July 2024

French officials investigating antisemitism at Olympic soccer match

July 30, 2024 5:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Chris Liakos, CNN Paris (CNN) — French authorities have launched an investigation into possible antisemitism at an Israel-Paraguay soccer match during the Paris Olympics on Saturday. The Paris prosecutors office opened the probe in coordination with other relevant authorities following reports of “aggravated incitement to racial hatred” and “incitement to discrimination,” including a man making antisemitic gestures during the game

Man dies after contracting Ebola-like tick-borne disease in Spain

July 30, 2024 5:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A man has died from an Ebola-like disease named Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) after being bitten by a tick in Spain. The 74-year-old died of organ failure on Saturday in an isolation unit at the La Paz-Carlos III Hospital in the Spanish capital, Madrid, a spokesperson for the hospital

Bangladesh mourns some 200 deaths as student protests wind down and thousands are arrested

July 30, 2024 5:16 AM Associated Press

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is observing a day of mourning in memory of more than 200 people killed in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student protests over a quota system that reserved 30% of government jobs for war veterans. Government officials wore black badges on Tuesday and ordered all places

African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups’ eviction to protect nature

July 30, 2024 5:15 AM Associated Press

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union’s commission on human rights. Batwa people lived as hunters and gatherers in the

Stores lure back-to-school shoppers with deals and ‘buy now, pay later’ plans

July 30, 2024 5:04 AM Associated Press

AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Mass market retailers in the U.S. are plying shoppers with offers for computers, clothes and other back-to-school essentials at affordable prices. To seal the deal, they are marketing “buy now, pay later” services as a way for customers to spread out the cost of going back to class

Leopoldo López sobre las elecciones en Venezuela: “Este es el inicio del fin de la dictadura de Maduro”

July 30, 2024 5:02 AM CNN Newsource

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El político opositor Leopoldo López aseguró en entrevista con Fernando del Rincón de CNN que Venezuela vive “el inicio del fin de la dictadura de Nicolás Maduro”, pues “el fraude es insostenible” ante la evidencia con la que cuenta la oposición. “La gente votó ayer y votó masivamente. Fue algo

ANÁLISIS | En Venezuela, los votantes atrapados en la peligrosa danza de Maduro buscan respuestas

July 30, 2024 5:02 AM CNN Newsource

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Es una escena familiar que los venezolanos han presenciado con demasiada frecuencia durante la última década: el oficialista Nicolás Maduro de pie en el balcón del palacio presidencial de Miraflores, en el corazón de la capital, Caracas, declarándose ganador de una nueva elección. “Puedo decir frente al pueblo de Venezuela

Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash

July 30, 2024 5:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Amarachi Orie and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Tiffany Haddish has responded to a backlash over a video she posted on TikTok in which she excitedly showed the folk back home that there are grocery stores in Zimbabwe. In the nearly five-minute video uploaded Sunday, the comedian and actress films herself entering a supermarket.

More flooding hits Vermont with washed-out roads, smashed vehicles and destroyed homes

July 30, 2024 4:49 AM Associated Press

Associated Press LYNDON, Vt. (AP) — Heavy rain has caved in roads, forced some homes off their foundations and led to about two dozen rescues in northeastern Vermont. It happened nearly three weeks after many farmers and residents in the state were hit by flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. The National Weather Service

A Yale Law School friend of Ohio Sen. JD Vance

JD Vance’s former Yale classmate and friend says emails show political transformation on ‘literally every imaginable issue’

July 30, 2024 4:49 AM CNN

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — A Yale Law School friend of Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who has revealed years of emails the two previously exchanged, said Monday that the Republican vice presidential nominee is a “chameleon” who has changed his views on “literally every imaginable issue.” Sofia Nelson, a transgender public defender in

JD Vance’s former Yale classmate and friend says emails show political transformation on ‘literally every imaginable issue’

July 30, 2024 4:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — A Yale Law School friend of Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who has revealed years of emails the two previously exchanged, said Monday that the Republican vice presidential nominee is a “chameleon” who has changed his views on “literally every imaginable issue.” Sofia Nelson, a transgender public defender in Detroit,

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats

July 30, 2024 4:49 AM CNN

CNN By Stephanie Busari, CNN New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats. As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of films produced annually, Nollywood has long been a significant cultural force within Africa. The

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats

July 30, 2024 4:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Stephanie Busari, CNN New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats. As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of films produced annually, Nollywood has long been a significant cultural force within Africa. The industry’s

What is that? Olympic Phryge confounds some, but is very French

July 30, 2024 4:49 AM Associated Press

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — “Is it the Eiffel Tower?” asks a puzzled American tourist queued in front of the Paris 2024 Megastore. To international visitors, the triangular Olympic Phryge mascot might resemble the iconic monument, a “poop emoji” — that’s according to another shopper, a tongue or even, well, female anatomy. However, it rings

Ukraine’s Olympic chief celebrates limited Russian presence at Paris Olympics

July 30, 2024 4:35 AM Associated Press

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The head of Ukraine’s Olympic delegation touted the limited numbers of Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics — who must compete as neutrals — as war between the two countries grinds on for a third year. In an interview with The Associated Press, Vadym Guttsait told The Associated Press in

Mother bear accused of attacking hiker is killed in Italy. Animal rights activists worry for cubs

July 30, 2024 4:28 AM Associated Press

Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Despite protests by animal rights activists, an alpine Italian province has confirmed the killing of a mother bear believed to be responsible for an attack on a French hiker earlier this month. Activists say the killing leaves her three cubs in “serious difficulty to survive.” The International Organization for Animal

Olympic officials postpone men’s triathlon due to pollution in the Seine

July 30, 2024 4:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Homero De la Fuente, Kyle Feldscher and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The men’s individual triathlon race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been postponed due to poor water quality levels in the River Seine, the sport’s governing body, World Triathlon, announced on Monday. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, World Triathlon, its medical team,

1 dead and dozens sickened after eating roasted eel from a Japanese department store

July 30, 2024 4:08 AM Associated Press

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — One person died and nearly 150 others were sickened after eating grilled eel prepared by a restaurant chain and sold at a department store near Tokyo, officials said. Among those sickened, two required hospitalization. Keikyu Department Store said 147 customers as of Monday had reported symptoms such as vomiting and

Resumen y resultados de las elecciones en Venezuela 2024 del 28 y el 29 de julio de 2024

July 30, 2024 4:06 AM CNN Newsource

Sol Amaya Esta cobertura ha finalizado. Para ver las entradas más recientes haz clic aquí Crédito: FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

Minnesota Spice: Gov. Tim Walz, a Harris VP contender, delights Democrats with MAGA mockery

July 30, 2024 4:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The way Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tells it, the stakes of the coming presidential election are both astronomically high and strikingly simple. On one side, the former high school teacher and congressman says, is Vice President Kamala Harris – a serious, competent and experienced candidate whom he believes is aligned with

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