By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Across the country, dazzling multi-colored lights decked homes and streets as devotees celebrated the annual Hindu festival
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Según un estudio reciente, eliminar una cucharadita de sal de la dieta diaria puede reducir la presión arterial tanto como la medicación habitual para la hipertensión, aunque no se padezca hipertensión. Una cucharadita de sal equivale a 2.300 miligramos, el límite máximo diario recomendado por las últimas directrices nutricionales de
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press TER APEL, Netherlands (AP) — It is a familiar sight in this remote rural town: a migrant in a headscarf and thick winter coat carrying her belongings to the overcrowded reception center as a storm brews over the flat landscape. For many here and across this nation once known as
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press DUNDEE, South Africa (AP) — On weekdays, 14-year-old Luyanda Hlali gets up before dawn to fetch firewood and cow dung to start a fire and boil some water before her four siblings and parents wake up. The mornings are a hive of activity in the Nhlangothi home, in the tiny
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China are the two global economic heavyweights. Combined, they produce more than 40% of the world’s goods and services. So when Washington and Beijing do economic battle, as they have for five years running, the rest of the world suffers, too. And
Continue ReadingBy Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Night trains have been making a resurgence across Europe after decades of decline, raising the prospect of more sustainable ways of crisscrossing the continent as travelers look to find alternatives to flying. There’s nothing quite like an overnight train. The excitement before an evening departure. The sense of adventure.
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Activists protesting corporate profits, environmental abuses, poor working conditions and the Israel-Hamas war marched in downtown San Francisco on Sunday, united in their opposition to a global trade summit that will draw President Joe Biden and leaders from nearly two dozen countries. Protests
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Quarterback Clifton McDowell ran for three touchdowns, Eli Gillman added 97 yards rushing and Montana won its sixth straight game with a 34-10 victory over Portland State on Saturday night. Montana (9-1, 6-1), ranked third in the FCS coaches poll, will host rival and fifth-ranked Montana State (8-2, 6-1) next Saturday
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Hay pocas cosas de las que se puede estar más seguro en la vida que del hecho de que un demócrata o un republicano ganará siempre las elecciones presidenciales en Estados Unidos. En este país no suele haber terceros partidos ni independientes. Lo más probable es que el demócrata Joe
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island leveled an entire town and killed at least 99 people. No one was injured and no
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By GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Damien Martinez ran for 146 yards and a career-high four touchdowns to lead No. 12 Oregon State to a 62-17 victory over Stanford on Saturday. Martinez, the Pac-12 freshman Offensive Player of the Year last year, surpassed 1,000 yards for the season and did most of
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Megan Rapinoe of the OL Reign suffered a non-contact injury to her right leg early in the NWSL championship match and needed assistance as she hobbled off the field in the last match of her storied career. Rapinoe went down several feet away from midfielder Maitane Lopez of Gotham FC, who
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Latvia’s president says Russia is planning for a long war in Ukraine and he has a message for countries wavering on continuing military support to Kyiv: Keep supplying arms or the Ukrainians will lose and Russia will have a green light for threatening others in
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Raphael Dwamena, jugador de la selección internacional de fútbol de Ghana, falleció a los 28 años tras desplomarse durante un partido, anunció la Asociación de Fútbol de Ghana. “Nuestros pensamientos están con la familia de Raphael Dwamena en este momento difícil”, dijo la asociación en un comunicado. “Raphael representó a Ghana
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El Dr. Mohammed Ghneim no ha salido de su hospital en la Ciudad de Gaza en cuatro semanas. No recuerda la última vez que durmió o comió, y su bata azul está manchada con la sangre de los pacientes que murieron en sus brazos. Su voz se quiebra bajo el peso
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Former defensive back and first-round NFL draft pick D.J. Hayden, 33, was among six people killed early Saturday morning after a car ran a red light and struck another vehicle in Houston. The University of Houston confirmed in a statement to CNN that along with Hayden,
Continue ReadingBy FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Israel coach Alon Hazan wants his team to beat Kosovo in their delayed European Championship qualifying game on Sunday to bring “some happiness to our people.” It is the first soccer match for Israel since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and the
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Lau, CNN London, UK (CNN) — In an 1861 painting commissioned by the British monarch Queen Victoria, a brown and white Pekingese sits demurely on a cushion in front of a Japanese vase, gazing into the distance. Admired for her adorably smushed snout and leonine features, she was a new addition to the
Continue ReadingBy Alison Main and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump continued his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith on Saturday, including a reference to Smith’s family, at a rally in Claremont, New Hampshire. The former president repeated his accusations that Smith is “deranged” and a “Trump-hating prosecutor,” continuing, “his wife and family
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested a Los Angeles man in connection with the discovery of the torso of a dismembered female body and the disappearance of his wife and her live-in parents. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Saturday the arrest of 35-year-old Samuel Haskell on suspicion of murder while officials attempt to
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