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By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A Parisian drag cabaret club that has hosted singers such as Liza Minnelli and Serge Gainsbourg is closing its doors due to financial struggles. Chez Michou, which lies in the hilltop neighborhood of Montmartre in the French capital, announced in a Facebook post Monday that it will be closing
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — US men’s head coach Gregg Berhalter remained defiant despite his side crashing out of the Copa América on Monday. The US lost 1-0 to Uruguay in its final group game – meaning it finished third in Group C, out of the two qualifying places for the knockout stages. The
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Free agent Klay Thompson has reportedly agreed to a three-year, $50 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks after confirming his departure from the Golden State Warriors, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania, citing unnamed sources. The move brings Thompson’s 13-year tenure with the Warriors to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Pål Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player and artist turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in Oslo has died. He was 57. His death was confirmed by Vålerenga Fotball, an acclaimed Oslo soccer club
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By Duarte Mendonca, Manveena Suri and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — India’s T20 World Cup-winning cricket team will finally be able to fly home Tuesday after being stuck in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl, a powerful storm churning through the Caribbean. The team, which claimed a seven-run victory over South Africa on Saturday to lift the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed at least 116 people and injured scores, officials said. It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic following an event with a Hindu guru known locally
Continue ReadingBy GLORIA WALKER Click here for updates on this story MISSION, Texas (KRGV) — A home in Mission collapsed early Sunday morning after crews removed an 18-wheeler that crashed into it, according to police. The driver of an 18-wheeler was killed on Saturday morning after it crashed into a home at the 2600 block of
Continue ReadingBy Jose De Leon III Click here for updates on this story MCALLEN, Texas (KRGV) — A man faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting to his role in a scheme to smuggle over $1 million worth of ammunition from the Rio Grande Valley into Mexico, according to a news release. Erving Alberto
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French opposition parties are making hurried deals to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in Sunday’s second round of legislative elections. She says her party would lead the government only if it wins an absolute majority, or close to it. The National Rally
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — When Hindenburg Research published a report into Gautam Adani’s sprawling business empire in January 2023, accusing Asia’s then richest man of fraud going back decades, the impact was immediate and explosive: over $100 billion was wiped off the value of his companies. Eighteen months on, Adani —
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Al menos treinta pasajeros resultaron heridos después de que un vuelo de Madrid a Uruguay sufriera “fuertes turbulencias” y tuviera que realizar un aterrizaje de emergencia en Brasil, informó el lunes la aerolínea española Air Europa. “Nuestro vuelo UX045 con destino Montevideo fue desviado al aeropuerto de Natal (Brasil)
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Two foreign aid workers have been killed in eastern Congo when their convoy was attacked. Aid group Tearfund made the annoucement in a statement late Monday. The killings on Sunday are the latest in a series of violent attacks targeting aid groups and residents in the region. The violence
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — In 2010 Britain’s Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown lost the election and handed power to a coalition government led by the Conservatives’ David Cameron. The global financial crisis in 2008, which led to the deepest U.K. recession in a century, saw Labour’s popularity took a dive. Though Labour ended up
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — China now has the first samples ever collected from the far side of the moon and says it will share them with scientists around the world. But US access could be hampered by a 2011 law that prohibits space coordination between NASA and China without special authorization. Here’s what
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm heading toward Jamaica after earlier crossing islands in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. Beryl was losing intensity
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Naomi Osaka recorded her first win at Wimbledon since 2018 as she beat France’s Diane Parry 6-1 1-6 6-4 on Monday to reach the second round. The four-time grand slam champion twice went down a break of serve in the third and deciding set, but fought back to earn
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Two-time winner Andy Murray will not play in the singles competition at this year’s Wimbledon after recently undergoing spinal surgery, his management team announced on Tuesday. However, Murray does hope to play in the doubles with his brother Jamie, which will be his final appearance at Wimbledon. “Unfortunately, despite
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (AP) — In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political strategy, her party’s electoral success Sunday came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech. The same promises to bring back good jobs and upend the political
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency says it has confirmed that Tropical Cyclone Freddy, a deadly Indian Ocean storm that lashed eastern Africa last year, was the longest-lasting cyclone ever recorded — at 36 days. Freddy topped the previous record held by Hurricane John, which struck Hawaii and lasted almost 30 days in the
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced 20 political analysts to prison terms of at least 10 years each after convicting them in absentia of conspiracy to overthrow the government and taking part in an extremist group. The analysts all live outside Belarus, but could be imprisoned upon returning to the authoritarian
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