By Maureen O’Hare, CNN There are many ways to explore the seven mountains that surround the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage city of Bergen on Norway’s fjord-studded west coast. The newest, however, might well be record-breaking. A three-kilometer-long (1.8-mile) cycling and pedestrian tunnel has been blasted through the base of Løvstakken mountain and its makers say
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Fox News settled a major defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million on Tuesday, according to the voting machine company that sued the top cable news network. The settlement avoids a trial that could have shed additional light on former President Donald Trump’s election lies, revealed more about how
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China denied all accusations of an overseas police presence, saying Tuesday that the United States was making “groundless accusations” after U.S. law enforcement arrested two men in New York for establishing a secret police station. “The relevant claims have no factual basis, and there is no
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un hombre blanco de 84 años acusado de disparar contra un adolescente negro que fue a la dirección equivocada de Kansas City para recoger a sus hermanos dijo a la Policía que no intercambiaron palabras antes de que él le disparara a través de una puerta de cristal cerrada con
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — YouTube anunció este martes una serie de cambios en la forma en que trata el contenido relacionado con los trastornos alimentarios. Hace mucho tiempo que la plataforma eliminó el contenido que glorifica o promueve los trastornos alimentarios, y las pautas de la comunidad de YouTube ahora también prohibirán el contenido
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order containing more than 50 directives to increase access to child care and improve the work life of caregivers, the White House said Tuesday. But the directives would be funded out of existing commitments, the White House said. That likely
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer A snooker table vandalized by a climate activist during a match at the world championship was reclothed overnight and back in play at the Crucible Theatre on Tuesday. The green baize on Table 1 at the venue in Sheffield, England, turned orange at the start of the evening session
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer A snooker table vandalized by a climate activist during a match at the world championship was reclothed overnight and back in play at the Crucible Theatre on Tuesday. The green baize on Table 1 at the venue in Sheffield, England, turned orange at the start of the evening session
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order in the Rose Garden that issues more than 50 directives across nearly every Cabinet-level agency in an effort to expand access to long-term care and child care. Biden, flanked by child care and family care advocates and providers, called the executive order
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov can only watch his teammates open the Stanley Cup playoffs as he recovers from knee surgery. Svechnikov sounded the pregame “storm warning” siren for the team to take the ice in Monday’s 2-1 playoff win against the New York Islanders.
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv ¿Cómo será la temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico? El FBI arresta a presuntos agentes chinos. SpaceX retrasa el lanzamiento del Starship, el cohete más poderoso jamás construido. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. ¿Por qué un hombre le disparó a un adolescente en Kansas City? Un
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard will remain with the Jumbo-Visma team until the end of 2027. The Dutch outfit says Vingegaard extended his contract by three years. Vingegaard defeated Tadej Pogacar to win cycling’s biggest race last year. Jumbo-Visma is one of the most potent teams in men’s road cycling.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER, RANDALL CHASE and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Fox News agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company’s lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020 presidential election. The stunning settlement emerged just
Continue ReadingBELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton says he’s optimistic that one of Northern Ireland’s main political parties will soon end a boycott that has kept the regional government on ice for more than a year. Clinton said he met Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson on Monday, and “I left that
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Scotland police say the treasurer of the Scottish National Party has been arrested in a party finance probe. Colin Beattie, a member of Scottish Parliament, was arrested Tuesday in an investigation into how 600,000 pounds ($745,000) designated for a Scottish independence campaign was spent. The arrest comes two weeks after the party’s
Continue ReadingTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian President Kais Saied has met with Syria’s chief diplomat and says his country wants to boost bilateral cooperation and preserve “historical ties of brotherhood” with Damascus. The official TAP news agency reported Tuesday’s meeting. Diplomatic relations between Syria and Tunisia have been cut since 2012 during the civil war that
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says it’s ready to take the “heartbreaking” decision to leave Afghanistan if it can’t persuade the Taliban to let local women work for the organization. U.N. Development Program head Achim Steiner tells The Associated Press that U.N. officials are negotiating with the Afghan
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — “No necesitamos ni queremos una estación de policía secreta en nuestra gran ciudad”, dijo este lunes Breon Peace, fiscal federal para el Distrito Este de Nueva York, expresando el sentimiento probable de muchos estadounidenses ante la noticia de que el FBI arrestó a dos presuntos agentes del gobierno chino acusados
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri and Tara Subramaniam, CNN At least 13 people have died from heatstroke in India’s western Maharashtra state after attending a state award ceremony on Sunday at which a senior government official was present, police officials have confirmed. In Navi Mumbai, the city where the ceremony was held, between 50 to 60 people
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays. A lower court had ruled against the worker, Gerald Groff, holding that his request would cause an
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