olivertapia (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela designó este martes a los 20 magistrados que conformarán las siete salas del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) durante los próximos 12 años. El anuncio se realizó fuera del plazo legal, pues según la Ley Orgánica del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia debió anunciarse, a más tardar,
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A senior Australian minister is suggesting that China deliberately announced its security pact with the Solomon Islands during an election campaign to undermine her government’s chances of reelection. Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews’ accusation on Wednesday is consistent with her conservative Liberal Party’s argument that Beijing
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The 23rd novel by acclaimed American author Louise Erdrich and an adult fiction debut by Trinidadian stand-up comedian Lisa Allen-Agostini were named finalists on Wednesday for the 30,000-pound ($38,000) Women’s Prize for fiction. Erdrich’s “The Sentence” — set in a haunted Minneapolis bookstore — and Allen-Agostini’s Caribbean story of gender violence and
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Apenas dos días antes de que se llevara a cabo la ejecución de Melissa Lucio, un tribunal de Texas la suspendió este lunes y devolvió su caso para su revisión. Lucio, madre de 14 hijos, ha estado en el corredor de la muerte de Texas desde 2008, cuando fue condenada
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts — including the first Black woman to join the International Space Station crew — successfully docked with the ISS Wednesday evening, kicking off a five-month mission. The astronauts had spent 16 hours orbiting aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft after a pre-sunrise launch from
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX has been on a tear in 2022, notching 18 rocket launches and two astronaut splashdowns in just the first 130 days of the year — an unprecedented pace for the company and the commercial launch industry. The latest is scheduled for Friday evening with the launch of 53
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN It was a match which will be remembered as a Champions League classic. There were seven goals, one an outrageous penalty, plenty of chances and outstanding performances as Manchester City and Real Madrid played out a thrilling 4-3 first-leg semifinal tie Tuesday. Football fans drooled on social media as Real came
Continue ReadingA US company is recalling more than 120,000 pounds of ground beef products over fears they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says. Escherichia coli (E. coli) can cause diarrhea, severe stomach cramps, vomiting and other symptoms and is spread by ingesting food
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower, has opened its selling season for the crop amid pledges to fight deforestation and child labor in response to pressure from rights groups, environmentalists and international buyers. Tobacco is on a rebound in the southern African nation where production plummeted from
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower, has opened its selling season for the crop amid pledges to fight deforestation and child labor in response to pressure from rights groups, environmentalists and international buyers. Tobacco is on a rebound in the southern African nation where production plummeted from
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — Acrid smoke is hanging over New Delhi for a second day after a massive landfill caught fire during a scorching heat wave. The Indian capital, like many other parts of South Asia, is in the midst of a record-shattering heatwave. The landfill that caught fire
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires. The Falcon rocket blasted off before dawn Wednesday from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The capsule reached its destination Wednesday night, just
Continue ReadingBy Angie Orellana Hernandez, CNN. Recipe from Carmen Angel “You just healed my hand with an arepa con queso,” Mirabel Madrigal tells her mother, Julieta, in the movie “Encanto,” while holding a cheesy arepa — a round corn cake. “I healed your hand with love,” Julieta replies. “Encanto,” which won the Oscar for best animated
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Miami Marlins right-hander Pablo López will carry a majors-leading 0.52 ERA into his start at Washington. Nationals righty Erick Fedde, meanwhile, enters with a 6.75 ERA. How dominant has López been in 2022? He has given up just one earned run and a total of 10 hits across 17 1/3 innings
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Drone company DJI Technology Co has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to ensure its products are not used during the hostilities in a rare example of a Chinese company publicly withdrawing from Russia due to the war. The company said in a statement that “DJI is internally reassessing compliance
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Drone company DJI Technology Co has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to ensure its products are not used during the hostilities in a rare example of a Chinese company publicly withdrawing from Russia due to the war. The company said in a statement that “DJI is internally reassessing compliance
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell and Matias Grez, CNN When Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on the morning of February 24, Darijo Srna was awoken at 6 a.m. by the sound of air raid sirens. It was a noise the former international football star says immediately transported his “head and body” back to his native Croatia,
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse is reporting a pretax loss of 428 million Swiss francs ($443 million) and a plunge in revenues in the first quarter. It was marked in part by a loss of 206 million Swiss francs linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Credit Suisse on Wednesday also reported net revenues of 4.4
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse is reporting a pretax loss of 428 million Swiss francs ($443 million) and a plunge in revenues in the first quarter. It was marked in part by a loss of 206 million Swiss francs linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Credit Suisse on Wednesday also reported net revenues of 4.4
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Syria says he has sent invitations to the Syrian government and the opposition for an eighth round of talks from May 28 to June 3 in Geneva, aimed at revising the constitution of the conflict-torn country. Geir Pedersen told the
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