By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been released on parole from a Bangkok hospital where he spent six months serving time for corruption-related offenses. The telecoms billionaire was toppled in a 2006 coup but voluntarily returned from self-exile to Thailand in August last year and reported
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Una enorme sentencia de US$ 355 millones y otras medidas punitivas en el juicio por fraude civil en Nueva York contra el expresidente Donald Trump, sus hijos y la Organización Trump supondrán un golpe muy grande, aunque tal vez no fatal, a sus empresas con sede en el estado de Nueva York.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On the witness stand last year, Donald Trump proclaimed: “I have a lot of cash.” After Friday’s eye-popping penalty in his New York civil fraud trial, he’s going to need it — and maybe more. A judge ordered the former president to fork over $355
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Cuando los visitantes entran al Budapest Café en Chengdu, China, no solo reciben una taza de café. Más bien, son inmediatamente transportados a un espacio sacado de una película de Wes Anderson, gracias a los tonos pastel, los muebles caprichosos y una serie de arcos y arcadas que pretenden imitar las perspectivas
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday launched a sneaker line, a day after he and his companies were ordered by a judge to pay nearly $355 million in his New York civil fraud trial. The former president unveiled “Trump Sneakers” at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia. He placed a pair of
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.” Trump was met with loud
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La Oficina en Venezuela del Alto Comisionado de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, que el Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro decidió expulsar del país esta semana, tenía como mandato monitorear, evaluar y hacer informes sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en el país, de acuerdo
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El avance ruso hacia las ruinas de la ciudad de Avdiivka era solo cuestión de tiempo. Las fuerzas ucranianas estaban muy superadas en número y habían sufrido un ataque diario desde octubre, en una ciudad que ha estado en primera línea desde que los separatistas respaldados por Rusia lanzaron una
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff was in the first row on Saturday. The husband of Vice President Kamala Harris was courtside for the HBCU Classic at the NBA’s All-Star weekend in Indianapolis, taking in a college game between Virginia Union and Winston-Salem State. He spoke earlier Saturday
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Former CBS executive Les Moonves has agreed to pay $11,250 to settle a complaint from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. Moonves was accused of interfering with a 2017 police investigation of a sexual assault complaint against him. Documents show he acknowledged working with an LAPD captain to illegally obtain information
Continue ReadingBy By Gabriela Vidal Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Residents in the Denver metro area are reacting to the heartbreaking discovery of a funeral home owner allegedly mishandling the remains of his client’s loved ones. “It’s a heartbreaking thing,” said Gabrielle Oldfield. “And it’s sad because you know you
Continue ReadingBy Davey Johnson Click here for updates on this story SAINT PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota confirmed Friday he is laying off a large number of his campaign staff amid his 2024 presidential run. Phillips took to social media Friday evening to post a video announcing his reason for the
Continue ReadingBy Jonah Kaplan Click here for updates on this story WOODBURY, Minnesota (WCCO) — At least five Woodbury houses have caught on fire because of a now-common item. According to investigators, those fires were all sparked by lithium-ion batteries. Some of the fires led to widespread damage, including one home that was a total loss.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The family of Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael says he has contracted another infection and was undergoing a blood transfusion days after being admitted into intensive care at a suburban Chicago hospital. The family said the 66-year-old McMichael — who went public with an ALS diagnosis
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Dakota Johnson is choosing to sit out from watching her newest movie, and her reasoning might be a bit surprising. The star, who plays the title character in new superhero flick “Madame Web,” told MagicFM earlier this week that she doesn’t know when she’ll see the movie, vacillating between
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Stahl, Brad Nau Click here for updates on this story CAMDEN, New Jersey (KYW) — The first patient in the world to test a new treatment for melanoma is now cancer-free. And the research from MD Anderson at Cooper was just approved by the FDA. This new therapy for melanoma, a deadly kind
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Charles “Lefty” Driesell, who coached college basketball for more than four decades, died Saturday at the age of 92, according to a statement from James Madison University, where Driesell coached from 1988 to 1997. His grandson, Ty Anderson, told The Washington Post that Driesell died at his home in Virginia Beach,
Continue ReadingWAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Two young citizen-soldiers who became close friends after enlisting in the Army Reserve were remembered at funerals in southeast Georgia on Saturday, nearly three weeks after they died in a drone attack while deployed to the Middle East. A service for 24-year-old Sgt. Kennedy Sanders was held in the packed 1,200-seat
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has met with newly elected Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo and discussed regional migration, security and the economy in the Central American nation. The meeting Saturday in Germany at the Munich Security Conference comes days after the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach
Continue Readingmondemanola (CNN) — Finalizada su gira oficial por Israel e Italia, el presidente de Argentina dedicó múltiples apariciones públicas, publicaciones y “me gusta” en redes sociales para atacar a la cantante Lali Espósito. El jefe de Estado la apodó “Lali Depósito”, le dijo “parásito” y la acusó de “vivir de la plata del Estado”. Lali
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