By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say the U.S. government is increasing its urgent military assistance to Guyana as neighboring Venezuela threatens to seize a large part of the country’s territory it has long claimed. The U.S. is pledging to help Guyana buy new aircraft, helicopters, a fleet of military drones
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A team of five US Treasury Department officials is traveling to Beijing this week for a series of meetings on the economy with their counterparts in China, a Treasury official told CNN on Monday. The trip by senior officials comes ahead of a planned return to China
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta’s policies on manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address online disinformation in a major election year. The quasi-independent board said on Monday that an altered video of Joe Biden on Facebook exposed gaps in the policy. The
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Ending the 2024 Grammys with a tender moment between two beloved divas — Taylor Swift and Celine Dion — should’ve been an easy win. But viewers were divided on the night’s final moment. When surprise presenter Dion announced Swift as the winner of Album of the Year, the “Karma” singer excitedly dashed onto
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Most Americans want to see a verdict on the federal charges former President Donald Trump faces related to election subversion in 2020 before this year’s presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. And looking ahead, most expect Trump to pardon himself of
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Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Tim Clark, presidente de Emirates, se ha sumado a un coro de ejecutivos de aerolíneas para advertir que a Boeing se le está acabando el tiempo para restaurar su reputación luego de una serie de errores de seguridad y fabricación. En una entrevista con el Financial Times publicada el domingo, Clark
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Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s new foreign minister has used his first visit to Israel to urge the government to allow an “immediate cease-fire” and a “massive influx” of humanitarian aid in Gaza. Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday. Speaking at a
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Hundreds of angry farmers took to the streets in Bulgaria’s capital to complain of what they call “the total failure” of the government to meet the mounting challenges in the agricultural sector. They called on Monday for the agriculture minister to step down for not keeping his promises to ease the
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney wants to keep confidential any proprietary information or trade secrets that comes out of its state court fight with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees over who controls the governing district at Walt Disney World. The entertainment giant asked a state court judge on Friday for a
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Bob Beckwith, the former New York City firefighter who famously stood alongside President George W. Bush atop a charred fire truck in the rubble of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has died, according to the union representing New York firefighters and former US Rep. Peter King. He was 91. The
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Many victims of the massive storms now battering Southern California are about to be hit with another heartbreak – discovering their insurance won’t cover the damage. The typical homeowners’ policy won’t cover loss from flood damage. That is covered by the National Flood Insurance Program, a part
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz announced Monday that she intends to file for reelection for her House seat, a rare move in that she reversed her decision last year to retire from Congress. “Deciding where your duty lies – family, work, or country, is never an easy task. Earlier last year, I decided to take
Continue ReadingBy KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press President Joe Biden recently traveled to North Carolina to promote his goal of affordable internet access for all Americans, but the promise for 23 million families across the U.S. is on shaky ground. That’s because a subsidy that helps people with limited resources afford internet access is set to expire
Continue ReadingPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Lawyers for Cambodia’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party have filed a lawsuit at the order of the party’s leader, former Prime Minister Hun Sen, accusing a leading rights activist of defamation and seeking damages of half a million dollars. The complaint was filed against Soeng Sen Karuna, deputy chief of Cambodia’s
Continue ReadingRepublican U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz is seeking reelection for Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, about a year after she announced she would not run again. Last February, Spartz said wanted to spend more time with her family. But the two-term congresswoman on Monday announced that she no longer wants her work in the Capitol to end
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Using sponges collected off the coast of Puerto Rico in the eastern Caribbean, scientists have calculated 300 years of ocean temperatures and concluded the world has already overshot one crucial global warming limit and is speeding toward another. These findings, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, are alarming but
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Two new studies track the effect of police violence on Black Americans. One study ties police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances. The other finds a racial gap in injuries involving police use of Tasers and other energy weapons. Both research papers appear in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers found sleep
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Living a healthy lifestyle with a focus on a nutritious diet, regular exercise, minimum alcohol consumption and other healthy habits can help keep your brain sharp into old age, doctors say. But what if your brain already has signs of beta amyloid or tau — two of the hallmark
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