Julia Buckley, CNN That Venice is in peril is indisputable. That it is ultimately saveable is up for discussion. Now, one company thinks they can make a difference to the floating, sinking city — with “flying” boats. Swedish company Candela thinks that its electric boats can help fight “moto ondoso” — the damaging phenomenon of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La cantante colombiana Shakira enfrentará un juicio oral por seis presuntos delitos contra la Hacienda Pública de España. Un juez dice que la artista ha defraudado al fisco español pero la cantante niega estas acusaciones. El caso data de 2018 cuando la Fiscalía de Barcelona presentó una querella contra
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Rusia logró en las últimas horas un “éxito parcial” en su intento por controlar la región de Donetsk, en el este de Ucrania, donde mantiene los bombardeos desde hace semanas. Además, funcionarios de la administración de Joe Biden aseguraron que más de 75.000 soldados rusos murieron o resultaron heridos
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Nestlé hiked its prices by 6.5% in the first half of 2022 as it grapples with an “unprecedented” rise in costs. The world’s largest food company raised its prices the most in North America — a 9.8% increase — followed by Latin America at 9.4%, Nestlé said in a statement
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, CNN James Lovelock, the British environmental scientist and creator of the Gaia theory, which hypothesizes Earth acts as a single living organism, has died at the age of 103. Lovelock died on Tuesday “surrounded by his family on his 103rd birthday,” a statement from his family released to the Guardian and shared
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By Laura He, CNN Business Yang Huiyan, Asia’s wealthiest woman, has seen her wealth fall to $11 billion from nearly $24 billion this year as China’s property crisis escalates, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The 41-year-old controls Country Garden Holdings, China’s largest real estate developer by sales. Her stake was largely transferred from her
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By Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN On August 9, Kenyans head to the polls and with soaring food and fuel prices, high unemployment and post-pandemic stagnation, a change in leadership could not come at a more critical time for East Africa’s largest economy. Who are the candidates? Deputy President William Ruto, 55 and veteran
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN A 7-year-old girl from Georgia camping with her family in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was killed Wednesday when a tree fell on their campsite, park officials said. Rangers responded to an emergency call at the Elkmont Campground in Tennessee at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, the park said in a news release.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, Jason Hanna and Michelle Watson, CNN At least eight people have died in widespread flooding in eastern Kentucky following heavy overnight rains, the governor said Thursday — an inundation he says will be “one of the most significant, deadly floods” in the commonwealth’s history. “This is an ongoing natural disaster, with more
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto, CNN Nicaraguan opposition leader Yubrank Suazo, who participated in protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega in 2018, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH) said Wednesday. The sentence was imposed by Judge Ulisa Tapia Silva at a court in the capital, Managua.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La gran mayoría de los casos en el creciente brote de viruela del mono se dan entre hombres que tienen sexo con hombres, de acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud. El director general de la OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, aconsejó el miércoles a los miembros de esta comunidad que limiten
Continue Reading By Hamdi Alkhshali and Aqeel Najim, CNN Hundreds of angry protesters loyal to the powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr broke into Baghdad’s heavily protected Green Zone on Wednesday, denouncing the nomination of a new prime minister. Mohammed Shiya al-Sudani was formally nominated to lead the country on Monday by the Coordination Framework, the largest Shiite alliance
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TODAY: Dry early this morning, showers and storms to our north west will arrive by late morning. Storms in Nebraska and Kansas this morning will move east towards mid-MO ahead of a cold front. Storms will likely clip our lake area counties, but showers are possible further north along the front as well. This will
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday announced it would be directing more than $400 million in loans and grants to support high-speed internet projects for rural communities — funding which is expected to reach about 31,000 families and businesses across 11 states. “Rural communities are the backbone of our nation and have
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a lengthy and candid discussion about Taiwan on Thursday as tensions mount between Washington and Beijing, despite Biden’s onetime hope of stabilizing the world’s most important country-to-country relationship. The two leaders did agree to begin arrangements for a face-to-face summit, their
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Anna Chernova, CNN This week’s trial proceedings in Russia over WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention have shed more light on the details of her arrest, including her testimony that she wasn’t provided key information on her rights granted under Russian law. Seated in a courtroom near Moscow Wednesday, Griner denied accusations
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By Ben Morse, CNN Former US President Donald Trump will play a round with Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson ahead of the LIV Golf event which begins on Friday. The third event of the controversial Saudi-backed tour is being played at Bedminster, New Jersey, which is a Trump-owned course. A source with LIV Golf told
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN An unrelenting heat wave will continue scorching the Northwest and parts of the South Thursday as millions endure yet another round of blistering temperatures. More than 30 million people in the US were under various heat alerts early Thursday. “The extreme heat is unfortunately expected to stay until the weekend, with
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Without a big winner on Tuesday, the Mega Millions jackpot has now grown to more than $1 billion.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Nadie puede darse el lujo de parecer débil. El último enfrentamiento de Estados Unidos con China fue provocado por los planes filtrados para una posible visita de la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, a Taiwán, y es particularmente peligroso porque está impulsado por la política interna en ambos lados
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