By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) and Canada’s women’s soccer team gathered in a circle moments before kickoff on Thursday to show solidarity with the Canadians in their equal pay dispute with the national federation ahead of their opening match of the SheBelieves Cup at Exploria Stadium in
Continue Reading By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Barcelona and Manchester United played a thrilling 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou in the first leg of their Europa League knockout playoff match, leaving the tie finely poised ahead of the second leg at Old Trafford. In a fixture that fans are accustomed to seeing in the Champions League instead
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Chinese envoys have defended Beijing’s treatment of Hong Kong and Muslim minorities during an unusual public confrontation at a U.N. meeting. During the meeting of the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the officials also rejected complaints that China’s ruling Communist Party hampered the global
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi sovereign wealth fund now holds 8.26% of the stock in the video game maker Nintendo, making it the largest outside investor in the Japanese gaming company, a company filing said Friday. The investment comes as part of efforts by the kingdom’s Public
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook allowed an exiled Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads calling for protests and uprisings against the pro-Western government, even though he and his political party were on U.S. sanctions lists. The ads featuring politician and convicted fraudster Ilan Shor
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — “¿Cómo están mi madre y todos?”, pregunta el hombre en la camilla, hablando tranquilamente en un teléfono celular. Llorando incrédulo, su amigo responde: “Todos están bien… todos te están esperando… Yo voy hacia ti”. A Aleyna la llaman la “niña milagro” en los canales de Turquía tras ser rescatada con vida 248
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press U.S. cities and towns that have challenged their 2020 census population figures appear to be winning only small victories. The U.S. Census Bureau has resolved and made public a dozen or so municipal appeals. The biggest gain so far has been for tiny Whiteville, Tennessee, which won recognition for an
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A blast in the sky over South Texas was a meteorite strike, officials said, clearing up confusion over the sudden explosion that puzzled concerned residents. “We believe we’ve solved the mystery of the loud explosion,” Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra said at a Thursday news conference. Many residents
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst The Supreme Court may decide as soon as Friday whether to tackle a new case that could further constrain the power of US regulators to delve into American businesses and individual lives. In recent rulings, this conservative-dominated high court has been diminishing regulatory control for consumer protection,
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Carnival is back. Glittery and outrageous costumes were prepared again. Samba songs were ringing out ’til dawn at Rio de Janeiro’s sold-out parade grounds. Hundreds of raucous, roaming parties were flooding the streets. And working-class communities were buoyed, emotionally and economically,
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TODAY: Clouds are moving out this morning, leaving us cold, dry, and clear to start the day. Expect temperatures to climb from the teens and 20s, well into the 30s and near 40 under sunny skies. Winds will be light and from the northwest from the northwest this morning, before turning from the southwest late
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Kevin Durant is raring to go in Phoenix. Speaking to the assembled media for the first time since his blockbuster trade from the Brooklyn Nets to the Suns, the 34-year-old lauded the fans for the reception he has received. Durant is yet to appear in a game for Phoenix as he
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COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Austrian skier Marco Schwarz has taken a big lead in the first run of the men’s giant slalom at the world championships. Schwarz beat the time of Olympic GS champion Marco Odermatt by 0.58 seconds. Odermatt won four of the six giant slaloms on the World Cup circuit this season and
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, Josh Campbell and Emma Tucker, CNN Federal prosecutors have charged a man with two hate crimes after he allegedly shot two different Jewish men earlier this week, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Jaime Tran, 28, is accused of targeting and shooting two Jewish men as they were leaving religious services at
Continue Reading By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Mikaela Shiffrin won her seventh career Alpine world championships gold medal on Thursday, after winning the giant slalom in Méribel, France, in the Alps. The American took her overall tally to 13 medals from 16 career world championship races, making her the most successful skier in the modern era. She now
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of flights to and from German airports were canceled Friday as workers walked out to press their demands for inflation-busting pay increases. The strikes at seven German airports, including Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg, affected almost 300,000 passengers and forced airlines to cancel more than 2,300 flights. Christine Behle of the Verdi
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN The latest inflation figures from the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union are feeding hopes that the worst is over and some relief for struggling households could arrive soon. Annual inflation in the United States slowed to 6.4% in January, easing for the seventh consecutive month. In Europe,
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN One of China’s top investment bankers has become unreachable, according to his company. China Renaissance, an investment bank and private equity firm based in Beijing, said in a Thursday filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange that it “has been unable to contact” Bao Fan, its chairman and CEO. Shares of
Continue Reading By Chris Stern, Inke Kappeler and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Lufthansa has canceled more than 1,300 flights scheduled for Friday after the Verdi labor union called for full-day strikes involving airport workers at seven German airports, including Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg. Lufthansa, one of Europe’s biggest airlines, was ceasing all flight operations at Frankfurt and Munich
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