DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates will host the women’s Twenty20 World Cup in October after the International Cricket Council moved the tournament from Bangladesh. More than 300 people were killed in an uprising in Bangladesh that started in July. Games will now take place in Dubai and Sharjah for the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri will look to defend their New York City Marathon titles this November. The pair headline strong fields in the annual race around New York’s five boroughs. Tola is coming off a win at the Paris Games where he set an Olympic record in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El barco de bandera británica llamado “Bayesian”, con 22 personas a bordo, se hundió luego de que su mástil, uno de los más altos del mundo, se partiera en dos durante una violenta tormenta el lunes. El “Bayesian” estaba anclado cerca del puerto de Porticello, en la costa norte de Sicilia,
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union may have just given Tesla’s future sales in the region a boost by setting tariffs on its China-made vehicles considerably below those imposed on rival electric carmakers. The high-profile decision comes two months after the EU hiked tariffs on all electric cars imported from China,
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Less than 24 hours after world No. 1 Jannik Sinner won the ATP 1000 Cincinnati Open title, it was revealed that the Italian tennis star avoided a suspension despite twice testing positive for a prohibited substance in March. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced in a statement Tuesday
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Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The foreign and defense ministers of India and Japan have held security talks in New Delhi to bolster their strategic partnership in the Indo-Pacific as they seek to counter an increasingly assertive China. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar headed the Indian delegation, while the Japanese side
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters charged a line of police in an intense standoff with hundreds of officers outside the Israeli consulate Tuesday on the second night of the Democratic National Convention. Protesters chanted “Let them go!” as police handcuffed at least four people and led them away from the demonstration.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Following news of Phil Donahue’s death on Sunday, his wife Marlo Thomas is sharing some of her memories of him. Thomas shared a photo on social media of the two of them sitting on a scooter, writing “This is one of my favorite photos of Phil and me,
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, Frederik Pleitgen and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s pledged retaliation against Israel for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran will take time, according to a spokesperson for the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). “Time is on our side and the waiting period for this response may
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El lanzamiento del avión 777X de Boeing, que se retrasó durante mucho tiempo, se encontró con otro problema, lo que obligó a la compañía a detener las pruebas y asestó otro golpe a la reputación de calidad de Boeing. Boeing descubrió problemas en un componente estructural entre el motor
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Specialist cave divers working in 12-minute underwater shifts are searching for six missing passengers and crew, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, believed to be in the submerged wreck of a luxury yacht that was slammed by a powerful storm and swiftly sank off Sicily. The sleek Bayesian yacht
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An independent commission tasked with reviewing the shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, last October found the local sheriff’s office and leaders of the gunman’s Army Reserve Unit failed to take actions that might have prevented the shooting. While Robert Card was “solely responsible” for the shootings
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the former president of Haiti, Michel Joseph Martelly, following accusations that he abused his influence to facilitate drug trafficking into the U.S. and sponsored gangs that have contributed to instability in the Caribbean country. Treasury’s Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Bradley
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+. The company filed a notice in Orange County court on Tuesday to withdraw the motion, which had drawn swift backlash
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to extend the pre-trial detention of three lawyers who once represented Russia’s slain opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and are now facing charges of extremism. The court also refused to transfer their case to a different court, even as the defense alleged a conflict of interest. Vadim Kobzev,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La persona más longeva del mundo, María Branyas Morera, murió a los 117 años, según anunció su familia en redes sociales. Guinness World Records también emitió un comunicado confirmando su muerte a la edad de 117 años y 168 días, lo que la convierte en la octava persona que alcanzó
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Los Estados miembros de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América – Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP) rechazaron este lunes la resolución de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) que llama al Gobierno venezolano a publicar las actas de la elección presidencial del 28 de julio desglosadas
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, viajará a Ucrania, según anunciaron las autoridades el lunes, semanas después de que realizara su primer viaje a Moscú desde que Rusia lanzó su invasión a gran escala. Su próxima visita a Ucrania —la primera desde el inicio de la guerra— se produce en
Continue ReadingBy Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump attempted in a new interview to soften previous comments he made about exerting direct control over the Federal Reserve, including setting rates. “A president certainly can be talking about interest rates because I think I have very good instincts,” Trump said in an interview Monday with
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