By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Once again, Barcelona couldn’t do enough to entice Lionel Messi. Nearly two years after the club was forced to let Messi go against his will because of its financial struggles, Barcelona again missed out on a chance to bring the World Cup winner back. The 35-year-old
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Durante días, las imágenes de Nueva York ahogándose en esmog han dejado atónitos a Estados Unidos, mientras los residentes luchan por lidiar con el desafío desconocido de la severa contaminación del aire. El humo, originado por los incendios forestales en Canadá, ha llevado a las autoridades a emitir alertas sobre
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — The 20 countries that use the euro fell into a mild recession around the turn of the year, as high inflation discouraged consumer spending and governments tightened the purse strings. In the first three months of the year, economic output in the eurozone dropped 0.1% compared with the
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Al menos ocho personas, entre ellas niños, resultaron heridas este jueves por un individuo armado con un cuchillo en la ciudad francesa de Annecy, según informó el ministro del Interior de Francia, Gérald Darmanin, en su cuenta oficial de Twitter. “Varias personas, entre ellas niños, han resultado heridas por un individuo
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. The children between 22 months and 3 years old suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — What do late former US president George H. W. Bush, ’60s muse Jane Birkin and rapper Wiz Khalifa all have in common? Despite their vastly differing personal styles and occupations, they have all been spotted in a pair of Gucci horsebit loafers. This year marks the 70th anniversary of
Continue ReadingCNN By Olga Voitovych, Yulia Kesaieva, Fred Pleitgen, Radina Gigova, Sarah Dean and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russian forces have been shooting at Ukrainian rescuers trying to reach flooded areas in the Kherson region that are under Russian control, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday. Rescuers are trying to evacuate thousands of people in
Continue ReadingBy VASILISA STEPANENKO and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have shelled a southern Ukrainian city that was inundated in a catastrophic dam collapse. They said that forced a suspension of some rescue work hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to the area to assess the damage. At
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — The photos and videos out of the Northeast look like scenes from “Mad Max,” as a monstrous cloud of smoke spewed by Quebec’s wildfires engulfed communities. The air is an eerie shade of orange and the visibility is low. Distant buildings that you would otherwise be able to see
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says a bombing in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province killed at least 13 people during a memorial service. A former Taliban police official was among those killed and more than 30 were wounded in the attack. Local authorities later said a suicide bomber hit on
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, Xiaofei Xu and Oliver Briscoe, CNN (CNN) — Four toddlers were hospitalized after a brutal stabbing attack on Thursday in Annecy, France, that triggered a wave of panic in the Alpine town. Two adults were also injured in the attack, at least one of them requiring surgery, Annecy mayor François Astorg said.
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, Michelle Watson, Elizabeth Wolfe and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The human remains found in southeastern Minnesota this week are of Madeline Kingsbury, a mother who was last seen alive on March 31, police confirmed Thursday. “Unfortunately, while this discovery is not what we were hoping for, we are thankful to
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A train is being recovered from an Austrian tunnel where it got stuck when a fire broke out, forcing rescuers to evacuate the 151 people on board. The regional government in Tyrol province said that 33 people were slightly injured in Wednesday evening’s incident and taken to hospitals for evaluation. Smoke inhalation
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A medida que los funcionarios estatales elevan el nivel de advertencia por la erupción del volcán Kilauea en Hawai, destacan una serie de lugares seguros para los miles de personas que se espera que acudan en masa al área para disfrutar de la magnífica vista. El Volcán Kilauea vuelve a
Continue ReadingKGO By Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — An Air India flight sent to the remote Russian city of Magadan to pick up its stranded passengers has landed safely in San Francisco, the airline said Thursday. “All our passengers are being extended maximum on-ground assistance with clearance formalities and
Continue ReadingBy RICK RYCROFT and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian man who admitted killing a gay American by punching him off a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Scott Phillip White had pleaded guilty in the New South Wales state Supreme Court to Los
Continue ReadingPARIS Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform have failed to pass a repeal bill. It was their latest effort to maintain the retirement age at 62. Centrist opposition group LIOT decided to withdraw its bill a couple of hours after the heated debate started because the text had been emptied of its initial
Continue ReadingPUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Indonesia have signed agreements to end longstanding sea border disputes and vowed to bolster cooperation to fight “highly detrimental discriminatory” measures against palm oil. Visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday witnessed the signing of two landmark treaties on the delimitation of the
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Elite wrestlers who are demanding the resignation and arrest of India’s wrestling federation president for allegedly sexually harassing young athletes have suspended their protests after the country’s sports minister promised a swift investigation. The protesting wrestlers have been staging a protest in the center of New
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Elite wrestlers who are demanding the resignation and arrest of India’s wrestling federation president for allegedly sexually harassing young athletes have suspended their protests after the country’s sports minister promised a swift investigation. The protesting wrestlers have been staging a protest in the center of New
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