August 2023

Idalia has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves toward Florida, where it is expected to make landfall with powerful winds and a life-threatening storm surge

August 29, 2023 4:13 AM CNN

CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Idalia has strengthened into a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and stronger gusts and is expected to intensify considerably into a powerful Category 3 hurricane before making landfall in Florida on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm

Toyota will resume production in Japan Wednesday after system malfunction

August 29, 2023 4:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Junko Ogura and Michelle Toh, CNN Tokyo/Hong Kong (CNN) — Toyota will resume operations at its Japanese assembly plants Wednesday after a 24-hour stoppage caused by disruption to its finely-tuned supply chain. The world’s biggest automaker by sales said that its 14 vehicle factories in the country had paused activity Tuesday because a system

Idalia se convierte en huracán mientras se dirige a la costa del golfo de Florida

August 29, 2023 4:04 AM CNN Newsource

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Idalia se fortaleció a un huracán con vientos máximos sostenidos de 120 km/h con ráfagas más fuertes, según la actualización de las 5 a.m. de este martes del Centro Nacional de Huracanes. El huracán Idalia se encuentra a 136 km al norte del extremo occidental de Cuba, se mueve hacia el norte

Biden welcomes Costa Rica’s president as migration in the Western Hemisphere reaches new records

August 29, 2023 4:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden hosted Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves Robles Tuesday at a critical time for a region grappling with a record number of migrants heading to the United States. The president thanked his counterpart for signing on to the 2022 Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection. The

NFL-style lawsuit and brain-injury concerns hang over Rugby World Cup

August 29, 2023 4:01 AM Associated Press

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The Rugby World Cup will take place against the backdrop of a concussion lawsuit that has similarities to one settled by the NFL in 2013 at a likely cost of more than $1 billion. A growing number of rugby players in their 30s and 40s contend the sport’s governing

The testimony from Trump’s White House chief of staff could change everything

August 29, 2023 4:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rolled the dice on Monday with his opening move in the sprawling Fulton County election subversion trial: he took the stand himself. For roughly three-and-a-half hours Monday, Meadows testified about his job at the White House and

Rare blue supermoon brightens the night sky this week in the closest full moon of the year

August 29, 2023 4:00 AM Associated Press

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stargazers are in for a double treat this week: a rare blue supermoon with Saturn peeking from behind. The cosmic curtain rises Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it’s considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer

Top Chinese official tells the US commerce secretary he’s ready to improve cooperation

August 29, 2023 3:58 AM Associated Press

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The top Chinese official in charge of economic relations with Washington has told Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo he’s ready to “make new positive efforts” to improve cooperation following an agreement to reduce trade tension. The agreement on Monday is the most substantial result to date out

Tracking a sunny week with cooler than average highs

August 29, 2023 3:47 AM Chance Gotsch

Today: Afternoon highs warm into the mid-80s as winds remain out of the northeast at 5-10 mph. Skies remain partly cloudy. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the lower 60s with mostly clear sky conditions. Winds remain out of the northwest at 5-10 mph. Extended: The rest of the week sees mostly sunny sky conditions and

Pakistani court suspends the corruption conviction and sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan

August 29, 2023 3:29 AM Associated Press

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani appeals court has suspended the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of Imran Khan in a legal victory for the hugely popular but embattled former prime minister. That’s according to lawyers and court officials. Hours after the announcement, the Islamabad High Court in a written

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams assist the war wounded from West Darfur in Adre hospital in Chad on June 16 in this handout image by the MSF.

Shot at while they drowned. Executed in the desert. Those who collected the bodies recount ‘one of the worst days’ in Darfur’s genocide-scarred history

August 29, 2023 3:13 AM CNN Newsource

Exclusive by Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Nima Elbagir and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of families gathered in the West Darfur capital of El Geneina on June 15, plotting their escape from what had become a hellscape of blown-out buildings scrawled with racist graffiti and streets strewn with corpses. The state governor had just

Britain’s foreign secretary will visit China in an attempt to shore up ties and reduce tensions

August 29, 2023 3:12 AM Associated Press

By SIMINA MISTREANU and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Britain’s top diplomat James Cleverly is set to visit China on Wednesday in the first trip by a U.K. foreign secretary to the country in more than five years. Both governments confirmed the long-awaited trip on Tuesday. Cleverly’s visit is an attempt to

Hong Kong police arrest 2 men accused of foreign collusion over links with protest fund

August 29, 2023 3:11 AM Associated Press

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have detained two men on suspicion of violating the city’s national security law through links with a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the pro-democracy protests in 2019. Police say the two men are suspected of conspiring to collude with

Novak Djokovic supera la primera ronda con autoridad en su regreso al US Open

August 29, 2023 3:03 AM CNN Newsource

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Novak Djokovic, el tenista No. 2 del mundo, se estrenó en el Abierto de Estados Unidos en Flushing Meadows, Nueva York, este lunes por la noche con una victoria contundente sobre el francés Alexandre Muller por 6-0, 6-2 y 6-3, en su intento por conquistar su 24º título de Grand

Sismo de magnitud 5,4 sacudió Panamá en la medianoche de este martes

August 29, 2023 2:55 AM CNN Newsource

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — Un movimiento telúrico sorprendió a Panamá durante la medianoche de este martes con una magnitud de 5,4 y una profundidad de 10 kilómetros. Su epicentro fue localizado a 61 kilómetros de El Porvenir, cabecera de la comarca Guna Yala, según el Instituto Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas

‘Still alive and wriggling:’ Doctors remove 3-inch parasitic worm from woman’s brain in world first

August 29, 2023 2:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — When a 64-year-old Australian woman was sent to hospital for brain surgery, neurosurgeon Dr. Hari Priya Bandi was not expecting to pull out a live 8-centimeter (3-inch) long parasitic roundworm that wriggled between her forceps. “I’ve only come across worms using my not-so-good gardening skills … I find them

UK air controllers say flight data sparked glitch that snarled hundreds of flights

August 29, 2023 2:49 AM Associated Press

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Authorities say a technical failure that saw hundreds of flights delayed and canceled across the U.K. was caused by problems in some flight data received by Britain’s national air traffic controllers and was not a cyberattack. The breakdown hit on a late-summer holiday Monday that’s one of

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will you be on the water this weekend?

August 29, 2023 2:12 AM ABC 17 News Team

The unofficial end of summer is almost here.

London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions

August 29, 2023 2:00 AM Associated Press

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s traffic cameras are under attack. Police say hundreds of license plate-reading cameras have been damaged, disconnected or stolen by opponents of an anti-pollution charge on older vehicles that came into force across the metropolis on Tuesday. The vandalism by vigilantes calling themselves the Blade Runners shows

Sudan’s military leader visits Egypt on his first trip abroad since his country plunged into war

August 29, 2023 1:55 AM Associated Press

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top military officer has made a one-day visit to Egypt on his first trip abroad since his country plunged into large-scale conflict this year. The Egyptian presidency says President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi held talks Tuesday with Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the chairman of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council.

Month: August 2023