Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un tribunal tailandés dictó la pena de muerte a una mujer acusada de envenenar fatalmente al menos a decenas de personas, el primer fallo en un caso de asesinatos en serie de alto perfil que conmovió a la nación. Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn mató a su amiga el año pasado echando cianuro en
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Nick Begich’s flip of Alaska’s lone House seat will pad Republicans’ slim House majority — but with several members departing to join President-elect Donald Trump’s administration and just three races left to be decided, the party could enter the new year with very little room for error. That narrow
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By Jessie Yeung and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A Thai court has handed down the death penalty to a woman accused of fatally poisoning at least a dozen people, the first ruling in a high-profile serial murder case that has gripped the nation. Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn killed her friend last year by spiking
Continue Reading By Esha Mitra, Aishwarya S Iyer and Helen Regan, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Inside Delhi’s first ever clinic dedicated to pollution-related illnesses, Deepak Rajak struggles to catch his breath. The 64-year-old’s asthma has worsened in recent days, and his daughter rushed him to the clinic, anxious about his rapidly deteriorating health. Sitting in the
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The Australian government is threatening multimillion dollar fines for social media companies that breach a proposed ban on children under 16 from using their service. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland introduced an amendment to the Online Safety Act in parliament on Thursday, which the government has pitched as
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf and Aishwarya Iyer, CNN New York/New Delhi (CNN) — Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and other executives were indicted in New York on Wednesday by US prosecutors for their alleged roles in a years-long, multi-billion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme involving plans to develop a major solar power plant. The Department of Justice (DOJ)
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, Scott Glover and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she “remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” a police report obtained by CNN shows. The 22-page
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Cinco nuevas demandas contra Sean “Diddy” Combs fueron presentadas por hombres y mujeres que alegan haber sido drogados y agredidos sexualmente por el asediado magnate de la música, que ahora se enfrenta a más de 30 demandas civiles. Las demandas abarcan desde 2001 hasta 2022 en incidentes que supuestamente tuvieron lugar
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent, Allegra Goodwin and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine launched the British-French-made Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time on Wednesday, according to a Russian military blog and Reuters, a day after Ukraine fired US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia. Ukraine’s use of the UK-supplied missiles to hit Russian
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For more than a decade, Chinese students have flocked to the United States, drawn by the prestige of an overseas education and the glamor of the American Dream. Education consultancies flourished across China, with parents paying big bucks for tutors and classes that promised to send their
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Social Security is by far one of the most popular government programs in the United States because it is critical for so many retirees’ financial security. And it will be just as important for US adults who have yet to retire. That’s also why so many Americans worry about
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — After rarely being seen in public in the two weeks since he delivered a brief, 46-second victory speech on election night, JD Vance reemerged this week to play one of the most important roles he will be expected to fill as Donald Trump’s No. 2: His
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley while she was out for a run earlier this year was found guilty Wednesday and sentenced to life without parole in a case that reignited the national debate over immigration and crime. Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old undocumented migrant from
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — When a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000 in 2019, social media uproar and an age-old debate about the meaning of art ensued. But artist Maurizio Cattelan’s viral creation, titled “Comedian,” has proven a sound investment for one collector: One of the artwork’s three “editions” smashed estimates
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Megan Moroney was awarded the new artist of the year trophy at the CMA Awards Wednesday night, and the country singer was doing her best to hold back the tears. While accepting her statuette, Moroney thanked her fans, saying they are “a large reason of why I am up
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The US government formally proposed a partial breakup of Google on Wednesday, urging a federal judge to force a sale of the company’s Chrome web browser after a landmark ruling this year finding that Google had violated US antitrust law with its search business. The request by the Justice
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The 58th Annual CMA Awards took place on Wednesday night from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Luke Bryan and former NFL star Peyton Manning returned to host the ceremony, with last year’s entertainer of the year award winner – country music superstar Lainey Wilson – joining as cohost. Morgan Wallen earned
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El Pleno del Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales de México (INAI) consideró este miércoles que la reforma en discusión en la Cámara de Diputados que busca eliminar siete órganos autónomos ―incluido el INAI― atenta contra los derechos primordiales de la ciudadanía. A
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — La Fiscalía de Perú informó, la noche del viernes 10 de mayo, que abrió una investigación contra la presidenta Dina Boluarte y contra el ahora exministro del Interior, Walter Ortiz Acosta, por la resolución que desactivó al Equipo Especial de la Policía que apoya al Equipo Especial de Fiscales Contra la
Continue Reading By Maria Sole Campinoti, Taylor Galgano and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — Four students were arrested Tuesday on felony charges after hundreds of posters targeted toward members of the university, including members of the Jewish faculty, as wanted were plastered across the University of Rochester campus in upstate New York last week, an antisemitic act
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