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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An elephant has died of apparent heart failure at a Pakistani safari park, less than two weeks after being reunited with her sister. Sonia, who was almost 19, is the second elephant to die in two years in the southern city of Karachi, where she had lived since 2009. She was
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Simone McCarthy El líder sirio que gobernó con puño de hierro, Bashar al-Assad, es la segunda generación de una dinastía familiar autocrática que mantuvo el poder durante más de cinco décadas. Ahora, tras la caída de su régimen y su salida del país tras un avance rebelde relámpago, se produce un sorprendente reordenamiento de poder
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Emergency services are searching for a second day through the debris of an apartment block that was destroyed by an explosion and fire, killing at least five people. They hold out little hope of finding any more survivors. Fire authorities said five injured people were rescued and several
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By Associated Press (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief but stunning martial law imposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol, making him the first figure detained over the case. The development came a day after Yoon avoided an opposition-led bid to impeach him in
Continue Reading CNN By Associated Press (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief but stunning martial law imposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol, making him the first figure detained over the case. The development came a day after Yoon avoided an opposition-led bid to impeach him
Continue Reading By Eyad Kourdi, Christian Edwards, Nic Robertson and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Syrian rebels have declared the capital Damascus “liberated” after entering the city to scant resistance from regime forces, while claiming President Bashar al-Assad has fled the capital, losing his decades-long grip on power. “Damascus has been liberated and the tyrant Bashar al-Assad
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILAN (AP) — Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera museum, conceived under Napoleon as a “little Louvre,” is finally getting a modern art addition first envisioned more than 50 years ago with the opening Sunday of Palazzo Citterio. Completing the project long beset by shifting priorities, neglect and an ill-fated architectural vision was a priority
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Sarah Ferris and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — For more on the GOP agenda in the new Congress, watch CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” this Sunday at 8 a.m. ET and 11 a.m ET. Republicans from Capitol Hill to the White House are battling internally over the basic tenets of
Continue Reading Por Clare Duffy y Erika Tulfo Los usuarios de TikTok en Estados Unidos podrían tener solo unas pocas semanas más para disfrutar de la página “Para ti” antes de que la aplicación sea prohibida en el país a partir del 19 de enero de 2025. Un tribunal de apelaciones de Estados Unidos confirmó este viernes
Continue Reading Por Tamar Michaelis y Jennifer Hauser La madre de un rehén que aparece en el último video de “prueba de vida” publicado por Hamas redobló las críticas al primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, e hizo un emotivo llamado para que llegue a un acuerdo para el regreso de los cautivos. En un video publicado
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — When local residents and admirers learned the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in northern England had been cut down last year, they wanted to know why and who could have committed such a senseless act. On Monday, prosecutors will begin providing some of those answers. Two men are scheduled to go
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media said Sunday, hours after a stunning rebel advance seized control of Damascus and ended his family’s 50 years of iron rule. Thousands of Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe’s economy has enough difficulties, from tepid growth to trade tensions with the U.S. Dealing with those woes is only getting harder due to the political chaos in the two biggest European countries, France and Germany. Neither has a government backed by a functioning majority, and France could take a
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — After 15 weeks of thrilling action and shocking upsets, the College Football Playoff (CFP) is just about here. And it comes with added anticipation this year as, for the first time ever, 12 teams will be competing for a place in the College Football Playoff Championship
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Fashion is fickle and styles come and go — even for orcas, apparently. In 1987, a group of killer whales off the northwestern coast of North America briefly donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads for weeks. Recently, a male orca known as J27, or “Blackberry,” was
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, Jacob Lev and David Close, CNN (CNN) — Conference championship Saturday featured four blockbuster games, which had significant implications for the College Football Playoff (CFP). The Big 12, Southeastern Conference (SEC), Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and Big Ten championship game results provided near clarity on the 12-team CFP field to be announced
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang and Rosa de Acosta, CNN (CNN) — The US government has imposed fresh export controls on the sale of high tech memory chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) applications to China. The rules apply to US-made high bandwidth memory (HBM) technology as well as foreign-produced ones. Here’s everything you need to know
Continue Reading Por Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Además de mantener la mayoría en la Cámara de Representantes, los republicanos tomarán el Senado y la Casa Blanca en enero, lo que les otorgará el control total de Washington por primera vez desde principios de 2019. Aunque el Gobierno entrante de Donald Trump y los republicanos del Capitolio tienen
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral has hosted its first Mass since the catastrophic fire of 2019. The moment transcended religious significance to become a powerful symbol of Paris’ resilience. For Catholics, it marks the revival of the city’s spiritual heart. For the world, it signals the rebirth of one of humanity’s most
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Desert Hot Springs Police were investigating a Saturday traffic collision that sent two people to the hospital and officers searching for the driver of an off-road utility vehicle who reportedly left the scene. The crash happened just before 2:30 pm in the area of Palm Drive and 20th Avenue. Police say the driver of a
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