By Rhea Mogul, CNN A “megapod” of more than 100 humpback whales has been filmed surrounding a boat off the coast of Australia — an incredibly rare event an expert says has only ever been captured once before in the country’s waters. The whales skirted the boat near Bermagui, about 236 miles (380 kilometers) from
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El activista nicaragüense Joao Maldonado se recupera en una unidad de cuidados intensivos de un hospital de San José, Costa Rica, luego de recibir varios impactos de bala en el brazo y abdomen este sábado. Así lo aseguró a CNN su hermano, Marlon Maldonado, quien dijo que Joao tuvo que
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Apple has updated its software for iPhones to address a critical vulnerability that independent researchers say has been exploited by notorious surveillance software to spy on a Saudi activist. Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said the software exploit has been in use since February and has been
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Houston Astros right-hander Zack Greinke makes his first start Tuesday night since testing positive for COVID-19 last month. The 37-year-old Greinke is scheduled to pitch at Texas, the same team he lost to last time out in late August. Elsewhere, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the power-packed Blue Jays are averaging 13
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Rain has helped to bring under control a major wildfire that ravaged 7,800 hectares (19,200 acres) of southern Spain despite more than five days of intense firefighting work by land and air. But officials say that the blaze in Sierra Bermeja is not over and that work to completely extinguish the flames
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD and KAREL JANICEK Associated Press KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) — Pope Francis is urging Slovakia’s Roma to integrate better into the mainstream as he meets with the country’s most socially excluded minority group, who have long suffered discrimination, marginalization and poverty. But Francis’ visit Tuesday to the Lunik IX settlement in Kosice brought
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — A medida que los niños regresan para un nuevo año escolar y los casos de covid-19 aumentan entre los grupos de edad más jóvenes, los mandatos de vacunación en las escuelas pueden convertirse en la única forma de avanzar, dijo un experto en vacunas. “Hasta ahora, no hemos visto muchos mandatos
Continue ReadingBy BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s military rulers are expected to face more pressure to set a timeframe for new elections as they hold four days of meetings about the West African nation’s future following the coup just over a week ago. Concerns are growing about how quickly
Continue ReadingCNN By Helen Regan, CNN More than $1 billion in aid has been pledged for Afghanistan to help ease one of the world’s “worst humanitarian crises,” as millions of people in the country could soon run out of food and the economy is on the verge of collapse, the United Nations said on Monday. Speaking
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN More than $1 billion in aid has been pledged for Afghanistan to help ease one of the world’s “worst humanitarian crises,” as millions of people in the country could soon run out of food and the economy is on the verge of collapse, the United Nations said on Monday. Speaking at
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German authorities have compensated nearly 250 people who were prosecuted or investigated under a Nazi-era law criminalizing homosexuality that continued to be enforced enthusiastically after World War II. The Federal Office of Justice said Monday that, up to the end of August, 317 people had applied for compensation and it had been
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There were enough tennis stars inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Monday’s Met Gala, it seemed, to play a tournament. But then, the museum was filled with screen and TV stars, too. And musicians, and luminaries of business and politics. In fact, an evening that
Continue ReadingBy AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. Lt. Gen. Deependra Singh Hooda, former military commander for northern
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s competition watchdog says it plans to fine Google at least 207.4 billion won ($177 million) for allegedly blocking smartphone makers like Samsung from using other operating systems. Google said it plans to challenge the ruling. The announcement came as South Korea began enforcing
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s competition watchdog says it plans to fine Google at least 207.4 billion won ($177 million) for allegedly blocking smartphone makers like Samsung from using other operating systems. Google said it plans to challenge the ruling. The announcement came as South Korea began enforcing
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Your palm could soon be your ticket into a concert. Amazon says it is bringing its palm-recognition technology to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver and it will be available at other venues in the coming months. It’s the first time the technology, called Amazon
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Your palm could soon be your ticket into a concert. Amazon says it is bringing its palm-recognition technology to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver and it will be available at other venues in the coming months. It’s the first time the technology, called Amazon
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl, the mother of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has died aged 79. Wahl died “suddenly and peacefully” at a London hospital on Monday, according to a death notice in The Times of London. Boris Johnson once described his mother as the “supreme authority” in his large, close-knit family.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — Apple actualizó su software para iPhones para solucionar una vulnerabilidad crítica que, según investigadores independientes, ha sido aprovechada por un conocido software de vigilancia para espiar a un activista saudí. Los investigadores del Citizen Lab de la Universidad de Toronto dijeron que el exploit del software ha estado en uso
Continue ReadingBy DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — In the months before Sunday’s parliamentary election in Russia, authorities unleashed an unprecedented crackdown on the opposition, making sure the best-known and loudest Kremlin critics didn’t run. Some were barred from seeking public office under new, repressive laws. Some were forced to leave the country after threats
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