By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The last decade has been very lucrative for the world’s super-rich residents, fueling the drive by some advocates to tax them more. The top 1% has seen its wealth soar by $42 trillion over the past decade, according to a new analysis by Oxfam International, which is being released
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The prolonged economic and political instability in Venezuela has forced millions of Venezuelans to leave over the past decade, quashing many of their dreams and leaving many wondering if they’ll ever return to what was once South America’s most prosperous country. The refugee agency UNHCR estimates that more than 7.7 million Venezuelans have
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Colombia tiene 90 plazas para los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, que inician oficialmente el viernes 26 de julio con la ceremonia de apertura. De esos 90 deportistas (que en realidad son 89 por la lesión Éider Arévalo), dos serán los encargados de cargar con la bandera colombiana en la ceremonia
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Officials in Greece say they have formally approved the purchase of 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from the United States as part of a major defense overhaul. Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said a letter of acceptance had been sent to the United States. Greece is modernizing its military in
Continue ReadingBy Molly Frommer Click here for updates on this story BARRIE, ONTARIO (CTV Network) — A First Nations elder and veteran is helping to bring the Ojibwe language to a well-known film for the first time. Jeff Monague, former chief of Beausoleil First Nation on Christian Island in Ontario’s Georgian Bay, is now voicing the
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Reigning Olympic champions Canada had to fight back from an early one-goal deficit to win 2-1 against New Zealand in its opening game at the 2024 Paris Games.
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Blushing was once thought to be the “most peculiar and most human of all expressions,” as Charles Darwin put it, but a new study has found that hens share this peculiarity and can also express their fear or excitement in this way. “Our research shows that domestic chickens are
Continue ReadingBy Pat Foran Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Two women from the Toronto area are speaking out after losing thousands of dollars to a romance scam, including a single mother who lost $62,000. “He asked me if I’m single. I said yes, I am single. He seemed to be
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Great Britain diver Tom Daley said “The world is very much on China’s heels to be ready to challenge them.”
Continue ReadingBy Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story OCONOMOWOC, Wisconsin (WDJT) — One month ago, a Sussex mother driving home after celebrating her 30th birthday with friends in Milwaukee nearly lost her life in a carjacking. We talked with that woman who is still recovering. “And I was like ‘I have to get
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate has led to a surge in sales for “Hillbilly Elegy,” his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016. A spokesperson for HarperCollins told The Associated Press that more than 600,000 copies have been sold since Trump’s
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Associated Press A burning car pushed into a gully sparked California’s largest wildfire of the year, authorities said Thursday as they announced the arrest of a suspect. Meanwhile other blazes scorched the Pacific Northwest. Flames from the fire the man is accused of starting exploded into what is now the Park Fire, which has burned
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A burning car pushed into a gully sparked California’s largest wildfire of the year, authorities said Thursday as they announced the arrest of a suspect. Meanwhile other blazes scorched the Pacific Northwest. Flames from the fire the man is accused of starting exploded into what is now the Park Fire, which has burned
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Shimon Prokupecz, Linh Tran and Leigh Waldman, CNN (CNN) — One of the first officers who responded to the Uvalde school massacre in Texas pleaded not guilty Thursday to more than two dozen criminal counts. Former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police officer Adrian Gonzales faces 29 counts of abandoning and endangering
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The rivalry between Japan and China may take center stage in the men’s gymnastics team event at the Olympics, but defending all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto’s main agenda is to leave Paris with no regrets.
Continue ReadingCarmen Sánchez (CNN Español) — En los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024 más de 200 delegaciones se verán las caras en las competiciones deportivas más importantes del mundo. México ha participado en 22 ediciones de los Juegos. Su debut fue en el año 1900, cuando estuvo representado por un único atleta, el tirador de polo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has denied a preliminary request to block a commission created to discipline and remove prosecutors. Prosecutors argue that it violates the U.S. and Georgia constitutions. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker on Tuesday denied an injunction seeking to halt the work of the Prosecuting Attorneys
Continue ReadingBy Terell Bailey Click here for updates on this story ANN ARBOR, Michigan (WWJ) — Ann Arbor police are looking into an alleged hate crime against a city council member. “I’ve never really heard anyone knock at my door with such ferocity,” Councilwoman Cynthia Harrison told CBS News Detroit. Harrison said last Tuesday, she and
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from devastating landslides in southern Ethiopia has climbed to more than 250 and could rise as high as 500, the UN warned, citing local authorities. The landslides hit thousands of people in Gofa Zone on Sunday and Monday and are the deadliest ever reported in Ethiopia,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Meta’s Oversight Board says the company failed to take down an AI-generated intimate image of an Indian female public figure that violated its policies until the board got involved. The quasi-independent board also said the social media giant’s policies on non-consensual deepfake images needs updating, including wording that’s “not
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