By Tim Lister in Kyiv and Olga Voitovych in Lviv, Ukraine While the Ukrainian military’s resistance against Russia’s invasion has been well-documented, the last few days have seen growing popular defiance of Russian forces. In the south of Ukraine, especially, there have been multiple protests in areas where Russian troops have arrived. At least several
Continue Reading By Tim Lister in Kyiv and Olga Voitovych in Lviv, Ukraine While the Ukrainian military’s resistance against Russia’s invasion has been well-documented, the last few days have seen growing popular defiance of Russian forces. In the south of Ukraine, especially, there have been multiple protests in areas where Russian troops have arrived. At least several
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By VISAR KRYEZIU, KAREL JANICEK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — Yevgen Chornomordenko took off with a sprint when the Ukrainian father of two saw the GPS coordinates from his wife’s cellphone draw nearer to the border crossing into Poland. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited the same Medyka border
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and its locked-out players resumed negotiations, five days after Commissioner Rob Manfred canceled opening day on March 31. Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem and Executive Vice President Morgan Sword arrived at the midtown Manhattan office of the players’ association shortly before noon for
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) – Los ucranianos tienen un plan para la “continuidad del gobierno de una forma u otra”, si el presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky es asesinado, dijo este domingo el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, durante una entrevista con “Face the Nation” de CBS. Cómo el lÃder ucraniano Volodymyr Zelensky
Continue Reading BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s national oil company says that an armed group has shut down two crucial oil fields, causing the country’s daily production of oil to drop by 330,000 barrels. The state-run National Oil Corporation said the group closed pump valves at the Sharara field, Libya’s largest, and el-Feel,
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Benjamin Bourigeaud and Gaetan Laborde scored as fourth-place Rennes beat Angers 2-0 to earn a third straight victory and move within a point of third-place Marseille in the French league. Bourigeaud opened with a bouncing volley into the far corner in the 33rd minute. Laborde doubled the lead in the 87th by
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By Evan Perez and Tierney Sneed, CNN As Attorney General Merrick Garland completes his first full year in office, what would normally be seen as a banner year of liberal accomplishments has been clouded by the specter of Donald Trump, and the question of whether the former President will be held accountable for attempting to
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By SCOTT MCFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say seven people are dead after tornadoes swept through central Iowa, destroying homes, knocking down trees and toppling power lines in the deadliest storm in the state since 2008. Emergency management officials in Madison County said six people were killed when one
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN American officials on Sunday identified three areas on which the United States could soon take action in an attempt to address Russia’s intensifying war in Ukraine: a ban on Russian oil imports, a declaration of war crimes against Russia and help facilitating delivery of Polish fighter jets to Ukraine. The urgent
Continue Reading LYON, France (AP) — Ukrainian refugee Dayana Yastremska took Zhang Shuai of China to three sets in the final of the Lyon Open. Zhang won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. The 21-year-old Yastremska only fled her home in war-torn Odessa, Ukraine, last week following the Russian invasion. She spent two nights sheltering in an underground car park
Continue Reading By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Russian man burned his passport to show his opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. Others held up Ukrainian flags while chanting slogans against the war in Ukraine and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. A group of Russian citizens living in Serbia were among dozens of people
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top-division soccer league has suspended all matches scheduled for Sunday after a massive brawl among fans. Saturday’s match between the host Queretaro and Atlas from Guadalajara _ the reigning league champion _ was suspended in the 62nd minute when multiple fights broke out in the stands. Queretaro Gov. Mauricio Kuri
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are trying again to get rid of the nation’s only law that lets voters veto public housing projects. The law was added to the state constitution in 1950 as a way to keep Black families out of white neighborhoods. The latest attempt to repeal
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Sting says his 1985 song “Russians” is more relevant than ever due to the war in Ukraine. The Grammy winner posted a video on Instagram of himself singing the song. In the caption he wrote, “I’ve only rarely sung this song in the many years since it was written, because I
Continue Reading WATFORD, England (AP) — Bukayo Saka scored one goal and set up another as Arsenal edged Watford 3-2 to help its pursuit of Champions League qualification. A cut-back from Saka enabled Martin Odegaard to slot in his fifth goal of the season after five minutes. The lead lasted only six minutes as Cucho Hernandez’ acrobatic
Continue Reading LYON, France (AP) — Ukrainian refugee Dayana Yastremska took Zhang Shuai of China to three sets in the final of the Lyon Open. Zhang won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. The 21-year-old Yastremska only fled her home in war-torn Odessa, Ukraine, last week following the Russian invasion. She spent two nights sheltering in an underground car park
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say seven people are dead after a tornado swept through central Iowa, damaging homes, knocking down trees and toppling power lines. Emergency management officials in Madison County said six people were killed when the tornado touched down Saturday in an area southwest of Des Moines near the town of
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Theaters needed a hero, and they got one in a big way this weekend. “The Batman” — which stars Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader and Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman — notched an estimated $128.5 million at the North American box office this weekend, according to its studio Warner Bros.
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By Homero De La Fuente, CNN A mass brawl broke out in the stands of a soccer game in Mexico on Saturday and left at least 26 people injured, two of whom are in a serious condition. The Liga MX game between Querétaro and Atlas was abandoned in the second half as fights ensued in
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