GENEVA (AP) — Police say an American teenager and two other people were killed in avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt. One person was flown to a hospital with serious injuries. The avalanche occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday in an off-piste area of the Riffelberg, above the resort and below the famed Matterhorn
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko has been named as the prime minister in the new government, hours after his key ally was sworn in as president. Sonko, 49, has inspired Senegalese youth frustrated with widespread unemployment and corruption among the ruling elite.
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s new center-right minority government has taken office. Only one of the 17 ministers being sworn in at a ceremony in Lisbon on Tuesday has previous government experience. Even Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has never been in government before. The Chega populist party last week made
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There are plenty of reasons why many health professionals don’t want you on a restrictive diet. Restrictive diets are a way of eating that reduces calories to below someone’s energy needs and/or limits the macronutrients or food groups a person eats, said Jennifer Rollin, founder of The Eating Disorder
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Eric Payne, a 37-year-old single father to two boys, works hard to stretch his paycheck each week. It’s a task he refers to as “clicking.” He makes a good salary – in the $80,000 range – but by the time all of the essential expenses have clicked
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As scientists scramble to understand why the world’s oceans are in their second year of record-breaking heat, one of the most important programs to gather ocean data in the US is in danger of going dark and cutting off research at a critical time for the planet. Known as the
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will return to the campaign trail on Tuesday with events in Michigan and Wisconsin, two critical Midwest battlegrounds that he won eight years ago but that have mostly vexed Republicans ever since. The former president is scheduled to first appear in Grand
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney, one of Ireland’s highest-profile government members, is stepping down ahead of the election of a new leader. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announced his resignation last month and Simon Harris is due to be confirmed as Ireland’s new leader next week by lawmakers. Coveney said Tuesday that stepping aside
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Devin Booker scored 52 points as the Phoenix Suns recorded a vital 124-111 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday. The win moves Phoenix to within one game of the Pelicans in sixth place in the Western Conference, the final automatic playoff spot, as both teams bid to
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Algunas personas con autismo tienen dificultades para procesar los sentidos. Otros tienen inconvenientes para comunicarse. A otros les cuesta socializar, pensar, moverse físicamente o simplemente llevar una vida cotidiana. Según el Dr. Daniel Geschwind, catedrático distinguido Gordon y Virginia Macdonald de Genética Humana, Neurología y Psiquiatría de la UCLA, las personas
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Scammers look for ways to trick people into giving them money year-round, but tax season can be particularly fraught. One of the most common tax scams is identity theft. Taxpayers usually know their identity has been stolen when they try to file their tax returns and
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway is to increase the number of conscripted soldiers from the present 9,000 to 13,500. Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said Tuesday that “we must have enough people with the right skills at the right time.” He did not specify precisely how much oil-rich Norway will spend on upgrading a
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A court says nine suspects, among them a self-styled prince and a former far-right lawmaker, will go on trial next month in the most prominent of three cases connected to an alleged plot to topple the German government that came to light in late 2022. The Frankfurt state court said Tuesday the
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Houston Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco threw the first no-hitter of the nascent MLB season on Monday, helping his team to a 10-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. In just his eighth career MLB start – with four Astros starting pitchers missing through injury – Blanco was handed the
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say Ukrainian drones have attacked a major oil refinery and a drone factory in the province of Tatarstan, in what appears to be Kyiv’s deepest strike inside Russian territory since the war began more than two years ago. Russian regional authorities said 12 people were
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Two managers of a Saudi oil exploration company were going on trial Monday in Switzerland for alleged fraud and money laundering over a scandal years ago linked to a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund that the U.S. Justice Department once described as the “biggest kleptocracy case” ever. The
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Tens of millions of Americans could see skyrocketing internet bills this spring or may be abruptly kicked off their plans — and it will be congressional Republicans who are to blame, the Biden administration said Tuesday. The accusation reflects a last-ditch pressure campaign to save a federal program that
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) –Un niño murió y otros dos resultaron gravemente heridos en un tiroteo en una escuela de Finlandia, según la policía nacional. Las víctimas tenían 12 años. Un sospechoso, también de 12 años y alumno de la misma escuela, huyó a pie pero fue capturado más tarde por la policía en un
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A failed Australian taxi-industry disruptor has told a court that Uber began illegally operating its ridesharing service in Australia a decade ago to gain an unfair advantage over competitors. Taxi Apps is an Australian startup that developed taxi-hailing app GoCatch. Taxi Apps filed the suit in
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A child has died and two others have been seriously injured in a school shooting in Finland, according to the country’s national police. The victims were 12 years old. A suspect, also aged 12 and a student at the same school, fled on foot but was
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