quickly due to climate change. NATO allies agreed to halt national budget cuts
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Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — A global gathering of comedians was taking place Friday in an unlikely venue: the Vatican. Pope Francis hosted the equivalent of a “conclave of comedians” by inviting Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien and others to Rome. Over 200 people were in the audience, with more than 100
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden y otros líderes del G7 reunidos esta semana en la costa italiana se esfuerzan por reforzar el apoyo a Ucrania y apresurar la llegada de recursos occidentales al país, mientras miran con inquietud hacia las elecciones estadounidenses de noviembre, que podrían presagiar un cambio en la
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A 58-year-old man suspected of illegal sales of illicit drugs and firearms was taken into custody today in Desert Hot Springs. Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force personnel, with the assistance of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Bureau, executed a search warrant Thursday at a house in the 66300 block of Avenida
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