By George Ramsay, CNN For Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start and win the Super Bowl, watching the NFL Conference Championship games on Sunday was an emotional moment. Almost exactly 35 years after he won the Super Bowl with the then-Washington Redskins, Williams happily watched on as Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts led
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By Pierre Bairin and Hanna Ziady, CNN French schools and transportation networks were heavily disrupted Tuesday for the second time this month, as unions staged another mass strike against government plans to raise the retirement age for most workers. Unions and opposition parties called for people to protest in major cities, hoping for a repeat
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PARIS (AP) — American midfielder Korbin Albert has signed a contract with French club Paris Saint-Germain until 2025 after forgoing her remaining eligibility at Notre Dame. The Grayslake, Illinois native was regarded as one of the best midfielders in college soccer. The 19-year-old Albert scored 16 goals last season as a sophomore and helped her
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By Sammy Mngqosini, Eve Brennan and Mariya Knight, CNN The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says it rejects “defamatory statements” by Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak. The former journalist said that the IOC was a “promoter of war, murder and destruction,” following the committee’s decision to consider ways for Russian athletes to compete in the 2024
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — An apology has been issued on behalf of Chelsea player Mykhailo Mudryk after he appeared to use the N-word in a video posted on social media. The forward joined Chelsea from Shakhtar Donetsk this month in a deal worth $108 million. He was reciting the lyrics to a song on TikTok in
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By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN President Joe Biden is fine-tuning his argument for reelection in an intensive stretch of travel and fundraising, homing in on the newly powerful House GOP as a threat to the rebounding economy as the pieces of his expected campaign come together. With several weeks to go before Biden
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Donna Kelce is going to have to pull out that now-familiar custom jersey — the one with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s front stitched to Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce’s back — one more time this season. At least this time, she’ll
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Donna Kelce is going to have to pull out that now-familiar custom jersey — the one with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s front stitched to Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce’s back — one more time this season. At least this time, she’ll
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Donna Kelce is going to have to pull out that now-familiar custom jersey — the one with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s front stitched to Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce’s back — one more time this season. At least this time, she’ll
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Baylor coach Scott Drew and the rest of his Big 12 counterparts probably felt a bit of a reprieve last Saturday, when the league took a break from beating up on itself by taking seven of 10 games from the Southeastern Conference. But the Big
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Brace yourself. There’s going to be some angry people in the NBA on Thursday night. With good reason, too. The votes from the coaches are now in, and on Thursday, the NBA will reveal the 14 players, seven apiece from the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference, who got
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Lisa Morrow, CNN The Greek island of Samothrace is a vision in green. The craggy rocks of Mount Saos, the island’s highest mountain at 5,285 feet (1,611 meters), give way to gentle slopes covered in oddly shaped plane trees, oak woodlands and majestic cedars. Fed by the clear waters of three rivers, rare and endemic
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Este cubrimiento ha terminado. Para más información de la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania consulta CNNEE.com Un residente local barre el exterior de un centro comercial destruido en el pueblo de Tsirkuny, en la región de Kharkiv, el 31 de enero de 2023, en medio de la invasión militar rusa sobre Ucrania.
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By Diksha Madhok, CNN India’s richest man Gautam Adani ended his trip to Davos earlier this month on an optimistic note. The infrastructure billionaire expressed confidence about India’s growth and ambition. He even talked about his mild addiction to ChatGPT. Back home, his huge logistics and energy conglomerate announced plans to take more businesses to
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Chelsea has already spent more in the January transfer window than every club in the top leagues in Spain, Italy, Germany and France combined and the London team might not finished. The final day of the window could be another busy one for Chelsea and its new American ownership.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — “Hay un montón de rusos aquí”, dice en inglés Sviatoslav, un ruso de 28 años que reside en Argentina y prefiere no dar su apellido. Llegó con su familia en noviembre para que nazca aquí su segundo hijo y aún no hablan español. Ellos forman parte de las parejas
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter When the Supreme Court reconvenes at the end of February, it will hear a headline-grabbing case concerning President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program that will affect the finances of millions of Americans. Critics, including the Republican-led states that have sued, say the initiative amounts to an
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By Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau China has hit back after reports that Washington is moving to further restrict sales of American technology to Huawei. “China is deeply concerned,” Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the country’s foreign ministry, said at a press conference Tuesday. The Financial Times reported earlier that the US Commerce Department
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Un exmercenario del Grupo Wagner dice que la brutalidad que presenció en Ucrania finalmente lo llevó a desertar, en una entrevista exclusiva con CNN este lunes. Los combatientes de Wagner a menudo eran enviados a la batalla con poca estrategia, y el trato de la compañía a los reclutas reacios era despiadado,
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities have released a man convicted of the 2008 killing of a U.S. diplomat in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Khartoum. The release followed a 2020 deal between Sudan and the Trump administration that included compensation settlements for killings of Americans. Abdel-Raouf Abu Zaid was
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