By Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Xiaotu was looking for a soulmate but the typical routes of meeting people on campus or swiping online dating apps just weren’t cutting it for him. Instead, the 23-year-old decided to go big: paying 999 yuan (about $140) to place a personal advertisement on a gigantic 6.5
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KOCHO, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s Yazidi community leaders have announced plans for an internationally funded project to build an entire new village to house displaced survivors of one of the bloodiest massacres committed by Islamic State militants against their religious minority. Thursday’s announcement came as Yazidis gathered in the village of Kocho in
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La Casa Blanca retractó el comentario del presidente Joe Biden el jueves que parecía apoyar una nueva elección en Venezuela. La oficina presidencial aseguró que el presidente estaba hablando de lo “absurdo” de que el presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, no “aclarara” las elecciones del país. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm under international health law. It follows a public health emergency declaration that the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention made for the continent Tuesday. A deadlier
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — En un barrio pobre de Caracas, la letra “X” está apareciendo en las casas de la gente y, según los residentes, equivalen a una amenaza. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Los residentes del barrio 23 de Enero, antaño bastión del difunto presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez, creen que los grupos paramilitares afines al
Continue ReadingCNN, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, OE24TV By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift returned to the stage at London’s Wembley Stadium on Thursday, just over a week after three of her Eras Tour concerts in Vienna were canceled when police in the Austrian city thwarted a terror attack plot targeting one of her shows. Swift
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — German astronomer Johannes Kepler made sketches of sunspots in 1607 from his observations of the sun’s surface — and centuries later, the pioneering drawings are helping scientists solve a solar mystery. Even though everything in the solar system revolves around the sun, scientists have yet to unlock many of
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography says the silvery, 12-foot-long oarfish was found last weekend by snorkelers and kayakers in La Jolla Cove. It’s only the 20th time an oarfish
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico’s President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico. At a ceremony Thursday, the former Mexico City mayor was handed the legal ruling declaring her the country’s next president. The ruling had been
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lily Collins, the star of the hit Netflix series “Emily in Paris,” tells The Associated Press that her confidence has grown with each season of the show, mirroring her character. As both the show’s star and producer, Collins says she started asking bigger questions and finding more creative ways
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — It was one of the first actions taken by Paraguayans in public defiance of their overthrown dictator, a military strongman who unleashed a 35-year reign of terror, killing hundreds of people and imprisoning thousands more. In a howl of dissent, crowds massed around the newly elected socialist mayor of
Continue ReadingBy Amy Fleury Click here for updates on this story SHERMAN, Wisconsin (WISN) — A semi-truck with a tanker hauling liquid manure collided with a Wisconsin Southern train Wednesday afternoon in Sheboygan County. It happened on Abbott Drive west of Wisconsin Highway 57 in the town of Sherman. The truck driver, 66-year-old Jeffery S. Blankenheim
Continue ReadingBy Addison Kliewer Click here for updates on this story EDMOND, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A man who spent decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit reached a partial settlement in a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Edmond. The Edmond City Council reached the $7.15 million settlement with Glynn Simmons, who was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A judge has reopened a federal lawsuit accusing air traffic controllers of causing the 2016 fatal crash of a small airplane that veered into the wake of a jetliner’s turbulence before it went down near Reno-Tahoe International Airport. The families of the pilot and a passenger killed are seeking
Continue ReadingBy Jon Paepcke Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WVTM) — While about 95% of eligible Alabamians are registered to vote, Secretary of State Wes Allen is fighting to keep non-U.S. citizens away from the polls. “Philosophically, only American citizens should be voting in our elections. It’s state law. It’s in our
Continue ReadingBy Jake Anderson Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Iowa (KETV) — An eastern Iowa man is accused of shooting his father after an argument about his stinky feet. David Carpenter was arrested and charged with attempted murder in Burlington on Sunday, according to KCCI, our sister station in Des Moines. David called
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A watchdog group says “layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city. Tens of thousands of people in Jackson went without safe drinking water for weeks in 2021 and 2022. The EPA Office of Inspector General issued
Continue ReadingBy Connor Hills Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — The Overland Park Police Department has cleared its explosive ordinance disposal team from a thrift store that it was called to early Wednesday afternoon. The police department’s bomb squad was called to the scene at Blessings Abound Thrift near Metcalf
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Iraq has postponed announcing an end-date for the US-led military coalition’s presence in the country due to “recent developments,” raising questions about the future of US military presence in the Gulf state amid heightened tension in the region. Iraq’s Higher Military Commission had aimed to propose an end date for
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Sutton Click here for updates on this story ELM GROVE, Wisconsin (WISN) — Teaghan Coffey, 12, is a rising star on the baseball diamond. “I just love the game. It’s a really fun sport. A lot of action,” Coffey said. Her love for baseball started at a young age. “I’ve been playing baseball
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