CNN By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine will soon face its second winter at war, and the bold campaigns of a year ago that saw significant gains in Kharkiv and Kherson seem a distant memory. The Ukrainian military is now waging a war of intense attrition against stubborn and larger Russian forces along a
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president broke routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains. The
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t know whether the House could avoid a government shutdown when he met with his divided Republican conference on Saturday morning. But behind closed doors, McCarthy’s unexpected decision to take on his conservative critics quickly came together.
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at the furthest, watery edge of New York City. Air tanks strapped to their backs, they waded into the sea and descended into an environment far different from
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at the furthest, watery edge of New York City. Air tanks strapped to their backs, they waded into the sea and descended into an environment far different from
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Sophie Tanno and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A party headed by a pro-Kremlin figure came out top after securing more votes than expected in an election in Slovakia, official results show, in what could pose a challenge to NATO and EU unity on Ukraine. According to the final tallies released by
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He’s driven a taxi cab, played in a band and protested the Vietnam War. As a New York City judge, Arthur Engoron has resolved hundreds of disputes, deciding everything from zoning and free speech issues to a custody fight over a dog named “Stevie.” Now,
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles. The Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency has adopted plans to scale back groundwater pumping in adherence with a
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he sought to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort. But time is running out, the president said in a warning to Congress. “We
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — A populist former prime minister and his leftist party have won early parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to complete results announced Sunday. Former Prime Minister Robert Fico and the leftist Smer, or Direction, party had
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — One year on from the Kanjuruhan football stadium disaster that killed more than 130 people in Indonesia, families of the victims are calling on authorities to reopen investigations and declare the incident “a serious human rights violation.” Video footage aired by CNN affiliate CNN Indonesia showed emotional scenes as
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is preparing to launch Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. The 142.3-kilometer (88.4-mile) railway is to begin commercial operations Monday, and President Joko Widodo is slated to inaugurated the line. It will cut the travel time
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.04 billion after no one beat the immense odds and won the giant prize. The numbers drawn Saturday night were: 19, 30, 37, 44, 46 and red Powerball 22. Although the game highlights the $1.04 billion prize, that is for a winner who
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona, Philip Wang and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday morning, shortly before the House was scheduled to vote on a government funding bill, an incident the New York Democrat said was an accident. The incident was first
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — An Azerbaijani soldier was killed by a sniper near the border with Armenia on Saturday, according to Azerbaijan’s defense ministry. The ministry said in a press release that the Armenian army opened fire on the Azerbaijani army at noon on Saturday using sniper rifles. CNN is
Continue ReadingBy ALMAZ ABEDJE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When Yared Markos moved to London a quarter century ago, he didn’t see any Ethiopian coffee shops. Now, there are more than a dozen all over a city where tea, coffee’s counterpart, has been a staple for centuries. Markos and other Ethiopian coffee sellers in London say
Continue ReadingBy HENDRA PERMANA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — A year has passed slowly for Devi Athok, an Indonesian man whose two teenage daughters died in a crush of fans at a soccer stadium in East Java in October 2022 after police fired tear gas, setting off a panicked run for the
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — En la época actual, es sencillo asumir que la ciencia ha respondido de manera contundente a las preguntas más importantes relacionadas con naturaleza, o al menos a aquellas que dependen de simples mediciones físicas. Pero hay una pregunta cuya respuesta aún es confusa: ¿cuál es exactamente el río más largo del
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won’t be giving unemployment checks to workers on strike. While state lawmakers passed a bill to make California the third state to do this, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed it Saturday. Newsom says he rejected the bill because the fund the state uses to pay
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Indonesia has launched Southeast Asia’s first-ever bullet train, a high-speed rail line that will connect two of its largest cities. The $7.3 billion project, part of China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative and largely funded by Chinese state-owned firms, opened to the public on Monday following a series of
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