By Benjamin Brown and Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — A statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam was vandalized with “Gaza” graffiti, drawing criticism from the city’s mayor. Photos show the word “Gaza” scrawled in red paint across the podium of the statue, which was erected in a park close to where Frank and her family
Continue ReadingBy Fred He, Alex Stambaugh and Jack Guy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A man was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China by stuffing them into his pants, according to the country’s customs authority. Customs officers in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen intercepted the man traveling through Futian
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A union strike launched by railway employees has stopped trains across Sri Lanka. Hundreds of scheduled train journeys were canceled Wednesday due to the strike. Now tens of thousands of passengers are stranded at railroad stations. The Station Masters’ Union is demanding authorities resolve a number of issues,
Continue ReadingBy Scott McLean and Umut Sevdi Tangor, CNN Edirne, Turkey (CNN) — Under a pop-up tent on a sunbeaten patch of grass, a shirtless Cengizhan Koca is bent over a pair of black leather pants in prayer. But more than just prayer alone is needed to wriggle into the stiff-looking trousers emblazoned with his family
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Carlos Alcaraz overcame a slow start to beat Tommy Paul in four sets on Tuesday and book his place in the Wimbledon semifinals. The defending champion dropped the first set to the American No. 12 seed on Court No. 1, but rallied to eventually win 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-2
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry has announced it will launch an investigation into whether unfair trade practices were adopted by the European Union in its probe of Chinese companies. It said Wednesday the investigation will focus on wind power, photovoltaics, security equipment and others and will be completed before next Jan. 10. The announcement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has reported its auto sales slumped in June as the domestic economy remained sluggish, but buoyant exports offset the decline at home. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Wednesday that sales in China dropped 7.4% compared to a year earlier to 1.8 million cars, while exports rose 29%
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Una exsoldado que fue agredida sexualmente mientras servía en las Fuerzas Armadas de Japón llegó a un acuerdo civil con tres de sus agresores condenados en un caso que expuso una cultura generalizada de acoso en las fuerzas de autodefensa del país. El acuerdo, iniciado por los tres exsoldados que fueron
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Desde hace años, Airbnb sabe que algunos de sus anfitriones utilizan cámaras ocultas para espiar en secreto a sus huéspedes, e invaden sus momentos más privados e íntimos. Aunque Airbnb reconoció repetidamente el problema en sus informes financieros, se esforzó por mantener el alcance del problema fuera de la luz pública
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi helped guide Argentina to this year’s Copa América final after scoring in his nation’s 2-0 win against Canada in the semifinals on Tuesday. The 37-year-old scored early in the second half to double Argentina’s lead after Julián Álvarez had given La Albiceleste a first-half lead. It means Argentina
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China’s authorities are investigating food safety concerns in cooking oils after an investigative report from local media revealed that tankers carrying soybean oil from a major state-owned company were also used to carry a form of coal. The report from Beijing News, a state-backed outlet known for original reporting, found
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military urged all Palestinians to leave Gaza City and head south Wednesday, pressing ahead with a fresh offensive across the north, south and center of the embattled territory that has killed dozens of people over the past 48 hours. The stepped-up military activity came as
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Voters in eight states soon will decide whether to change their constitutions to explicitly ban voting by noncitizens, part of a multipronged effort by allies of Donald Trump to raise the unlikely specter of foreigners casting ballots in November’s elections to throw the race to his
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — A dance tune with two simple instructions and involving thousands of bouncing, orange-clad soccer fans has gone viral at this year’s European Championships. ‘Links Rechts’ or ‘Left Right’ by ‘Snollebollekes’ has become the unofficial anthem of the Dutch national team and videos of fans dancing in their thousands before
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un calor amenazador para la vida se está apoderando del sureste de Texas, donde casi dos millones de hogares y empresas permanecen sin electricidad ni aire acondicionado tras la llegada a tierra de la tormenta Beryl, mortífera y destructiva. Se espera que el restablecimiento de la electricidad en toda la
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — British police said they found Wednesday the man suspected of killing three women, the wife and daughters of a well-known BBC radio commentator, near London in a brutal crossbow attack. In a statement, Hertfordshire Police said 26-year-old Kyle Clifford was found in the Enfield area of north London, near his
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s parliament has approved a bill that would raise income taxes for the rich, in a move to help fill government coffers during the fighting in Ukraine. The bill was endorsed in the final third reading on Wednesday by the lower house, the State Duma, and hours later by the upper house,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — Regular flights between the Syrian capital of Damascus and Saudi Arabia have resumed for the first time in more than a decade as part of a thaw in relations between the countries. Syria and Saudi Arabia had severed ties in 2012 over President Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China and Bangladesh are reaffirming their ties during a visit by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Beijing as tensions rise in the region over territorial disputes and resources. Bangladesh occupies a strategic position between Myanmar, a longtime Chinese ally now wracked by internal conflict, and India, the rising Asian giant with
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Rescue efforts were underway for more than 130 people including some tourists who were trapped in a mountainous town in China’s Tibet region after heavy rains and flooding washed away sections of a provincial highway. The trapped also included migrant workers and businesspeople, according to China’s state broadcaster CCTV. Another 342 stranded
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