By Ben Church, CNN Sweltering deserts, giant rainforests and dangerous wildlife are just some of the hurdles that Russell Cook says he’ll encounter as he attempts to complete the gargantuan task of running the length of Africa. Starting at the most southerly point in South Africa, the 26-year-old Briton is aiming to reach the most
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN The national public health emergency around Covid-19 officially ends in the United States on Thursday, May 11, more than three years after it was first declared. This comes as the World Health Organization announced last week that Covid-19 no longer constitutes a global health emergency. What does all this mean about
Continue ReadingCNN, CDC, THE WHITE HOUSE By Katia Hetter, CNN The national public health emergency around Covid-19 officially ends in the United States on Thursday, May 11, more than three years after it was first declared. This comes as the World Health Organization announced last week that Covid-19 no longer constitutes a global health emergency. What
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El número total de muertos desde que comenzaron los ataques aéreos sobre Gaza al amanecer del martes aumentó a 25, según el Ministerio de Sanidad palestino en Gaza. De las 25 personas fallecidas, 15 murieron el martes, siete el miércoles y tres este jueves, según el Ministerio. El Ministerio informó también
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt and Hanna Ziady, CNN Two men have died after a shooting at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, southern Germany on Thursday, police and the company said. The perpetrator, a 53-year old man, has been arrested and there is no longer any danger to employees at the plant, the Ludwigsburg police said on
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN China has appointed the head of its powerful new financial watchdog, which was created as part of sweeping reforms aimed at reining in the $60 trillion industry. Li Yunze, a career banker working for decades at China’s state-owned lenders, will become the Communist Party chief of the National Financial Regulatory Administration
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The top U.N. human rights body has adopted a resolution concerning mounting civilian deaths and rights abuses in Sudan since a bloody conflict erupted between the African country’s two top generals last month. Member states of the Human Rights Council narrowly passed on Thursday the resolution with 18 states voting in favor,
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED and RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, whose arrest earlier this week sparked a wave of violence across the country by his supporters. For this nation accustomed to military takeovers, political crises and violence, the turmoil is unprecedented.
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Este miércoles se registraron más de 70 tormentas en todo Estados Unidos debido a una nueva ronda de fuertes tormentas que trajeron consigo informes de tornados, granizo de gran tamaño y ráfagas de viento dañinas. Hasta el momento se registraron 11 tornados, siete de ellos en Colorado y dos en Kansas
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says that in her personal opinion, the United States should adopt a different system for national finances that might forestall repeated standoffs with Congress over spending. Emphasizing that it was her own opinion, not the position of the Biden administration, Yellen
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Protecting a narrow, four-vote majority, Republican leaders in the House are making clear that they intend to let the legal process play out with New York Rep. George Santos before they take steps to force his resignation or expel him. The freshman congressman was accused Wednesday by
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in remarks broadcast Thursday that Kyiv is delaying its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia’s occupying forces because Ukraine lacks enough Western weapons to succeed without suffering too many casualties. His remarks, in an interview with European broadcasters, were aired shortly
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN Police in northern India have arrested five suspects in connection with a series of homemade bomb explosions this week near Amritsar’s Golden Temple, the holiest shrine in Sikhism. Gaurav Yadav, police deputy commissioner in the state of Punjab, told a news conference Thursday that the blasts on May
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Jacklyn Zeman, who became one of the most recognizable actors on daytime television during 45 years of playing nurse Bobbie Spencer on ABC’s “General Hospital,” has died. She was 70. Zeman died of cancer, her family confirmed Wednesday. News of her death was first announced by the show’s executive producer,
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — La Secretaria del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Janet Yellen, instó este jueves al Congreso a elevar el techo de su deuda, advirtiendo de que un impago estadounidense produciría una “catástrofe económica y financiera” que desencadenaría una recesión económica mundial y podría socavar su liderazgo global. “Un impago amenazaría los logros que
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Rosa Flores, CNN Along border fences from California to Texas, crowds of undocumented migrants shelter in tents or queue in lines to be processed. Many made long journeys on foot or boarded freight trains in hopes of reaching the other side of the border and applying for asylum. “Can we make
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Through all the obstacles students have faced over the last three years, Marine Corps JROTC cadets have risen to the challenge through their participation in the 2022-2023 JROTC Leadership & Academic Bowl. The cadets from Redmond High School MCJROTC have proven their ability to overcome and succeed despite those obstacles.
Continue ReadingBy FARES AKRAM and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed two militant commanders Thursday, while a 70-year-old man was killed by Palestinian rocket fire in the first fatality inside Israel amid the current wave of fighting. The continuing bloodshed, which has left 30
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Authorities around the world are racing to draw up rules for artificial intelligence, including in the European Union, where draft legislation faced a pivotal moment on Thursday. A European Parliament committee voted to strengthen the flagship legislative proposal as it heads toward passage, part of a
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has raised interest rates to their highest level since late 2008 as it continues to combat stubbornly high inflation in the U.K. The decision on Thursday by the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee to lift its main interest rate by a quarter of
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