By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych, Ivana Kottasová and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has removed Soviet-era signage from a hilltop monument in Kyiv, amid a conflict that has seen the country fight to reassert its cultural identity in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN Español) — El próximo 13 de agosto, los argentinos saldrán a las urnas para las elecciones primarias, abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias, o por sus siglas PASO, para elegir las listas de precandidatos de las fuerzas políticas habilitadas para competir en las elecciones generales de octubre. Esta instancia electoral sirve como un filtro
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump and his legal team are escalating efforts to discredit and delay a trial over his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election, as his fight to avert criminal convictions becomes ever more indistinguishable from his presidential campaign. The former president’s attorney Sunday vowed to petition
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday sentenced seven defendants to as little as three years in prison for distributing methanol-tainted drinks that killed 44 people. The court in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, convicted the seven of charges including sale of goods that do not meet safety requirements and result in the deaths of
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Patricia Bullrich es una de las candidatas que competirá por la presidencia de Argentina en las elecciones generales del 22 de octubre. Elecciones en Argentina 2023, en vivo: resultados, noticias, votaciones y más Bullrich estará acompañada por Luis Petri como candidato a la vicepresidencia por el partido Juntos por el
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By Mark Tutton, CNN (CNN) — In Switzerland, an ambitious proposal could see the construction of an expansive underground network through which self-driving pods would transport freight across the country. The project, called Cargo Sous Terrain (“Underground Cargo” in English), is intended to reduce the reliance on trucks for moving cargo. Global demand for freight
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El balotaje (segunda vuelta) de las elecciones generales de Argentina tendrán lugar el domingo 19 de noviembre. En estos comicios, los argentinos votarán para definir a los próximos presidente y vicepresidente de la nación. Elecciones en Argentina 2023, en vivo: resultados de Massa y Milei, votaciones y noticias En las elecciones
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Horacio Rodríguez Larreta competirá el próximo 13 de agosto en las elecciones Primarias, Abiertas, Simultáneas y Obligatorias (PASO) que definirán quiénes serán los candidatos para las elecciones generales del 22 de octubre en Argentina. Hay varias categorías a votar en las elecciones primarias, pero la principal es la presidencial y vicepresidencial. En
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El balotaje (segunda vuelta) de las elecciones generales de Argentina tendrá lugar el domingo 19 de noviembre. En estos comicios, los argentinos votarán para definir a los próximos presidente y vicepresidente de la nación. Uno de los candidatos presidenciales es Javier Milei, de La Libertad Avanza, que en las elecciones primarias,
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Zoom, the company that powered the remote work revolution during the pandemic, is telling its employees to come back to the office. In a statement, Zoom said it’s now enforcing a “structured hybrid approach,” meaning that employees who live near an office “need to be onsite two
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use the weapons illegally, as the state continues its quest to curb mass shootings. Gun-rights advocates say the plan, which
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Fueled by election gains, Democrats in Minnesota and Michigan this year enacted far-reaching policy changes that party leaders in other states are looking to as a potential roadmap for what they could swiftly achieve with similar control. Gun safety packages, expanded voting
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Más de 120 millones de personas en el este de Estados Undos corren el riesgo de tormentas eléctricas severas este lunes que pueden afectar a comunidades desde Filadelfia hasta Atlanta con ráfagas de viento dañinas, granizo grande, fuertes lluvias y algunos tornados. Se espera un patrón de tormentas eléctricas muy
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two Russian missile strikes hit the city center of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region Monday evening, killing at least five people and wounding two dozen more, Ukrainian officials said. The strikes, which targeted the Ukrainian portion of a
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By Ben Morse and Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Roared on by the majority of the 75,784 crowd inside Sydney’s Stadium Australia, co-host Australia reached the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals after an impressive 2-0 victory over Denmark in Sydney. And Matildas fans had even more reason to celebrate as star striker Sam Kerr, who had
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By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — A bear being transported on an Iraqi Airways flight from Baghdad to Dubai Friday caused delays after it escaped from a crate in the cargo hold. Iraqi Airways issued an apology after a video circulated online of a male passenger saying the return flight to Baghdad was
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A small group of asylum-seekers was moved Monday onto a barge moored in southern England as the U.K. government tries to cut the cost of sheltering people seeking protection in the country. Fifteen people were transferred to the Bibby Stockholm, a floating hostel that will ultimately house
Continue ReadingJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — At least two buildings have been destroyed and residents of others have been evacuated from Juneau after flooding caused by a release of water from a glacier-dammed lake near Alaska’s capital city, officials said. The Mendenhall River flooded on Saturday because of a major release from Suicide Basin above Alaska’s capital
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong government said Monday it was seeking to appeal against the court’s refusal to ban a popular protest song at its request, renewing worries over further erosion of freedom of expression in the city. The court’s decision on July 28 was a setback for Hong
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Stormy weather across northern Europe has killed at least one person and caused airport delays, suspended ferry services and a train’s partial derailment. Police in Sweden said no one was injured when two of the train’s passenger cars went off the tracks on Monday. They
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