By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Research by players’ union FIFPRO claims most players from last year’s World Cup do not want the tournament to be held again in November and December. The union cites the short preparation and recovery times for players from a World Cup squeezed into the middle of
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Nigeria’s electoral commission has postponed governorship elections planned for this weekend by another week, citing limited time to reset its voting machines nearly two weeks after a controversial presidential vote was disputed by opposition parties. “This decision has not been taken lightly but it is necessary to ensure that there is
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv ¿Pactó Nayib Bukele con las maras? El FMI dice que la guerra en Ucrania tendrá consecuencias “devastadoras” para la economía rusa. El PSG perdió y Messi podría haber dicho adiós para siempre a la Champions League. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. ¿Es seguro viajar a México?
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Josh Pastner is facing an uncertain future at Georgia Tech after another losing season and few signs of progress in the Atlantic Coast Conference program. The Yellow Jackets capped a 15-19 campaign with an 89-81 loss to Pittsburgh in the second round of the ACC Tournament
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good student at a good high school. He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher. Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good
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By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Chaim Topol, the actor best known for playing Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” has died in Israel following “a long illness,” his representative confirmed to CNN Thursday. He was 87. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid tribute to Topol on Thursday and conveyed his condolences, calling him a “multi-faceted artist,
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Books that explore subjects from William Shakespeare and The Beatles to the lure of Mount Everest and life inside one of the world’s most secretive states are competing to be named the best-ever winner of Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. The Baillie Gifford Prize is marking its
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By Sara Smart, CNN A Philadelphia park visitor made a rare discovery when they came across at 3-foot exotic reptile that is usually only seen wandering through the wetlands of central and South America. Police responded to FDR Park Sunday and were able to capture the creature, which was determined to be a caiman, and
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain say that three workers are trapped 900 meters (3,000 feet) underground in a potash mine in the northeastern Catalonia region. The three were working at the Cabanasses de Súria mine around 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Barcelona. A police official said that land collapsed inside the mine just before
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By Jacob Lev, CNN Hall of Fame men’s college basketball coach Jim Boeheim has retired after spending the last 47 years coaching Syracuse University, the school announced on Wednesday. The 78-year-old Boeheim finishes his coaching career second on the NCAA Division I men’s basketball wins list with 1,015 — trailing only former Duke head coach
Continue Reading By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong national security police have arrested a veteran labor activist who is also the wife of an organizer of annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Two people close to Elizabeth Tang say she was arrested outside Stanley Prison but it was still
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says inflation in the country has hit a new high this year, with the steepest price rises for basic foods. Official figures Thursday showed the country’s struggle with an economic crisis and currency depreciation has hit the country’s poor — roughly a third of the population. Annual inflation rose to 32.9%
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — A senior legal adviser says UEFA rules on homegrown players are partially incompatible with the European Union’s free movement laws but they might be legitimate to develop and recruit youngsters. Advocate General Maciej Szpunar says UEFA-backed homegrown player quotas are “likely to create indirect discrimination” against
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TODAY: Showers return Thursday morning, with some seeing some light sprinkles as soon as sunrise. Precipitation will increase in coverage and intensity, through the day. Still, rain will be light to moderate at times, bringing at most another quarter inch of rain, with many picking up less. TONIGHT: Rain exits by the dinner hour, but
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Continue Reading By TRISNADI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has jailed a soccer club organizer and its chief of security on charges of negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people when police fired tear gas in a stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits. The disaster in
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, dio positivo por covid-19 este miércoles, dijo su vicedirector de Comunicaciones, Alex Stack, a CNN. Newsom está experimentando síntomas leves y trabajará a distancia y se autoaislará, según Stack. La esposa del gobernador, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, dio negativo en la prueba de covid-19, añadió el
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By Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent The budget blueprint President Joe Biden revealed on Thursday is designed lay out a clear, if aspirational, policy vision for the year ahead. To be clear, Biden’s budget proposal as written is dead on arrival in Capitol Hill. But as a proposal it lays down a strategic marker
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By Clare Foran and Chris Isidore, CNN A powerful Senate panel will hold a hearing Thursday on the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle call for answers and action in the wake of the disaster. The hearing is taking place after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train
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By Lauren del Valle, Travis Caldwell and Ray Sanchez, CNN Deliberations will resume on Monday in the second phase of the death penalty trial of a man convicted of striking and killing eight people with a rented truck in New York in an effort to support the terror group ISIS. The panel deciding whether Sayfullo
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