By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Christian Democrat Roberta Metsola of Malta has been elected president of the European Union’s parliament. Metsola was the candidate of the parliament’s biggest group, and she received 458 of the 616 votes cast on Tuesday. She succeeds Italian Socialist David Sassoli, who died last week. Metsola is
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Todavía es demasiado pronto para predecir si la rápida propagación de ómicron ayudará a impulsar el coronavirus de la fase pandémica a una fase endémica más manejable, pero “espero que ese sea el caso”, dijo el lunes el Dr. Anthony Fauci. Una enfermedad que es endémica tiene una presencia constante en una población,
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Christian Democrat Roberta Metsola of Malta has been elected president of the European Union’s parliament. Metsola was the candidate of the parliament’s biggest group, and she received 458 of the 616 votes cast on Tuesday. She succeeds Italian Socialist David Sassoli, who died last week. Metsola is
Continue ReadingBy TOM MITCHELL Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The African Cup of Nations is underway in Cameroon and many students in London have been avidly following along. Nathan Williams didn’t have to search long among the 24 teams at the tournament to pick his favorite. He’s originally from Ghana and that’s who he is hoping
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says former great Francisco “Paco” Gento has died. He was 88. Gento is the only soccer player to win European Cup titles. He played 18 seasons with Madrid from 1953-71. His 23 titles with the club in official competitions is a record he shares
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Francisco “Paco” Gento, presidente de honor y exjugador del Real Madrid, falleció este martes a los 88 años. FOTOS | Los famosos que han muerto en 2022 “El Real Madrid quiere expresar sus condolencias y su cariño y afecto a su esposa Mari Luz, a sus hijos Francisco y Julio, a
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Four people have gone on trial in the Swiss capital over a protest four years ago where some demonstrators hoisted a banner showing a gun pointed at an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to the words, “Kill Erdogan.” Bern regional prosecutors opened a probe for alleged “public provocation of
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang and Teele Rebane, CNN Business Hong Kong police have arrested and charged two former Cathay Pacific staffers for violating the city’s quarantine rules, underscoring the challenges the city’s flagship airline and its staff face under some of the world’s most restrictive anti-pandemic policies. The government on Monday confirmed the arrests of two
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for multiple overnight gun attacks on police in the capital of Islamabad and the country’s restive northwest. Three officers and three assailants were killed. Monday night’s attack in Islamabad raised fears that insurgents have a presence in the Pakistani capital, considered one of the country’s safest
Continue ReadingCNN By Matias Grez, CNN Ksenia Efremova hadn’t even turned three years old and her mother already had the feeling her daughter was destined to become a star. One afternoon when her older brother was practicing on the tennis court, Efremova picked up one of his rackets — as she would often do — and
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Andrew Carey and Amir Tal, CNN For years, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called his ongoing corruption trial a “witch hunt” and an “attempted coup.” Although his denunciations of the case echoed words often heard from his once-close ally Donald Trump, Netanyahu is now deviating from the former US president’s
Continue ReadingBy ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A delegation led by South Korea’s president visiting Saudi Arabia has inked a preliminary deal to explore a project to develop a potentially cleaner form of energy. This comes even as Saudi Arabia remains South Korea’s top supplier of crude oil. Still,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN NFL veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford got his first career playoff victory on Monday night as the Los Angeles Rams comfortably beat the Arizona Cardinals 34-11. Stafford, who is in his first season with the Rams after spending his first 12 with the Detroit Lions, threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON and KARL RITTER Associated Press SKIEN, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in bomb-and-gun massacres in 2011, has told a parole hearing that he has renounced violence. The remarks came as he professed white supremacist views and flashed Nazi salutes. The 42-year-old Breivik is
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Ksenia Efremova hadn’t even turned three years old and her mother already had the feeling her daughter was destined to become a star. One afternoon when her older brother was practicing on the tennis court, Efremova picked up one of his rackets — as she would often do — and began
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China is urging central banks in the West not to hike interest rates too fast to fight inflation as it goes in the other direction to battle a sharp economic slowdown. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called on major world economies to spur growth by coordinating their policies as
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s leader has promised human rights reforms and justice for people missing from the country’s civil war, after years of resisting calls for such measures. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was speaking before a new session of Parliament as the government looks for international support in
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Una gruesa capa de ceniza que cubre comunidades enteras se puede ver en las primeras imágenes de la devastada Tonga que emergen después de lo que los expertos creen que es la erupción volcánica más grande del mundo en más de 30 años. ¿Cómo es y dónde queda Tonga, el país afectado
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN The death of an LGBTQ advocate and brother of a former Miami mayor is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said, after his body was discovered in a Florida landfill. Jorge Diaz-Johnston, a plaintiff in a historic same-sex marriage lawsuit against Miami-Dade County in 2014, was found dead at a Jackson
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, Amir Vera, Dan Przygoda, Jason Hanna, Nick Paton Walsh and Kelly McCleary, CNN About 10 days before taking four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in north Texas, Malik Faisal Akram had a heated exchange with officials at the Islamic Center of Irving and was eventually escorted from the property, according
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