By Terry Ward, CNN Jessie Festa was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport waiting to take off for Pasco, Washington, when a flight attendant announced wearing masks during the flight was no longer required. “The reaction around me was jubilation,” Festa, a travel blogger who lives in New York City, wrote
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN Former President Donald Trump recently likened teaching kids about gender and pronouns to “child abuse.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis accused his critics of supporting “sexualizing kids in kindergarten.” And South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem debuted an ad that brags, “In South Dakota, only girls play girls’ sports.” As they gear up
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv ¿Qué significa el fallo de la Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya sobre la disputa de Colombia y Nicaragua? Macron contra Le Pen: lo que debes saber de la segunda vuelta en Francia. El covid-19 aún no es como una gripe, advierten expertos. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Russian opposition leader. Anti-corruption campaigner. Assassination attempt survivor. Prisoner. Alexey Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin has brought many labels. And with the eyes of the world now trained on Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his brutal invasion of Ukraine, Navalny’s message of resistance is finding new weight inside and outside of
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Russian opposition leader. Anti-corruption campaigner. Assassination attempt survivor. Prisoner. Alexey Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin has brought many labels. And with the eyes of the world now trained on Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his brutal invasion of Ukraine, Navalny’s message of resistance is finding new weight inside and outside
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Russian opposition leader. Anti-corruption campaigner. Assassination attempt survivor. Prisoner. Alexey Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin has brought many labels. And with the eyes of the world now trained on Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his brutal invasion of Ukraine, Navalny’s message of resistance is finding new weight inside and outside
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia testified under oath for three hours Friday at an unprecedented disqualification hearing that focused on whether she is constitutionally barred from holding office because of her role in the January 6 insurrection. On the witness stand, Greene repeated debunked claims that former President Donald
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN The Golden State Warriors offense is purring and it’s fun, must-watch TV. The Dubs’ trio of stars — Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole — combined for 80 points as the Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets, 118-113, in Game 3 on Thursday night. The ‘Splash Bros’ — Curry and Thompson
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has died at the age of 90. Kibaki’s death was announced Friday by President Uhuru Kenyatta, who said it his passing was a sad day for the country and praised his predecessor as a great Kenyan. Kenyatta said “Mwai Kibaki will forever be remembered
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — A unos cientos de migrantes que han estado esperando en Reynosa, México, el fin de la orden de salud pública de Estados Unidos por la pandemia, conocida como Título 42, se les permitió solicitar asilo esta semana, dijeron fuentes en el terreno a CNN. El gobierno de Biden está en camino de
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The finalists for France’s presidency, President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen, traded blows on the last day of legal campaigning as they tried to appeal to undecided voters. Macron, the center-right incumbent, laid into the nationalist challenger he defeated in 2017 and is set to face again in a
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — President Joe Biden spent Earth Day in Seattle, where he signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight. The visit was intended to reassert his environmental credentials when he’s been more
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — President Joe Biden spent Earth Day in Seattle, where he signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight. The visit was intended to reassert his environmental credentials when he’s been more
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, Wayne Chang and Lizzy Yee, CNN Business Chinese officials have slammed YouTube for taking down the account of a politician expected to become the next leader of Hong Kong, accusing the video sharing company of interfering in the country’s internal affairs. YouTube said it had suspended the official campaign channel of John
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las autoridades ucranianas afirman que identificaron fosas comunes fuera de la ciudad de Mariúpol, lo que, según dicen, se suma a las crecientes pruebas de los crímenes de guerra rusos contra los civiles ucranianos. La afirmación está respaldada por fotos recopiladas y analizadas por la compañía estadounidense de imágenes satelitales
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN “We in Minnesota now,” a cocky Karl-Anthony Towns was heard saying on the bench. “Like I said after [Game 2] to the media: ‘Cool, we got to come back to our house now. I only seen them at their house.’” At the time, his Minnesota Timberwolves held a 17-point lead over
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As the poster child for overtourism, Venice has long been a city of mounting lines, uncomfortable crowding and mushrooming Airbnbs which are blamed for pricing locals out of the city. The authorities have long been looking for a way to control things — with UNESCO’s recent threat to remove its World Heritage
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN Federal investments to address climate change, Joe Biden has long said, are about investing in the economy and creating jobs. But now, amid a war that caused fuel prices to soar and American wallets to feel the pinch, his White House has been forced to reexamine how to balance its economic
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese prosecutors are formally accusing a suspect in the investigation into Madeleine McCann, a 3-year-old British girl who disappeared almost 15 years ago while on a family vacation in the southern European country. A statement by the Public Ministry district of Faro, the largest city in Portugal’s Algarve region, does not
Continue ReadingStephy Chung, CNN For the last three months, Hong Kong’s art galleries have been closed to the public as part of failed efforts to curtail the Omicron variant’s charge through the city. But as restrictions eased Thursday, visitors returned to one museum to find some works from its contemporary Chinese art collection conspicuously absent. Among
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