By Rob Picheta, Vasco Cotovio and Olga Voitovych, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed “good news” from the northeastern Kharkiv region, after an apparent surprise counter-offensive forced Russian troops onto the back foot and prompted a pro-Kremlin official to call for evacuations. The Russian-installed head of the Kupiansk city administration, Vitaly Ganchev, urged women
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By Matias Grez, CNN From a Liverpool perspective, the biggest positive to take from the team’s humiliating 4-1 defeat to Napoli is at least it was only four. The red shirts were carved open time and time again, particularly in the first half, and only some wayward finishing — including a missed penalty from Napoli
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — United Airlines thinks that in a few years, plenty of big-city customers will pay $100 or more for a one-way ride to the airport in a four-seat, electric-powered air taxi. The Chicago-based airline said Thursday that it invested $15 million in a startup manufacturer, and signed
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss said Thursday that her government will cap domestic energy prices for homes and businesses to ease a cost-of-living crisis that has left people and businesses across the U.K. facing a bleak winter. Truss told lawmakers in Parliament that the two-year “energy price
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman died following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 54 in Camden County on Wednesday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened in the eastbound lanes near Wagon Trail Road just after 6:35 p.m. Troopers said Tiffany N. Dust, 32, of Urbana, failed to yield to another
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Washington (CNN) — Apenas pasa un día sin que haya una novedad importante en la investigación de Mar-a-Lago, ya sea una entrega de documentos por parte del Departamento de Justicia, un comentario sorprendente del expresidente Donald Trump, una audiencia judicial llena de fuegos artificiales o una sentencia muy esperada. La investigación penal
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN School is back in session across the US and many students are starting to notice some changes in their classrooms. New laws have restricted teaching about race, history and gender identity in more than a dozen states — and a growing number of books are being pulled from school library shelves.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE and KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Thursday as the Biden administration announced major new military aid worth more than $2.8 billion for Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia. In meetings with senior Ukrainian officials,
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, the children of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, arrived for their first day at a new school on Wednesday. They were accompanied by their parents for a “settling in afternoon” at Lambrook School, a prestigious fee-paying school near Windsor, according to a
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says that one of its diplomats was briefly detained by Belarusian authorities earlier in the week. It has lodged a strong diplomatic protest for what it claims was the second such incident. An EU spokesman said the bloc’s charge d’affaires was detained for more than 2 hours after attending
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 cases are on the rise among kids in the United States as another school year gets underway. New cases reported among children in the last week of August were 14% higher than they were two weeks earlier, according to data tracked by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They jumped even
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 cases are on the rise among kids in the United States as another school year gets underway. New cases reported among children in the last week of August were 14% higher than they were two weeks earlier, according to data tracked by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They jumped even
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new report says Ukrainian forces have retaken portions of Russian-held territory in the northeastern Kharkiv region. The Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War reported Thursday that advances come as Russian forces have reallocated to areas near the occupied city of Kherson in
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken commended the Ukrainian counteroffensive during an unannounced trip to Kyiv Thursday, saying the effort to regain control of Russian-held areas of the country was “proving effective.” “It’s very early, but we’re seeing clear and real progress on the ground, particularly in the area around Kherson,
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Aaron Judge might be chasing a record, but he knows it’s important to keep pace. The Yankees slugger hit his 55th home run in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium. The fourth-inning homer carried the Yankees to a 5-4 win and keeps Judge on
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish court has sentenced an 18-year-old man to life in prison for killing two teachers with an ax at a southern Swedish high school in March. In Sweden, such a sentence generally means a minimum of 20 to 25 years in prison, but it could be extended. The defendant, a student
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s prosecutors have charged four journalists from one of the country’s few remaining independent news outlets of spreading false news and disturbing public peace. Mada Masr, a news website, said in a statement Wednesday that the journalists were released on bail overnight following their interrogation. At issue is an article saying that
Continue Reading UNITED NATIONS (AP) — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has proposed a veteran Austrian diplomat to head the global body’s human rights office at a time when it is facing harsh criticism from China for accusing Beijing of abuses against Muslim minorities. The proposal of Volker Türk, currently undersecretary-general for policy in Guterres’ office, needs
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By Ben Morse, CNN Barcelona began its 2022/23 Champions League campaign in perfect fashion on Wednesday night with Robert Lewandowski scoring an historic hat-trick on the way to a 5-1 victory over Viktoria Plzen. New summer signing Franck Kessié headed home to open the scoring, before Lewandowski — who joined the Spanish giants from Bayern
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — The 79th edition of the Venice International Film Festival is starting to wind down, but they’ve saved one of the most anticipated films of the slate for last. “Blonde,” Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe film starring Ana de Armas, is having its world premiere Thursday night
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