Women’s World Cup: Sweden to play Spain in semifinals after impressive victory over Japan
By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Sweden will face Spain in the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup after beating Japan 2-1 in a thrilling…
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Thousands are evacuated after a builder uncovers a WWII bomb in a Polish town
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 14,000 people have been evacuated in the eastern Polish town of Lublin to allow military experts to remove a massive…
Continue ReadingUsar un reloj Swatch arcoíris en Malasia podría hacerte enfrentar tres años en la cárcel
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Usar un reloj Swatch con temática arcoíris en Malasia ahora podría llevarte a tres años de cárcel, luego…
Continue ReadingJudge Chutkan says Trump’s right to free speech in January 6 case is ‘not absolute’
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set the tone for how she would preside over…
Continue ReadingUkraine backers want Biden to amp up his pitch for the war effort to the American public
By Kylie Atwood, Lauren Fox and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — Ukraine backers on Capitol Hill are itching for President Joe Biden to…
Continue ReadingBiden administration to invest $1.2 billion in projects to suck carbon out of the air
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration will announce on Friday its first major investment to kickstart the US carbon removal…
Continue ReadingEnergy Department announces largest-ever investment in ‘carbon removal’
ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The Department of Energy announced Friday it is awarding up to $1.2 billion to two projects that promise to…
Continue ReadingMore evacuations considered in Norway where the level in swollen rivers continues to rise
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities were on standby to evacuate more people in southeastern Norway Friday,…
Continue ReadingMakkabi Berlin, founded by Holocaust survivors, to be 1st Jewish team in German Cup
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — When Makkabi Berlin takes the field this weekend, the soccer club founded by Holocaust survivors…
Continue ReadingTensions rise as West African nations prepare to send troops to restore democracy in Niger
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African…
Continue ReadingChinese tech giant Huawei reports sales, profit up despite US sanctions
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei says its revenue rose 3% over a year earlier and its profit margin widened in the first half of 2023…
Continue ReadingArizona state fish, the Apache trout, is no longer considered endangered
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 50 years since it was listed as endangered, Arizona’s state fish is looking in much better shape. The U.S. Fish and…
Continue ReadingWith hundreds lost in the migrant shipwreck near Greece, identifying the dead is painfully slow
By ELENA BECATOROS and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nearly two months after a dilapidated fishing trawler crammed with people…
Continue ReadingMaui wildfires kill at least 80 people, and the race to find survivors is grim as countless residents in torched areas remain missing
By Holly Yan, Aya Elamroussi and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — At least 80 people have been killed in Maui’s wildfires, officials said late Friday, as…
Continue ReadingFormer South African President Zuma taken back to prison and released again within 2 hours
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was taken back to prison after…
Continue ReadingGunmen ambush a bus carrying Syrian soldiers, killing 20 in the country’s east
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say gunmen have ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the…
Continue ReadingBritish economy unexpectedly grows by 0.2% in second quarter largely because of June weather boost
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British economy unexpectedly grew in the second quarter of the year, largely as a result of a…
Continue ReadingANÁLISIS | Cómo la corrupción y las guerras entre bandas han transformado Ecuador
Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Los ecuatorianos han quedado inmersos en una sangrienta guerra territorial en la que organizaciones delictivas…
Continue ReadingChina, Russia and Iran are engaged in foreign interference in New Zealand, intelligence agency says
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s domestic intelligence agency says that China, Iran and Russia are…
Continue ReadingDengue outbreak in Bangladesh sparks alarm after 364 people die this year and infections rise
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is recording a higher number of casualties and infections from dengue as more…
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