THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog says it found no evidence to support a claim by Syria that its forces were attacked using toxic gas in 2017. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Tuesday that its fact-finding mission concluded that “there are no reasonable grounds to determine that
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — We may find fireworks beautiful and festive, but they explode like magnified gunfire in the exquisitely sensitive ears of many of our pets. Measuring between 150 and 175 decibels, fireworks are louder than many planes at takeoff (about 140 decibels). Decibels measure the loudness of a sound while
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — We may find fireworks beautiful and festive, but they explode like magnified gunfire in the exquisitely sensitive ears of many of our pets. Measuring between 150 and 175 decibels, fireworks are louder than many planes at takeoff (about 140 decibels). Decibels measure the loudness of a sound while hertz
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Mostafa Salem and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Eight people were injured after a car driver rammed into pedestrians near a Tel Aviv shopping center and then got out of the vehicle to stab civilians, Israeli officials said Tuesday. The attack came as Israeli forces continued military operations in the occupied West
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Mostafa Salem and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Eight people were injured after a car driver rammed into pedestrians near a Tel Aviv shopping center and then got out of the vehicle to stab civilians, Israeli officials said Tuesday. The attack came as Israeli forces continued military operations in the occupied West
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Residents of 12 states in the South and Midwest are more likely to smoke – and to smoke more – than people living in the rest of the United States, according to a new report. Truth Initiative, a nonprofit focused on ending tobacco use, has dubbed that group of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos Joe Biden anunció este lunes su intención de postular a Elliott Abrams, un exfuncionario del expresidente Donald Trump con un pasado controvertido en América Latina, para la Comisión Asesora bipartidista de Estados Unidos sobre Diplomacia Pública. Elliott Abrams, quien ha servido en tres gobiernos republicanos,
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk has just kicked up a notch. Zuckerberg’s Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has teased a new app that is set to take on Twitter by offering a rival space for real-time conversations online. The app is called Threads and
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk has just kicked up a notch. Zuckerberg’s Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has teased a new app that is set to take on Twitter by offering a rival space for real-time conversations online. The app is called Threads and
Continue ReadingCNN By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk has just kicked up a notch. Zuckerberg’s Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has teased a new app that is set to take on Twitter by offering a rival space for real-time conversations online. The app is called Threads
Continue ReadingCNN By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk has just kicked up a notch. Zuckerberg’s Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has teased a new app that is set to take on Twitter by offering a rival space for real-time conversations online. The app is called Threads
Continue ReadingDORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has signed midfielder Felix Nmecha from league rival Wolfsburg despite misgivings over homophobic and transphobic social media posts that the player shared. Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke and club president Reinhold Lunow say in a joint statement, “He completely convinced us during intensive talks that he does not hold
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Categoría final de Jeopardy: la Guerra Revolucionaria de Estados Unidos. La respuesta es: La última batalla de la guerra de independencia de Estados Unidos se libró en este continente. Suena la música y escribe tu respuesta. Si has dicho “América del Norte” y has apostado todo tu bote, has perdido.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The lofty ideals to which France has long aspired are embossed on coins and carved above school doors across the land. Yet they are the polar opposite of what some French people who are Black or brown saw in a shocking video of a
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Un tiroteo justo antes de la medianoche de este lunes en Fort Worth, Texas, dejó al menos tres muertos y otros 8 heridos, según el Departamento de Policía de Fort Worth. La Policía cree que 10 de las víctimas son adultos y una víctima es un menor, según un comunicado de
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday blocked a Florida election law that would have set limits on voter registration in the state. Chief US District Judge for the Northern District of Florida Mark E. Walker said while it’s correct for the state to “seek integrity” in its electoral system, “Florida’s
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, Christine Sever and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Gunfire erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, leaving at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said. Ten of the victims are adults and one a minor, according to a news release from the Fort Worth Police Department’s homicide unit.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Como muchos estadounidenses, cuando Vanessa Steinkamp quedó atrapada en su casa, al principio de la pandemia de covid-19, inició sesión en Twitter para hablar con el mundo exterior. A esta maestra y madre de tres niños en edad escolar en Dallas le preocupaba que las aulas cerradas perjudicaran a los
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Lawmakers in Hungary have passed a controversial bill affecting the country’s teachers. The law passed Tuesday cements a new regime in public education that has elicited months of protests and strikes by teachers and their students. The law revokes teachers’ status as public employees, increases allowable
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A helicopter has crashed during landing in the Swiss Alps, but all five people aboard were unharmed. Local media reported that the helicopter belonging to Swiss airline Air Zermatt was caught in turbulence Tuesday during the approach and hit the ground hard. The rotor blades touched the ground and the helicopter tipped
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