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Month: April 2024

Palestinians seek full UN membership again, but US is almost certain to block it for a second time

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Supporters of the Palestinians’ request for full membership in the United Nations asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to revive their application for admission submitted in 2011. But the United States is again almost certain to block it. The supporters’ letter to the council

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Scathing federal report rips Microsoft for shoddy security, insincerity in response to Chinese hack

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency, a Biden administration-appointed review board issued a report Tuesday saying “a cascade of errors” by the tech giant let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior U.S. officials including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

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Localizan vivo a Adrián Guerrero, candidato a regidor de Morena, también víctima de ataque a candidata asesinada en Guanajuato

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Adrián Guerrero, candidato a regidor de Celaya, Guanajuato, por el partido oficialista Morena, fue localizado en el estado sin reporte de lesiones y bajo seguridad federal, confirmaron a CNN dos fuentes de seguridad relacionadas con el caso. Las fuentes consultadas explicaron que, hasta la mañana de este martes, Guerrero se

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Ex-police officer gets 200 hours community service for campaign scheme to help New York City mayor

NEW YORK (AP) — A former police officer who prosecutors say was the ringleader of a campaign donations scheme to help New York City Mayor Eric Adams during his winning 2021 run has been sentenced. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office confirmed Tuesday that Dwayne Montgomery received 200 hours of community service and was prohibited

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Argentina’s Falkland War defeat stirs patriotic fervor but President Milei has other concerns

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Javier Milei has struggled to navigate nationalist sensitivities around the contested archipelago it knows as the Malvinas, which Britain knows as the Falklands Islands controls and Argentina claims as its own. The right-wing leader has shown more interest in boosting trade with the British

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Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000

By JOHNSON LAI, CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan Wednesday morning, killing nine people, stranding dozens at quarries and a national park, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. The quake, which injured more than 1,000, struck just

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12.3 million: Iowa’s victory over LSU is the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Caitlin Clark can claim another record — the most-watched women’s college basketball game in history. Iowa’s 94-87 victory over LSU in the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Monday night averaged 12.3 million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen. That makes it one of the most-viewed games

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A man who attended the Charlottesville Unite the Right rallies will lose his city council seat after his past was revealed

KOCO, KOKH, CNN By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Enid, Oklahoma (CNN) — When a public official in a small Oklahoma city faced a censure vote that condemned his recent ties to White nationalism, he was saved – at least temporarily – by a Black man. Several residents in Enid blasted city council commissioner Judd Blevins

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Dozens trapped in tunnels after Taiwan’s strongest quake in 25 years kills at least nine

By Wayne Chang and Helen Regan, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years Wednesday, killing at least nine and injuring more than 900 others. The powerful 7.4 magnitude tremor shook the island’s east coast, hitting at 7:58

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Taiwán sufre el terremoto más fuerte en 25 años: reportan múltiples muertos y heridos, edificios derrumbados y carreteras destruidas

macamilarincon (CNN) –– Taiwán sufrió este miércoles su terremoto más fuerte en 25 años, un sismo mortal de magnitud 7,4 que sacudió la costa este de la isla, derribando varios edificios, provocando deslizamientos de tierra e hiriendo a más de 800 personas. La Agencia Nacional de Bomberos de Taiwán informó que al menos nueve personas

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