By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is throwing his financial firepower behind Vice President Kamala Harris. Hoffman, who has donated $7 million to the leading pro-Biden and Harris super PAC, told CNN he’s “redoubling” efforts to support the campaign and has “great hope” that Harris will become the United
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Paris 2024 will truly feature an Olympics Opening Ceremony like no other. Here’s everything you need to know about this unique celebration. How to watch the Opening Ceremony The Opening Ceremony for the Paris Summer Games will begin at 7:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. ET) on Friday, July
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Tropical storm Gaemi brought rain to central China on Saturday as it moved inland after making landfall at typhoon strength on the country’s east coast Thursday night. The storm felled trees, flooded streets and damaged crops in China but there were no reports of casualties or major damage. Eight people died in
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El tiempo caluroso y seco está avivando la actividad de los incendios forestales en el oeste de Estados Unidos y Canadá, con fuegos que han afectado viviendas, dejado heridos y han obligado a evacuaciones. El mayor incendio forestal activo de Estados Unidos ha calcinado más de 113.000 hectáreas en el este de
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — On a typical summer day, tourists flock to the historic Marais district of Paris, wandering its charming medieval streets dotted with ultra-chic boutiques, gazing at stunning private mansions, strolling through the elegant 17th-century square Place des Vosges, and filling humming restaurants and bars. But this summer has hardly been
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Is the 19th century Champagne on the bottom of the Baltic Sea still fit for a toast? A team of Polish divers has discovered the wreckage of an old sailing ship loaded “to the brim” with luxury goods including porcelain items and about 100 bottles of Champagne and mineral
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The Atlantic Ocean has been on a nearly three-week long rest after producing historic Hurricane Beryl, but the basin is about to wake up. “There’s definitely some (tropical activity) coming,” Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane expert and research scientist at Colorado State University, said. “It’s coming sooner rather than
Continue ReadingAP Diplomatic Writer VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case for the Biden administration’s expanded commitment to Asia and the Indo-Pacific as he visits Laos, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia this week and next. The trip comes as the 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign heats up
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — The main swimming pool for the Paris Olympics is set up inside a 30,000-seat rugby stadium on the city’s western edge. Sound strange? Not really. It’s the new norm. The biggest swim meets are being held in massive venues, which could provide a boost to the sport’s popularity
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — The search for the perfect wave has been a part of surfing culture for decades, with surfers traveling from location to location in their quest for the best swells. This year, it determines the days that surfers competing in the Paris Olympics in Tahiti will paddle into the ocean
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The number of US cities where first-time homebuyers are faced with at least a $1 million price tag on the average entry-level home has nearly tripled in the past five years, according to new research. A Thursday report from Zillow indicates that a typical starter home is now worth
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The number of US cities where first-time homebuyers are faced with at least a $1 million price tag on the average entry-level home has nearly tripled in the past five years, according to new research. A Thursday report from Zillow indicates that a typical starter home is now
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine coast guard says there has been no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak out. Plans are being firmed up to try to siphon off the highly toxic shipment
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian lawmakers declared three days of mourning Friday as diggers continued the search for bodies of mudslide victims in a remote part of the East African country. Heavy rain triggered deadly slides on Sunday and Monday in Ethiopia’s south, killing at least 257 people, according to the U.N.
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The Charaideo Moidam royal burial complex and shrines, built by northeast India’s Ahom dynasty, has been inscribed as a new World Heritage Site, the United Nations’ cultural agency. UNESCO experts, who are deliberating on a list of sites nominated for the World Heritage Site tag, announced the decision Friday in India’s
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A widespread rally swept Wall Street Friday, lifting far-reaching corners, to close a tumultuous week where stocks that had been left behind for much of this year’s record-setting run wrested the spotlight back from the market’s biggest stars. The S&P 500 jumped 1.1% for its best day in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — When Donald Trump suggested during the 2016 presidential campaign that he might not honor a U.S. commitment to defend other NATO countries if they were attacked, it triggered alarm throughout the trans-Atlantic alliance. With Trump’s “America First” rhetoric drawing cheers from fervent supporters, the future of NATO is once again
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Arsonists attacked France’s high-speed rail network early Friday, paralyzing train travel to Paris for some 800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Targeting remote locations far from the capital, the apparently coordinated attacks sought to cut off rail routes into the city
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A key question is looming for Vice President Kamala Harris as she edges closer to gaining the Democratic presidential nomination: Can she turn the Biden-Harris economic record into a political advantage in a way that President Joe Biden failed to do? In some ways, her task would seem straightforward:
Continue ReadingReuters (Reuters) — Video game voice actors and motion-capture performers have called a strike over failed labor contract negotiations focused around AI-related protections for workers, bringing about another work stoppage in Hollywood. The SAG-AFTRA has called a strike of the Interactive Media Agreement that covers videogame performers, effective July 26, the union said on Thursday.
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