Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una película sobre una estudiante negra de primer grado que integró una escuela primaria para blancos en el sur de Estados Unidos, está bajo revisión en un distrito escolar de Florida después de que un padre objetó el uso de insultos en la película y argumentó que podría enseñar a
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Teenage swimmer Summer McIntosh smashed the 400m freestyle world record, shaving more than three-tenths of a second off the previous mark at the Canadian National Trials at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Center. The 16-year-old completed the race in three minutes, 56.08 seconds on Tuesday evening, breaking defending Olympic champion Ariarne
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Hong Kong (CNN) — Taiwán tiene todo el derecho a “conectarse con el mundo”, declaró este miércoles su presidenta, Tsai Ing-wen, al embarcarse en una misión diplomática a Centroamérica, que incluirá tránsito en Estados Unidos, y ya ha sido condenada por China. Tsai partió de Taiwán este miércoles para un viaje de
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STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Swiss pensioners are taking their government to a top European court over what they claim is its failure to take stronger action on climate change. Lawyers and members of the group Senior Women for Climate Protection appeared Wednesday before the European Court of Human Rights for a rare public hearing that
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — La actriz Melissa Joan Hart dice que estaba cerca de la escuela primaria The Covenant de Nashville poco después del tiroteo mortal de seis personas de este lunes y ayudó a algunos de los estudiantes a alejarse de la escena. “Mis hijos van a la escuela justo al lado de una
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Public outrage is swift following mass shootings, such as the killing of six people at a Christian elementary school in Nashville. Sorrow and sympathy are widespread. But what comes next from policymakers is likely to depend on which political party is in charge of a state. Don’t expect new
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By Donald Judd and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden addressed the second Summit for Democracy on Wednesday from the White House, building on what he billed as his administration’s “enduring commitment to boost democracy globally,” where he sought to assure participants that democratic institutions work. This year’s multi-day summit is being co-hosted by Biden,
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN King Charles III arrived in Germany with the Queen Consort on Wednesday for his first overseas state visit as monarch, after the first part of the trip to France was postponed. Landing at Berlin Brandenburg Airport on Wednesday afternoon local time for the start of their three-day visit,
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By Katia Hetter, CNN The West African country of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in mid-February. There have been at least nine laboratory-confirmed cases, seven of which resulted in death, and 20 probable cases of dead individuals in this outbreak, according to the World Health Organization. Now, authorities in Tanzania,
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By Michelle Toh, CNN As many as 300 million full-time jobs around the world could be automated in some way by the newest wave of artificial intelligence that has spawned platforms like ChatGPT, according to Goldman Sachs economists. They predicted in a report Sunday that 18% of work globally could be computerized, with the effects
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Alibaba showed off its answer to the ChatGPT craze on Tuesday, demonstrating new software that it plans to eventually roll out across all its platforms. The Chinese tech giant unveiled Tongyi Qianwen, a large language model that will be embedded in its Tmall Genie smart speakers and workplace messaging platform DingTalk.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Mientras una comunidad desconsolada de Nashville lidia con las secuelas del tiroteo masivo que cobró la vida de tres niños de 9 años y tres adultos en una escuela cristiana privada, la Policía descubre más detalles sobre la persona que atacó, de 28 años. El ataque se desarrolló durante 14
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By Riley Zhang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Valery Gergiev, the star Russian conductor fired in Germany last year for his refusal to condemn the invasion of Ukraine, was given a warm welcome in China this week as he started a three-day performance at the country’s top art center. “It is like coming home,” Gergiev said
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN A group of older Swiss women are taking their government to Europe’s top human rights court, claiming its failure to act on the climate crisis is violating their human rights. The case, which begins in Strasbourg on Wednesday, is the first climate lawsuit to be heard by the European Court of
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Priyanka Chopra Jonas dice que dejó Bollywood para darle una oportunidad a Hollywood porque se sentía “arrinconada en la industria”. En el episodio de este lunes del podcast “Armchair Expert”, Chopra Jonas dijo que “había gente que no me hacía castings” y que “tenía problemas con gente” de Bollywood. Añadió que
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By Amanda Jackson, Jamiel Lynch and Aya Elamroussi, CNN One Alabama officer died and another is in critical condition after they were shot by a suspect who barricaded himself inside an apartment as they were responding to a reported domestic violence attack on a woman in Huntsville, officials said. Both officers were taken to a
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN Sands United is a soccer club much like many others. They play on Sundays and they go through the motions of the sport — the ups and the downs that fans of all teams are familiar with — every weekend. They lace up their boots and seek out victories, then usually
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top US diplomat says the Taliban must free detained Afghanistan activists, following the arrest of a girls’ education advocate. Matiuallah Wesa, the founder and president of Pen Path, a local nongovernmental group that travels across the country with a mobile school and library, was arrested Monday. The US charge d’affaires for
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — UBS says it’s bringing back former CEO Sergio Ermotti to head the Swiss bank as it moves forward on a government-orchestrated plan to take over struggling rival Credit Suisse. The bank said Wednesday Ermotti’s appointment takes effect in a week’s time. Ermotti, who was the bank’s top executive for nine years, will
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Washington is in a budget crisis with the two major parties at loggerheads over spending and the debt ceiling.
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