By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay damages to people who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct eugenics law, ruling the practice was unconstitutional and had violated their rights. The Eugenic Protection Law, in place from 1948 to 1996,
Continue Reading By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — When 24-year-old Arielle Penick fled her home in Oroville, California, from the Thompson Fire Tuesday, she says it brought back memories of evacuating Paradise during the 2018 Camp Fire. “We just see a pummel of smoke in the sky. And the PSTD from the Camp Fire kicked in instantly,
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark has closed at a fresh record high of 40,913.65, pushing past its most recent record close set in March. The index gained 0.8%, buoyed by heavy buying of technology and export-oriented shares. The gains tracked an overnight rally on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq
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Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Adria English, a former adult film actor who says she worked for Sean “Diddy” Combs between 2004 and 2009, accused the embattled music mogul of sex trafficking and sexual assault, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The 114-page complaint alleges Combs and other defendants in the lawsuit used
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping on Wednesday hailed their countries’ deepening alignment as they met at a gathering of a Eurasian security bloc promoted by both leaders as a counterbalance to Western power. In opening remarks ahead of a bilateral meeting with Xi on the sidelines
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio Londres (CNN) — Los votantes británicos acudirán a las urnas este jueves para una elección general crucial que se considera un referéndum sobre 14 años de gobierno conservador. La votación anticipada, convocada por el primer ministro Rishi Sunak, se está celebrando meses antes de lo necesario y tomó por sorpresa a gran parte
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are attending the summit of a security grouping created by Moscow and Beijing to counter Western alliances. Putin and Xi joined the leaders of other countries that are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at its annual meeting in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana on Thursday. The
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — No president has ever needed a public holiday like Joe Biden needs July 4. Biden is battling frantically to save his political career by escalating defiance. But he’s in danger of being swamped by a rising tide against him as more Democrats express doubts that he can beat
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On his way to the Kyiv train station to greet his wife and daughter returning from Poland to Ukraine, Oleksander Tryfonov made a stop. He bought two red roses from one of a half-dozen flower shops lining a dimly lit underpass — something beautiful for the two most precious
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christian Walker hit a go-ahead homer in the fourth inning and a three-run blast in the ninth — his 16th and 17th career shots at Dodger Stadium — and the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame a rough start to rout Los Angeles 12-4 on Wednesday night. Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHEBAA, Lebanon (AP) — With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border, the daily exchanges of strikes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have sparked fires that are tearing through forests and farmland on both sides of the frontline. The blazes are exacerbated by supply
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A medida que Google se ha apresurado a incorporar la inteligencia artificial (IA) a sus productos principales —a veces con resultados menos que estelares—, se ha ido gestando un problema entre bastidores: los sistemas necesarios para alimentar sus herramientas de IA aumentaron enormemente las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero
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The Fourth of July celebration getting an early start Wednesday at Coachella’s Bagdouma Park. There were about 6,000 people in attendance who had to brave the heat before the night’s breathtaking show. It was an evening filled with live music, carnival rides, and plenty of treats as folks waited for a sparkling sky filled with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news sites improbably registered in an obscure Pacific territory, population 15,000. All are part of disinformation campaigns orchestrated out of Russia and targeting
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The West is sizzling under a major, prolonged heatwave through July 4 and beyond that’s bringing triple-digit temperatures and fueling wildfire risk as thousands have had to flee their homes from an advancing Northern California blaze. The Thompson Fire has consumed over 3,500 acres in California’s Butte County since
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jurickson Profar never thought he had the chance to show the Texas Rangers and their fans the player he thought he could be. He’s set to be an All-Star for the first time in the retractable roof stadium the Rangers opened two years after Profar was traded. Profar
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than 30,000 years old, meaning they are the oldest known active termite hills. Some of the mounds near the Buffels River in
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La familia del presidente Joe Biden sigue apostando por su permanencia en la carrera para 2024, a pesar de las dudas sobre el futuro de su candidatura, según una fuente familiarizada con las ideas de la familia. “No hay ningún cambio”, dijo la fuente. “La primera dama está de acuerdo.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year — its worst heat wave in over a decade — left hundreds dead or ill. But the official number of deaths listed in government reports barely scratches the surface of the true
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