By Nick Paton Walsh and Mick Krever, CNN. Video by Mark Baron and Christian Streib, CNN. (CNN) — New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations, the latest of which was released last week, into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — About 3.6 million Medicare enrollees may qualify for coverage of the anti-obesity drug Wegovy, according to a KFF analysis released Wednesday. But it could wind up costing Medicare nearly $3 billion a year and contribute to higher Part D premiums for all beneficiaries. Medicare announced last month that Part
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — For the fourth time since she became the federal government’s top Supreme Court advocate, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is arguing an abortion-related case. The dispute before the high court on Wednesday, about whether federal mandates for hospitals override strict state abortion bans in medical emergencies, shows how legal fights
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate’s vote on Tuesday to approve new aid for Ukraine capped off six months of public pressure and private overtures by the White House to build support, including the not-insignificant task of winning over House Speaker Mike Johnson. For months, President Joe Biden and his team pressed the case for
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A prominent German far-right lawmaker says he will dismiss an assistant who was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, but will remain the Alternative for Germany party’s top candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections. Maximilian Krah’s assistant was arrested Monday. Prosecutors accuse the assistant of working for a Chinese intelligence
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in China on Wednesday where he is expected to issue a strong warning to Chinese leaders about the country’s support for Russia’s efforts to ramp up weapons production as the war in Ukraine continues. The top US
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A Russian deputy defense minister in charge of military construction projects and known for a lavish lifestyle was ordered jailed pending trial on charges of bribery, Timur Ivanov, one of 12 deputy defense ministers, appeared in Moscow’s Basmany court Wednesday wearing his military uniform. Russia’s Investigative Committee said he was arrested
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the lunar probe responded to a signal from the earth
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Gretener, Darya Tarasova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A Russian deputy defense minister has been charged with taking a bribe, in the country’s highest-profile corruption scandal since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago. Timur Ivanov is suspected of accepting a bribe of 1 million rubles
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) –La Universidad de Columbia y los estudiantes que protestan continuarán las negociaciones sobre el desmantelamiento del campamento propalestino durante las próximas 48 horas, según un portavoz de la universidad. “Estamos logrando avances importantes con los representantes del campamento de estudiantes en el césped oeste”, afirmó un portavoz de la universidad a primera
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China blasted the latest package of U.S. military assistance to Taiwan, saying such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation.” The U.S. Senate late Tuesday passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer was eager to take the reins of a high-stakes investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, seen as central to the House Republican agenda – a coveted perch that brought the added benefit of elevating his national profile. But
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — A pesar de trabajar a tiempo completo en relaciones humanas y cuidar de su hijo Chase, de 6 años, y de su hija Millie, de 3, Anne Helmes a menudo se siente aislada y sola. “Trabajo desde casa y cuando tengo videoconferencias o llamadas con nuestros empleados, estoy muy centrado en
Continue ReadingBy ANDY WONG and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China’s space agency is making final preparations to send a new crew to its space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030. The three-member crew of the Shenzhou-18
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Thursday as investors awaited a flood of global earnings reports, including updates from U.S. tech companies known as the “Magnificent Seven.” Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slid 1.4% in morning trading to 37,931.81. South Korea’s Kospi dropped nearly 1.0% to 2,649.96. Hong Kong’s
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction. U.S.-French writer Aube Rey Lescure’s “River East, River West” looks at Americans in China, while British author Isabella Hammad’s “Enter Ghost” charts a woman’s return to her Palestinian homeland. The shortlist was announced
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Germany says that it plans to follow several other countries in resuming cooperation with the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians in Gaza after the publication of an independent review of its neutrality. The Israeli military, meanwhile, said Wednesday that it was redeploying two reserve brigades from Israel’s northern border to Gaza
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says his country has proven the West doesn’t have a monopoly on technology while inaugurating a hydropower and irrigation project in Sri Lanka. Raisi is the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka on Wednesday since former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad visited
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — As more and more Oregonians grow dissatisfied with the U.S. Postal Service for its price hikes coupled with inefficiency under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined his Senate colleagues Tuesday in pushing for change to protect the jobs, businesses and Americans who rely on the service. In a letter
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — US President Joe Biden’s apparent suggestion his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals during World War II has sparked uproar in Papua New Guinea, casting a shadow on US relations with the Pacific nation and meeting a firm response from its leader. In contentious remarks made last week
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