CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Amid growing wildfire concerns, many adventure seekers are breaking the rules to visit Hyperion — the world’s tallest living tree. The forbidden area in California’s Redwood National Park is experiencing such a boost in popularity that officials recently issued a stern warning: Anyone caught near the tree can face up
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Amid growing wildfire concerns, many adventure seekers are breaking the rules to visit Hyperion — the world’s tallest living tree. The forbidden area in California’s Redwood National Park is experiencing such a boost in popularity that officials recently issued a stern warning: Anyone caught near the tree can face up
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said the Western Balkans are an integral part of the European Union, repeating his country’s full support of the region’s integration into the 27-member bloc. Sanchez was in Tirana on Monday on his last leg of the Western Balkan trip that earlier took him
Continue ReadingBy MARCY GORDON and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government and publishing titan Penguin Random House have exchanged opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial. The government wants to block the biggest U.S. book publisher from absorbing rival Simon & Schuster. The trial that began Monday in Washington is a key
Continue ReadingBy MARCY GORDON and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government and publishing titan Penguin Random House have exchanged opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial. The government wants to block the biggest U.S. book publisher from absorbing rival Simon & Schuster. The trial that began Monday in Washington is a key
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and George Ramsay, CNN Henrik Stenson won his first LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, New Jersey on Sunday, nearly two weeks after he was stripped of his Ryder Cup captaincy for joining the breakaway series. The 46-year-old Swede shot 11-under par at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, which was hosting the
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out Monday from the port of Odesa under an internationally brokered deal to unblock the embattled country’s agricultural exports and ease the growing global food crisis. The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni sounded its horn as
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British court on Monday refused to block a hospital from ending life-support treatment for a 12-year-old boy who has suffered catastrophic brain damage. The parents of Archie Battersbee have fought unsuccessfully in the courts to prevent the Royal London Hospital from turning off the boy’s ventilator and stopping other interventions that
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The 10-mile-long island of Schiermonnikoog is known as one of the most beautiful places in the Netherlands, boasting the widest beach in Europe, 300 different species of birds and a bustling tourist trade. But after the Dutch and German governments approved the development of a new gas field roughly 12
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Team Astana has reinstated Colombian rider Miguel Ángel López following an investigation into drug trafficking in Spain. López had been temporarily suspended by the Kazakhstani team after news he was being questioned in an investigation into the alleged activities of a Spanish doctor suspected of drug trafficking. The team said that “it
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s new parliament has convened for its first session, some four months after an election that reaffirmed the domination of autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic and his right-wing populists. Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party holds the majority in the 250-member assembly and is expected to run the next government. Several opposition groups also
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiites gathered in Baghdad for a counter-rally called by Iran-backed groups against their rival, an influential cleric whose followers are staging a sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament, have left the area. It wasn’t immediately clear if the withdrawal Monday by supporters of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk shutdowns. The proposed USDA rules announced Monday would declare salmonella an adulterant — a contaminant that
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk shutdowns. The proposed USDA rules announced Monday would declare salmonella an adulterant — a contaminant that
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is making more than $1 billion available to states to address flooding and extreme heat exacerbated by climate change. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the grant program Monday in Miami with the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other officials. Harris called
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Sudan says it has detected the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus in the conflict-wrecked Darfur region. The Health Ministry said Sunday that the 16-year-old student’s case was discovered last week in West Darfur province. It did not give further details about the patient. The ministry said there were at least
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged the Communist Party to “win hearts and minds” of people in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as part of a “national rejuvenation.” Xi’s demand, made over the weekend in a meeting attended by top Chinese officials, was one of a number of critical tasks listed
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso will extend his Formula One career by joining Aston Martin next season. The 41-year-old Spaniard will replace Sebastian Vettel after the German announced his retirement last week. Alonso’s contract with Alpine was ending this season. Aston Martin says it signed Alonso to a multi-year deal. Alonso will
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Ana Sârbu, CNN There was nothing obviously untoward about the woman who approached the Palanca border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova with a 15-year-old boy she said was her nephew. But something about the pair just seemed odd. The boy, in particular, appeared embarrassed and uncomfortable. Suspicious, border officials started asking
Continue ReadingCNN Story by Karla Cripps, CNN. Videos by Hazel Pfeifer and Nicolas Axelrod, CNN It’s just past 7 a.m. on a February morning in Maya Bay, several weeks after authorities reopened what is one of Thailand’s most popular tourist attractions to the world for the first time since June 2018 following a massive rehabilitation program.
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