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By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — He’s the mythical Celtic warlord who held out against the Anglo Saxon invasion of what would come to be called England. His right-hand man was a wizard, he was handed his famous sword by a deity, and he was a romantic — and chivalrous — hero. Oh, and he
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By Mostafa Salem and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria, state media SANA said, citing a military source and marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit the Syrian capital. The strikes targeted several residential buildings in the upscale
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOTOWA, N.J. (AP) — Patrons at Murph’s Tavern are toasting not just Donald Trump’s return to the presidency but the fact that he carried their northern New Jersey county, a longtime Democratic stronghold in the shadow of New York City. To Maria Russo, the woman pouring the drinks, the reasons behind Trump’s win
Continue ReadingAssociated Press In the new horror movie, “Heretic,” Hugh Grant plays a diabolical religious skeptic who traps two scared missionaries in his house and tries to violently shake their faith. What starts more as a religious studies lecture slowly morphs into a gory escape room for the two door-knocking members of The Church of Jesus
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has many Justice Department employees reeling, worried not only about their own jobs but the future of the agency that the Trump loyalist has railed against. The president-elect’s pick of the Florida Republican sent a shock throughout the Cabinet department,
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Irán negó que se llevara a cabo una reunión entre el embajador iraní ante las Naciones Unidas y Elon Musk, la persona más rica del mundo y aliado cercano del presidente electo de EE.UU. Donald Trump, informó este sábado la prensa estatal iraní. The New
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — ¿Quién fue la primera persona a la que se le ocurrió hacer un ‘concurso de belleza’? Algunos afirman que el origen de estos cuestionables certámenes puede rastrearse a la mitología griega y una de sus grandes diosas: Afrodita. Detrás de uno de los concursos actuales más populares, Miss Universo,
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — November’s full moon, otherwise known as the beaver moon, shone bright in the sky on Friday as the last supermoon of the year. For sky-gazers observing the golden orb this weekend, the Leonid meteor shower could make for a dazzling bonus feature as it reaches its peak on Saturday
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Opposition protesters in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government buildings seized during rallies on Friday during which at least 14 people were injured in clashes with police. President Aslan Bzhania said Saturday that he will step down on the condition that protesters vacate the
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — In mid-September, as tech billionaire Elon Musk intensified his efforts to elect Donald Trump as president, a wave of letters arrived at the Department of Transportation, asking the agency to turn over any emails and text messages that federal workers sent about the world’s wealthiest man and his sprawling
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon since they invaded six weeks ago before pulling back Saturday after battles with Hezbollah militants, Lebanese state media reported. The clashes and further Israeli bombardment came as Lebanese and Hezbollah officials study a draft proposal presented by the U.S. on ending
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El equipo de transición del presidente electo Donald Trump estaba en medio de anunciar nuevas selecciones para el gabinete esta semana cuando le informaron sobre una denuncia de agresión sexual relacionada con una de sus designados previos, Pete Hegseth, lo que dejó sorprendió y tomó fuera de base a varios miembros
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The head of Georgia’s Central Electoral Commission has been doused with black paint at a meeting to confirm the results of the country’s divisive Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Protesters gathered outside commission’s building in Tbilisi, where officials announced that the ruling Georgian Dream party had won 53.93% of the
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre was left with a bloodied head after he was struck by a can thrown from the stand following his team’s 2-0 defeat to Honduras on Friday. Footage posted on social media showed Aguirre walking across the pitch in San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump promised Americans he’d bring down consumer prices, make health care more affordable and protect Social Security. Now he has to follow through. Concerns about inflation and the cost of living were central to Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. According to CNN exit polls, 68%
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: crackdowns on overtourism in Florence and Pompeii, new developments in the world of long-haul and ultralong-haul flights, plus the California couple who moved to France, where things did not go as they hoped. Launch of the Airbus A321XLR It’s slim, it’s sleek, it has
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — La controvertida victoria por decisión de puntos de Katie Taylor sobre Amanda Serrano fue recibida con abucheos en el AT&T Stadium este viernes, cuando la boxeadora irlandesa retuvo su título indiscutido de campeona mundial de peso súper ligero. En el evento coestelar previo al combate entre Mike Tyson y Jake Paul,
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Austrian utility OMV says supplies from Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped early Saturday after the company said it would stop payments for the gas following an arbitration award. The official cutoff of supplies came a day after Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer held a hastily called news conference to emphasize his
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — A bullet struck the body of a Southwest Airlines airplane preparing for departure from a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of the Friday evening flight, the airline said. No injuries were reported and law enforcement was contacted after the bullet struck the right side of the aircraft just under the flight deck.
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