By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Wide receiver CeeDee Lamb agreed to a new long-term deal with the Dallas Cowboys after a long holdout, the team announced on Monday. According to multiple reports, including NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero and ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the new contract is four years long and is
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El pasado jueves, durante un breve periodo de tiempo, Qantas puso a la venta billetes de avión de ida y vuelta en primera clase de Australia a Estados Unidos que normalmente cuestan hasta 28.000 dólares australianos (unos US$19.000 con un descuento del 85%. Debido a un error de codificación, unos 300
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The merger between entertainment giant Paramount and media company Skydance is set to go ahead after Edgar Bronfman Jr. withdrew a competing offer. Bronfman, executive chairman of streaming service Fubo, told Paramount’s special committee of directors Monday night that he would not proceed with his bid. “While there may have been
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The merger between entertainment giant Paramount and media company Skydance is set to go ahead after Edgar Bronfman Jr. withdrew a competing offer. Bronfman, executive chairman of streaming service Fubo, told Paramount’s special committee of directors Monday night that he would not proceed with his bid. “While there may have been
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — After three deep runs at the US Open, Aryna Sabalenka is close to cracking the formula for success at tennis’ final grand slam of the year. Close because, following two semifinal losses and a painful defeat in the final, she hasn’t managed to get her hands on the winner’s
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has accused Canada of protectionism after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government imposed a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles. The move matched U.S. duties on Chinese-made EVs. The Chinese Commerce Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the tariffs would disrupt the stability of global industrial and supply chains.
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say an investigative judge has extended police custody for the Telegram CEO, Pavel Durov. He was detained on Saturday at Le Bourget airport in a judicial inquiry opened last month involving 12 alleged criminal violations. Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that Durov’s custody order was extended on Monday evening for
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has called early parliamentary elections for October, in another effort to overcome the political impasse and economic woes plaguing the European Union and NATO member. President Rumen Radev on Tuesday called the snap balloting for Oct. 27 — Bulgaria’s seventh election in three years. He also reappointed Dimitar Glavchev
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KOLKATA, India (AP) — Police in India have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of a top elected official in the country’s east, accusing her of mishandling an investigation into a rape and killing of a resident doctor earlier this month. The Aug. 9 killing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s prime minister has announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania to stem a surge in migrants making the dangerous Atlantic journey to the Canary Islands. Speaking Tuesday alongside Mauritania’s president, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain will expand its circular migration program to
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — For her highly-anticipated return to the US Open today, Naomi Osaka is hoping to evoke a touch of magic. The 26-year-old tennis player has revealed one of the competition looks she will wear onto the court — and it might surprise you. While modern tennis-wear is typically streamlined, Osaka’s
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By Richard Roth, Alex Stambaugh and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations temporarily paused aid deliveries in Gaza on Monday over safety concerns after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, a senior UN official said, possibly complicating the launch of a polio vaccination campaign. Israel’s military on Sunday ordered more evacuations in parts of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ERFURT, Germany (AP) — It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. “We were enjoying life, playing music, walking through the city
Continue ReadingBy Barry Neild, CNN Kayaköy, Turkey (CNN) — There’s a large and very dignified school in Kayaköy. There are narrow streets, lined with houses, that wend and rise up both sides of a steep valley. There’s an ancient fountain in the middle of the town. And there are churches, one with million-dollar hilltop views over
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — The Casamonica crime family, a mafia-style organized crime syndicate that operates in and around Rome, has been blamed for a black coffin that was left in front of an anti-mafia activist’s home Sunday, police said. The activist, Tiziana Ronzio, is president of the Toripiubella anti-mafia group,
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A violent standoff between Philippine police and followers of a fugitive preacher wanted by both the FBI and local law enforcement on sexual abuse and human trafficking charges entered a fourth day on Tuesday as nearly 2,000 officers surrounded a sprawling church compound. Pastor Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, a self-styled
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Seventeen days after the closing ceremony of an outstanding Olympics, France is hosting its next global sporting event as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games get underway. In what is the first Summer Paralympic Games in the French capital, more than 4,000 athletes from around the world will take part
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — For a short period last Thursday, first-class round-trip airline tickets from Australia to the US that normally cost up to 28,000 Australian dollars (about $19,000) were available from Qantas for a whopping 85% off. Due to a coding error, about 300 lucky people were able to buy them on
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By Hira Humayun and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN One American man is dead, and an American woman is injured in Iceland following a collapse of the Breiðamerkurjökull ice cave, Iceland’s public broadcaster RUV said Monday. The rescue operation, which started Sunday evening, is now complete, with police saying that no one was trapped under the ice, according
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — “Señor vicepresidente, estoy hablando”. La frase más punzante de Kamala Harris en un debate por lo demás poco memorable con el entonces vicepresidente, Mike Pence, en 2020 explica a la perfección el último giro en su enfrentamiento con Donald Trump. La mayoría de los demócratas han escuchado más que suficiente del
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