Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Es posible que Estados Unidos haya evitado un cierre del Gobierno este sábado, pero la falta de fondos adicionales para Ucrania en el proyecto de ley de gastos ha dejado nerviosos a algunos residentes de la nación devastada por la guerra. Aunque el presidente de Estados Unidos Joe Biden elogió
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A return to growth in China’s manufacturing sector and a boom in travel during the annual “Golden Week” holiday is fueling hopes that the economy could be regaining momentum after a major slowdown this year. China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 50.2 from 49.7
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Authorities in the southern Spanish city of Murcia say two people believed to have been in a nightclub where 13 others died in a fire are still missing. They say the club was operating without a permit. Francisco Jiménez, the central government’s official for the region, says the dead included the nationals
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump arrived in a New York courtroom Monday for the start of the civil fraud trial against him, his eldest sons, their companies and Trump Organization executives. Opening statements in the civil trial over inflated assets in fraudulent financial statements come less
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, WCBS, GETTY, AP IMAGES, NBC, “THE APPRENTICE”, NY ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, Getty/AP Images, NBC/”The Apprentice” By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump arrived in a New York courtroom Monday for the start of the civil fraud trial against him, his eldest sons, their companies and Trump
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese entertainment company that has acknowledged its founder sexually assaulted hundreds of boys over the span of five decades has taken a new name: Smile-Up. It’s vowing to focus on victims’ compensation. Johnny & Associates will eventually fold, but it said on Monday that its performers
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A child standing barefoot, seemingly playing with a bag over their head; an old woman sticking her tongue out during an medical examination; a family sitting in an empty room on Holi Day, staring into the camera; a girl hanging upside down from a tree, her head in another
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Se espera que el humo de los incendios forestales que aún arrasan Canadá cubra parte del noreste de Estados Unidos este lunes, generando neblina en las ciudades de Nueva York y Massachusetts, dicen los meteorólogos. “Los pronósticos actuales indican que una columna de humo de incendios forestales puede llegar a la
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption group says Cyprus needs to hold those at the highest echelons of executive power and law enforcement more accountable to counter an overwhelming public perception of widespread corruption. The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) said in a report released Monday that Cyprus
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Fast casual Mexican chain Chipotle is facing a lawsuit filed by a federal agency on behalf of a former employee who said she was subject “to a barrage of harassing conduct based on her religion by her supervisor” because she wore a hijab. The religious harassment and retaliation lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Eredivisie match between RKC Waalwijk and Ajax was suspended in the 84th minute on Saturday after RKC goalkeeper Etienne Vaessen was knocked unconscious after colliding with an Ajax player. A club statement released on Sunday said that Vaessen “had a good night” and
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Monday led a delegation of top diplomats on an unannounced visit to Kyiv and dismissed concerns about political tension in the bloc over its long-term support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Though largely symbolic, the informal meeting between EU
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy (CNN) — The United States has condemned China’s reported sentencing of prominent Uyghur academic Rahile Dawut to life in prison, calling for the immediate release of the scholar known for documenting folklore and traditions of the Muslim minority in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. The statement, released by the US State Department Friday,
Continue ReadingBy Carolyn O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style newsletter, an eight-part series that guides you in an expert-backed eating lifestyle that’s good for your health. Toss toasted pecans into a salad instead of croutons. Add chopped walnuts to Saturday morning’s pancake mix. Swirl some peanut butter into the sauce
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief has announced a hike in the national minimum wage. Jeremy Hunt said at the governing Conservative Party’s annual conference on Monday that the hourly rate for workers 23 and older will rise in April from 10.42 pounds, or $12.70, to at least 11
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON, MIKE CORDER and MADDIE BURAKOFF Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic — technology that’s also being studied to fight cancer and other diseases. Hungarian-American Katalin
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Philippe has made landfall in the tiny island of Barbuda as it unleashes heavy rains and flash floods in the northeast Caribbean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Philippe was about 80 miles east-southeast of St. Martin on Monday night. Top sustained winds were at
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has called on oil and gas companies to be “central to the solution” to fighting climate change as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising energy prices. His remarks on Monday
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s allies are scrambling to head off a right-wing revolt to oust the California Republican from his job and turning to the constituency that now suddenly holds the cards: House Democrats. One idea moderate Republicans are proposing to
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s allies are scrambling to head off a right-wing revolt to oust the California Republican from his job and turning to the constituency that now suddenly holds the cards: House Democrats. One idea moderate Republicans are proposing to
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