By AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says Azerbaijan’s presidential election took place in a “restrictive” environment and that critical voices were silenced. Preliminary results released on Thursday indicated Aliyev’s resounding victory in the presidential vote. The head of the Central Election Commission said most
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an infectious disease expert and the many outbreaks he contended with, from AIDS/HIV to the COVID-19 pandemic. Viking announced Thursday that Fauci’s “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods will make his first competitive start of the year at the Genesis Invitational next week, the 15-time major winner announced on social media Wednesday. The 47-year-old – restricted to a limited schedule after suffering serious leg injuries in a car accident in 2021 – has not featured
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN en Español) — La expansión del dengue en Brasil ha causado la muerte de 54 personas y un total de 392.724 casos en lo que va de 2024, de acuerdo con el reporte del ministerio de Salud del país actualizado hasta la noche de este miércoles. Otros 273 fallecimientos están en investigación
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that two Colorado funeral home owners accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies used payments from families to purchase vehicles, cryptocurrency, a $1,500 dinner in Las Vegas and other personal items. FBI Agent Andrew Cohen said Thursday the purchases included two vehicles for
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has reported its profit sank in October-December to about half of what it earned in the same period the year before. Nissan, based in the port city of Yokohama, said Thursday that its profit in the last quarter was 29 billion yen ($195 million). Quarterly
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — At some point last year, Yaroslava Mahuchikh vowed to stop reading the news before competitions, so distressing did she find the stories and images of bloodshed in her native Ukraine. One of the world’s top high jumpers, Mahuchikh knew that absolute concentration was required to perfectly execute her run-up,
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Antiwar politician Boris Nadezhdin was rejected Thursday as a candidate in next month’s presidential balloting by Russian election authorities, a strong signal from the Kremlin that it won’t tolerate any public opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. The move by the Central Election Commission provides an
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a longtime aide and close adviser to be a White House deputy chief of staff. Boston native Annie Tomasini has spent the past three years as director of Oval Office Operations. Tomasini is a close adviser who travels regularly with the president,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group has returned to profitability after four straight quarters in the red. Tokyo-based SoftBank reported a 950 billion yen, or $6.4 billion, profit for the October-December quarter. Quarterly sales rose nearly 5%. SoftBank, which invests in companies such as Yahoo Japan, T-Mobile
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have risen in China after Beijing ousted its top stock market regulator and announced more funding for hard-strapped property developers. Investors appeared to give a warm welcome to Wu Qing. The industry veteran has a reputation for being tough on market misbehavior. He was named
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti La cobertura de este liveblog ha terminado. Para ver las más recientes actualizaciones haz clic aquí Palestinos identifican los cadáveres de familiares muertos en un bombardeo israelí nocturno sobre el sur de ,Gaza en el hospital Al-Najjar de Rafah el 8 de febrero de 2024 (Foto de MAHMUD HAMS/AFP vía Getty Images) The-CNN-Wire™
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Norma Anderson had already earned her spot in the Colorado history books before becoming the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit seeking to disqualify Donald Trump from office. The standoff against Trump is one final chapter in the 91-year-old’s storied political career, which includes stints as the first-ever woman majority leader
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in a historic challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the ballot, thrusting the high court into a raucous election as it threatens to abruptly end the former president’s campaign for a second term. Not since the court decided Bush v. Gore after the
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House announced Thursday it will work with all the major American sports leagues in unique new partnerships meant to underscore the importance of physical activity and proper nutrition. The new partnerships are a part of the White House’s Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities, which was
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Evidence from a 2,000-foot-long ice core reveals that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrank suddenly and dramatically around 8,000 years ago, according to new research — providing an alarming insight into how quickly Antarctic ice could melt and send sea levels soaring. Part of the ice sheet thinned by
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, Anna Chernova, Clare Sebastian and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin has been barred from standing in Russia’s presidential election next month, in a move that further clears the country’s political landscape of opponents to Vladimir Putin. The decision was made during a ruling on Thursday by the Central
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo is mourning Ingo the flamingo, its oldest resident, who died at what is believed to be at least 75 years of age and had lived there since the mid-1950s. The zoo announced Ingo’s Feb. 3 death at an “imposing” age in social media posts on Wednesday, adding that he
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A senior member of the Swedish security police says that Iran “has been preparing and conducted activities aimed at carrying out a so-called physical attack against someone or something in Sweden.” The head of the counterespionage at Sweden domestic security agency, told Swedish radio Thursday that “we have worked on a number
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