By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For years, Mark Hager’s job as an observer aboard New England fishing boats made him a marked man, seen as a meddling cop on the ocean, counting and scrutinizing every cod, haddock and flounder to enforce rules and help set crucial quotas. On one particularly perilous
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For years, Mark Hager’s job as an observer aboard New England fishing boats made him a marked man, seen as a meddling cop on the ocean, counting and scrutinizing every cod, haddock and flounder to enforce rules and help set crucial quotas. On one particularly perilous
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Los duques de Sussex dijeron que “una ola de esperanza puede convertirse en una ola de cambio” después de que ser homenajeados en Nueva York por su trabajo sobre la justicia racial y la salud mental. El príncipe Harry y Meghan estuvieron en la Gran Manzana este martes por la noche
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky —cuyos intentos de luchar contra la invasión rusa en su país ha ganado elogios generalizados—, junto con el “espíritu de Ucrania”, fue nombrado este miércoles como la persona del año por la revista TIME. Time presenta a los 100 líderes del futuro 0:50 “Ya sea
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic militant convicted of making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people has been paroled after serving about half of his original 20-year prison sentence. The parole Wednesday came despite strong objections by Australia, which lost 88
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on Wednesday for a multiple-day visit, China’s official news agency Xinhua reported, amid frayed ties between the two countries and the United States. Saudi state TV showed Xi walking down the steps of his presidential aircraft at King Khalid International
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Local officials say two protesters have been killed in southern Iraq after security forces opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against a harsh prison sentence handed down against a young Iraqi activist over a Twitter post. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets Wednesday
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium forward Eden Hazard has retired from international soccer nearly a week after his country’s aging generation of players was eliminated from the World Cup. The 31-year-old winger made his debut with the national team in 2008 at the age of 17. He made 126 appearances and scored 33 goals. He announced
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Las autoridades alemanas arrestaron este miércoles a 22 presuntos miembros y tres presuntos simpatizantes de una organización terrorista de extrema derecha por conspirar para derrocar al Gobierno, informó la oficina del fiscal federal alemán. En un comunicado, la oficina del fiscal federal dijo que sospechaban que unas 50 personas formaban parte
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN Priyanka Chopra Jonas says she is finally earning as much as her male co-star, after two decades in the movie industry. In an interview with the BBC, the actress and activist revealed that she never had “pay parity” in all the years she worked in Bollywood. Chopra Jonas was among the
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors is moving ahead with plans to install as many as 40,000 electric vehicle chargers in, mostly, rural parts of America. This comes as GM plans to sell exclusively zero-emission passenger vehicles by 2035. These will not be so-called “Level 3” fast chargers — the sort that can charge
Continue ReadingBy PAOLO BANCHERO For The Associated Press (EDITOR’S NOTE — Orlando Magic rookie and No. 1 overall draft pick Paolo Banchero is doing a periodic diary with The Associated Press this season to chronicle his first year in the NBA. This is his second installment, the first since the regular season started. The Magic are
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Environmentalists in Switzerland have criticized the election of a top car- and oil-industry lobbyist to the country’s new government, calling it a “disaster for climate policy.” Lawmakers on Wednesdays picked Albert Roesti of the nationalist Swiss People’s Party as one of two new members of the Cabinet, or Federal Council. The election
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo has found himself in unfamiliar territory this season — but no matter where he is in the stadium, the cameras follow. After it was announced he would start Portugal’s World Cup round of 16 match against Switzerland from the bench, huge swathes of photographers swarmed around the team’s substitutes
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani investigators say the killing in Kenya of outspoken Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was a “planned assassination.” The investigators released a report about the incident on Wednesday in Islamabad, weeks after the mysterious killing triggered condemnations and calls for an independent probe. Separately, Islamabad police on Wednesday
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Un choque de dos trenes en una estación de Barcelona dejó al menos 155 heridos, informó este miércoles Protección Civil. En un comunicado, especificó que a las 7:59 hora local el servicio de emergencias recibió la primera llamada de un pasajero que viajaba en uno de los trenes para
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Nothing lasts forever, not even a good CEO. It’s been a nasty year for Fortune 500 companies and top executives are paying for it: CEOs are exiting in droves. But as the global economy sits on the brink of a possible recession, a new troubling pattern is emerging: In many
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN and MATTHEW PERRONE AP Business Writers Embattled vaping company Juul Labs has reached settlements covering thousands of lawsuits over its e-cigarettes, which in recent years became a scourge in schools and communities nationwide. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Juul said that it has secured an equity investment to
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN and MATTHEW PERRONE AP Business Writers Embattled vaping company Juul Labs has reached settlements covering thousands of lawsuits over its e-cigarettes, which in recent years became a scourge in schools and communities nationwide. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Juul said that it has secured an equity investment to
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN Sen. Raphael Warnock remains undefeated. After being pushed to another runoff in November, the Democrat asked voters in Georgia to put him over the top “one more time” in December — and, once again, they delivered. Since November 2020, Warnock has been the leading vote-getter in four
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