Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Insurgents breached Syria’s largest city Friday and clashed with government forces for the first time since 2016, according to a war monitor and fighters, in a surprise attack that sent residents fleeing and added fresh uncertainty to a region reeling from multiple wars. The advance on Aleppo followed a shock
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Betiana Fernández Martino (CNN Español) — Guadalupe Butarac tenía 12 años la primera vez que llegó al hospital de pediatría Garrahan. Desde que nació, su mamá sabía que las posibilidades de que su hija necesitara un trasplante en algún momento eran altas. Los médicos se lo habían diagnosticado desde el principio: tenía fibrosis quística, condición
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Amazon staff in India have joined strike action calling for better wages. Around 200 warehouse workers and delivery drivers rallied in the capital New Delhi under a “Make Amazon Pay” banner to demand higher wages, better working conditions, and union rights. At a rally some workers donned masks of
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — As part of his campaign to reclaim the White House, Donald Trump made clear that in a second term in office, he’d move tens of thousands of federal jobs outside the “Washington swamp” and into “places filled with patriots who love America.” “This,” Trump said in one campaign video,
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Coffee lovers with a keen interest to catch a glimpse of life in the world’s most reclusive nation should get ready to travel: Starbucks has the perfect spot for them to hang. The American chain’s latest outpost in South Korea is located on
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Oswaldo Rivas Entregan 600 cenas por el Día de Acción de Gracias
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — Australia advirtió a los viajeros que no beban bebidas espirituosas elaboradas por un destilador de Laos, tras la muerte de seis turistas extranjeros por presunta intoxicación con metanol en el país del Sudeste Asiático. El aviso actualizado publicado este viernes citaba “serias preocupaciones de seguridad” sobre el vodka y el whisky
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Ananda Krishnan, one of Malaysia’s richest tycoons with a vast business empire including telecommunications, media, petroleum and real estate, has died. He was 86. His investment holding company says he passed away peacefully on Thursday and that his family requested privacy. It didn’t specify the cause of death. Ananda was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution have inched closer to an agreement, with more countries saying they want to address the total plastic on Earth. The most contentious issue of the talks is whether there will be a limit on the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — After more than five years of frenetic, but sometimes interrupted, reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed itself anew to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework erasing somber memories of its devastating fire in 2019. Images broadcast live of a site visit by French President Emmanuel
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia’s parliament has passed a world-first law banning social media for children under 16, putting tech companies on notice to tighten security before a cut-off date that’s yet to be set. The Senate approved the social media ban late on Thursday, the last sitting day of the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators protesting the Georgian government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union rallied outside the parliament and clashed with police for a second straight night on Friday. The night before, police used water cannons, pepper spray and tear gas to disperse protesters who took to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad’s government says it is ending a defense cooperation agreement with France, its former colonial ruler, to redefine the nation’s sovereignty. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the decision is a turning point after the Central African nation gained independence more than six decades ago and that it will allow
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBLIN (AP) — An exit poll in Ireland’s general election suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the country is headed for another coalition government. A poll released as voting ended said center-right party Fine Gael was the first choice of 21% of voters, with its center-right coalition partner
Continue ReadingAssociated Press On a bright winter day, workers at a Ukrainian thermal power plant repair its heavily damaged equipment as drops of water from melted snow leak through gaping holes in its battered roof. Several weeks earlier, the facility was targeted by a Russian air attack that left scorch marks, shrapnel scars on the walls,
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — En un solo post, el presidente electo le dijo al mundo cómo podría ser el final de la guerra de Ucrania. Y va a ser una gran petición diplomática, por decir lo menos. “Estoy muy contento de proponer al general Keith Kellogg para servir como asistente del presidente y enviado especial
Continue ReadingPALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Basheer Jihad scored 20 points, Joson Sanon added 19 and Arizona State blew a 13-point point lead before the Sun Devils beat New Mexico 85-82 Thursday night at the Acrisure Classic. BJ Freeman scored 10 of his 16 points in the second half for Arizona State (6-1). Alston Mason made
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British Transport Minister Louise Haigh resigned on Friday over a decade-old fraud conviction for claiming her cellphone had been stolen. In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Haigh said, “I remain totally committed to our political project, but I now believe it will be best served by my supporting you from
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Australia has warned travelers against drinking spirits made by a Laos distiller, following the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning in the Southeast Asian country. The updated travel advice published Friday cited “serious safety concerns” over Laos’ Tiger-branded vodka and whisky in the wake of a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who survived as leader after a major election loss by his governing coalition, is promising to work closely with the long-ignored opposition that is now the only way his minority government can stay in power. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner Komeito
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