By Kathleen Magramo, Dhruv Tikekar and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — China’s coast guard fired water cannons that damaged a Philippine vessel on Tuesday, marking the latest flare-up of violence between the two countries in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine authorities said. The Philippine Coast Guard said the incident occurred as one of its ships
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Comando Central de Estados Unidos publicó imágenes de un muelle flotante que está construyendo el ejército estadounidense frente a la costa de Gaza y que, una vez terminado, ayudará a suministrar la ayuda humanitaria que tanto necesita la población hambrienta de la devastada Gaza. La construcción del muelle provisional
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Picture it: A spare concert ticket comes your way, leading to a chance encounter with an internationally renowned pop star. When performing at one of the most famous music festivals in the world, they stare past the blinding stage lights into the crowd to lock eyes with you. What
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Para muchos de nosotros, un documento de identidad es un pequeño trozo de plástico metido en la cartera en el que rara vez pensamos mucho. Pero para el activista transexual de Hong Kong Henry Tse su documento de identidad fue algo que dominó su mundo durante los últimos siete años,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Israel plans on opening a major humanitarian aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza. That’s according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who spoke Tuesday during his latest visit to the Mideast. Israel’s war against Hamas has flattened huge swaths of the territory’s north, and famine is imminent for the hundreds
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says a gunman opened fire inside a mosque in western Afghanistan, killing at least six people as they were praying. Local media reports and a former president of Afghanistan say the mosque was frequented by members of the country’s Shiite Muslim minority. A spokesman for the Taliban Interior Ministry
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Around Australia, travelers are stranded and trying to get home after low-cost airline Bonza unexpectedly announced it has “temporarily suspended services.” The airline, Australia’s newest, had a fleet of six planes, all painted a bright purple color and given Aussie-inspired names like Sheila and Matilda. According to a report
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Reino Unido no se alimenta a sí mismo, depende en gran medida de la Unión Europea para obtener frutas y verduras frescas. Esa dependencia ha cambiado poco desde que Gran Bretaña abandonó el bloque en 2020, y ahora podría significar más dolor para los consumidores y las pequeñas empresas.
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility. It’s a sign of Beijing’s continuing pressure on scientists conducting research on the coronavirus. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an
Continue ReadingBy ARIEL GILREATH of The Hechinger Report NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Last summer, Derrika Richard felt stuck. She didn’t have enough money to afford child care for her three youngest children, ages 1, 2 and 3. Yet the demands of caring for them on a daily basis made it impossible for Richard, a hairstylist, to
Continue ReadingBy Carlotta Dotto, CNN (CNN) — Around 47 children vanish every day in Europe, according to new research by cross-border journalism collective Lost in Europe showing more than 50,000 child migrants went missing after arrival over the past three years. Data requested from 31 European countries, including Austria, Germany, and Italy, show at least 51,433
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For many of us, an identity card is a little piece of plastic tucked away in a wallet that we rarely think much about. But for Hong Kong transgender activist Henry Tse, his ID card was something that dominated his world for the past seven years, the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Volunteers in Medicine, Clinic of the Cascades (VIM) is proud to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Gold Rating by the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Quality Standards Program. This recognition underscores VIM’s commitment to providing high-quality, comprehensive health care services to uninsured and critically underserved working adults in
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s taking control of its oil from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year. The 1938 nationalization is a point of pride for millions, including President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The popular president hails from the oil industry’s heartland. And 16
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Donald Trump hará su esfuerzo más concentrado hasta ahora para convertir su juicio penal en un activo político en los próximos dos días, dirigiéndose de la sala del tribunal a la campaña electoral y viceversa. El juicio del expresidente por el pago de dinero por silencio se reanuda en Nueva
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico took control of its most precious natural resource by seizing the oil sector from U.S. companies in a move that’s taught to schoolchildren and celebrated as a great patriotic victory. The front-runner in the June 2 presidential election is an environmental engineer who helped produce the 2007 Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Indonesia — the single largest investment in Microsoft’s 29-year history in the country. That’s according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who was visiting the country and met Indonesian
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Mexico has accused Ecuador of a violation of international law before the top U.N. court, asserting that there was no legal defense for storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had just been granted asylum in Mexico. The April 5 raid, hours after Mexico
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks fell Wednesday with most of the markets in the region closed for a holiday. Meanwhile, U.S. stocks closed out their worst month since September. Oil prices were lower and U.S. futures were mixed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.8%, down to 38,089.09 in early
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The United States Central Command has released images of a floating pier being built by the US military off the coast of Gaza, which once complete is intended to help deliver much needed humanitarian aid to the devastated strip’s starving population. Construction of the temporary pier began at
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