By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The crowd was loving what Bhekumuzi Bhebhe had to say, cheering loudly as he yelled “don’t gas Africa!” into the megaphone. Standing under the baking Egyptian sun at the COP27 UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday, Bhebhe, a South Africa-based climate campaigner, was protesting against what he says is
Continue ReadingBy Dana Santas, CNN For many people, travel is a necessary part of celebrating the holidays with loved ones. This means enduring all the stressful hiccups that can come with traveling and spending time away from the comforts of your own home. Every year, my family kicks off the season by watching the classic comedy
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — “O mueres como un héroe, o vives lo suficiente para convertirte en el villano”, dice Harvey Dent en “The Dark Knight” de Batman, presagiando su descenso de héroe a villano. ¿Se podría decir lo mismo de Cristiano Ronaldo? No es ningún secreto que la superestrella portuguesa no ha disfrutado de un reencuentro
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, Amy Simonson and Amanda Musa, CNN Michael Hollins, the University of Virginia football player who was seriously wounded in Sunday’s mass shooting, was taken off intubation and moved from the hospital’s intensive care unit, a family friend told CNN on Thursday. “Mike is doing better today,” Gipson said. “He is in intermediate
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong leader John Lee has arrived at a regional economic summit in Bangkok in the first appearance by the city’s chief executive at an international event in nearly three years — as the Asian financial hub angles for a comeback. Lee, a US-sanctioned official who has guided Hong Kong through
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted three men of murder for their role in shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet with a Russian surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 people aboard, as the aircraft flew over a separatist-controlled region of eastern Ukraine in 2014.
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN, SAMY MAGDY and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Climate talks appeared stalled late night Thursday on major issues going into the final day, but possibilities for a deal were buoyed by an unexpected proposal by the European Union on two of the thorniest issues, tying compensation for climate
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Obama Foundation program that has trained hundreds of young leaders across Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Europe is being expanded to include the United States. Former President Barack Obama is expected to announce the new program on Thursday during a two-day democracy forum the foundation is co-sponsoring
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hopes for greater cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including on its $500 billion futuristic desert city project. Yoon met the kingdom’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday. It was the prince’s first visit to South Korea since 2019.
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says “sports should not be politicized” only days after it was announced that he would attend the World Cup in Qatar if France reaches the semifinals. Macron is in Bangkok and says issues about Qatar’s human rights record and the environment are “questions you have to ask yourself
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year. The walkouts coincide with Starbucks’ annual Red Cup Day, when the company gives free reusable cups to customers who order
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — China and India, after months of refusing to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine, did not stand in the way of the release this week of a statement by the world’s leading economies that strongly criticizes Moscow. Could this, at last, signal a bold new policy
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La histórica misión Artemis I tomó vuelo en las primeras horas de la mañana del miércoles después de meses de anticipación. El evento histórico dio inicio a un viaje que enviará una nave espacial sin tripulación alrededor de la Luna, allanando el camino para que la NASA regrese a los astronautas a
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spokesperson has accused Canada of acting in a “condescending manner” following a testy exchange between President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that underscores the depths to which the bilateral relationship has fallen. The comments by a Foreign Ministry spokesperson came after Xi chastised Trudeau at the Group
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — American game developer Blizzard Entertainment said Thursday it will suspend most of its game services in mainland China after current licensing agreements with Chinese game company NetEase end, sending NetEase’s shares tumbling. Blizzard, which partnered with NetEase in 2008 to offer popular games such as World
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Massive blackouts that temporarily hit more than a half-dozen cities across Moldova this week have highlighted the impact Russia’s war in Ukraine is having on Europe’s poorest country. The power outages happened Tuesday as the Russian military pounded infrastructure targets across the border
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s army says firefighters have put out a fire in Baghdad airport for a second time this week. The flames broke out at dawn on Thursday on the ground floor of the airport’s VIP hall and caused some material damage but no human losses. Sixteen civil defense
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government increased a tax on the windfall profits of energy companies as part of a 55 billion pound ($65 billion) package of tax increases and spending cuts in an emergency budget designed to restore the nation’s economic credibility and patch
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Bangkok Thursday for the last of three back-to-back international summits held over the past week in Asia — this time for a gathering where the leaders of the United States and Russia will both be absent. That leaves Xi primed to enter the two-day Asia
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The long border between Finland and Russia runs through thick forests and is marked only by wooden posts with low fences meant to stop stray cattle. Soon, a stronger, higher fence will be erected on parts of the frontier. Earlier this month, Polish soldiers began laying
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