By The Associated Press The mother of Russia’s late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye. Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators allowed her to see her son’s body in the city
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Dubai-based budget carrier FlyDubai has seen record earnings of $572 million in 2023, boosted by carrying the most passengers ever across its network. That’s according to a company announcement on Thursday. The state-owned carrier, based in the business and tourism hub of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates,
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A prominent pro-war Russian military blogger, Andrey Morozov, has reportedly died by suicide just days after he reported that Russia suffered huge losses during its months-long assault on the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka. Morozov, known as “Murz” on Telegram, was an ultra-nationalist commentator and vocal supporter
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A whale as long as a train car that died after straying into a Japanese bay is set to be buried until it naturally becomes a skeletal specimen for a local museum. It’s the third year in a row that whales have become stranded in Osaka Bay,
Continue ReadingBy Gertrude Kitongo, CNN (CNN) — Vultures stalk death, and death stalks vultures. Think about the scavenger bird and images of disease and decay soon follow. The birds have a bad reputation – unjustifiably so, say conservationists, who argue vultures are one of nature’s great recyclers, and one of the most misunderstood creatures. Sub-Saharan Africa
Continue ReadingTIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Parliament on Thursday approved a deal for the country to hold thousands of migrants rescued in international waters by Italy while their asylum applications are processed, despite protests from opposition lawmakers and human rights groups. The Parliament, dominated by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s left-wing Socialist Party, voted 77 to
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Travelers who were hoping to experience Qantas’ long-awaited, record-breaking ‘Project Sunrise’ flights next year will have to be a bit more patient. Australia’s flag carrier said on Thursday that manufacturing delays have impacted the delivery dates for the Airbus A350-1000 jets that will be used to service the ultra-long-haul
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, Nectar Gan, Wayne Chang and Simone McCarthy, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — American support for Taiwan will continue no matter who wins the upcoming US election, House Rep. Mike Gallagher told an audience in the democratic island on Thursday, as tensions simmer between Taipei and Beijing. “I’m confident regardless of how the
Continue ReadingGHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have carried out a double public execution at a stadium in the southeast of the country. Relatives of the victims of stabbings fired guns at the two convicted men while thousands of people watched. The Taliban’s Supreme Court had ruled that the two men were responsible for the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French defense officials say Russian forces threatened to shoot down a French surveillance aircraft patrolling in international airspace over the Black Sea. Speaking Thursday to broadcaster RTL, the French defense minister said Russia has adopted a “particularly aggressive” posture as its struggles to make headway with its
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un hombre que “atacó de manera viciosa y repetida” a una mujer asiática de 65 años en la ciudad de Nueva York en 2021 fue sentenciado a 15 años de prisión por un ataque de odio, informó la Oficina del Fiscal del Distrito de Manhattan este miércoles. Brandon Elliot, de
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An animated fetus that develops over the course of a three-minute video has become a new front in state-level abortion politics. Bills have been proposed in the Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia legislatures to require public school students to watch a video like Baby
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — China is sending two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo – the first time it has granted new panda loans to the United States in two decades. A spokesperson for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance confirmed to CNN Wednesday that the zoo would be
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Julie Eshelman and her husband conceived their 2-year-old daughter through in vitro fertilization and kept their frozen embryos in storage, hoping to keep available a vital option for growing their family. But with the military family potentially being redeployed to Alabama, that option is now shrouded with uncertainty following
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Candidates for Iran’s parliament have started campaigning in the country’s first election since the 2022 crackdown on nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was detained for allegedly violating the strict headscarf law. A total of 15,200 candidates will compete for a term
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A man who “viciously and repeatedly” assaulted a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City in 2021 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the hate crime attack, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Brandon Elliot, 43, pleaded guilty to one count
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — China es uno de los lugares más caros del mundo para criar un niño en términos relativos, dice un nuevo informe, y el impacto desproporcionado en las mujeres impulsa la tasa de fertilidad vertiginosamente baja del país mientras lidia con una crisis demográfica. El estudio, publicado este miércoles por el
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — As the aviation sector seeks ways to make air travel less polluting and more sustainable, aerospace company Embraer and South Korean automaker Hyundai are among the companies betting on a new form of air travel -– air taxis. Hyundai’s Supernal and Embraer-backed Eve Air Mobility are
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Mientras el mundo se prepara para conmemorar esta semana el segundo aniversario de la invasión de Ucrania por parte de Vladimir Putin, Europa debe plantearse algunas preguntas inquisitivas sobre la guerra que estalló inesperadamente en sus fronteras y cómo abordará los próximos 12 meses. Podría decirse que la más importante
Continue ReadingBy Amir Tal, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — At least one person was killed and several others injured on Thursday in a highway shooting in the occupied West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem, according to Israeli authorities. A man in his 20s was killed in the incident, the Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency rescue service
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