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Month: October 2024

Construction of world’s tallest skyscraper resumes after years-long hiatus

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Construction of Saudi Arabia’s kilometer-high Jeddah Tower, which will become the world’s tallest skyscraper upon completion, has resumed almost seven years after work ground to a halt amid a kingdom-wide anti-corruption purge. At a ceremony held on the site Wednesday, the development consortium behind the project, Jeddah Economic Company

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Pence and Trump’s frayed relationship leading up to Jan. 6 insurrection on full display in latest special counsel filing

By Jack Forrest, Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s role in certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win over Donald Trump and his repeated refusals to help the former president overturn the results, was under a microscope in special counsel Jack Smith’s detailed court filing Wednesday. Smith,

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Pence and Trump’s frayed relationship leading up to Jan. 6 insurrection on full display in latest special counsel filing

CNN By Jack Forrest, Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s role in certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win over Donald Trump and his repeated refusals to help the former president overturn the results, was under a microscope in special counsel Jack Smith’s detailed court filing Wednesday.

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Dutch government blames a ‘state actor’ for hacking a police network

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government believes that a cyberattack that accessed work-related contact details of all Dutch police officers was almost certainly carried out by hackers working for a foreign government. Justice and Security Minister David van Weel says in a letter to lawmakers published Wednesday night that Dutch intelligence agencies “consider

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A new initiative will allow UK deaf audiences to see captioned films before general release

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Deaf audiences are being prioritized at U.K. cinemas. Paramount Pictures UK will be showing their movies with captions the day before general release, meaning deaf and hard of hearing cinemagoers across the country will be able to watch them first. The distributor is starting with the robot animation “Transformers One”

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Albanian opposition MPs try to disrupt Parliament to protest a colleague’s imprisonment

Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers have protested in Parliament, burning effigies and clashing with bodyguards, after one of their colleagues was convicted of slander and imprisoned. The conservative Democrat lawmakers, who had called for a boycott of Thursday’s session, tried to block their colleagues from the governing Socialist Party from entering

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Una semana después de que Helene azotara el sureste, los cortes de electricidad, la escasez de agua y las carreteras intransitables dificultan la recuperación

Julia Hernández (CNN) — Hace una semana, Helene se abalanzaba sobre Florida, azotando ciudades y pueblos de la costa del Golfo, mientras millones de personas situadas en la trayectoria prevista del huracán se enfrentaban a lluvias que precedían a más lluvias aún. Los meteorólogos advirtieron de impactos que se sentirían tierra adentro. En el sureste,

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Un desertor norcoreano que luchaba en Corea del Sur robó un autobús e intentó cruzar la frontera en auto, dice la Policía

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un desertor norcoreano que escapó al Sur hace más de una década fue detenido después de intentar regresar a Corea del Norte en un autobús robado, dijo la Policía. El hombre condujo unos 800 metros por el puente Tongil, el último puesto de control fronterizo donde los civiles pueden pasar sin

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Dutch airline KLM plans ‘painful’ cost-cutting to combat high costs and staff shortages

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch airline KLM has announced a “painful” round of cost-cutting and other measures. They aim to boost the carrier’s finances as it continues to recover from the COVID pandemic that grounded planes worldwide. CEO Marjan Rintel said Thursday that KLM, along with many other airlines, “is suffering from high costs

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