By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Maldives is known for its luxury resorts and crystal-clear waters, but this week it became the site of a frantic underwater search for missing tourists. Five experienced Italian divers ventured into an underwater cave system on what was supposed to be an exciting expedition — but they never returned. Here’s
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — American shoppers are brushing off higher gas prices and finally spending money at Target again. Target’s comparable sales, which include both those at stores and online, grew 5.6% during its latest quarter — its best results in four years. The company raised its sales guidance for the
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Tens of millions of Americans hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend will face historically high gas prices. The war with Iran has destabilized the global energy system, pushing up pump prices across the country despite emergency steps from the Trump administration designed to limit the damage.
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By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Stream CNN FlashDoc’s new documentary “The Last Laugh: Stephen Colbert,” examining the legacy of one of America’s most influential satirists, on the CNN app. Stephen Colbert’s final “Late Show” broadcast on Thursday will close out his run in the storied CBS late-night chair once occupied by David Letterman. What
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A ridge of high pressure building in from the Pacific is bringing warmer temperatures and dry weather to the High Desert this week. Highs will climb into the 70s today and Thursday, with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies expected. The warmer than normal pattern continues through the weekend, with many
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Continue ReadingPor Lex Harvey y Anna Chernova, CNN En las profundidades de un mar cristalino de color turquesa, las playas de arena blanca y los bungalows con techo de paja de las Maldivas, se extiende un sistema de cuevas profundo y estrecho, desprovisto de luz y de la colorida vida marina que habita en aguas más
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — The United States is not in a recession, but the normal economic cycle means it will be at some point. Exactly when is hard to predict. A nationwide recession is marked by a decline in economic activity over at least several months. Think lower consumer spending, higher job losses,
Continue ReadingPor Jen Christensen, CNN El mortífero brote de ébola en la República Democrática del Congo (RDC) y Uganda supone un alto riesgo a nivel local y regional, pero los riesgos globales siguen siendo bajos, según la OMS. El Director General de la organización, el Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, hizo estos comentarios en una conferencia de
Continue ReadingPor Simone McCarthy, CNN El líder de China, Xi Jinping, elogió los lazos con Rusia como una fuerza de “calma en medio del caos” durante una reunión con Vladimir Putin en Beijing el miércoles, días después de que Xi recibiera al presidente Donald Trump para una cumbre histórica entre Estados Unidos y China. Xi aludió
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is spreading fast and presents a high risk at a national and regional level, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Tests show that a strain called Bundibugyo — which has no specific treatment or vaccine – is behind
Continue ReadingAnálisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN El vicepresidente de EE.UU., J.D. Vance, acaba de presentar su propuesta en las primarias republicanas sobre la baja por maternidad. El vicepresidente presidió la rueda de prensa en la sala de prensa de la Casa Blanca el martes, ante la ausencia de la secretaria de prensa Karoline Leavitt se encontraba
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By Lex Harvey, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Deep beneath the crystal turquoise water, white sandy beaches and thatched overwater bungalows of the Maldives lies a deep and narrow system of caves, devoid of light and the colorful marine life that inhabits higher waters. The seas were rough and the wind was picking up late
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By Kathleen Magramo, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Months-long backpacking trips to Thailand might have just got a lot harder to arrange. The Southeast Asian nation is ending a 60-day visa-free entry program for travelers from 93 countries and territories, the Thai Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Visitors from countries including Australia, the UK and
Continue ReadingPor Stephanie Yang, John Liu y Chris Isidore, CNN China anunció el miércoles que comprará 200 aviones Boeing y que colaborará con Estados Unidos para reducir los aranceles, confirmando algunos detalles del resultado de la visita del presidente Donald Trump a Beijing la semana pasada. El acuerdo, que pondría fin a una congelación virtual de
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Homebuyers browsing Zillow across parts of the Midwest on Wednesday may find thousands of incomplete or outdated listings, after a mounting legal fight disrupted the flow of new listings to the platform. The listings began disappearing on Wednesday because Midwest Real Estate Data, or MRED, cut off Zillow’s access
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed ties with Russia as a force for “calm amid chaos” during a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, days after Xi hosted President Donald Trump for a landmark US-China summit. Xi alluded to an increasingly fractious international situation – and took
Continue ReadingPor Evan Perez, CNN Los cargos penales que el Departamento de Justicia prevé presentar contra el expresidente de Cuba Raúl Castro son el resultado de un proceso judicial que lleva gestándose más de 30 años, y en el que los fiscales federales de Miami redactaron por primera vez una acusación formal en su contra en
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By Stephanie Yang, John Liu and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — China said Wednesday it will buy 200 Boeing aircraft and work with the US to reduce tariffs, confirming some details from the outcome of President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing last week. The deal, which would end a virtual sales freeze on Boeing aircraft
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By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s criminal charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro is a prosecution more than 30 years in the works, with federal prosecutors in Miami first drafting an indictment against him in the 1990s. After three decades, criminal charges that were announced Wednesday at an event
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