Juan Pablo Elverdin Beijing y Hong Kong (CNN) — Un globo avistado sobre los cielos de América Latina pertenece a China y fue utilizado para pruebas de vuelo, dijo este lunes un portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores chino en respuesta a las preguntas de CNN. Es la primera vez que Beijing admite que el
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN A suburban Alabama community is rallying behind a Black author after the school district rescinded an invitation to have him speak and read his books at local elementary schools during Black History Month. Award-winning children’s book author Derrick Barnes, known for writing stories for and featuring Black children, will no longer
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La saga de los globos chinos amenaza con marcar un hito en la nueva y peligrosa rivalidad entre superpotencias: por primera vez, los estadounidenses experimentaron un símbolo tangible del desafío a la seguridad nacional de Beijing. La nave, descrita por los servicios de inteligencia estadounidenses como un globo de vigilancia,
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PARIS (AP) — Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders along with 14 French media outlets and production companies are calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to release a journalist imprisoned for a month in Kabul. In a joint statement issued Monday, RSF and French media said Mortaza Behboudi, a journalist with dual French and Afghan citizenship, was
Continue Reading By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Delaying the start of Social Security retirement benefits can dramatically increase your monthly benefit and your lifetime income. But how do you pay the bills in the meantime? Using your 401(k) or other retirement savings as a “bridge” may be the best option, even if it means spending down your
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By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN The English Premier League has accused Manchester City of more than 100 breaches of the league’s finance rules and referred the club to an independent commission, according to a statement released on Monday. City is accused of failing to provide accurate financial information in accordance with Premier League rules from the
Continue Reading By GHAITH AL-SAYED and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press DARKUSH, Syria (AP) — A steady stream of injured were flowing into an overwhelmed hospital in the town of Darkush, in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Monday, after a deadly earthquake struck the region. Mothers hovered over crying children. Amid the chaos, one man sat with a dazed
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By Michelle Toh, CNN An episode of “The Simpsons” that includes a line about “forced labor camps” in mainland China has been pulled from Disney’s streaming platform in Hong Kong. A scene in the second episode of its latest season depicts the show’s matriarch, Marge Simpson, cycling on an indoor spin bike with an on-screen
Continue Reading MERIBEL, France (AP) — Italian skier Federica Brignone posted the fastest time in the super-G portion of the women’s combined event on the opening day of the world championships. She led defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin by almost a second. Brignone found the fastest line on the Roc de Fer course as she built a lead
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By Hafsa Khalil, CNN If her expression was anything to go by, blues singer Bonnie Raitt was not expecting to win Song of the Year at the 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday. Her song “Just Like That” had three Grammy nominations and snapped up two wins, for Best American Roots Song and Song of the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you find yourself gazing at the sky tonight, you may notice the moon appears slightly smaller than normal. That’s because you’re looking at a micromoon, a term used to designate when the moon is at a quite distant location in orbit around Earth. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say European investigators have shut down an encrypted communication service that was used as a secure channel for organized crime particularly in the drug trade and arrested 48 people. Police said more than 70 properties were searched in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland on Friday when the arrests were
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Democrats now think one term is plenty for President Joe Biden, despite his insistence that he plans to seek reelection in 2024. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that shows just 37%
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The government of oil-rich Norway is looking to donate 75 billion kroner ($7.3 billion) in a multi-year support package to Ukraine. The money would make the Scandinavian country one of the world’s top donors to war-torn Ukraine. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Monday the money would be used for military
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Manchester City was accused by the Premier League on Monday of breaching a slew of financial rules from 2009-18, during which the club became a force in English and European soccer following its takeover by Abu Dhabi’s ruling family. The league released a long statement detailing a list of alleged breaches of
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The story of Pampa Kampana, poet, prophet and mother of the empire of Bisnaga, begins with fire. Salman Rushdie’s protagonist in his new novel “Victory City” — a fictional retelling of the fallen Indian empire of Vijayanagar — lives to be 247 years old and buries 24,000 of her verses on the
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The hate attacks against Vinícius Júnior continued in Spain over the weekend. The Brazil forward was again targeted by racist insults in a league match. The Spanish league says it will investigate the latest attacks after television images showed someone calling him a monkey during Real
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By Jack Bantock, CNN Any chance of the Green Bay Packers lifting the Super Bowl this Sunday were dashed long ago, but Aaron Rodgers is still ending the season as a champion. Playing alongside Canadian pro golf partner Ben Silverman, the quarterback won the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday, the duo carding
Continue Reading MERIBEL, France (AP) — Italian skier Federica Brignone posted the fastest time in the super-G portion of the women’s combined event on the opening day of the world championships. She led defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin by almost a second. Brignone found the fastest line on the Roc de Fer course as she built a lead
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By Jen Christensen, CNN On Monday, the US State Department’s domestic offices, bureaus and posts overseas will begin communicating in a style that’s unlike any other they’ve ever used before: The agency will ditch Times New Roman, a font it has been using since February 2004, and switch to the plainer Calibri. Secretary of State
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