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By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of year again: officials in the US are on alert for shark attacks that, while rare, pose a threat to summer beachgoers. Learn how to survive an unwanted shark encounter — or better yet, avoid one entirely. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of year again: officials in the US are on alert for shark attacks that, while rare, pose a threat to summer beachgoers. Learn how to survive an unwanted shark encounter — or better yet, avoid one entirely. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas Aces superstar A’ja Wilson made history on Sunday as she became the franchise’s all-time leading scorer in a comfortable win against the Dallas Wings at home. The two-time WNBA MVP scored 28 points in the 104-85 victory to bring her Aces total to 4,301 points, taking her
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Malpensa, Milan’s biggest airport, and the second-busiest in Italy, will be renamed after the country’s late former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister and minister of infrastructure and transport, announced the change on social media Friday, writing: “Good news: Milan Malpensa airport will be named
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic minority groups battling the military government says it captured an airport serving the country’s top beach resort, marking the first time resistance forces have seized such a facility. It’s the latest major setback for the military government that took took power in 2021 after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For Ukrainian hurdler Anna Ryzhykova, each stride on the Paris Olympic track will have meaning far beyond the time she clocks. Her competitions are no longer strictly an individual battle, but war on a different front. Her goal is not just gold, but also to rivet global attention on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. The government-sparked conflagration known as the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Fire forever changed the lives, and livelihoods, of thousands of residents in numerous rural communities. Two years later, independent government investigators say there are still gaps that
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment giant Paramount will merge with Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape. It also signals the rise of a new power player,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jill Biden says she’s “all in” on President Joe Biden’s reelection bid as he insists anew that he isn’t leaving the race. Some Democrats want Biden to drop out because of his poor debate performance against Republican Donald Trump. But the Democratic incumbent has brushed aside those calls. The
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment giant Paramount will merge with Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape. It also signals the rise of a new power player,
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing has intensified its anti-dumping investigation into imports of European brandy. The Chinese commerce ministry will hold a hearing on July 18 to discuss the probe into claims that European producers are selling brandy in China at artificially low prices, according to a statement from the ministry Friday. The hearing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces are advancing deeper into the Gaza Strip’s largest city in pursuit of militants who have regrouped there. Hamas warned that the latest raids and displacement in Gaza City could lead to the collapse of long-running negotiations over a cease-fire and hostage release. The two sides
Continue Reading By Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A fashion major from a vocational high school in rural China has amazed the nation by outshining elite students in a global math contest – but the teenager’s underdog story has now been mired by controversy. Jiang Ping, born in a poor village in eastern China’s Jiangsu
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Moscú prometió responder a los ataques ucranianos dentro de sus fronteras después de que un avión no tripulado incendiara un supuesto almacén de municiones, lo que ha provocado el estado de emergencia en la región suroccidental rusa de Voronezh. El ataque con dron tuvo lugar en un asentamiento del distrito de
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is entering a critical stretch of his presidential campaign in an unfamiliar place: out of the spotlight. Over the next 10 days, the former president will announce his running mate, hold a pair of campaign rallies and kick off a Republican convention in Milwaukee where
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a fishing boat carrying nearly 300 migrants to Europe has safely reached a southern island after a large rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea. There are no immediate reports of injury or ill health among the 283 migrants. A coast guard statement says a search was launched before
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say nearly 1,000 homes in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, have been destroyed by gale-force winds, displacing around 4,000 people. South Africa’s second biggest city is bracing for a week of damaging weather after the national weather service said it and surrounding areas are expected to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles blasted cities across Ukraine on Monday, damaging the country’s largest children’s hospital and other buildings in a fierce assault that interrupted heart surgeries and forced young cancer patients to take their treatments outdoors. At least 31 people were killed, officials said. The daytime barrage targeted five Ukrainian
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo. French voters split the legislature on the left, center and far-right, leaving no faction even close to
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Cientos de nuevos récords de temperatura podrían batirse la próxima semana, mientras el calor sofocante se extiende por todo el país y afecta a millones de estadounidenses en el oeste y el este de Estados Unidos. Casi 70 millones de personas estaban bajo alerta por calor este domingo, después de que
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