By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israel has targeted Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif in a strike on a designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza which killed at least 90 Palestinians. It is not clear yet if Deif was among the dead. But who is he? An elusive and powerful figure, Deif is understood to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The leader of the Nepal’s largest communist party, Khadga Prasad Oli, has been named the Himalayan nation’s new prime minister following the collapse of a previous coalition government. A statement issued by the president’s office said Oli will take his oath of office on Monday. A veteran politician and
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — Everyone has encountered them: people who always appear to know what they are doing. They gladly take control of a situation, express their opinions as if they were established facts or plunge into a project believing they are going to succeed — with or without the required experience. What
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Joan Monfort’s world has turned upside down. The Barcelona-based photographer has been a regular at sporting events around Spain for over 30 years, but a photoshoot he did back in 2007 has recently resurfaced, turning him into a global superstar. Monfort was the photographer who captured
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Spain is the king of European soccer for a record fourth time. For England, it’s another agonizing near-miss in the team’s decades-long tale of underachievement. Completing a tournament the team dominated from start to finish, Spain beat England 2-1 in the European Championship final on Sunday with Mikel Oyarzabal
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El intento de magnicidio de Donald Trump , que abre un nuevo y oscuro capítulo en la maldita historia de violencia política de Estados Unidos , sacudió a una nación ya profundamente distanciada durante uno de los períodos más tensos de su historia moderna. El ataque a un expresidente durante un mitin
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The dramatic dismissal of the involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin over withheld evidence could mean the release of convicted “Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed from a New Mexico state prison, legal experts say. Hannah Gutierrez Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in
Continue ReadingBy Curt Merrill and Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — Forecasters predicted an abnormally active Atlantic hurricane season in 2024, estimating as many as 24 named storms forming from June through November. Hurricane Beryl already emerged in July as the earliest category 5 storm on record. Several factors contributed to the above-normal forecast, including record-warm ocean
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN En Español) — El ministro de Seguridad de Costa Rica, Mario Zamora, informó este sábado que la cancillería del país ya recibió el requerimiento formal de extradición, por parte de Chile, del ciudadano venezolano Maickel Villegas Rodríguez, detenido en Costa Rica este viernes. Villegas contaba con una alerta roja internacional (solicitud mundial
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump estaba a unos 120 a 150 metros del presunto atacante en el momento del tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania, según el análisis de CNN de sus posiciones geolocalizadas. Trump había estado celebrando el evento en Butler Farm Show Grounds este sábado por la tarde. Todo
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italy’s tax police say they have freed 33 Indian farm workers from “slave-like working conditions” in the northern province of Verona, while seizing almost half a million euros from the two alleged gangmasters. Police said the two alleged abusers, also Indians, persuaded their fellow nationals to come to Italy, paying 17,000 euros
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Dressed in protective clothing and armed with a smoker, Peter Nyongesa walked through the mangroves to monitor his beehives along the Indian Ocean coastline. The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully with loggers to spare the mangroves or cut only the mature ones while leaving the younger
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice is wrapping up a pilot program charging day-trippers a 5-euro entrance fee. It is more than 2 million euros richer and determined to continue, but opponents called the experiment that ends Sunday a failure. Several dozen activists gathered outside the Santa Lucia train station on Saturday to protest
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El hombre armado que supuestamente intentó asesinar al expresidente Donald Trump sufrió bullying en la escuela secundaria y no encajaba con otros estudiantes, le dijeron excompañeros de clase a CNN este domingo. Thomas Matthew Crooks, de 20 años, estaba registrado para votar como republicano y anteriormente había hecho una pequeña contribución
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Hamilton was in such pain he refused to open his eyes. When the 4-year-old English bulldog tried, his misshapen eyelids would roll inward, causing his eyelashes to scrape against his cornea. “Have you ever had something scratch your cornea? It is profoundly painful,” said Dr. Dana Varble, chief veterinary
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s summertime, and the bargains seem easy at a time when many consumer prices are high. July sales events have become a seasonal revenue driver for the retail industry since Amazon launched its first Prime Day back in 2015. While consumers may be enticed by the advertised can’t-miss savings
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — At least four people were killed and nine others were wounded in a shooting at a Birmingham, Alabama, nightclub late Saturday night, police said. Investigators believe at least one person fired shots from the street into the nightclub on 27th Street North, where responding officers found multiple gunshot victims
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Sunday to respond to what she called a fresh South Korean civilian leafleting campaign, signaling North Korea could soon resume flying trash-carrying balloons across the border. Beginning in late May, North Korea floated numerous balloons carrying waste
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Cuando el Gobierno de Francia se atreve a dar la espalda al pueblo, las calles de París están en peligro: al menos desde la Toma de la Bastilla, en 1789, la protesta se ha convertido en uno de los mayores símbolos de la nación. De hecho, parece ser además una larga
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have identified the gunman involved in the attack against former US President Donald Trump on Saturday as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by Secret Service agents at the scene after the shooting. The FBI named Crooks in a statement early Sunday morning, identifying him as a resident of Bethel
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