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Month: December 2023

‘I didn’t change my number’: Macron still open to dialogue with Putin if it helps to bring peace

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he’d still consider talking with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin if it helps to forge a “sustainable peace” between Ukraine and Russia. Macron and Putin enjoyed a good working relationship before Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022. In the weeks leading

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Appeals court skeptical of Mark Meadows’ attempt to move Georgia election subversion trial

By Jason Morris, Zachary Cohen and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A federal appeals court appeared skeptical of former Donald Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ attempt to move his Georgia election interference criminal case to federal court during a hearing Friday morning. Meadows attorney George Terwilliger argued that he should be protected

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Shooting during apparent robbery was actually result of love triangle, prosecutors say

By WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story     WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) — In a twist, the 37-year-old man shot and critically injured while dining at a Washington Heights fish restaurant was actually targeted in a love triangle, prosecutors say. An investigation into the December 6 incident revealed the suspected gunman held up

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Congressional Budget Office projects lower inflation and higher unemployment into 2025

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it expects inflation to nearly hit the Federal Reserve’s 2% target rate in 2024, as overall growth is expected to slow and unemployment is expected to rise into 2025, according to updated economic projections for the next two years. The office’s Current

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With Iowa’s caucuses a month away, Trump urges voters to hand him not just a victory, but a blowout

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump was uncharacteristically serious when he implored an audience in eastern Iowa to carry him to a blowout in next month’s Republican caucuses. “The margin of victory is very important, it’s just very important,” Trump told about 1,000 people attending a Wednesday

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A Thai senator linked to a Myanmar tycoon is indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering

BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted a member of the country’s Senate on six charges involving narcotics trafficking, money laundering and association with a transnational criminal organization. Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun denied all the charges when he appeared Thursday at Criminal Court in Bangkok, and was granted release on bail. Upakit’s case is linked

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Un político arrojó granadas durante una reunión de líderes comunitarios en Ucrania dejando decenas de heridos

CNNEE (CNN) — Veintiséis diputados y empleados del consejo de aldea resultaron heridos después de que un diputado local arrojara granadas en un salón comunitario en una aldea del oeste de Ucrania, según el Ministerio del Interior de Ucrania. Seis de los heridos en el ataque en la localidad de Keretsky, en la provincia de

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A Spanish official says spotter planes are helping curtail the number of West African migrant boats

MADRID (AP) — A senior Spanish official says the deployment of two Spanish surveillance planes to watch for migrant boats heading on the treacherous route from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands has enabled authorities to stop 59 canoes from Senegal and Gambia. The vessels carried around 7,200 migrants over the past two months. Spanish

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2 cousins freed after spending 42 years wrongfully imprisoned – the latest in a spate of high-profile exonerations this week

By Paradise Afshar and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Two Illinois cousins who have spent most of their lives locked up for crimes they never committed walked free Thursday after 42 years behind bars – the latest in a series of exonerations this week involving innocent people wrongfully imprisoned for decades. James Soto, 62, and David

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Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. The damages verdict follows emotional

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Tragedia de los Andes: la historia que llevó al canibalismo y que se considera un “milagro”

Karen Esquivel (CNN Español) – Fue llamado el “milagro navideño”, una muestra de fe, esperanza, inteligencia, trabajo en equipo e instinto de supervivencia que conmovió al mundo entero. Se conoce como el “milagro de los Andes”. La trágica y extraordinaria historia comenzó el 12 de octubre de 1972. Un total de 45 personas, incluidos 19

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