Maggie Wong, CNN (CNN) — Mongolian cuisine can best be summed up by a local proverb: “Give a man a knife, fire and some stones, and he has a kitchen.” Home to one of the world’s most famous nomadic cultures, Mongolia’s food reflects the nation’s resourcefulness and its deep-rooted relationship with nature. It’s also a
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CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Rupert Murdoch, the powerful right-wing media mogul who built and oversaw one of the world’s most influential news empires, announced Thursday that he will step down as chairman of his companies, Fox Corporation and News Corporation. “For my entire professional life, I have been engaged daily
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — “Si la falta de referencias en 2% o 3% de texto es suficiente para anular mi título de mi querida UNAM, volveré a presentar un nuevo trabajo para titularme”, dijo este miércoles Xóchitl Gálvez, candidata presidencial del opositor Frente Amplio por México, en un mensaje en su cuenta de X
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente electo de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, informó este jueves a través de un comunicado en su cuenta de X, antes Twitter, que envió una propuesta al mandatario Alejandro Giammattei para reanudar el proceso de transición a partir del próximo lunes. ¿Por qué el presidente electo de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, suspendió
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A top university in northwest China has scrapped English tests as a prerequisite for graduation, rekindling a heated debate about the role of the world’s lingua franca in the country’s education system after years of rising nationalist sentiment under leader Xi Jinping. In a notice Wednesday, the
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — In the final hours as the United States closed in on a controversial but historic deal to bring five Americans deemed wrongfully detained in Iran home, Iranian officials threw up roadblocks, attempted to force the US government to make last minute concessions and even stalled the process minutes before
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Union workers have called off strikes at liquefied natural gas facilities belonging to Chevron in Australia, ending a standoff that could have affected about 7% of global LNG supply. Both Chevron (CVX) and Offshore Alliance, which represents the Australian Workers’ Union and the Maritime Union of Australia,
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has ordered unspecified steps to further develop his nation’s relations with Russia after his recent visit. Experts have speculated the two nations discussed banned arms transfer deals and other cooperation measures during Kim’s visit. The U.S. and South
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government has reported a $14.2 billion budget surplus for the last fiscal year. It’s the first time the nation’s books have been balanced in 15 years, with the government citing low unemployment and high prices for the country’s commodities, including iron ore, coal and gas.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Ministerio de Agricultura, Recursos Naturales y Desarrollo Rural de Haití afirmó este jueves que la construcción del canal en el río Masacre, que en parte marca la frontera de este país con República Dominicana, debe seguir adelante, y que ya ha tomado las medidas para acompañar la construcción de esa
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement shut down the southbound lanes of Highway 63 on Thursday night in between Vandiver Drive and Clark Lane for a crash. An ABC 17 News reporter saw debris in the middle of the road, as well as a one vehicle flipped over and at least one other vehicle parked on
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the Canadian Parliament on Friday as he continues his efforts to shore up support from Western allies for Ukraine’s war against the Russian invasion. Zelenskyy arrived at Ottawa’s airport late Thursday after meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and lawmakers in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ron DeSantis dijo este miércoles que, si es elegido presidente, no financiará más vacunas contra el covid-19 para los estadounidenses. “Ciertamente, no vamos a financiarlas”, señaló el gobernador de Florida durante una amplia entrevista con ABC News que se grabó este miércoles desde Midland, Texas, donde anunció su política energética nacional.
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By Amy Simonson and Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Tommy Wayne Boyd, a convicted child sex offender serving a 30-year prison sentence, has been captured several hours after walking out of a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, authorities said. After sparking a manhunt that involved federal, state and local authorities Boyd, 45, was “taken into
Continue ReadingOpinion by David Zurawik (CNN) — Few media figures in the last 27 years have had a larger and more profound effect on American political and media life than Rupert Murdoch. Most of it for the worse. Stepping down Thursday from day-to-day control of the Fox and News Corporation boards, to become chairman emeritus of the two companies, the
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two firearms charges have been dismissed amid preparations for a trial against an extended family arrested in a 2018 law enforcement raid on a ramshackle desert compound in northern New Mexico and the discovery of a young boy’s decomposed body. The changes Thursday narrow the
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Thousands have marched across Nigeria over the mysterious death of an Afrobeat star whose body has been exhumed for an autopsy as authorities investigate the cause of his demise. Lagos police said the body of Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as MohBad, was exhumed Thursday in response
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is denying a report claiming he consulted with top military leaders on staging a coup to stop Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from assuming the presidency last January. Three members of Bolsonaro’s legal team said in a statement posted on social media channels Thursday that the
Continue Reading By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of millions of years ago, jawless fishes swam Earth’s seas, their brains protected on the outside by armored skin, and on the inside by plates made of cartilage. Scientists are still piecing together how modern vertebrates’ skulls evolved from these ancient fish ancestors, which were the first animals
Continue ReadingBy DIANE JEANTET and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Indigenous people celebrated Thursday after Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled to enshrine their land rights, removing the imminent threat those protections could be rolled back. The justices had been evaluating a lawsuit brought by Santa Catarina state, backed by farmers, seeking to block
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