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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Officials say protected green and loggerhead turtles are making a big comeback on the beaches of two British military bases in Cyprus, with the number of nests surpassing last year’s record count by nearly 25%. Environmentalists said Tuesday there were 382 sea turtle nests recorded this year on all sandy beaches
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Five thousand firefighters are struggling to contain multiple wildfires raging across northern Portugal that are blamed for causing at least six deaths and forcing an unknown number of residents to flee their homes. Some 100 fires reported by national authorities have stretched the firefighting brigades. Three firefighters died in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s opposition center-right Christian Democratic Union has chosen its leader Friedrich Merz to be its candidate for chancellor in next year’s national election. The decision was announced Tuesday at a news conference in Berlin with Merz and Markus Soeder, the leader of the CDU’s smaller Bavarian counterpart, the Christian Social
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Meta said it’s banning Russia state media organization from its social media platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow’s propaganda. The announcement drew a rebuke from the Kremlin on Tuesday. The company, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, said late Monday that it will roll
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Meta said it’s banning Russia state media organization from its social media platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow’s propaganda. The announcement drew a rebuke from the Kremlin on Tuesday. The company, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, said late Monday that it will roll
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been “smiling with his teammates” and taking things “day by day” as he recovers from his latest concussion, according to head coach Mike McDaniel. Tagovailoa has suffered multiple concussions in his NFL career, with the most recent coming after the Dolphins QB dove
Continue ReadingStory by Associated Press (AP) — Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material. Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries of state and state election offices in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Wyoming and Oklahoma, officials in
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The American economy appears to be just hours away from a major milestone: The first interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve since Covid. Yet there remains an unusual amount of drama over the magnitude of that rate cut, with some in Washington calling for a supersized
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Atlanta Falcons literally left it to the last minute to win their first game of the new NFL season, with Kirk Cousins leading a late drive to secure a 22-21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football. Down by six with 1:39 left on the clock,
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Julia Hernández (CNN) — Los asesores de seguridad nacional de Joe Biden no tienen planes inminentes de presentar al presidente una propuesta actualizada en las negociaciones de alto el fuego de la guerra entre Israel y Hamas, según han declarado a la CNN dos altos funcionarios de la Administración, el último indicio de que las
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced Monday that it has banned Russian state media broadcaster RT and other Kremlin-controlled networks, alleging the outlets have engaged in deceptive influence operations and attempted to evade detection. “After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley says she’s launching a weekly talk show on SiriusXM satellite radio starting next week. The last Republican opponent of Donald Trump who was left standing in the GOP nomination fight will interview guests, take calls, and talk policy and maybe a little Clemson football on her
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says it has closed its operations in Russia after 32 years. The medical aid group cited a Justice Ministry letter saying the group had been removed from a register of foreign nongovernmental organizations. The group said Tuesday it will maintain its branch office in Moscow but end
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is set to hold his first rally Tuesday night since the second apparent assassination attempt of the former president, traveling to Flint, Michigan, for what’s being billed as a town hall hosted by his former White House press secretary, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Vice
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump was walking down the fifth hole of the championship course at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, preparing for his birdie putt, when the all-too-familiar sound of gunfire prompted his Secret Service detail to pounce on the former president. This time, however, the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Soldiers have dropped sandbags from military helicopters to reinforce river embankments and evacuated residents as the worst flooding in years spreads across Central Europe. The floods were critical in Poland on Tuesday even as waters began to recede in other battered countries, including the Czech Republic and Austria. Firefighters
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Los paquetes de ayuda militar de Estados Unidos a Ucrania han sido más pequeños en los últimos meses, ya que las reservas de armas y equipos que el Pentágono está dispuesto a enviar a Kyiv de su propio inventario han disminuido. El cambio se produce en medio de preocupaciones sobre el
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — Es exactamente el tipo de atención que Ucrania no necesitaba. Desde el inicio de los enfrentamientos con Rusia sobre su futuro en 2003, Ucrania ha evitado cuidadosamente el tipo de violencia política de la que se acusa a Ryan Wesley Routh. Sin embargo, ahora, en el momento posiblemente más crucial del
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Floods and landslides in Myanmar triggered by last week’s Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives, with 77 people missing, state-run media reported Tuesday. The new figures push the total number of dead in Southeast Asia from the storm past 500. The accounting of casualties has been
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk’s sprawling empire — spanning everything from electric vehicles and social media to space rockets and miniature brain implants — may soon make him the world’s first trillionaire. Musk’s business success has made him one of the most influential — and controversial — people in the
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