CNN By Luke McGee, CNN Britons will find out later Monday who will be their next prime minister as the country faces a looming economic and humanitarian crisis, almost two months after Boris Johnson quit in the wake of a series of scandals. At approximately 12:30 p.m. local time (7:30 a.m. ET) the ruling Conservative
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, Shawn Deng and CNN’s Beijing bureau More than 70 Chinese cities have been placed under full or partial Covid lockdowns since late August, impacting more than 300 million people, as local authorities rush to stamp out infections at all cost in the final countdown to leader Xi Jinping’s expected third term. Since
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El boxeador mexicanoestadounidense Andy Ruiz Jr. regresa este domingo a los cuadriláteros, después de más de un año, para pelear contra el cubano Luis Ortiz. Andy Ruiz tuvo su último combate en mayo de 2021, cuando derrotó a Chris Arreola por decisión unánime. Por el tiempo que ha tenido desde entonces
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai, Sharon Braithwaite and Jonny Hallam, CNN A private jet crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia on Sunday, hours after NATO jets were scrambled to follow the plane. The Austrian-registered Cessna Citation 551 departed Jerez, Spain at 12:56 UTC (8:56am ET) and its intended destination was Cologne, Germany, according
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Scientists have created mouse embryos in a dish, and it could one day help families hoping to get pregnant, according to a new study. After 10 years of research, scientists created a synthetic mouse embryo that began forming organs without a sperm or egg, according to the study published Thursday in
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is accusing Washington of breaking into computers at a university that U.S. officials say does military research, adding to complaints by both governments of rampant online spying against each other. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center said Northwestern Polytechnical University reported break-ins in June. The
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency has rushed in more desperately needed aid to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation’s prime minister traveled to the south where rising waters of Lake Manchar pose a new threat. Two UNHCR planes touched down on Monday in the southern port city of Karachi
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency has rushed in more desperately needed aid to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation’s prime minister traveled to the south where rising waters of Lake Manchar pose a new threat. Two UNHCR planes touched down on Monday in the southern port city of Karachi
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The German and Israeli presidents are to join relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed in the attack by Palestinian militants on the 1972 Munich Olympics to mark the 50th anniversary. The event comes days after an agreement that ended a long dispute over compensation. Monday’s ceremony takes place at the Fuerstenfeldbruck
Continue ReadingBy ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has affirmed deepening economic and security ties with Indonesia during the first overseas trip of his presidency, while expressing concern about the persistent difficulties Southeast Asian nations have faced after pandemic. Indonesia is the region’s largest economy and
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Statistical Institute says the country’s annual inflation passed 80% in August, further hitting consumers facing high energy, food and housing costs. Consumer prices rose by 80.21% from a year earlier, up 0.6 percentage points from the previous month, the agency said Monday. Independent experts say inflation is much higher than
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Statistical Institute says the country’s annual inflation passed 80% in August, further hitting consumers facing high energy, food and housing costs. Consumer prices rose by 80.21% from a year earlier, up 0.6 percentage points from the previous month, the agency said Monday. Independent experts say inflation is much higher than
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los electores de Chile rechazaron rotundamente una nueva constitución progresista en un referéndum el domingo, luego de un proceso de casi dos años que tenía como objetivo reflejar una gama más amplia de voces en el documento de la nación. Con casi todas las boletas contadas, el 62% de los electores
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Rescuers have evacuated survivors of a climbing expedition on Eurasia’s highest volcano that claimed eight lives, local authorities say. The deceased were part of a group of 12 individuals, including two guides, who have been climbing Klyuchevskaya Sopka in the north eastern Kamchatka peninsula region of Russia since
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of flights have been grounded and more than 200 people evacuated in South Korea as Typhoon Hinnamnor approached the country’s southern region with heavy rains and winds of up to 105 miles per hour, the strongest storm in decades. South Korea’s weather agency says
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is accusing Washington of breaking into computers at a university that U.S. officials say does military research, adding to complaints by both governments of rampant online spying against each other. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center said Northwestern Polytechnical University reported break-ins in June. The
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Prolonged drought has exacerbated fire conditions throughout California, where six active wildfires have consumed tens of thousands of acres in less than a week, and led to the deaths of at least two residents, officials say. In all, fires burning across the state have collectively burned more than 23,000 acres since
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– Lifeguards performed life-saving efforts on a young boy who nearly drowned at the Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic and Recreation Center (SHARC) pool Sunday afternoon, police confirmed.
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, Kathleen Magramo, Philip Wang and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At least 65 people are confirmed dead after an earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, according to Chinese broadcaster CCTV. Aftershocks were still being felt on Tuesday, state media said, a day after the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said a 6.6-magnitude
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The steel bands and brightly colored costumes of Caribbean carnival have once again made their presence felt on the streets of New York City. The West Indian American Day Parade took place Monday after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Throngs of people lined the streets of Brooklyn, where one of the world’s largest
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