By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Military-ruled Myanmar is allowing prisoners to have family visitors from outside. It’s a right that had been suspended for 3½ years because of the coronavirus pandemic. The rule allowing visitors was confirmed by the military and prison officials on Tuesday. It carries detailed conditions. But it’s the
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian parliament has refused a proposal to hold a vote on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, further delaying the Nordic country’s inclusion in the military alliance. The delay on Tuesday comes as Hungary remains the main hurdle to Sweden’s admission into NATO after Turkish President
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The Georgia State Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban in a ruling Tuesday morning. The ruling reverses a lower court’s decision to void certain sections of the LIFE Act because it was enacted prior to the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision one year ago
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Lilly Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A Nevada State Police trooper was injured Saturday night when he used his own patrol vehicle to stop a wrong-way driver. According to the Nevada Police Union, the unidentified trooper put “himself in harms way” by placing his patrol vehicle
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — For more than a week, Talaat Ghabayen, a citizen of Norway who spent his whole life in Oslo, has waited days and nights at the Gaza Strip’s land crossing with Egypt as his embassy advised, hoping to flee Israel’s bombardment and
Continue ReadingBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he threatened to assault and murder former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The man entered a plea during an initial appearance on Tuesday in federal court in Billings. He has been charged with threats to injure and murder a member of
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Un vistazo a la vida de Mahmoud Abbas, presidente del Gobierno Autónomo Palestino. Personal -Fecha de nacimiento: 1935 -Lugar de nacimiento: Safed, Palestina -Matrimonio: Amina Abbas -Hijos: Tres hijos: Mazen (fallecido en 2002), Yasser y Tareq -Educación: Una licenciatura en la Universidad de Damasco, un Ph. D en la Oriental College
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of firefighters. Atlanta Fire Rescue Chief Roderick Smith told a city council committee of the closures on Monday. Smith told the committee that the department had 17 fire trucks out
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson, CNN London (CNN) — Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil company, said Tuesday its chairman had died suddenly, at the age of 66. “It is with deep regret that we announce the sudden passing of Vladimir Ivanovich Nekrasov,” the company said in a statement posted to its website. “According to the preliminary conclusion of
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An international coalition of climate scientists says in a paper published Tuesday by two lead authors from Oregon State University that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened beyond anything humans have yet seen, to the point that life on the planet is imperiled.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Ricardo Iorio, referente del heavy metal argentino, falleció este martes en su casa, según un comunicado del hospital de la provincia de Buenos Aires cuyo personal acudió a atender la emergencia. El documento, firmado por el director del Hospital Municipal Dr. Raúl Caccavo de Coronel Suárez, agrega sus condolencias a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El bitcoin se dispara y superó los US$ 35.000 por primera vez desde mayo de 2022. Subió un 20% en los últimos cinco días. La famosa criptomoneda volátil ha más que duplicado su valor este año a medida que los inversores se entusiasman con la perspectiva de poder comprar fondos de
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Rebecca Loos no parece contenta con que se repase su historia con David Beckham. La docuserie de Netflix “Beckham” hace un recorrido por la vida de la superestrella del fútbol, incluida una supuesta aventura de hace décadas con Loos, que fue su asistente personal. Loos, que ahora está casada y es
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — “Oppenheimer” may have given the Trinity Site a boost of fame this summer, but for many history buffs, making a pilgrimage to the area is a journey years in the making. Nearly 4,000 people flocked to the Trinity Site this past Saturday, according to the White Sand Missile Range
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Dozens of US states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms. A lawsuit filed by 33 states in
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press EIN BOKEK, Israel (AP) — After Hamas militants attacked Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, killing more than 100 of its 1,100 residents, the Israeli government evacuated many survivors to a hotel near the Dead Sea. On the shores of the salty lake, known for its healing powers, the survivors follow
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN) — Bobi, el perro más viejo del mundo, murió tras alcanzar la casi inconcebible edad de 31 años y 165 días, dijo este lunes Guinness World Records (GWR). Su muerte en un hospital de animales el viernes fue anunciada inicialmente por la veterinaria Dra. Karen Becker. La mujer escribió en Facebook que
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel is vowing again to destroy Hamas, rejecting calls for a cease-fire at a high-level U.N. meeting from the U.N. chief, the Palestinians and many countries and declaring that its war against the extremist group in Gaza is also “the war of the free world.”
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some U.S. lawmakers are demanding that seafood processed in two Chinese provinces be banned from entering the U.S. market because of concerns about rights abuses. They also say Chinese facilities using forced labor should be banned from doing business with American companies. The request, sent by the
Continue ReadingIssy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The ruins of an “incredibly rare” 5,000-year-old tomb have been uncovered on one of the Scottish Orkney Islands, National Museums Scotland said in a statement on Tuesday. The excavation at Holm, East Mainland, Orkney, revealed a stone structure accessed through a 7-meter (23-foot) -long passage and traces of a cairn
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