By Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines and China on Sunday accused each other of dangerous maneuvers and causing a collision in contested waters in the South China Sea, the latest in a string of maritime confrontations between the two countries that have heightened regional tensions. In a statement shared on
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin is once again teasing that he could make a third-party run for the White House. Manchin at a Washington roast on Saturday joked that the country could use someone slightly younger that 81-year-old President Joe Biden or the 77-year-old former President Donald Trump. Manchin
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities banned members of the late Mahsa Amini’s family from traveling to accept the European Union’s top human rights prize on her behalf, a civil rights monitor reported. Amini’s death while in police custody sparked nationwide protests in 2022 that rocked the Islamic Republic. The U.S.-based civil rights
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Israel está preparado para actuar contra los esfuerzos de los rebeldes hutíes en Yemen para interrumpir el transporte marítimo en el Mar Rojo si la comunidad internacional no lo hace, dijo este sábado el asesor de seguridad nacional israelí, Tzachi Hanegbi. El primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, había hablado con el
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — As Commissioner Adam Silver prepared to hand LeBron James the MVP trophy of the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament, he cautioned that “it doesn’t come with a franchise.” James bent over in laughter, but he has been serious about wanting to own an NBA expansion team
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Las cuadrillas están buscando sobrevivientes y examinando los daños después de que tornados y fuertes tormentas azotaran Tennessee, volcando autos, destrozando edificios y dejando al menos seis personas muertas. Al menos tres personas murieron, incluido un niño, después de que un aparente tornado azotara el área de Clarksville en el condado
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh will hold its next general election on Jan. 7, but the country’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, is boycotting the race. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is seeking to return to power for a fourth consecutive time as candidates
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Durante la breve tregua entre Israel y Hamas a principios de este mes, fueron personas con chalecos blancos que conducían vehículos todoterreno quienes escoltaron a los rehenes liberados a un lugar seguro. Con inconfundibles libreas rojas y blancas, los hombres y mujeres del Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR) coordinaron
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday characterized warnings that his victory in 2024 would represent a threat to democracy as a “hoax” and “Democrat misinformation.” The former president, who faces federal and state charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, said in a
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU, SETH BORENSTEIN and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options and agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming as the clock runs down on United Nations climate talks and the summit’s president is determined to finish
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin is likely to win another six-year term easily in an election expected in March, using his sweeping grip on Russia’s political scene to extend his tenure of over two decades in power. But he faces daunting challenges. Looming over his presidency is the stalemated war in Ukraine and
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — Gerston Miranda and his wife were among thousands of migrants recently arriving at this remote area on Arizona’s southern border with Mexico, squeezing into the United States through a gap in the wall and walking overnight about 14 miles (23 kilometers) with two school-aged daughters to
Continue ReadingBy Tamar Michaelis and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Israel is prepared to act against efforts by Houthi rebels in Yemen to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea if the international community fails to do so, Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had spoken with US President Joe Biden as
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By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gregory Golodoff spent most of his years on a quiet Alaska island, living an ordinary life, managing a co-op store, fishing for crab and serving as the village council president. But Golodoff’s recent death at the age of 84 has reopened a chapter of American history
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Andy Rose, Sarah Dewberry and Chris Boyette CNN (CNN) — Tennessee officials are assessing the damage after tornadoes and strong thunderstorms roared across the state Saturday, leaving at least six people dead, more than 50 injured, multiple buildings destroyed and power outages. At least three people died, including a child, after a
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris. It laid one of the foundation stones of of the international order that emerged following the horrors of World War II. The declaration has 30 articles setting out fundamental
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER and DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It wasn’t the most uplifting of inaugural addresses. Rather, Argentina’s newly empowered President Javier Milei presented figures to lay bare the scope of the nation’s economic “emergency,” and sought to prepare the public for a shock adjustment with drastic public spending cuts.
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When a group of Oklahoma City investors moved the NBA’s SuperSonics from Seattle in 2008 and renamed the franchise the Thunder, civic pride swelled at the arrival of the state’s first major league sports franchise. Since then, the Oklahoma City Thunder have played their home games
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When her husband fled China in 2019 to escape a police crackdown on dissidents, Lu Lina thought she and their young son could soon join him in safety abroad. She did not know that she would be forced to move house, that her 8-year-old
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A former U.S. Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden is at the center of a much different fight in Virginia, where plans for a military-themed brewery are drawing opposition over his alleged racist and homophobic remarks. Robert J. O’Neill has a small ownership
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