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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — An Australian teenager of Samoan heritage has been announced as the star of the upcoming live-action version of the hit Disney movie “Moana.” Seventeen-year-old Catherine Laga‘aia has been cast as the eponymous heroine of the movie, which begins filming this summer. The movie will celebrate “the islands, communities and
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s Parliament is due to elect a president on Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Cyril Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa’s most industrialized economy. It appears
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Bob Madden’s eyes darted from right to left, watching Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final from a couch with his son, Jonathan, at his side and the family dog, Ruby, at their feet. Madden, who is deaf, was enjoying the view with access
Continue ReadingCNN, TESLA By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla shareholders have re-approved a pay package for CEO Elon Musk worth billions that was already thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year in a vote that also approved moving Tesla to Texas. The two measures – Musk’s pay package from 2018 and
Continue ReadingEssay by Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — When I watch the trailer for Andrew McCarthy’s new documentary, “Brats,” my pulse races as if I’m watching old home movies of myself and my friends. I’m not a Hollywood star — ahem! — and I don’t know anyone in the film, but I have frantically searched the
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Historically Black West Coconut Grove is a majority Black neighborhood hidden among some of the most affluent areas in Miami that once boomed with sports and economics. It nurtured the early careers of Olympic gold medalists and football stars like NFL receiver Amari Cooper and former
Continue ReadingBy NAPAT KONGSAWAD and DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups are urging Thailand not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok. They say he could be at risk if handed back to Vietnam. Y Quynh Bdap had United Nations refugee status in Thailand. He was picked up by local police
Continue ReadingBy ELLA JOYNER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Court of Justice has ordered Hungary to pay a fine of 200 million euros and a further 1 million euros per day of delay for failing to comply with the bloc’s asylum rules. The court ruled in December 2020 that Hungary had failed to abide
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Sofía Barruti (CNN En Español) — La compañía Luma Energy, proveedora de energía eléctrica en Puerto Rico, confirmó la noche de este miércoles que 341.943 clientes quedaron sin servicio de electricidad tras ocurrir un problema en el sistema de transmisión de energía. En su página oficial de Facebook, Luma Energy publicó que “personal de Luma
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were trading mixed on Thursday after the Federal Reserve opted to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Shares were mostly lower in early trading in Europe as leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations were gathering in Italy in the wake of
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Tom Brady was officially inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame in front of a packed Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Wednesday. In addition to becoming the 35th player to be inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame, Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced that Brady’s No. 12 jersey would be
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French national Louis Arnaud has arrived in France after being released by Iran where he was imprisoned for over 20 months for allegedly taking part in nationwide protests. Arnaud was greeted at Paris-Le-Bourget airport by his family and France’s foreign affairs minister. Arnaud had been arrested in September 2022 along with other
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities are closing down the Acropolis for much of the afternoon for a second day as the country swelters under unseasonably high temperatures. The Culture Ministry says the hilltop citadel will be closed from midday to 5 p.m. or from 0900 to 1400 GMT on Thursday. All other archaeological sites
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers are trying to agree on a new plan to provide long-term security assistance and military training to Ukraine. They’re meeting over two days in Brussels. The chances of agreement improved after Hungary promised not to veto the scheme as long as it’s not forced
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The groups were showing worrying signs of trouble, according to the Italian Interior Ministry’s half-yearly report released in January 2024. Around the same time Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that the G7 leaders’ meeting would be held in the southern Italian region of Puglia as part
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A guide to everything you need to know about the European Championship, which starts on Friday in Germany.
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Now that Europe has announced tariffs on China-made electric cars, the continent is bracing to see if the other shoe drops. The Chinese government has said it will take “all measures necessary to protect our legitimate rights and interests.” It hasn’t specified what those might be, but
Continue ReadingBy FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has began the trial of an Australian man who faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted of possessing methamphetamine under the country’s tough drug laws. Troy Andrew Smith, from Port Lincoln in South Australia, was
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country’s president on Friday after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament. It will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Desperate hands clutched at Ali Elwan’s arms, legs and neck, and screams misted his ears, as he spat out saltwater and fought for three hours to keep afloat in the night, dozens of miles from land. Although a poor swimmer, he lived — one of just
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