Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand say they have filed negligence charges against a bus operator in connection with a bus fire that killed 23 young students and teachers earlier this week, as investigators suggested a gas leak may have caused the blaze. Public outrage over the tragedy has put officials under scrutiny
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court says fisheries and agriculture agreements reached between the bloc and Morocco five years ago failed to include consultations with the people of Western Sahara. The status of the Western Sahara is among the most sensitive topics in the North African kingdom. Morocco considers the vast mineral-rich territory
Continue ReadingOSLO, Norway (AP) — Authorities say a beluga whale that lived off Norway’s coast and whose harness ignited speculation that it was a Russian spy, was not shot to death as claimed by animal rights groups but died of a bacterial infection. Norwegian police cited Friday a final autopsy that “concludes that the probable cause
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — TikToks of customers stuffing their faces with a $20 endless shrimp. More than 100 restaurant closures and thousands of layoffs. A revolving door of CEOs. Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Damola Adamolekun, the new chief executive of Red Lobster, is taking over a chain in turmoil. And he’s only
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) –Volé más de un millón de millas con docenas de aerolíneas de todo el mundo, y perdí la cuenta de cuántas veces me subí a un avión de Air China para hacer el corto trayecto de Beijing a Shanghai. Durante la semana, las aerolíneas programan más de 60 vuelos diarios entre la
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama plans to commence a 27-day campaign sprint for Vice President Kamala Harris next week in Pennsylvania, an adviser to the Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign said, hoping his star power among Democrats can help propel her to the office he once held. Openly concerned about Democratic complacency and acutely
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities have placed shipping containers on key roads and highways leading to the capital and suspended cellphone service in Islamabad in an attempt to prevent supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding a rally seeking his release. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government also deployed paramilitary rangers
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US job growth surged in September, blowing past expectations and providing solid reassurance for the ongoing stability of the labor market. Employers added an estimated 254,000 jobs in September, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s a much higher tally than August’s monthly total (which was
Continue ReadingBy Rob Kuznia, Nelli Black and Kyung Lah Minneapolis (CNN) — One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs. A
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Kuznia, Nelli Black and Kyung Lah Minneapolis (CNN) — One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs.
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life at an alarming rate as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, according to new research, sparking concerns about the changing landscape on this vast continent. Scientists used satellite imagery and data to analyze vegetation levels on the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister says the European Union risks entering an “economic cold war” with China, and is pledging to vote against an EU plan to impose higher tariffs on the import of Chinese electric vehicles. EU countries are set to vote on Friday whether to finalize the tariffs, part
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The European Union’s top court says some FIFA rules on player transfers are contrary to EU legislation relating to competition and freedom of movement. The court’s ruling on Friday comes after former France international Lassana Diarra legally challenged FIFA rules following a dispute with a club dating to a decade ago. Diarra
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KISELJAK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia overnight Friday, killing at least 16 people in floods and landslides in several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the country, with surging waters rushing into people’s homes as they were sleeping. Rescue services in the south said several people were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly because she refused to translate her speech into Danish. Aki-Matilda Høgh-Dam, from the social democratic Siumut party, had distributed a written translation of her speech but was told it could only be debated
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Nodoka Katsura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese toymaker MegaHouse has unveiled a miniature Rubik’s Cube — one so tiny that you might need a pair of tweezers to solve it. Each face of the cube, which is made from aluminum, measures about five millimeters (around 0.2 inches) across. It was made
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Lex Harvey, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons to destroy South Korea if attacked, state media reported Friday, after South Korea’s president warned that if the North used nuclear weapons it would “face the end of its regime.” The fiery
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El intento de Donald Trump de deshacer la democracia estadounidense para mantenerse en el poder hace cuatro años vuelve a estar de repente en el epicentro de otra elección, semanas antes de que el expresidente pudiera lograr un asombroso regreso a la Casa Blanca. El fiscal especial Jack Smith y la
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, Dalia Faheid, Sharif Paget, Michelle Krupa, David Williams, Taylor Galgano and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A father floated away in his Jeep as water surrounded his home; a teacher held onto a mattress-turned-raft as her home drifted down the river; and a man was trapped on his apartment building’s balcony,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognized when Nobel Prize announcements begin next week under a shroud of violence. The prize week coincides with the Oct. 7 anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, which began a year of bloodshed and war across the
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