By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Luka Doncić scored 35 points, including a clutch three-pointer with less than 30 seconds remaining, to give the Dallas Mavericks a 103-101 win over the LA Clippers despite blowing a 25-point lead. The Slovenian star was so hyped up after dropping the game-winning bucket that he accidentally celebrated by putting his
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Qatar’s decision to launch itself into hosting the 2022 World Cup was a head-scratcher from the start. Why, some wondered, would a Middle Eastern kingdom with fewer than 3 million people and little soccer tradition want to host the sport’s biggest event? Skeptics say the country wanted to use
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Qatar’s decision to launch itself into hosting the 2022 World Cup was a head-scratcher from the start. Why, some wondered, would a Middle Eastern emirate with fewer than 3 million people and little soccer tradition want to host the sport’s biggest event? Skeptics say the country wanted to use
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN With his formal announcement of a third presidential bid, Donald Trump now will face new limits on raising and spending money ahead of the 2024 election. But election lawyers and campaign finance experts said loopholes in federal election rules — and lax enforcement by federal regulators of existing laws — still
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell won a secret-ballot leadership election after days of finger-pointing over the Republican midterm losses, putting him on pace to become the longest-serving Senate party leader in US history. McConnell defeated Florida Sen. Rick Scott, his first challenger in his 15 years
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran. That’s according to a Mideast-based defense official who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity
Continue Reading DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatari World Cup organizers have apologized to a Danish television station whose live broadcast from a street in Doha was interrupted by security staff who threatened to break camera equipment. Tournament organizers acknowledge journalists from the TV2 channel “were mistakenly interrupted” late Tuesday. Reporter Rasmus Tantholdt was speaking live to a
Continue Reading DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatari World Cup organizers have apologized to a Danish television station whose live broadcast from a street in Doha was interrupted by officials who threatened to break camera equipment. Tournament organizers acknowledge journalists from the TV2 channel “were mistakenly interrupted” late Tuesday. Reporter Rasmus Tantholdt was speaking live to a news
Continue Reading By Ben Church and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo says he keeps his son’s ashes with him at his home and describes his death as the “worst” moment of his life. The Portugal star had announced in October 2021 that he and his partner, Georgina Rodríguez, were expecting twins. In December, they
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing on Wednesday after finding one COVID-19 case as they stick to a “zero-COVID” approach despite growing public discontent. Peking University students and faculty were not allowed to leave the grounds unless necessary and classes on the main campus
Continue Reading SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Government ministers are returning to Egypt to take over negotiations at this year’s U.N. climate talks, providing diplomats with the political backing they need to clinch credible agreements that would help prevent disastrous levels of warming in the coming decades. Talks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh got
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TODAY: Mostly cloudy with a few flurries north of I-70. Highs in the lower 30s with the wind chill in the teens. TOMORROW: Temperatures climbing to near 40 though high winds will keep the feels-like in the 20s. EXTENDED: A weak cold front will bring a chance for non-accumulating light snow showers on Thursday evening,
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By Katia Hetter, CNN With this year’s Thanksgiving the third since the onset of the pandemic, there are now many tools to help manage Covid-19 risk, including safe and widely available vaccines. But this coronavirus still presents a danger, especially to older people and those with chronic medical conditions. There are also other viruses circulating
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By Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak, Radina Gigova, Jim Sciutto and Sophie Tanno, CNN The leaders of Poland and NATO said the missile that killed two people in Polish territory on Tuesday was likely fired by Ukrainian forces defending their country against a barrage of Russian strikes, and that the incident appeared to be an accident.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El álbum en español de Bad Bunny, “Un Verano Sin Ti”, ha hecho historia en los Grammy. El martes, el artista obtuvo tres nominaciones para la 65ª Entrega Anual de los Premios Grammy, y “Un Verano Sin Ti” es el primer disco íntegramente en español en ser nominado a álbum del año.
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Soaring energy costs drove UK inflation to a fresh high in October, the latest piece of bad news for an economy sliding into recession. The annual rate of inflation rose to 11.1% in October, up from 10.1% in the 12 months to September, the Office for National Statistics said on
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Defending champion France’s World Cup injury worries continued as forward Christopher Nkunku was injured in the team’s last training session and replaced in the squad by Randal Kolo Muani. The 25-year-old Nkunku went down clutching his left leg after a tackle from midfielder Eduardo Camavinga during
Continue Reading By Matt Foster, CNN The manager of the Iranian men’s soccer team said his players are allowed to protest while they participate at the World Cup in Qatar, as long as those protests do not break FIFA rules. Carlos Queiroz made the comments at a press conference in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. According to Reuters,
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA’s Orion capsule passed about 80 miles (130 kilometers) above the lunar surface early Monday, a monumental achievement in the mission designed to test the US space agency’s ability to one day return astronauts to the moon. After its lunar flyby, Orion — which is designed to fly astronauts but
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — European stock benchmarks mostly edged higher in early trading Wednesday after Asian shares finished generally lower. Investors have been jittery over global risks after Poland said a Russian-made missile killed two people there. France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.1% in early trading to 6,650.25, while Germany’s
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