By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Chile has lost its appeal to replace Ecuador at the World Cup in Qatar but the verdict by FIFA will likely lead the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. FIFA dismissed Chile’s argument that Ecuador player Byron Castillo was actually Colombian and ineligible to
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court has issued a summons ordering an ex-president to appear in a case alleging he failed to prevent suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed nearly 270 people. The court ordered ex-President Maithripala Sirisena to appear on Oct. 14 in a complaint
Continue Reading By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities began unearthing bodies Friday from a mass burial site in a forest recaptured from Russian forces, including some that they said bore signs of torture. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the site was an example of “what the Russian occupation has led to.” The site,
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian officials say the death toll from the collapse this week of a four-story building in the Jordanian capital of Amman has climbed to 13. Rescuers were still searching for a missing woman on Friday. It’s not clear what caused the collapse of the building on Tuesday in an older district
Continue Reading By FANUEL MORELLI and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press CANTIANO, Italy (AP) — Flash floods swept through several towns Friday in hilly central Italy after hours of exceptionally heavy rain, leaving 10 people dead and at least four missing, authorities said. Dozens of survivors scrambled onto rooftops or up trees to await rescue. Floods invaded garages
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks fell on Friday after FedEx served investors a brutal pre-earnings announcement about the state of the global economy. The Dow closed down 140 points, or 0.5%, lower. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% and the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.9%. All three major indexes logged their fourth losing week
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street, putting the market on track for another week of sizable losses, as a stark warning from FedEx about rapidly worsening trends in the economy gave investors more to worry about. FedEx lost a quarter of its value early Friday after saying
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los 50 migrantes que llegaron a Martha’s Vineyard esta semana llegaron este viernes para recibir refugio y apoyo humanitario en la Base Conjunta de Cape Cod (JBCC, por sus siglas en inglés), informó el gobernador de Massachusetts, Charles Baker, quien también está activando hasta 125 miembros de la Guardia Nacional
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Do Revenge” has all the makings of an attention-generating machine, combining a “Mean Girls” vibe with the stars of two popular teen franchises in Camila Mendes (“Riverdale”) and Maya Hawke (“Stranger Things”). It’s too bad the Netflix movie doesn’t match those qualities, offering a mishmash of homages that’s mildly diverting
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors have stormed at least four banks to demand their trapped savings, signaling growing chaos amid the country’s economic meltdown. Friday’s raids were the most in a single day and the latest in a spate of bank break-ins that reflect public anger at the country’s strict
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Jon Hamm hasn’t found many roles to rival his breakthrough “Mad Men” part, and “Confess, Fletch” certainly doesn’t either. Yet this refreshed version of the smart-alecky character Chevy Chase played in the 1980s has a certain breezy charm, not worthy of rushing to a theater but hardly a waste of
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Jon Hamm hasn’t found many roles to rival his breakthrough “Mad Men” part, and “Confess, Fletch” certainly doesn’t either. Yet this refreshed version of the smart-alecky character Chevy Chase played in the 1980s has a certain breezy charm, not worthy of rushing to a theater but hardly a waste of
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Los líderes militares de China comparten una debilidad potencial que ha minado a sus homólogos rusos en Ucrania y que podría obstaculizar su capacidad para librar una guerra similar, según un nuevo informe de la Universidad de Defensa Nacional de Estados Unidos. El informe identifica la
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Republican midterm candidates around the country are running attack ads criticizing their Democratic opponents over crime and policing. But some of their September ads have been deceptive. An ad from Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deceptively sliced and diced a quote on police funding from Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke. An ad
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Roberto Martinez is not turning his back on Jason Denayer. The Belgium coach called up the center back on Friday for upcoming Nations League matches against Wales and the Netherlands despite his lack of playing time. Denayer has been without a club since he left Lyon this summer. Martinez said Denayer won’t
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday. Numbers for 2022 already approach last year’s totals, which were the highest levels in decades. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA’s
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The British pound slumped to a 37-year low on Friday after new data showed that shoppers are pulling back spending as inflation squeezes household budgets, underscoring fears that the economy may already be shrinking. The currency fell below $1.14, its lowest since 1985, after the Office for National Statistics said
Continue Reading By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese-born Kazakh activist is preparing to register a political party in Kazakhstan to counter Beijing’s growing influence in the region. Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Kazakhstan this week in his first trip abroad since the pandemic, but Beijing’s brutal crackdown in its Xinjiang region has alienated
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN By arranging to fly two planes of migrants onto the tony island of Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis has thrust Florida into an escalating battle between red state leaders and the Biden administration over the US-Mexico border and once again put himself at the forefront of a political cause
Continue Reading By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press A bloc of Arab parties has split ahead of Israel’s fifth elections in less than four years, a move that could dilute the minority’s political influence and aid former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power. The nationalist Balad party will run separately from the other two parties in the
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