By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Jaco van Gass was lying in a French hospital bed a week ago, battered and bruised after a car hit him while he was out training on his bike, leaving his hopes of defending his Paralympic title hanging by a thread. “I was totally heartbroken, I was like, this
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — After spending much of the summer under the harshest microscope of his career, President Joe Biden spent most of the last two weeks out of sight as he prepared for the final act of his political life and a very different end to 2024 than he would have imagined a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China and the Philippines have accused each other of causing a collision between their two vessels in the latest flareup of tensions over disputed waters and maritime features in the South China Sea. The Chinese coast guard spokesperson said a Philippine ship maneuvered and “deliberately collided” with a Chinese
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Podcasting superstars are taking their fame to new heights as media companies offer nine-figure deals for the rights to their shows. NFL brothers Travis and Jason Kelce’s $100 million deal this week with Amazon’s podcasting studio, Wondery, marked the latest high-priced deal in 2024, highlighting a major shift in the
Continue ReadingBy Homero De La Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 31 points to lift the Indiana Fever past Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky 100-81 in a battle between the WNBA rookies on Friday night in Chicago’s Wintrust Arena. Considered the two front-runners for the WNBA Rookie of the Year award, the
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The wreckage of a Russian helicopter carrying 22 people that went missing in the country’s Far East on Saturday was discovered Sunday, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry announced. None of those on board survived, emergency services told Russian state media TASS on Sunday. The Mi-8T helicopter had 19
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. spokesman says the United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan including the Taliban, even though they issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric in New York defended the United Nations Assistance Mission
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish customs officials in the northwestern city of Edirne discovered dozens of exotic animals being smuggled into Turkey from Greece. State-run Anadolu Agency reported that the mid-sized sedan with Greek license plates was carrying three kangaroos, three alpacas and one Patagonian mara in the trunk, and 12 parrots and 23 flying squirrels
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — For Ukrainian volleyball player and infantry officer Dmytro Melnyk, coming to Paris to compete at the Paralympic Games has come at a cost. He had to leave behind his platoon of 35 soldiers on the front lines of the war against Russia. Unable to call them for news because
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say weeks of flooding have killed nearly 200 people across the country. The Nigerian disaster management agency said in an update on Friday that the floods have also destroyed 107,000 hectares of farmland, further threatening food supplies especially in the hard-hit northern region. Nigeria records flooding
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel afirman que se produjeron dos incidentes de seguridad durante la noche del viernes en la Ribera Occidental ocupada, en los que murieron dos hombres por disparos y explotó un vehículo. Las FDI dijeron que un vehículo se incendió y explotó a última hora de este
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Some Oasis fans celebrated like a champagne supernova, while others looked back in anger on Saturday as online ticket sites strained under demand for the band’s first shows for 15 years. The Britpop-era behemoth led by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher is scheduled to play 17 gigs in Cardiff, Manchester,
Continue ReadingBy Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Kyung Lah and Yong Xiong, CNN Antioch, California (CNN) — Just after dawn on a recent spring morning, police dressed in tactical gear and armed with a search warrant pounded on the front door of an upscale home in a quiet suburban neighborhood an hour outside San Francisco.
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Kyung Lah and Yong Xiong, CNN Antioch, California (CNN) — Just after dawn on a recent spring morning, police dressed in tactical gear and armed with a search warrant pounded on the front door of an upscale home in a quiet suburban neighborhood an hour outside San
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — After a hard-fought comeback win in a five-set thriller against fellow American Ben Shelton in the third round at the US Open, an exuberant Frances Tiafoe pounded his chest, and then he pointed down at the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium. “This is my f**king house,” said Tiafoe, who
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Nothing says fall like a pumpkin spice latte. And over the past decade, that sentiment now includes baking pumpkin spice muffins, pouring pumpkin spice booze, lighting a pumpkin spice candle, throwing a pumpkin spice dog treat and, yes, even taking out pumpkin spice trash bags and using
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Una noche después de que el No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz fuera sorprendido por el no sembrado Botic van de Zandschulp en sets corridos, el No. 2 Novak Djokovic ha sido eliminado por el No. 28 australiano Alexei Popyrin en la tercera ronda en el Estadio Arthur Ashe. Popyrin se anota la
Continue ReadingBy Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abeer Salman and Tim Lister, CNN Deir Al Balah, Gaza (CNN) — For the first time since the Israeli military began ground operations in Gaza in October, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has sent out messages to people’s phones and on social media saying that the residents of some areas can return to their
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Beloved NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were honored around the sports world on Friday following their tragic death in New Jersey late Thursday night. Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and Matthew Gaudreau, 29, were fatally struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan lodged a formal protest via China’s embassy against what it called an incursion by a Chinese survey ship into its territorial waters. The Japanese foreign ministry relayed “strong concern” Saturday after the ship was spotted near Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, early in the morning. The Chinese ship, confirmed in
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