By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister has issued an emotional appeal ahead of a major conference next week, urging the international community to generously donate funds for the country’s flood victims. The gathering in Geneva — which will be jointly hosted by the United Nations and Pakistan — aims to
Continue Reading By ARSENE KABORE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A rights group in Burkina Faso has charged that volunteer militia groups supporting the army have killed dozens of civilians of the ethnic Fulani group, including children, in the troubled country’s west. Daouda Diallo, executive secretary of the civic group the Collective
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A La Plata teenager was hurt Monday morning after a crash involving a UTV in Macon County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on Highway 63 at Highway 156 after 9:35 a.m. Troopers said the UTV driven by a 13-year-old boy failed to yield to a pickup
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MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league has filed criminal complaints against Valladolid fans who aimed racist insults against Real Madrid player VinÃcius Júnior. The league says it presented audiovisual evidence of the insults in its complaint to local courts. The league also asked the Spanish soccer federation to look into the incident and consider a
Continue Reading HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to pay his respects to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in Vatican City. According to his secretary, Zen, a 90-year-old retired bishop, will attend the funeral Mass, led by Pope Francis, at St.
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By Susan Scutti and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Heart disease is a leading killer around the world and the top cause of death in the United States. It killed an estimated 17.9 million people in 2019, representing 32% of all deaths globally, according to the World Health Organization. But not all heart disease is the same.
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has offered China help to deal with its COVID-19 crisis and is willing to donate vaccines. The bloc is seeking at the same time to coordinate how authorities should check incoming passengers from China for any new variants. Several member nations announced individual efforts
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Welcome to the first trading day of 2023. Markets are pushing higher but don’t get comfortable just yet — if last year taught us anything it’s to expect the unexpected. On the first trading day of 2022, the S&P 500 and Dow hit record-highs. Later that week, minutes from the
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America Forty-seven. That’s how many days of child care Kathryn Anne Edwards’ 3-year-old son has missed in the past year. RSV, COVID-19 and two bouts of the dreaded preschool scourge of hand, foot and mouth disease struck one after another. The illnesses were so disruptive that
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By Gregory Krieg and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis swore an oath to a second term in office on Tuesday, trumpeting the state under his watch as “a promised land of sanity,” and pledged to make Florida a beacon for freedom across the country. “We are proud to be citizens of the great,
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN Rep.-elect George Santos of New York is scheduled to be sworn in to Congress on Tuesday as he faces mounting scrutiny and condemnation over lies about his biography and amid an investigation by federal prosecutors into his finances. All incoming members of the 118th Congress are scheduled to be sworn in
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Welcome to the first edition of 5 Things in 2023. Many of us who enjoy setting New Year’s resolutions are still basking in a renewed sense of motivation and brimming with confidence that we’ll soon live healthier, more fruitful lives. Surely, that is very possible, but chances are high that we’ll
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Welcome to the first edition of 5 Things in 2023. Many of us who enjoy setting New Year’s resolutions are still basking in a renewed sense of motivation and brimming with confidence that we’ll soon live healthier, more fruitful lives. Surely, that is very possible, but chances are high that we’ll
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Welcome to the first edition of 5 Things in 2023. Many of us who enjoy setting New Year’s resolutions are still basking in a renewed sense of motivation and brimming with confidence that we’ll soon live healthier, more fruitful lives. Surely, that is very possible, but chances are high that we’ll
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Commuters returning to work after the Christmas break are advised not to travel as tens of thousands of British rail workers stage a fresh round of strikes that will disrupt services all week. Around half of the U.K.’s railway lines are closed, and only one-fifth of services
Continue Reading Novak Djokovic has kept up his winning streak in singles in Australia by beating Constant Lestienne of France 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Adelaide International. Djokovic chalked up his 30th straight singles victory on Australian soil, beating the 65th-ranked Lestienne in a streak that goes back to 2018. It was Djokovic’s first
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By Matias Grez, CNN Messages of support for Damar Hamlin have been pouring in from around the world of sport following the Buffalo Bills safety’s on-field collapse. Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and fell onto his back moments after tackling Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins during Monday’s NFL game. The 24-year-old remains in critical
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CES, the annual tech industry event formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, is returning to Las Vegas this week with the hope that it looks more like it did before the coronavirus pandemic. Media previews start Tuesday and Wednesday, with the show opening Thursday
Continue Reading MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — German midfielder Christoph Kramer has extended his contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach for another two seasons. The World Cup winner with Germany in 2014 had been due to become a free agent at the end of the season. The new deal runs through the end of the 2024-25 season, by which time
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges, setting up a high-stakes legal battle that pits him against two of his closest former business partners. The 30-year-old entrepreneur, who is out on a $250 million bond, was arraigned in federal court in Manhattan on
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