Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Cuando llegó el final, ni Roger Federer ni Rafael Nadal pudieron contener las lágrimas. Tal vez fue la música lo que despertó las emociones, con la cantante británica Ellie Goulding cerrando una noche memorable en Londres, o tal vez fueron los recuerdos; y hay muchos compartidos por estos grandes del tenis
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By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. says Japanese fans will be able to “see a glimpse of the old pretty boy” when he fights the Manny Pacquiao-trained Mikuru Asakura in a three-round exhibition on Sunday. The 45-year-old Mayweather told reporters he is in good condition for the clash
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El huracán Fiona, ahora conocido como ciclón postropical, tocó tierra en Nueva Escocia y atravesó la costa atlántica de Canadá el sábado temprano en lo que podría ser un evento meteorológico “histórico” para el país. Se registró una presión barométrica no oficial de 931,6 mb en Hart Island, lo
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By Derek Van Dam and Haley Brink, CNN meteorologists Tropical Storm Ian, the ninth named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to reach up to Category 4 hurricane strength before hitting Florida next week. If it does, it will be the first major hurricane to impact the state since 2018. Ian was
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By BILAL HUSSEIN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press NAHR EL-BARED, Lebanon (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians held prayers on a small soccer field in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Saturday, to mourn one of the scores of migrants who died after their boat sank off Syria’s coast this week, even as others vowed
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Unos ocho millones de cubanos podrán participar este domingo de un referéndum que busca actualizar el Código de las Familias, que data de 1975. La votación definirá —por mayoría simple— si se legaliza el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo, medidas de protección a las mujeres en casos de violencia
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By Aimee Lewis, CNN A 14-year-old Russian tennis player has been banned from the sport for nine months following an anti-doping breach, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has said in a statement on Friday. The ITIA said the player, who will not be named because of their age, had tested positive for Meldonium —
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities Saturday as Kremlin-orchestrated votes took place in occupied regions to create a pretext for their annexation by Moscow, while hundreds of people were arrested in Russia for trying to protest a mobilization order that commits
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The voting was over and almost all ballots were counted. News outlets on Nov. 7, 2020, had called the presidential race for Joe Biden. But the leader of the Oath Keepers extremist group was just beginning to fight. Convinced the White House had been stolen from Donald Trump, Stewart
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Sunday parliamentary election will determine who governs next in Italy. But it might take weeks before a coalition government is actually in place to run the major industrial economy and key NATO member. Opinion polls indicate that voters might elect the first far-right premier of the
Continue ReadingBy Rhythm Sachdeva, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — The crescent-shaped Sable Island in the North Atlantic is home to a herd of wild horses and will likely also be a target of the-then Hurricane Fiona. The storm, characterized as “historic” in magnitude by meteorologists, made landfall
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By Megan DeLaire, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — There are a few reasons why Fiona is already being labelled a “historical storm” for Eastern Canada, and one is its unusual left hook. Tracking for the storm released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Leesuel Kang scored 37 points to help South Korea rout Bosnia and Herzegovina 99-66, giving the Asian country its first win in the women’s World Cup in 12 years. South Korea (1-2), which has played in 16 consecutive World Cups — tied with the U.S. for
Continue Reading HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Fiona knocked out power to more than 500,000 customers in Atlantic Canada Saturday, damaging homes with strong winds and rain as it made landfall as a big, powerful post-tropical cyclone. Fiona transformed from a hurricane into a post-tropical storm late Friday, but meteorologists cautioned that it still could have hurricane-strength
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt in a shooting in central Columbia late Friday night. Columbia Police responded to a shots fired call around 11:40 p.m on the 300 block of Melbourne Street. ABC 17 crews on scene saw around six police cars and multiple officers searching the area. Police say, there was no
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Working as a prison guard in Oklahoma is becoming an ever more dangerous job as the state, with one of the highest incarceration rates in the United States, struggles with violence and understaffing at detention facilities. Long hours, dangerous conditions and remote, rural locations have meant
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Working as a prison guard in Oklahoma is becoming an ever more dangerous job as the state, with one of the highest incarceration rates in the United States, struggles with violence and understaffing at detention facilities. Long hours, dangerous conditions and remote, rural locations have meant
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Working as a prison guard in Oklahoma is becoming an ever more dangerous job as the state, with one of the highest incarceration rates in the United States, struggles with violence and understaffing at detention facilities. Long hours, dangerous conditions and remote, rural locations have meant
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Amid mounting injuries and off-field problems, at least France coach Didier Deschamps has one less thing to worry about heading into the World Cup: Aurélien Tchouaméni looks the real deal in midfield. Tchouaméni is 22 with only 13 caps but is already playing with the maturity
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A stark gender divide has emerged in debates unfolding in Republican-led states including West Virginia, Indiana and South Carolina following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision to end constitutional protections for abortion. As male-dominated legislatures worked to advance bans, protesters were more likely to be women.
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