By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, came as the U.S. grappled with another summer weekend
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a man who drove onto the tarmac at Hamburg Airport with his 4-year-old daughter last year and was arrested after an 18-hour standoff of hostage-taking and other charges. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday. The drama started on the evening of Nov. 4.
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — From a blockbuster Second Amendment decision to a more technical case about retaliatory arrests, sharp disagreements have emerged on the Supreme Court over the reasoning of recent rulings – divisions that could signal an especially fiery end to the current term. Even as the court is sometimes finding wider-than-expected
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Gun violence in the United States is a public health crisis that demands urgent action, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared in a major new advisory that pushes for more research and stronger laws designed to reduce harm. It’s the first time a publication from the country’s leading voice
Continue ReadingBy TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Flooding and landslides in Ivory Coast’s largest city of Abidjan have left more than 20 people dead following a week of heavy rains, four times the usual volume in some cases. Flood-related deaths are not uncommon in the West African nation during the rainy season
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo, Stephanie Busari, Catherine Nicholls and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — Kenyan President William Ruto denounced protests on Tuesday that saw parliament stormed and at least five people shot dead as “treasonous” – but did not address the swelling outrage against a controversial finance bill that sparked the widespread demonstrations. Kenya is in the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El módulo lunar chino Chang’e-6 regresó con éxito a la Tierra este martes, completando su histórica misión de recoger las primeras muestras de la cara oculta de la Luna, en un importante paso adelante para el ambicioso programa espacial del país. “El vehículo de retorno Chang’e-6 aterrizó con precisión en
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un museo australiano trasladó varias obras de Picasso a un baño de mujeres, para eludir una denuncia por discriminación presentada por un visitante masculino que no pudo entrar en una exposición donde antes estaban colgadas las obras. Dos cuadros y un dibujo de Pablo Picasso figuraban originalmente en la instalación
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — As she hits the mats in a large, bright gym in a recreational area near Kyiv, the ongoing war with Russia is very much on Ukrainian wrestler Iryna Kolyadenko’s mind. Amid thousands of civilian casualties and as the war grinds on, Ukrainians like Kolyadenko competing at the Paris
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever and Mike Schwartz Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, delivering a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has the potential to unravel his ruling coalition. The court also ordered the government to withdraw funding from any religious schools, or
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza. The historic ruling effectively puts
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s premier has defended open markets and the importance of green technologies for stabilizing global growth as he opened a forum with political and business elites in northeastern China. Premier Li Qiang also criticized trade tensions and decoupling while seeking to reassure the participants that China’s
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Tres personas atacadas por un hombre con un “objeto similar a un cuchillo” en China, entre ellas una madre y un hijo japoneses El incidente ocurrió en una parada de autobús de Suzhou, cerca de una escuela japonesa, donde una madre esperaba para recoger a su hijo. Tanto la madre como
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Since the Supreme Court reversed constitutional abortion rights two years ago, the conservative majority has avoided referring to that decision while dissenting liberals have at times invoked it in rebuke or to warn of other rights that may fall. Ahead of the dramatic final week of
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — When Paris last hosted the Summer Olympics 100 years ago, organizers were so keen to bring athletes under the same roof that they built the first-ever Olympic Village. It was spartan, made up of furnished wood huts, and it was razed shortly after. The competition is back
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader issued a thinly veiled warning Tuesday to the sole reformist candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential election, saying anyone who believes “all ways to progress” come from the United States shouldn’t be supported. While often speaking in parables like many Iranian
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los debates presidenciales cristalizan un dilema cuatrienal para un país que contempla una nueva dirección política. Pero normalmente se definen más por triviales caprichos de personalidad, por el espíritu de la época y meteduras de pata que por argumentos ideológicos de alto nivel. Los suspiros melodramáticos de Al Gore, la
Continue ReadingBy Himari Semans and Nectar Gan, CNN Tokyo/Hong Kong (CNN) — A Japanese woman and her child were among three people stabbed by a man on Monday in front of a school bus at a bus stop in eastern China, according to Japanese authorities. A Chinese woman school bus attendant was also critically injured in
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press NOWOGROD, Poland (AP) — Poland’s army has launched a program called “Holidays with the Army” to train young volunteers in combat. Nations along NATO’s eastern flank are strengthening their defenses while fearing that Russia could one day attack them if it prevails in neighboring Ukraine. A Polish military spokesperson says
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La familia de una mujer de Chicago desaparecida en las Bahamas dice estar “profundamente preocupada” por la seguridad de la mujer, de 41 años, que había viajado a las islas para asistir a un retiro de yoga. La mujer, Taylor Casey, fue vista por última vez el 19 de junio
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