Canada faces some ‘deeply entrenched’ human rights challenges: Human Rights Watch
By Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A new report warns of a global backsliding of…
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Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year…
Continue ReadingCitigroup to cut 20,000 employees
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Citigroup will lay off 20,000 employees over the next two years, CFO Mark Mason said Friday. The…
Continue ReadingFrantišek Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who supported dissidents from Sweden, dies at age 92
PRAGUE (AP) — František Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who set up a foundation in Sweden while in exile to support the dissident movement in…
Continue ReadingSign bearing Trump’s name removed from Bronx golf course as new management takes over
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — A years-long effort to erase Donald Trump’s surname from a New York City golf course is now…
Continue ReadingSyria’s government extends permission for UN to bring aid through border crossing with Turkey
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s government is giving the United Nations permission for another six months to use a major border crossing with Turkey to…
Continue ReadingThe Olympics tap its first-ever global beer sponsor
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Bud Light brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev is becoming the first-ever beer sponsor for the next three…
Continue ReadingBrunei’s Prince Abdul Mateen weds fiancee in lavish 10-day ceremony
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Brunei’s Prince Abdul Mateen, one of Asia’s most popular royal figures, has married his fiancee in an…
Continue ReadingFive investors on their biggest takeaways from 2023
By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Markets were anything but predictable last year. Investors aren’t looking to get caught flat-footed…
Continue ReadingBombs and beauty: Photographing a Lebanon in flux
By Christian House, CNN (CNN) — “Since the explosion I feel like a glass of water that overflows constantly,” wrote Lebanese photographer…
Continue ReadingLil Nas X stirs things up with ‘J Christ’ music video
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lil Nas X has an already-famous penchant for stoking controversy, and his latest music video is sure to add…
Continue ReadingShe survived 6 heart attacks. Now this 28-year-old pageant queen is bringing cardiovascular health to Miss America
Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — At 16, Jude Maboné often went to bed wondering whether she would wake up the next morning. She’d recently had…
Continue ReadingRussian opposition activist placed in custody on charges linked to online comment
By The Associated Press A Moscow court has ruled that a left-wing opposition activist who had criticized the Kremlin but backed the war in Ukraine…
Continue ReadingA Danish appeals court upholds prison sentences for Iranian separatists convicted of terror charges
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish appeals court has upheld the sentences of three members of an Iranian separatist group convicted of promoting…
Continue ReadingThe skin care craze has hit tweens. But what is actually worth it?
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Tweens and young teens aren’t always clumsily playing with what is in their parent’s makeup bag anymore…
Continue ReadingUS Coast Guard says a Dominican died after it fired at a fleeing boat carrying $11M worth of cocaine
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a person from the Dominican Republic died after it fired at a fleeing boat in the Caribbean…
Continue ReadingPatriots name Jerod Mayo as next head coach, Bill Belichick’s successor
By KYLE HIGHTOWER and ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writers FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Jerod Mayo spent his entire professional football career learning from…
Continue ReadingAre divorce albums breaking new ground? Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson, Kelsea Ballerini make the case
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the 2024 Grammy nominations were announced, one thing was immediately apparent: Women…
Continue ReadingEl Departamento Militar de Texas redobla esfuerzos para impedir que Patrulla Fronteriza acceda a kilómetros en frontera EE.UU.- México
Sol Amaya (CNN) — El Departamento Militar de Texas no solo ha tomado la medida extraordinaria de impedir que una agencia federal de aplicación…
Continue ReadingWhy does Iowa launch the presidential campaign?
By WILL WEISSERT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press Iowa assumed its position as the state that votes first for a presidential nominee more than 50…
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