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Month: September 2023

Namibian rugby star Johan Retief out of World Cup after being ‘bitten by a spider’

By James Frater, CNN (CNN) — Namibian rugby star Johan Retief has been ruled out of his country’s final World Cup game against Uruguay later Wednesday, after being “bitten by a spider” at the team’s hotel in Aix-les-Bains, eastern France. Announcing the Namibian side on Monday, head coach Allister Coetzee described Johan Retief’s situation and

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Former Spain women’s coach Jorge Vilda under investigation as part of Luis Rubiales court case

By Pau Mosquera and Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Former Spain women’s soccer coach Jorge Vilda, Spanish national team director Albert Luque, and Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) marketing director Rubén Rivera have been summoned to testify as suspects as part of the case against RFEF’s former president Luis Rubiales, Spain’s National Court announced on

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Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled. What happens next?

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled to Armenia, with many thousands more still scrambling to evacuate, a week after the breakaway region surrendered following a lightning Azerbaijani offensive. More than 50,000 people – including 17,000 children – had fled by Wednesday morning, after Azerbaijan lifted a 10-month blockade

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The candidates went after Biden — and Trump — at the second GOP debate. Follow live updates

By The Associated Press The seven candidates on stage for Wednesday night’s second presidential debate went after President Joe Biden, one another and the absent GOP front-runner. The at-times chaotic event featured staple questions about immigration, economics and abortion but also spawned a new nickname for Donald Trump, included some cringey sexual references and kept

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Bahrain says a third soldier has died after an attack this week by Yemeni rebels on the Saudi border

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s military says a third soldier has died of his wounds after an attack by Yemeni rebels on a Bahraini contingent patrolling Saudi Arabia’s southern border. The attack on Monday, which also wounded a number of soldiers, threatened recent progress in winding down Saudi Arabia’s eight-year war against the

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Students and staff starstruck after Dolly Parton makes music video at school

By Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Students and staff at a Nashville elementary school experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Dolly Parton shot her new music video with Linda Perry at Eakin Elementary School. The song will be on her first-ever Rock album, “Rockstar,” coming out in November. In

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Plans for Poland’s first nuclear power plant move ahead as US and Polish officials sign an agreement

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish and U.S. officials have signed an agreement in Warsaw for the construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant. It’s part of an effort by the central European nation to move away from polluting fossil fuels. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the deal to build the plant in the Pomerania

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Hollywood actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers strike ends

By MARK KENNEDY and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers NEW YORK (AP) — With the Hollywood writers strike over, actors will now get a shot at cutting their own deal with studios and streaming services. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists announced Wednesday night that strike negotiations with studios would resume

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