By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three United Nations military observers and a Lebanese interpreter were wounded Saturday when a shell exploded near them while patrolling the southern Lebanese border, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said. The military observers are part of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, which
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Las autoridades peruanas allanaron la noche del viernes la casa de la presidenta Dina Boluarte como parte de una investigación de corrupción en curso sobre presunto enriquecimiento ilícito y la falta de declaración de propiedad de relojes Rolex de lujo, según pudo saber este sábado CNN. La acción, en el
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight. Zelenskyy dismissed top aide Serhiy Shefir from his post of first assistant, where he had served since 2019. The Ukrainian president also let go three advisers, and two
Continue ReadingThe apa news agency says 17 passengers were hurt when a Bulgarian river cruise ship lost steering and hit the sides of a lock on the Danube in Austria. Eleven of the injured were taken to hospitals. The ship with 142 passengers aboard, most of them from Germany, temporarily lost power to its electronics system
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut has finally launched an early, in-person voting system years after almost every other state in the country decided to offer a similar option to voters. Saturday marks the final day for Republicans and Democrats to vote early in the state’s presidential primary, a chance to
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — April begins Monday, and Mother Nature is bringing everything but the kitchen sink. A multi-day system will slide across much of the country and bring the potential for tornadoes, large hail, flooding and even snow. As if that weren’t enough, there could also be record warm temperatures. Widespread precipitation
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players will have another shot at a $935 million Powerball jackpot that has been growing larger and larger since the last winner nearly three months ago. No one has won Powerball’s top prize since New Year’s Day, amounting to 37 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. That streak without
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Según las autoridades locales, una persona ha sido detenida después de presuntamente tomar rehenes en un bar en la ciudad de Ede, en el centro de Países Bajos. El incidente obligó a las autoridades a evacuar unas 150 viviendas de la zona, dijo la policía local. Dijeron que el motivo del
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN A container ship colliding into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is drawing attention to potential vulnerabilities among some of America’s more than 600,000 bridges. The Key Bridge stood for 47 years, and in that time it never received the sort of jolt that anyone could have thought would bring
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Bastó con un adelanto de una entrevista de CNN con el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, que se emitirá este domingo, para que sus dichos explosivos crearan un conflicto diplomático con Colombia, que aún resta saber cómo terminará de dirimirse, y un fuerte cruce con México, que llevó a la
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans are in a sour mood about the economy for one main reason: Prices feel too high. Maybe they’re not rising as fast as they had been, but average prices are still painfully above where they were before the pandemic. And they’re mostly heading higher
Continue ReadingBy ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press EDE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police detained a man Saturday after he left a nightclub where four people had been held hostage for hours, bringing a peaceful end to a tense standoff. “We are exceptionally happy that it ended this way. That the victims came out safely and that we
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In this week’s travel roundup, we bring you transport trivia, Roman engineering marvels and the world’s tastiest dumplings. Did you know? You’re probably aware that around 30% of the world’s countries drive on the left while 70% drive on the right. But have you considered why? In Europe, Napoleon
Continue ReadingBy Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN (CNN) — It’s midday, and the sun is high in the sky, a natural cyan canvas peppered with puffy, cauliflower-shaped clouds. With little warning, the clouds cluttering the horizon start to vanish before your eyes. Not long after, the world begins to darken, as the golden orb that sustains life on
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic horse riders and tens of thousands of visitors when it hosts equestrian and modern pentathlon events during this summer’s Paris Games. Temporary facilities including grandstands are being built across the park, where up
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El papa Francisco decidió no participar en un servicio del Viernes Santo a último minuto, según informó el Vaticano, “para preservar su salud” antes de las celebraciones de Pascua del fin de semana. El bienestar del pontífice, de 87 años, ha sido vigilado de cerca tras una operación de abdomen
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus on Saturday with 400 tons of food and other supplies for Gaza as concerns about hunger in the territory soar. The World Central Kitchen charity said the vessels and a barge carried enough to prepare more than 1 million meals from items like rice,
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Earlier this month, a demonstrator aircraft for what could be the first new civil supersonic plane to be launched since the 1960s took to the skies. It’s a milestone moment in the highly anticipated new era of supersonic travel. The XB-1, a technology demonstrator aircraft built by Colorado-based Boom
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis pulled out of a Good Friday service at the last minute, the Vatican said, “to preserve his health” ahead of major Easter events over the weekend. The 87-year-old pontiff’s well-being has been watched closely following an operation on his abdomen last year. In recent
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Suecia se convirtió en el miembro más nuevo de la OTAN este mes, uniéndose a 31 naciones de la alianza de seguridad que incluye a Estados Unidos. Bueno, a 49 de los 50 estados de Estados Unidos. Por un capricho de la geografía y la historia, Hawai no está técnicamente
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