By ASHWINI BHATIA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist. This comes as Washington and Beijing have recently
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN en Español) – – El Gobierno de Colombia anunció este martes que dará permisos especiales a los tutores de 270.000 menores migrantes originarios de Venezuela, una medida que busca regularizar su estancia en el país y proteger a los niños y adolescentes venezolanos que están a su cargo, de acuerdo con las autoridades
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE and ANDRÉS LEIGHTON Associated Press ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Heavy rain and hail fell Wednesday around an evacuated village in New Mexico threatened by wildfires that have killed at least two people and damaged more than 1,400 structures, offering the hope of some assistance for firefighters but adding the threat of high
Continue ReadingBy Jerome Taylor, Edward Szekeres and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Nintendo has dropped a fresh surprise for fans – a new Zelda title where gamers will finally be able to play the titular princess from the legendary fantasy series. Nintendo has racked up over 140 million sales of Zelda since the first edition title
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, Manveena Suri, Lucas Lilieholm and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state. Thousands
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly expansive plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out. Claudia Zúniga, 35, married in 2017, or 10 years after
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) –Vladimir Putin dijo que Rusia y Corea del Norte han intensificado sus vínculos a un “nuevo nivel”, prometiendo ayudarse mutuamente si cualquiera de las naciones es atacada, una nueva asociación “innovadora” anunciada durante la peculiar visita del presidente de Rusia al aislado país. Miles de norcoreanos se alinearon en las calles de
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — South Korea will soon launch a new visa for foreign nationals who dream of training like a K-pop idol, in a bid to boost its tourism industry back to pre-pandemic levels. The “K-Culture Training Visa” will be open to foreigners who want to train in K-pop
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A blistering heat wave Wednesday extended from the Midwest to New England, leaving millions of people sweltering through the Juneteenth holiday, including in places like northern Maine where they rarely experience such conditions this early in the year. The city of Caribou, Maine, just 10 miles from
Continue ReadingBy RENATA BRITO Associated Press AMBLETEUSE, France (AP) — The rising tide crept above their waists, soaking the babies they hugged tight. Around a dozen Kurds refused to leave the cold waters of the English Channel in a futile attempt to delay the inevitable: French police had just foiled their latest attempt to reach the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La nave espacial Voyager 1 está enviando un flujo constante de datos científicos desde territorio inexplorado por primera vez desde que un fallo informático dejara a un lado la histórica misión de la NASA hace siete meses. La nave espacial más alejada de la Tierra, la Voyager 1, dejó de
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — There was one thing missing when a wealthy Missouri couple purchased their oceanfront home overlooking Camden Harbor in Maine: The million-dollar view was blocked by a neighbor’s trees. Documents show the former CEO of the St. Louis Foundation went to great lengths to remove that obstacle,
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Si sirves hamburguesas y Bud Light en tu boda en el patio trasero, no te preocupes. Es posible que tú y tu cónyuge rían últimos. Un nuevo estudio encontró que las parejas que gastan menos en su boda tienden a tener matrimonios más duraderos que aquellas que derrochan. El estudio, realizado
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Technology moves fast, in general, and government bodies don’t, also in general. But the concerns voiced by 135 health care professionals in a letter presented to the Bend-La Pine School Board Tuesday evening about over-use of ‘addictive tech” in the classroom, especially in younger grades, came as the district already was considering significant changes this fall.
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s main opposition party says it plans to build Australia’s first nuclear power plants as early as 2035, arguing the government’s policies for decarbonizing the economy with renewable energy will not work. The policy announcement ensures the major parties will be divided on how Australia curbs
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of marijuana-related crimes as the nation wrestles with how to make amends for the lives disrupted in the decadeslong war on drugs. Under Gov. Wes Moore’s plan, more than 175,000 convictions for possession of cannabis or
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of marijuana-related crimes as the nation wrestles with how to make amends for the lives disrupted in the decadeslong war on drugs. Under Gov. Wes Moore’s plan, more than 175,000 convictions for possession of cannabis or
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed a new partnership that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country faces “aggression.” Their summit came Wednesday as both face escalating standoffs with the West. Details were not
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday convicted a visiting American soldier of stealing and making threats of murder, and it sentenced him to three years and nine months in prison. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to the Pacific port city to see his girlfriend and was
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oh, you thought going to a WNBA basketball game might be an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days? Ha, good one. Some of the atmosphere in the public and media that has swirled around the professional women’s
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