By NICOLE WINFIELD and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis has urged governments to do more to fight climate change and protect “our common home” as improving weather conditions help firefighters contain wildfires in Greece, Italy and other countries in southern Europe. Francis sent a telegram of condolences to Greece, where
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press AUBURN, Maine (AP) — President Joe Biden used his trip to a textile plant in Maine on Friday to boast about cooling inflation and to make a crack at Republicans who have floated an impeachment inquiry into him. He told the crowd at Auburn Manufacturing Inc.
Continue ReadingBy David McKenzie, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — To many observers, South Africa’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine is puzzling. While the country professes to be “non-aligned,” Western diplomats and policy experts point to a series of actions that they say proves otherwise. Their list is long: South Africa abstaining from votes condemning
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Nota importante: Antes de comenzar cualquier nuevo programa de ejercicios, consulta a tu médico. Detente inmediatamente si sientes dolor. (CNN) — Cuando se trata de bajar la presión arterial, los estudios generalmente han demostrado que los ejercicios aeróbicos o cardiovasculares son los mejores. Ahora, una nueva investigación sugiere que vale la pena
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order giving decisions on the prosecution of serious military crimes including sexual assault to independent military attorneys. The order signed Friday takes that power away from victims’ commanders. The order formally implements legislation passed by Congress last year aimed at
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, murder and other serious crimes. The order, which the administration is calling “the
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden swiped at renewed impeachment talk by top Republicans as he sold his agenda in Maine on Friday, suggesting his economic record was a threat to opponents. “Republicans may have to find something else to criticize me for now that inflation is coming down.
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged Friday despite rising inflation but hinted that it could gradually abandon years of ultra-cheap money, sending the yen soaring and stocks tumbling. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said it kept unchanged its short-term interest rate at minus 0.1% and maintained its target
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Scorching temperatures will reach peak intensity for millions from the Midwest to the Northeast on Friday into Saturday, as other areas that have been suffering for weeks take grim steps to deal with the rising human cost of a record-long heat wave during the planet’s hottest
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong judge has rejected a government request to ban the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong” in a landmark decision. Friday’s ruling favored freedom of expression in the city after Google had resisted official pressure to alter internet search results. It was a setback
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un hombre de Florida fue acusado de homicidio por la muerte en 1993 de Jennifer Odom, una niña de 12 años del área de Tampa que había desaparecido tras bajarse del autobús escolar, informaron el jueves las autoridades. Un jurado investigador acusó a Jeffrey Norman Crum, de 61 años, de
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri has made landfall in China after bringing deadly landslides to the Philippines. The storm plowed into the eastern province of Fujian on Friday morning after bringing heavy rains and gale-force winds to parts of Taiwan. In the Philippines, a week of stormy weather across the main island of Luzon caused
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general asked for national and international support despite rising concerns that the political crisis could hinder the nation’s fight against jihadists and boost Russia’s influence
Continue ReadingBY DREW COSTLEY, JOSEPH B. FREDERICK and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Reyes sought shade under a tree in the Bronx on a day that felt like it was over 100 degrees (38 degrees Celsius) because of the heat and humidity. “It’s not like when you were younger, you were playing
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, Masoud Popalzai. Video by Jessie Gretener and Alessia Tinti (CNN) — Afghans who were promised a home in the United States after their country fell to the Taliban say they have waited so long for the US to process their applications that they are now being sent back to the enemy
Continue ReadingBy FELIPE DANA and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces on Friday struck the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro and pounded a key village in the southeast that Ukraine claimed to have recaptured in its grinding counteroffensive, while Moscow accused Kyiv of firing two missiles at southern Russia and wounding 20
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s rally got back on track Friday following more encouraging profit reports and the latest signal that inflation is loosening its chokehold on the economy. The S&P 500 rose 1% to its highest close in more than 15 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos ordenó el jueves la salida de Haití del personal que no sea de emergencia, en el marco del deterioro de la situación de seguridad en el país. “El 27 de julio de 2023, el Departamento de Estado ordenó la salida de los familiares
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man has been charged with murder in the 1993 death of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom, a Tampa-area girl who had disappeared after getting off her school bus, authorities said Thursday. A grand jury indicted Jeffrey Norman Crum, 61, on charges of murder, kidnapping and sexual battery in connection
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae and Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea’s “firm support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine emboldens the two countries’ determination to cope with Western nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech to North Korean officials on Thursday, according to a report in North Korean state media. Putin
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