By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Duarte Mendonca and Marcelo Medeiros, CNN (CNN) — At least 11 people, including four children, were killed after a building collapsed in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco on Friday, according to CNN affiliate CNN Brasil, citing the state’s Secretariat of Social Defense (SDS.) The children who died were ages five, eight, 12
Continue ReadingBy ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A solemn peace march has started through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The annual 100-kilometer (60-mile) march on Saturday retraces a route taken by thousands of men and boys from the Bosniak
Continue ReadingLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a fire in a passenger van in eastern Pakistan killed seven people, including two children. The dead included four members of the same family — a woman, her daughter and her two granddaughters. Eight passengers received burn injuries of various degrees. The official said the incident occurred
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says Russian fighter jets have “harassed” American drones over Syria for the third day in a row. Tension between Russian and U.S. forces is not uncommon in Syria as both countries conduct patrols on the ground as well as overflights. The U.S. military said
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The International Tennis Federation has awarded Justine Henin its highest honor, the Philippe Chatrier Award. Henin won seven Grand Slam singles titles, an Olympic gold medal, and was part of Belgium’s team that won the Fed Cup in 2001. The award is named after the former ITF president and was introduced in
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — We have seen enough of artificial intelligence to know the term is, quite often, a misnomer. Publicly available AI programs still churn out hilariously telling moments of non-intelligence as concepts like ears, the correct number of fingers, a natural voice cadence or cohesive complex thought continue to evade them.
Continue ReadingBy FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 500th day of the war Saturday by hailing the country’s soldiers in a video from a Black Sea island that became the symbol of Ukraine’s resilience in the face of the Russian invasion. Speaking from Snake Island, Zelenskyy honored the
Continue ReadingBy Abby Turner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has hit the 2024 campaign trail and is giving voters a preview of what a second Trump presidency could look like if he’s elected. He’s made many campaign promises – many of which are often vague and lacking in details or specifics – including ending
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the country’s ruling party and leave politics, after his government collapsed over immigration policy, Dutch national broadcaster and CNN affiliate NOS reported. The inveterate survivor of Dutch politics, nicknamed “Teflon Mark”
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the country’s ruling party and leave politics, after his government collapsed over immigration policy, Dutch national broadcaster and CNN affiliate NOS reported. The inveterate survivor of Dutch politics, nicknamed “Teflon Mark”
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has visited the king to hand in the resignation of his four-party coalition, setting the deeply divided Netherlands on track for a general election later this year. The vexed issue of reining in migration that has troubled countries across Europe
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Subway is the largest restaurant chain in the US and one of the most recognizable fast food brands in the world. But in recent years, it has struggled. Thousands of Subway stores have closed since 2016. The company has had to coax back eaters who switched
Continue ReadingCNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: epic cruise experiences around the world, crocodile ramen and other wild food trends hitting Asia, plus tourist misbehavior in Italy and the airline passenger who found the plane floor soaked in blood. The new cruise era Construction is complete on the world’s biggest
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: epic cruise experiences around the world, crocodile ramen and other wild food trends hitting Asia, plus tourist misbehavior in Italy and the airline passenger who found the plane floor soaked in blood. The new cruise era Construction is complete on the world’s biggest cruise
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (AP) — An updated news report says a shooting at a party in Texas wounded six people, fewer than previously reported. KVIA-TV reports police in El Paso say the shooting happened in a neighborhood near the El Paso Country Club in the city’s Upper Valley area around 9:45 p.m. Friday. Citing police,
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Northwestern University has suspended head football coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay following an investigation into allegations of hazing within the Wildcats’ program, the school announced Friday. The independent investigation, conducted by a former Illinois inspector general, began in December to review a complaint
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The world is blasting through climate records as scientists sound the alarm: The likelihood is growing that 2023 could be the hottest year on record, and the climate crisis could be altering our weather in ways they don’t yet understand. And they are not holding back – “extraordinary,” “terrifying”
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese political and business leaders are marking one year since the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to tackle pressing political goals as a way of honoring Abe’s wishes. At a Buddhist temple Zojoji in Tokyo, Kishida and other mourners on Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina law enforcement officials say there is “no danger to the transgender community” as a transgender teenager was found dead this week after going missing and two suspects were taken into custody. Family members reported Jacob Williamson, 18, as a missing person to authorities in
Continue ReadingBy LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A pair of colorful children’s scooters rest against the yellow tracks of a battle tank, parked in the shade of skyscrapers in the Vilnius business district. The area, usually busy with cars, cyclists and pedestrians, is closed to traffic and packed with heavy armored vehicles. “Never
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