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Month: October 2023

EU stops short of calling for ceasefire in Gaza ahead of UN vote as Gaza crisis escalates

CNN By Helen Regan, Eyad Kourdi and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — European Union leaders have stopped short of calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, instead appealing for humanitarian “pauses” to provide aid, as the UN warned its operations were being “paralyzed” by Israel’s bombardment of the besieged enclave. The communique, released after meetings Thursday in

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An Al Jazeera journalist learned his family had been killed while on the air. It offered the world a glimpse of the horrors in Gaza

CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Al Jazeera is grieving. The Qatari-funded news network said Wednesday that an Israeli air strike had killed the family of its Gaza bureau chief, Wael Al-Dahdouh — a devastating reality that Dahdouh learned on-air while reporting on the Israel-Hamas war. “The Al Jazeera Media Network extends its sincere

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As rainforests worldwide disappear, burn and degrade, a summit to protect them opens in Brazzaville

By CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press Leaders from Brazil, Indonesia, Republic of Congo and other countries with the three largest tropical forest basins are meeting to form a coalition to protect tropical forests from deforestation and destruction. They’ll discuss how to finance the protection of their wildlife-rich regions and how best to work together. The countries

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Harris will attend an AI summit at a UK estate that was a base for World War II codebreakers

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.K. prime minister is defending China’s invitation to a summit on artificial intelligence that Vice President Kamala Harris will attend next week. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says there can be no serious strategy for drawing up guardrails for artificial intelligence without at least

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Swedish court acquits Russian-born businessman of spying for Moscow

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Russian-born Swedish businessman has been acquitted of collecting information for Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, for almost a decade. Sergey Skvortsov, 60, had been accused of “gross illegal intelligence activities against Sweden and against a foreign power,” namely the United States. The Stockholm District Court said Thursday that Skvortsov had largely

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Un tribunal japonés dictamina que es “inconstitucional” exigir la esterilización a personas trans en un caso histórico en el país

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El máximo tribunal de Japón dictaminó que un requisito gubernamental para que las personas transgénero fueran esterilizadas antes de poder ser reconocidas legalmente era inconstitucional, en una victoria para la comunidad LGBTQ del país que lleva años gestándose. En virtud de una ley promulgada hace 20 años, las personas transgénero

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Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 26 de octubre: por qué Otis sorprendió a todos

CNNEspañol sjv Así sorprendió el huracán Otis a los meteorólogos con su rápida intensificación. Tiroteos en Maine dejan decenas de muertos. Científicos descubren un antiguo paisaje en una zona de la Tierra “menos conocida que la superficie de Marte”. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. Suscríbete aquí para recibir

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Hungary hosts international training for military divers who salvage unexploded munitions

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Military divers from Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Lithuania have participated in an international training exercise in Budapest, Hungary, working in flooded underground mines, lakes and caves and in the rushing Danube River. The training is to prepare them for a variety of scenarios, including recovery operations

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