olivertapia (CNN) –Una mujer británica, Angela Grover, murió tras ser arrastrada por el tsunami en Tonga, luego de la erupción de un volcán submarino cerca del país el sábado, que según expertos fue probablemente la mayor registrada en cualquier lugar del planeta en más de 30 años. “Hoy más temprano, tristemente le informaron a mi
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Tonga, un archipiélago polinesio en Oceanía, es un país de solo 105.780 habitantes, según el Factbook de la CIA. Cámaras infrarrojas captan el poder de la erupción en Tonga 0:49 El país consta de 171 islas, de las cuales solo 45 están habitadas, aunque dos tercios de la población vive en
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN Ralph Emery, a legendary radio and television personality in the world of country music, died Saturday at the age of 88, according to the Country Music Association. Emery “passed away peacefully” on Saturday morning, surrounded by his family at Tristar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, the Tennessean reported, citing a family
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has returned to Ukraine to face court on treason charges he believes are politically motivated. At the Kyiv airport, where he arrived on a flight from Warsaw on Monday morning, Poroshenko was greeted by several thousand supporters. From the airport, Poroshenko
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Business China’s birth rate plummeted for a fifth consecutive year to hit a new record low in 2021, despite government efforts to encourage couples to have more children in the face of a looming demographic crisis. The world’s most populous country recorded 10.62 million births last year, or only 7.5 births
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Making it down an Olympic skeleton run is, in itself, an act of survival. Making it onto the US Skeleton Team for five straight Olympics over 16 years raises survival to a whole new level. So, 38-year-old Katie Uhlaender is definitely a survivor, and she’s got the resume to prove it.
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Stars Jeff Goldblum and Kyle MacLachlan made surprise appearances at men’s fashion week in Milan, with both walking the runway for Prada on Sunday. They were among 10 Hollywood actors invited by the Italian fashion giant to showcase its Fall-Winter 2022 menswear collection, which offered a futuristic vision of workplace attire. The
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse says its chairman has resigned following an internal investigation that reportedly turned up that he had violated quarantine rules intended to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The resignation of Antonio Horta-Osorio, a British-Portuguese national who took the job barely eight months ago, was announced Monday. It’s
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse says its chairman has resigned following an internal investigation that reportedly turned up that he had violated quarantine rules intended to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The resignation of Antonio Horta-Osorio, a British-Portuguese national who took the job barely eight months ago, was announced Monday. It’s
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The number of babies born in China fell again last year, adding to pressure on the ruling Communist Party’s ambitions to boost national wealth and global influence with a workforce that has been declining for a decade. Official data showed 10.6 million babies were born in 2021.
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts. Dramatic images from space captured the eruption in real time, as a huge plume of ash, gas and steam was spewed up to 20
Continue Readingolivertapia Hong Kong (CNN) — Una de las armas más poderosas en el arsenal de la Marina de Estados Unidos, el submarino USS Nevada, hizo una rara escala en el puerto de Guam durante el fin de semana, enviando un mensaje a aliados y enemigos en medio de las crecientes tensiones en el Indo-Pacífico, dijeron
Continue ReadingCNN, WFAA By Holly Yan, CNN Behind Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s warm, disarming smile is a leader who’s willing to attack an armed man holding his congregants hostage. On Saturday, a stranger knocked on the door of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. The rabbi, assuming the stranger needed shelter from the cold, invited him in
Continue ReadingCNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Travis Caldwell, Kacey Cherry and Amir Vera, CNN As the FBI investigates the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff as terror-related, the rabbi who was officiating services at the synagogue recalled Monday tossing a chair at the armed intruder before he and his congregants escaped. Recounting Saturday’s “terrifying” encounter to CBS, Rabbi
Continue ReadingBy Eliott C. McLaughlin, Travis Caldwell, Kacey Cherry and Amir Vera, CNN As the FBI investigates the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff as terror-related, the rabbi who was officiating services at the synagogue recalled Monday tossing a chair at the armed intruder before he and his congregants escaped. Recounting Saturday’s “terrifying” encounter to CBS, Rabbi Charlie
Continue ReadingBy MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik goes to court Tuesday, after 10 years behind bars, claiming he is no longer a danger to society and attempting to get an early release from his 21-year sentence. The far-right terrorist has shown no remorse since slaying 77 people
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At an office building in China’s capital on Sunday, masked Covid control personnel lugged boxes of pillows and bedding through the closely guarded entrance for white collar workers stuck inside, preparing for what may be days of lockdown as Beijing rushes to prevent the spread of Omicron ahead
Continue ReadingBy STEVE McMORRAN AND BRUCE MATTHEWS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — To some, it seemed a cloud had been lifted from the Australian Open. To others, Novak Djokovic still was almost palpably present, his name on everyone’s lips on the opening day of the first major tennis tournament of the year. Djokovic left Australia
Continue ReadingBy STEVE McMORRAN AND BRUCE MATTHEWS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — To some, it seems a cloud has been lifted from the Australian Open. To others, Novak Djokovic still is almost palpably present, his name on everyone’s lips on the opening day of the first major tennis tournament of the year. Djokovic left Australia
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird headline the 1980s all-decade team for the NBA, as voted on by AP Sports staffers directly engaged with the NBA At 75 season-long series. Johnson and Bird are joined on the team by Julius Erving, Michael Jordan and Moses Malone.
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