Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Mientras el presidente electo de EE.UU., Donald Trump, continúa sorprendiendo con designaciones para roles clave de su próxima administración, los rusos están tratando de entender dichos nombramientos y qué impactos podrían tener para Moscú. La televisión estatal rusa ha pasado los últimos días utilizando sus programas de entrevistas producidos con elegancia
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk, according to a U.S. official, one in a series of steps that appeared aimed at easing tensions with President-elect Donald Trump. Iran’s U.N. Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani met with Musk — a Trump ally named this week to advise his administration on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATiONS (AP) — The United States has stepped up its campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti into a U.N. peacekeeping force, spurred by escalating gang violence that shut all air traffic to the capital Port-au-Prince this week. The U.S. proposed a U.N. peacekeeping mission in early September as one way
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El equipo de transición del presidente electo Donald Trump estaba en medio de anunciar nuevas selecciones para el gabinete esta semana cuando le informaron sobre una denuncia de agresión sexual relacionada con una de sus designados previos, Pete Hegseth, lo que dejó sorprendió y tomó fuera de base a varios miembros
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. While it remains small compared to established online spaces such as X, it has emerged as an alternative for those looking for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) — The first batch of artwork from the Boy Scouts of America’s collection has raised over $3.7 million at auction to help pay the compensation owed to those who were sexually abused while in scouting. The 25 works offered up by Heritage Auctions on Friday are among over 300 from the
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Holmes and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was in the middle of announcing new Cabinet picks this week when they were informed of a sexual assault allegation about one of his previous selections, Pete Hegseth, stunning several members of Trump’s team who have since raised questions about
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The usual suspects abstained from voting on a seemingly uncontroversial United Nations resolution that denounced violence against women and girls on Thursday — Iran, Russia, North Korea. But the country casting the sole vote against the nonbinding resolution, drafted by France and the Netherlands, took the world by
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Josh Harder won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Friday, defeating Republican Kevin Lincoln. Harder, who had been a venture capitalist, was first elected in 2018, when he defeated a four-term GOP incumbent. Lincoln is the mayor of Stockton. Democrats have a voter registration advantage in the 9th Congressional District,
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Jiang and James Legge Hong Kong (CNN) — Sipping a hazy beer in a dimly lit Shanghai pub, Liang Xiao found himself immersed in a sociology lecture that astounded him. Beneath a projector screen, a Chinese PhD student at an elite American university was explaining how modern states were built to a crowd
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Melissa Lucio estaba a dos días de ser ejecutada en Texas por la muerte de su hija de 2 años cuando un tribunal de apelación intervino en 2022. Ahora, un juez dice que Lucio nunca cometió el crimen. “La solicitante es en realidad inocente; no mató a su hija”, escribió el juez
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani has turned over his 1980 Mercedes-Benz convertible, his luxury watch collection and a diamond ring, marking a partial end to a saga where the former mayor of New York City has tried to outrun the court system as two Georgia election workers try to collect on a
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El paso de la tormenta tropical Sara por Honduras dejó al menos un muerto y afectó a 56.958 personas en el país, de acuerdo con el más reciente reporte del Gobierno nacional. El informe indica que hay 2.323 personas damnificadas, 1.961 evacuadas y 3.229 albergadas. Tras su paso por
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Paul Mescal es el protagonista de “Gladiator 2”, la secuela de la película dirigida por Ridley Scott que se estrenó este 14 de noviembre, en la que se retoma la historia de la cinta original, varios años después. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel En el filme, Mescal interpreta a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has won reelection to Congress. Friday’s outcome marks the third time Golden has won thanks to the lesser choices of some voters under Maine’s ranked choice system. The retabulated votes gave the incumbent Marine Corps veteran a majority over Republican challenger Austin Theriault. The Republican’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani has relinquished dozens of watches and a Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. Giuliani’s lawyer says in a letter filed Friday in Manhattan federal court that the watches and a
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The projected cost of the Buffalo Bills’ new stadium has ballooned to what team officials told The Associated Press is “north of $2.1 billion.” Owners Terry and Kim Pegula are responsible for picking up the more than $560 million in overruns. Bills president Pete Guelli was not
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named his campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt to serve as his White House press secretary. The 27-year-old Leavitt would be the youngest White House press secretary in history. The press secretary typically serves as the public face of the administration and historically has
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was in the middle of announcing new Cabinet picks this week when they were informed of a sexual assault allegation about one of his previous selections, Pete Hegseth, stunning several members of Trump’s team who have since raised questions about the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A climate change activist who dumped red powder on a case containing the original copy of the U.S. Constitution has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in the publicity stunt earlier this year at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson
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