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By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — While many communities around the world have been wondering what to make of Donald Trump’s presidential re-election, a village on the Italian island of Sardinia has sniffed a potential opportunity. Like many other places in rural Italy, Ollolai has long been trying to persuade outsiders to move in to
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Belén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El embajador de Estados Unidos en México, Ken Salazar, dijo este martes que ambos países deben trabajar en una frontera “moderna, segura y eficiente”, según un comunicado emitido con motivo de una visita del representante a Tijuana, Baja California. A dos meses que termine el Gobierno del presidente Joe Biden,
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By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A vital humanitarian organization said it will suspend activities in Haiti’s capital on Wednesday following a “series of threats” by local police, in a move that threatens to bring a further deterioration of conditions in the Caribbean nation that has struggled for years with gang warfare and political turmoil.
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A 36-year-old Thermal man who repeatedly sexually molested a young girl over a period of years was convicted today of nearly a dozen felony charges. A Riverside jury deliberated just over a day before finding Alfonso Gonzalez Meraz guilty of four counts each of forcible lewd acts on a child and sexual assault of
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan racked up a trade deficit in October for the fourth month in a row, as a weak yen and rising energy prices kept import costs high. The Finance Ministry said Wednesday that the red ink totaled 461 billion yen, or $3 billion. Japan’s exports expanded 3.1% in October
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Para algunos, es el promotor detrás de la pelea que “rompió el internet”, el hombre responsable de llevar el controvertido combate entre Jake Paul y Mike Tyson a una audiencia de millones de personas. Pero Nakisa Bidarian se ha referido a sí mismo como “un simple contador” junto a su socio
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — After almost a year of testimony, prosecutors in Atlanta rested their case against the two remaining defendants in a gang and racketeering trial that had included rapper Young Thug before he pleaded guilty. The sweeping gang and racketeering indictment led to the longest trial in Georgia’s history. Both Deamonte Kendrick,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s complex tax reform package, intended to deliver large income and corporate tax cuts, has faced pushback from a range of lawmakers, lobbyists and local governments. The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs committee responded to those concerns on Tuesday by introducing significant changes
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Two women who claim they were paid for sex by former Rep. Matt Gaetz provided House ethics investigators with “numerous” photos related to time they spent with the Florida Republican, a lawyer for the women said Tuesday, including from an alleged 2019 trip to New York. The women said
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Rafael Nadal’s remarkable 23-year career came to an end after Spain was eliminated by the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday. In emotional scenes, Nadal – playing in his final professional tennis event – watched with tears in his eyes while other tennis greats,
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The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 14.5 tons of cocaine in San Diego today, which the agency said was seized in recent months from seafaring drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew of the USCG cutter Munro unloaded the 29,000-plus-pound haul of narcotics — which would have been worth an estimated $335
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape sold for more than $121 million at a Christie’s auction in New York on Tuesday –– surpassing its $95 million estimate and smashing the auction record for the Surrealist artist’s work. As one of the largest paintings in a succession
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — With tears in his eyes, Rafael Nadal said goodbye to professional tennis on Tuesday. In a message to his adoring fans, one of the all-time greatest athletes said he just wanted to be celebrated for something so simple. “I just want to be remembered as a good person and
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber of Commerce, said it would have increased costs, led to higher taxes and pushed businesses to cut jobs. “With
Continue Reading By Michael Rios and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian police have arrested five people, including a former adviser to ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, over an alleged plot to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, authorities said. The coup plot was conceived in late 2022, before Lula took office, according to Federal
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists more hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thought. Astronomers know that the universe is being pushed apart at an accelerating rate and they have puzzled for decades over what could possibly be speeding everything up.
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Billy Stockwell and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — Two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea have been suddenly disrupted, according to local telecommunications companies, amid fresh warnings of possible Russian interference with global undersea infrastructure. A communications cable between Lithuania and Sweden was cut on Sunday morning around 10:00 a.m.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is urging Libya and other nations to help arrest six men allegedly linked to a brutal militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves were discovered in 2020. Karim Khan told the U.N. Security Council
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber of Commerce, said it would have increased costs, led to higher taxes and pushed businesses to cut jobs. “With
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Organizers of the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival today confirmed that Malcolm Washington and Coralie Fargeat would be among those honored at Variety’s Creative Impact Awards. The filmmakers will be officially recognized on Jan. 4 at the Parker Palm Springs as part of the publication’s “10 Directors to Watch” series. Names from past
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