THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld part of a Russian appeal against a $50 billion arbitration award to former shareholders of bankrupted oil giant Yukos. The highest Dutch court ruled Friday that a lower Dutch appeal court wrongly dismissed, on procedural grounds, Russia’s claim that “shareholders committed fraud in the
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s atomic agency says that its stockpile of 20% enriched uranium has reached over 210 kilograms (463 pounds), the latest defiant move ahead of upcoming nuclear talks with the West. The figure, attributed to agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvan, was carried in a report by the semi-official Tasnim and Fars news agencies.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Entertainer Lionel Blair, a staple on British stage and television for decades, has died. He was 92. Blair’s agent said he died Thursday. No cause of death was given. Blair was born Lionel Henry Ogus in Montreal to Russian Jewish parents. The family moved to Britain when he was a toddler. Among
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By Tamara Qiblawi and Stephanie Busari CNN Families of the victims of Monday’s high-rise building collapse in Lagos have accused the Nigerian government of organizing a shambolic rescue effort. Several victims were believed to have been alive in the immediate aftermath of the collapse. On Tuesday, rescue workers said they spoke to several people trapped
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El juicio de los tres hombres blancos acusados del homicidio del corredor negro Ahmaud Arbery está programado para comenzar la mañana de este viernes, lo que nuevamente atrae la atención de EE.UU. sobre el caso en una pequeña ciudad de Georgia en el que la raza ha seguido siendo un factor
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Washington National Cathedral on Friday will host a funeral for the late Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died on October 18 from complications from Covid-19. Although the funeral will be closed to the public, CNN will be carrying live coverage of the funeral service honoring Powell, who served in
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By Kristin Fisher, CNN Six months after being tapped to lead the White House’s National Space Council, Vice President Kamala Harris will announce the council’s first meeting of the Biden administration during a visit Friday to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The meeting will be held on December 1, according to a White
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Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN When Uruguayan fashion designer Gabriela Hearst was announced as the creative director of luxury fashion house Chloé in December last year, those familiar with her work knew it spelled change for the 70-year-old French brand — especially given the maison’s CEO, Riccardo Bellini, had already indicated he was looking to take
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Realmente estamos hechos de estrellas, como dijo una vez el astrónomo Carl Sagan. Por primera vez, los astrónomos han detectado un elemento que se encuentra en nuestros cuerpos en una galaxia que se encuentra a más de 12.000 millones de años luz de distancia. La NASA descubre el primer posible planeta fuera
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Vanessa Nakate was 21 when deadly floods inundated vast swaths of East Africa in 2018. She didn’t consider herself a climate activist at the time, but soon after that disaster she and her younger siblings and cousins decorated placards and started climate protests in her home city of Kampala, the capital
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Hecker Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Charles County teenager is thankful to only have a few bumps and bruises after falling asleep behind the wheel and crashing into a creek bed. Bryson Sutton, 17, said he was driving home late from work on Saturday
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens are signaling that negotiations to form a new governing coalition are progressing slowly and differences remain over climate policy. The Greens last month entered negotiations with the center-left Social Democrats and the business-friendly Free Democrats on a new government after all three parties made gains in Germany’s Sept. 26
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Europa se enfrenta a un invierno potencialmente devastador que podrÃa ver a medio millón de personas morir con covid-19, advirtió la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) el jueves. La OMS dio la alarma sobre un aumento en los casos y lamentó la vacunación vacilante en partes del continente. Gran parte de
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LONDON (AP) — Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton has resigned in the fallout from Azeem Rafiq’s racism allegations against the English cricket club. Hutton said “today I announce my resignation as chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, with immediate effect . . . there has been a constant unwillingness from the executive members of the board
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — A train struck and killed a migrant from Eritrea and injured several others on the northern coast of France that is the main jumping-off point for migrants seeking to reach Britain. A French official said that among the injured in the accident Thursday evening in Calais, one was in critical condition. Two
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An influential LGBT advocacy group in China that has spearheaded many of the legal cases pushing for greater rights is halting its work amid growing restrictions on social activism. LGBT Rights Advocacy China announced it was ceasing all activities and shutting down its social media accounts
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton has resigned in the fallout from Azeem Rafiq’s racism allegations against the English cricket club. Hutton said “today I announce my resignation as chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, with immediate effect . . . there has been a constant unwillingness from the executive members of the board
Continue Reading BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Doctors in Bosnia are bracing for a new wave of the coronavirus in the Balkan nation, which has a low vaccination rate and has been among the hardest hit countries in Europe earlier in the pandemic. In the northwestern town of Banja Luka, the COVID-19 ward of the main hospital
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Incluso si contraen una infección posvacunación, las personas vacunadas no se enferman de forma tan grave con el covid-19, informaron el jueves dos equipos diferentes de investigadores. Ambos estudios muestran que las vacunas protegen fuertemente contra la enfermedad grave y la muerte, incluso meses después de que las personas se vacunaron
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares have opened lower in Europe after a downbeat day in Asia, where Chinese benchmarks sagged under revived concerns over property developers. Benchmarks fell in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai but rose in Paris and Sydney. Jitters over troubles in China’s property sector flared after
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