By KRUTIKA PATHI, RISHI LEKHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press BHUBANESWAR, India (AP) — Families of the victims of India’s deadliest train crash in decades filled a hospital in Bhubaneswar city on Monday to try to identify the bodies of relatives, as railway officials recommended a criminal probe of the crash that killed 275 people.
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Joe Biden vowed in 2020 to work “like the devil” to energize Hispanic voters, and flew to Florida seven weeks before Election Day to do just that. But as he stepped to the podium at a Hispanic Heritage Month event near Disney
Continue ReadingBy Ivan Watson, Kunal Sehgal, Deepak Rao and Rhea Mogul, CNN Balasore, Odisha (CNN) — Manto Kumar was traveling on the Coromandel Express with six of his friends when his train compartment began to violently shake like an earthquake. “Suddenly something crashed into us. Some of the coaches rolled to the other side,” the 32-year-old
Continue ReadingMary Novakovich, CNN (CNN) — Mention Dalmatia, and Split and Dubrovnik usually spring to mind. But head to the northern stretch of this coastal Croatian region and you’ll find a road a little less traveled. Croatia’s coast from Zadar to Trogir manages to pack in an astonishing amount of history and culture, as well as
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium is investigating whether weapons it sent to help Ukraine defend its territory were used just over the border in Russia. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo warned Monday against jumping to any conclusions since shipments over decades and different regions can make arms turn up in unexpected places. He says a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A la ex primera ministra de Nueva Zelandia, Jacinda Ardern, que dejó su cargo a principios de año, le fue otorgado el título de dama, una de las más altas condecoraciones del país. El primer ministro, Chris Hipkins, anunció este lunes el nombramiento con motivo de la festividad del cumpleaños
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Switzerland’s UBS says it expects to complete its takeover of longtime rival Credit Suisse as early as next week. The two Zurich-based banks are uniting in a 3 billion-franc ($3.3 billion) deal that was arranged hastily in March by the Swiss government and regulators after Credit Suisse’s stock plunged and jittery depositors
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms — and new research suggests patches or creams may be safer for their blood pressure than pills. As women’s bodies produce lower levels of reproductive hormones during menopause their risk for heart disease
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El actor Brian Cox, protagonista de “Succession”, dice que todavía no ha visto el capítulo final de la serie. “No he visto el final de la serie”, dijo Cox, que interpretó al magnate de los medios Logan Roy, este domingo durante una aparición en el programa de la BBC “Sunday
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Nikki Haley, exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur y aspirante presidencial republicana de 2024, criticó duramente a los principales candidatos del partido en un foro en vivo de CNN en Iowa este domingo. El expresidente Donald Trump, exjefe de Haley cuando se desempeñó como embajadora ante las Naciones Unidas, se equivocó,
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People who use estrogen-only pills during menopause were more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure than those using patches or creams, a new study found. However, doctors who treat menopause say estrogen-only pills are rarely prescribed for high-risk patients, and the overall benefits of hormone replacement therapy
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US federal officials are putting millions of dollars into fixing dangerous intersections where trains and cars meet. The $570 million in infrastructure spending to replace, improve or study grade crossings will reduce the approximately 2,000 train-vehicle collisions that happen every year, the Biden administration said. The collisions kill about
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Kylie Atwood, CNN Washington (CNN) — Ukraine has cultivated a network of agents and sympathizers inside Russia working to carry out acts of sabotage against Russian targets and has begun providing them with drones to stage attacks, multiple people familiar with US intelligence on the matter told CNN. US
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It’s been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key Normandy tourism magnet is being celebrated until November with exhibits, dance shows and concerts. French President Emmanuel Macron is heading
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona is not giving up hope of seeing Lionel Messi returning to the club despite increasing speculation about a pending move to Saudi Arabia. His father says his son prefers to go back to the Catalan club. Barcelona continues to work on restructuring its finances to
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-year-old golf phenom Rose Zhang etched her name in the history books yet again on Sunday, edging Jennifer Kupcho in a sudden death playoff at the Mizuho Americas Open to become the first player to win an LPGA tournament in her professional debut in 72 years. After
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has welcomed Venzuelan President Nicolas Maduro on an official visit, reaching out to yet another U.S. foe as the oil-rich kingdom engages in a flurry of diplomacy. The state-run Saudi Press Agency says Maduro arrived late Sunday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, where he was
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Tuesday after Wall Street fell on concern the U.S. economy may be weakening following a report that showed growth in service industries slowing. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong rose. Sydney retreated. Oil prices declined. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.2%
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a new media adviser who has tweeted critically against President Joe Biden. The Haaretz daily reported about the appointment late on Sunday. Gilad Zwick, a journalist with a conservative Israeli TV station, has in his tweets called Biden
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and RISHI LEKHI Associated Press BALASORE, India (AP) — Gura Pallay was watching another train pass by the one he was sitting in when he heard sudden, loud screeching. Before he could make sense of what was happening, he was thrown out of the train. Pallay, 24, landed next to the tracks
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