CNN By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Disney’s live-action movie “The Little Mermaid” brought in $117.5 million at the US box office in the fifth-best opening for Memorial Day weekend in history, according to Box Office Mojo. The remake of the 1989 Disney animated classic stars Halle Bailey as Ariel. Bailey’s adaptation of
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Police in Italy say a high-school student wounded his teacher with a hunting knife and brandished what turned out to be a toy gun at classmates. The attack took place on Monday shortly after classes began in the school in Abbiategrasso, on the outskirts of Milan. Police say the 16-year-old suspect was
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Van Dyk / CTV News Parliamentary Bureau Writer, Producer Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Ontario (CTV Network) — One of the so-called godfathers of artificial intelligence says governments need to move faster on regulations to protect against the dangers of the rapidly advancing technology, before it poses a larger threat
Continue ReadingBy Creeson Agecoutay / Atlantic Bureau Chief, CTV National News Click here for updates on this story Halifax, Nova Scotia (CTV Network) — Farmers in Atlantic Canada are growing increasingly worried about drought, as many regions on the east coast have been classified as drier than usual for this time of year, with little rain
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Little-known Heidenheim has seemingly come out of nowhere to reach the Bundesliga. It’s a remarkable success for a town of just 50,000 inhabitants in the south of Germany. Two injury-time goals propelled Frank Schmidt’s team to a dramatic promotion as second-division champion on Sunday. Heidenheim will
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday emerged as winner of the country’s presidential election, proving himself resilient against the opposition bloc as he extends his rule into a third decade. Official results showed Erdogan winning with 52.1% of the vote, while opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu emerged with 47.9%. Despite
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a judge to oversee an inquiry into allegations that the country supplied arms to Russia on a ship that docked secretly at a naval base in December. The allegations were made this month by the United States’
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — WPP, the world’s largest advertising agency, has teamed up with chipmaker Nvidia to create ads using generative artificial intelligence. The companies announced the partnership Monday, with Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang unveiling WPP’s new content engine during a demo at Computex Taipei. “Generative AI is changing the world
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — You might assume that the opponents for Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in the French Open’s first round would come away from their straight-set losses Monday feeling too overwhelmed by the play of the two tournament favorites. You would be wrong. Forget the scores and the
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The biggest question now the Premier League season is over is who can stop Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s team proved too strong again in winning the title for a fifth time in six years to establish one of the most dominant periods in the history of English soccer. Arsenal,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El exentrenador del París Saint Germain Mauricio Pochettino es nuevo entrenador del Chelsea con un contrato de dos años con opción a un año más por parte del club, anunció este lunes el equipo de la Premier League en un comunicado. “La experiencia de Mauricio, sus estándares de excelencia, sus cualidades de
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it executed two Bahraini men after being convicted of belonging to a militant group wanting to destabilize the two Mideast kingdoms. Amnesty International has criticized their trial as being “grossly unfair.” The Saudi Interior Ministry’s announcement Monday, carried by the state-run
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo have flared anew this week after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings. There have been violent clashes between Kosovo’s police and local Serbs that have left dozens of people injured on both sides.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Chelsea has hired Mauricio Pochettino as manager on a two-year deal with the option of another year. The Argentine coach is tasked with getting the best out of an expensively assembled squad that has underperformed at the start of a new era for the English club. It is Pochettino’s
Continue ReadingNiamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Egypt has announced the discovery of two of the largest workshops ever used to mummify human and animal corpses in ancient times. Two workshops and two tombs were discovered in Saqqara, a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of Cairo, according to Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press In California, members of an under-the-radar, minority religious community are stepping into the public eye to advocate for making the state the first in the nation to outlaw caste bias. They are the Ravidassia — followers of Ravidass, a 14th century Indian guru who preached caste and class equality. There
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una persona más fue rescatada durante la noche después de que un edificio de apartamentos de seis pisos se derrumbara parcialmente en Davenport, Iowa, dijo el jefe de bomberos de la ciudad este lunes por la mañana mientras los equipos con perros de búsqueda continuaban buscando a alguien que todavía
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press FRESNO, California (AP) — For decades, worshipping in temples, Ram Asra has sung spiritual songs known as kirtans. He did so on a recent Sunday at the Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha in Fresno, California, seated cross-legged on a dais in the temple’s prayer hall playing a harmonium. Devotees closed their
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The past winter was a heavy one for respiratory viruses, dominated by surges of RSV, influenza and Covid-19. But just as it was winding down, a little-known virus that causes many of the same symptoms – a lower lung infection, hacking cough, runny nose, sore throat and fever –
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The last Monday of May honors and mourns members of the US armed forces who died serving the country. This year, Memorial Day is on Monday, May 29. Many office workers and school children will see a day off to start the summer season. Here’s what’s open
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