Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Andy Rourke, bajista de la legendaria banda de rock inglesa The Smiths, murió a los 59 años después de una batalla contra el cáncer de páncreas, anunció este viernes su excompañero de banda. “Con profunda tristeza anunciamos el fallecimiento de Andy Rourke después de una larga enfermedad con cáncer de
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El sencillo “Flowers” de Miley Cyrus de 2023, una canción de su último álbum “Endless Summer Vacation”, se convirtió en la canción más rápida en cruzar mil millones de transmisiones en Spotify en mayo luego de su lanzamiento a principios de este año. Parte de (o quizás gran parte) de
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Incluso antes de que sonara el silbato final en el 4-0 ante el Manchester City en la semifinal de la Liga de Campeones este miércoles, los jugadores del Real Madrid parecían haber aceptado su destino. El equipo español fue superado, y con creces, durante casi la totalidad de los 90
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday. He was 59. In a lengthy post on Instagram, guitarist and songwriter Marr paid
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China says Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Beijing next week for talks, marking the latest exchange in a relationship in which Russia is becoming increasingly reliant on China for economic and diplomatic support. Meanwhile, one of Beijing’s top diplomats at the U.N. again criticized Western arms sales to Ukraine, saying
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has received an Interpol notice for the country’s embattled central bank governor who failed to answer summons and show up in Paris earlier in the week for questioning in a graft case, officials said. France, Germany, and Luxembourg are investigating the governor, Riad Salameh, and his
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Brad Cox-trained First Mission has been scratched from the Preakness on the advice of veterinarians, taking one of the top contenders out of the Triple Crown race 36 hours before post time. Owner Godolphin and the Maryland Jockey Club announced the scratch early Friday, saying vets
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Brad Cox-trained First Mission has been scratched from the Preakness on the advice of veterinarians, taking one of the top contenders out of the Triple Crown race 36 hours before post time. Owner Godolphin and the Maryland Jockey Club announced the scratch early Friday, saying vets
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied in Serbia on Friday for a third time in a month in protests following two mass shootings, even as government officials in the Balkan country rejected opposition criticism of the way they handled the crisis. The protesters
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has an ambitious goal to reduce the country’s homelessness by 25% before 2025. In a move to accelerate those efforts, federal officials this week launched a new initiative to swiftly house unsheltered people in some of the nation’s hardest-hit cities. Here’s what else you need to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has an ambitious goal to reduce the country’s homelessness by 25% before 2025. In a move to accelerate those efforts, federal officials this week launched a new initiative to swiftly house unsheltered people in some of the nation’s hardest-hit cities. Here’s what else you need
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has an ambitious goal to reduce the country’s homelessness by 25% before 2025. In a move to accelerate those efforts, federal officials this week launched a new initiative to swiftly house unsheltered people in some of the nation’s hardest-hit cities. Here’s what else you need
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Jane Fonda has revealed that a film director once asked to sleep with her “to see what my orgasms were like.” The legendary Hollywood star made the startling revelation this week when she appeared on the Bravo talk show “Watch What Happens Live.” In a section called “Plead the
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to continue with his unorthodox policy of cutting interest rates to reduce sky-high inflation if he is re-elected on May 28. “Please do follow me in the aftermath of the elections, and you will see that inflation will be going down
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Hong Kong (CNN) — Cuando los líderes de siete de las democracias más poderosas del mundo se reúnan en Japón este viernes, serán las potencias autoritarias de China y Rusia las que dominen la agenda. La cumbre anual del Grupo de los Siete (G7), que se reúne este año en Hiroshima, tratará
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The phrase “nobody’s perfect” just might not apply to José Mourinho when it comes to European soccer finals. The 60-year-old Mourinho has won all five of the European finals in which the teams he has coached have appeared, and he now has an opportunity to add to his 100%
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La nostálgica partitura de las películas de “Indiana Jones”, compuesta por John Williams, se reprodujo mientras el actor Harrison Ford subía al escenario del Gran Teatro Lumière de Cannes para aceptar su Palma de Honor honorífica este jueves. Estridentes aplausos resonaron en el teatro cuando Ford recibió su estatuilla. “Estoy
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los abogados de la armera de la película “Rust” Hannah Gutiérrez Reed presentaron una moción este jueves para desestimar el caso en su contra por el tiroteo fatal de Halyna Hutchins en el set de rodaje, según documentos judiciales presentados en el Tribunal del Primer Distrito Judicial del condado Santa
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkey has a “special” and growing relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin despite mounting pressure on Ankara to help bolster Western sanctions against Moscow, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an exclusive interview ahead of next week’s presidential election runoff. “We are not at
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A judge soon could decide if the writings of a shooter who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults in March at a Christian school in Nashville become public as parties with competing interests in the case – and the broader battle over US firearms access – have sparred in
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