Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El líder de China, Xi Jinping, ha estado ocupado las últimas semanas. Desde fines del mes pasado, el Xi ha recibido a jefes de Estado y de gobierno de España, Singapur, Malasia, Francia y de la Unión Europea, un ritmo inusual de actividad diplomática que se produce cuando los países
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Friday on a trip to Las Vegas that the newly designated Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in southern Nevada marks a new era of conservation. She said the designation last month by President Joe Biden is important because it requires the Department of
Continue ReadingBy DEBORÁ REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With trembling hands, the bingo players at a Buenos Aires retirement center put the buttons they use as markers on their cards. Small containers hold their betting money, coins and crumpled low-denomination bills that every day seem able to buy less. The twice-weekly game brings
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El actor ganador del Oscar Jamie Foxx permanece hospitalizado en Georgia y bajo observación, dijo a CNN una fuente con conocimiento de la situación. “Le hacen pruebas y tratan de averiguar qué sucedió exactamente”, dijo la persona. Foxx ha estado en Atlanta, Georgia, filmando la película de Netflix “Back in Action”.
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s not making much money from his social media network but estimates it is worth between $5 million and $25 million, according to his personal financial disclosure form filed Friday. He owns about 90% of his social media company, Trump
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Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Nikola Jokic is a finalist to win a third straight NBA MVP award, with Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo the players who can stop him. The three leading vote-getters for the league’s individual awards were announced Friday and the marquee category featured familiar names. Jokic repeated as MVP last year, with
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state charged former NBA star Shawn Kemp on Friday with first-degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cellphone, saying that in a text message just before the shooting, Kemp wrote, “I’m about to shoot this (expletive).” Kemp was arrested
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Last Saturday, Ryan Mejaski of Bend and Joe Wilhite were fishing for kokanee on the Deschutes arm of Lake Billy Chinook without much luck, when they decided to move spots. After casting into a group of small kokanee that were jumping to the surface, his secret lure sank to about five feet when he got a big strike that took off screaming.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, recibirá al presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, en la Casa Blanca el próximo jueves “para reforzar la relación y cooperación mutua entre ambos países”. La secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca, Karine Jean-Pierre, dijo en un comunicado que ambos mandatarios “discutirán cómo Estados
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The head of McLaren Racing made his first appearance at an IndyCar race this season and started Friday by unveiling a special livery series for the Indianapolis 500. Then the head of McLaren’s multi-series global motorsports program hustled across the paddock at the
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Shania Shelton, CNN Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he is not running for president in 2024. “This isn’t our moment,” Pompeo said on Fox News. Pompeo, who had been fueling speculation about a potential bid, said choosing not to run in 2024 was a “deeply personal decision” for
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Este jueves fue arrestado el primer funcionario mexicano presuntamente vinculado con el incendio en un centro de migrantes de Ciudad Juárez que dejó a 40 personas muertas el 27 de marzo. La persona detenida —que aparece en los documentos de consulta pública del Registro Nacional de Detenciones de la Secretaria
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN NBA free agent Miles Bridges, who didn’t play this season, has been suspended for 30 games without pay after a domestic violence incident last summer, the league announced Friday. The league deemed Bridges, a forward who last played for the Charlotte Hornets, would get credit for 20 missed games as part
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El tribunal supremo de Francia aprobó este viernes los impopulares planes del gobierno para aumentar la edad de jubilación en dos años hasta los 64, una gran victoria para el presidente Emmanuel Macron frente a las protestas masivas en todo el país. El Consejo Constitucional, similar a la Corte Suprema de
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Washington Capitals and coach Peter Laviolette have decided to part ways after the team missed the playoffs. General manager Brian MacLellan announced the decision following the end of the organization’s eight-year postseason streak. He described it as a mutual parting. Laviolette coached the Capitals for the past three
Continue ReadingBy Casey Gannon, CNN A Connecticut man who assaulted a Washington, DC, police officer during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was sentenced on Friday to seven and a half years in prison. Patrick McCaughey III, 25, was found guilty on nine charges during a bench trial in September 2022, including seven
Continue ReadingBy CNNE’s Marcos Moreno and Marlon Sorto Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered Jair Bolsonaro to testify before Federal Police within the next 10 days, as part of an investigation into the events of January 8, when the former president’s supporters attacked government buildings. In a Friday press release from the court, Justice Alexandre de Moraes
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Arizona Coyotes coach André Tourigny will direct Canada in the world hockey championship in Tampere, Finland and Riga, Latvia. Hockey Canada announced Friday that Tourigny, from Nicolet, Quebec, will coach the team, with Ottawa coach D.J. Smith, Detroit assistant Alex Tanguay and Canadian women’s coach Troy Ryan serving as assistants. Tourigny
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A CSX train apparently caused sparks as it traveled through its Rockland County, New York, route, creating “dozens of brush fires,” according to the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office. In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office said, “A CSX train traveling through the Town of Clarkstown, Stony Point, Haverstraw, Village of Haverstraw,
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