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Month: September 2024

Hong Kong investigators say Cathay Pacific’s A350 engine defect could cause ‘extensive’ damage

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong aviation investigators say an engine problem that caused Cathay Pacific to ground its entire fleet of Airbus A350 jets for inspection earlier this month could have escalated into “extensive damage.” Cathay canceled dozens of flights in early September, citing the need to inspect its A350

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Thailand’s adorable pygmy hippo Moo Deng has the kind of face that launches a thousand memes

Associated Press CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Only a month after the adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally. Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee of Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo has been posting cute moments of the animals in his care for about five years. He never imagined

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Trump bromea sobre aparente intento de magnicidio en campo de golf en talk show nocturno: “Siempre dije que el golf es un juego muy peligroso”

Sofía Barruti (CNN) –El expresidente Donald Trump apareció este miércoles en un programa de entrevistas nocturno de Fox News y bromeó sobre muchas cosas, incluido el aparente intento de magnicidio contra él que tuvo lugar hace apenas unos días. La primera pregunta a Trump del presentador del programa de Fox News “¡Gutfeld!” fue: “Entonces, Mr.

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Vatican gives green light to devotion at a site in Bosnia where the Madonna reportedly appeared

Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has given the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary. The Vatican’s doctrine office didn’t declare that the reported apparitions in Medjugorje were authentic or of supernatural origin. And it flagged concerns about contradictions

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A news site that covers Haitian Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio

AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at a news site that covers issues facing the Haitian community in the United States say they’ve been harassed and intimidated with racist messages for covering the false story about immigrants eating the pets of people in Springfield, Ohio. One editor at the Haitian Times was “swatted”

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Relentless fighting is devastating Sudan and escalating in Darfur’s capital, UN says

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Relentless violence is devastating Sudan, and large-scale fighting has escalated in and around El Fasher. That’s the only capital in Sudan’s western Darfur region that’s not held by paramilitary forces. The United Nations acting humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya told the Security Council on Wednesday that famine has already struck

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Compró un crucero en Craigslist y gastó más de un millón de dólares en restaurarlo. Entonces su sueño se hundió

Julia Hernández (CNN) — Comprar un crucero histórico que encontró en Craigslist en 2008 fue sin duda una decisión que cambió la vida de Chris Willson. Este empresario tecnológico de Utah dedicó unos 15 años a restaurar minuciosamente el buque de 89 metros de eslora, que cuenta con 85 camarotes, una piscina y un teatro,

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Vietnamese real estate tycoon, already sentenced to death for fraud, faces trial on new charges

Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese state media say the second trial for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan — who was sentenced to death for financial fraud in April — started on Thursday.  The 67-year-old chairperson of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat was convicted for orchestrating Vietnam’s biggest ever financial fraud

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Adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families, AP finds

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to supply some 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas, despite years of evidence they were being procured through questionable or downright unscrupulous means, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found. Those children grew up and

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