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Month: October 2022

Simona Halep’s former coach says ‘no chance’ the two-time grand slam champion knowingly took banned substance

By Ben Church, CNN Simona Halep‘s former coach has jumped to her defense after the former world No. 1 tested positive for a banned substance at the US Open earlier this year. According to the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), Halep tested positive for Roxadustat, which is a banned substance listed in the 2022 World

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Child ID kits provided to Texas students are intended to find missing children, officials say — not identify victims of school shootings like Uvalde

By Dakin Andone, CNN A recent move by Texas school districts to provide families with child identification and DNA kits has sparked anxiety amid the horrifying backdrop that genetic material was needed by authorities to identify the fourth-grade victims killed this year in a shooting at a Uvalde elementary school. The kits, however, are not

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Harvey Weinstein’s 2nd sexual assault trial begins with eight accusers set to testify, prosecutors say

By Eric Levenson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Prosecutors said in opening statements of Harvey Weinstein’s second criminal trial Monday that eight women will testify in court they were sexually assaulted by the powerful Hollywood mogul. “Each of these women came forward independent of each other, and none of them knew one another,” prosecutor Paul Thompson

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‘Doctor Who’ fans delighted as the Doctor regenerates as … David Tennant

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN “Doctor Who” fans were drenched in nostalgia after David Tennant reprised his role as the Time Lord in the dramatic conclusion to the show’s BBC centenary special. Sunday’s 90-minute episode of the long-running sci-fi show, titled “The Power of the Doctor,” ended with Jodie Whittaker’s character unexpectedly regenerating into Tennant in

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Myanmar downplays blacklisting by money laundering watchdog

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s central bank has promised improvements and warned against currency manipulation after an international watchdog put the military-controlled country on a terrorism and financial crimes blacklist. The Financial Action Task Force recommended that Myanmar be put on the list of countries requiring stronger due diligence. It cites deficiencies in Myanmar’s enforcement of

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Myanmar downplays blacklisting by money laundering watchdog

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s central bank has promised improvements and warned against currency manipulation after an international watchdog put the military-controlled country on a terrorism and financial crimes blacklist. The Financial Action Task Force recommended that Myanmar be put on the list of countries requiring stronger due diligence. It cites deficiencies in Myanmar’s enforcement of

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