By ILLIA NOVIKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For days, the Ukrainian teenager has waited in the attic, just down the street from the cemetery of her flooded town, marking time with her 83-year-old grandfather and two other elderly people and hoping for help to escape the deluge of
Continue ReadingCNN By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Cuba has agreed to allow China to build a spying facility on the island that could allow the Chinese to eavesdrop on electronic communications across the southeastern US, two sources familiar with the intelligence told CNN. The US learned about the plan in the last several weeks, the
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Se suponía que la reapertura de China tras la crisis del covid-19 iba a ser el estímulo que el mundo necesitaba. Pero tras un primer estallido de actividad, el crecimiento de la segunda economía mundial parece estancarse. Desilusionados por el deterioro de las perspectivas económicas, los jóvenes acuden en masa
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN High heels no more: Australian airline Qantas has just released new guidelines for its employees regarding grooming and uniform styling. From now on, staff – including cabin crew members – can have long hair (provided it’s worn in a low bun or ponytail), wear makeup or not wear makeup as they
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops, police and rescue workers began forcibly evacuating residents near Mayon Volcano on Friday as its increasing unrest indicated a violent eruption of one of the country’s most active volcanoes is possible within weeks or days. The area within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon’s crater is supposed to be
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s government says the U.N. envoy to the country, a key negotiator in its brutal conflict, is no longer welcome. The announcement late Thursday comes weeks after the head of the country’s military, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, demanded in a letter that envoy Volker Perthes be removed
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are a lot of questions surrounding this year’s Tony Awards and not just about who might win. The Hollywood writers’ strike has left much of Sunday’s telecast with unknowns. There will be performances from the nominated musicals, pre-recorded montages of the plays and acceptance
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The attacks on the rule of law have begun. Moments after news broke on Thursday that disgraced former President Donald Trump had been indicted on federal charges, Fox News and the rest of the MAGA Media universe revved up into attack mode, denigrating the U.S. justice
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The attacks on the rule of law have begun. Moments after news broke on Thursday that disgraced former President Donald Trump had been indicted on federal charges, Fox News and the rest of the MAGA Media universe revved up into attack mode, denigrating the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — For Cypriots, it was a collective “here we go again” moment: In April, the U.S. and the U.K. included a handful of Cypriot nationals and Cyprus-registered companies on a list of “enablers” helping Russian oligarchs skirt sanctions. It was an unwelcome reminder of the lingering perception
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Nate Paul, a real estate investor and close associate of impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has been charged with eight felony counts of financial crimes. The 23-page federal indictment accuses Paul of making false statements to mortgage lenders and credit unions to secure business loans.
Continue ReadingBy TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As Ron DeSantis wrapped up a 12-stop campaign tour that began in an Iowa evangelical church and ended here in a South Carolina convention center, dozens of pastors met backstage to pray for the presidential candidate. Later, to the 1,500 people in the auditorium, DeSantis closed
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — It was Carlos Alcaraz, not Novak Djokovic, who conjured up the “How did he do that?!” shot in the French Open semifinals that went viral in minutes and will be talked about for years. It was Alcaraz, 20, not Djokovic, 36, who had youth on his
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted mostly higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its fourth winning week in a row. The benchmark index edged up 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a gain of 43 points, also 0.1%, and the Nasdaq
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GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We’ll continue our cooling trend to end the work week. Some of us may not reach 70 degrees, even in the warmest parts of the day. Those of us who do will see temperatures in the low 70s. As we warm up, we’ll pick up a 20-40% chance of some more
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A little white pill has given Syrian President Bashar Assad powerful leverage with his Arab neighbors, who have been willing to bring him out of pariah status in hopes he will stop the flow of highly addictive Captagon amphetamines out of Syria. Western governments have been frustrated
Continue ReadingBy TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As Ron DeSantis wrapped up a 12-stop campaign tour that began in an Iowa evangelical church and ended here in a South Carolina convention center, dozens of pastors met backstage to pray for the presidential candidate. Later, to the 1,500 people in the auditorium, DeSantis closed
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot se declaró inocente este viernes ante un tribunal federal en Estados Unidos de los cargos de extorsión y fraude contra la madre de Natalee Holloway, cuya desaparición durante un viaje para celebrar su graduación de secundaria en 2005 se convirtió en un misterio internacional. Van der
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Raj Shah, the Fox Corp. brand protection executive who pushed Fox News in an even more pro-Trump direction after the 2020 election, has left the company. “Raj brought talent and creativity to his role at Fox,” Fox spokesperson Brian Nick told CNN on Thursday. “We appreciate
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come with a downside: illegal growers who offer huge amounts of cash to lease or buy land and then leave behind pollution, garbage and a drained water table. Now, a bill
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