By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government has deployed army troops at railroad stations as railway employees continued with their strike. The action has paralyzed train services across the country for a second day on Wednesday. Two passengers were killed on Tuesday while attempting to travel on a packed
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Having brought a “Star Wars” fan’s instincts to the animated “The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels,” writer-director Dave Filoni transferred that sensibility to live-action series. Clunky at times, at its best that unapologetic approach has yielded lump-in-the-throat moments, and it was on full display in the fifth
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “The Morning Show” has the look and polish of a smart, prestige TV show, which makes its detours into stupid situations and implausible corners more frustrating. The third season of the Apple TV+ drama again weaves real-world events into its narrative, but this starrily-cast serial would fare better
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish media say that a coal mine has collapsed in northern Turkey, and at least one miner was injured and taken to hospital. It’s unclear how many miners remain trapped. NTV television reported that rescue teams were dispatched to the mine near the town of Eregli, in northern Zonguldak province, on
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By Sam Joseph and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Romania defeated Kosovo 2-0 in a EURO 2024 qualifier on Tuesday, but the match was suspended in the 18th minute after “discriminatory behavior from some supporters,” according to UEFA’s website. A section of Romanian fans held up a banner that read ‘Kosovo is Serbia,’ while some
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Ruben Flowers stumbled across the photo by accident. It was early 2023 and he was thumbing through photo albums at his grandmother’s house. Suddenly, there it was: a snapshot from 1994, taken in an airplane flight deck, depicting him as a toddler, sitting next to his pilot dad. In
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE, MARC LEVY and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A murderer who brazenly escaped from a Pennsylvania jail was captured Wednesday in the woods by a team of tactical officers, bringing an end to an intensive search that terrified residents as the fugitive broke into homes for food, changed his
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The outer bands of Hurricane Lee are starting to lash Bermuda as big surf pounded the island, with the Category 2 storm expected to make landfall on the coast of New England or Atlantic Canada over the weekend. The storm was located about 380
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — For better or for worse, all eyes appeared to be on Selena Gomez Tuesday night at the MTV Video Music Awards. The singer and actress hit the pink carpet wearing a red Oscar de la Renta floral halter dress and matching accessories. She cheered on her friend Taylor
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory as part of the European Union’s recent new interpretation of sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine. Estonia imposed the measure on Wednesday to match a similar decision by its southern
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El recluso fugitivo de Pensilvania, Danelo Cavalcante, está bajo custodia, según un funcionario policial cercano a la investigación. Cavalcante fue capturado poco después de las 8 a.m., según el gobernador de Pensilvania, John Shapiro. No hubo heridos ni entre las fuerzas del orden ni entre el público y fue detenido el
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US inflation accelerated in August for the second-straight month, pushed up by rising gas prices. However, core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, continued to slow, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index, a closely watched
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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — German shoemaker Birkenstock has filed for an initial public offering in New York, becoming the latest European company to choose the United States as the place to raise money on the stock market. The iconic footwear brand said in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s been a bad year for CEOs. Chief executives have left their posts at an alarming rate as their performance — and their behavior — come under increased scrutiny by corporate boards. What’s happening: Well over 1,000 CEOs have left their companies this year, according to
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Defense officials in NATO member Romania say they have found new fragments of drones similar to those used by the Russian army near its border with war-torn Ukraine, in the third such finding in the past week. The defense ministry says two helicopters
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press LAMEGO, Portugal (AP) — Galego and Cabano, two dark-haired oxen, pulled the sacred image of Our Lady of Remedies on a procession float for more than two hours through this small town in Portugal’s wine country. They remained unperturbed even when two cannons fired salutes at the procession’s end, but
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The California professor who testified that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had assaulted her while they were in high school has written a memoir. Christine Blasey’s Ford’s “One Way Back” is scheduled for publication next March. According to St. Martin’s Press, she will share “riveting
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — A senior prosecutor in Greece has ordered an investigation into allegations that officials in the disaster-hit central area of the country failed to complete flood defense projects on time. Extensive flooding across central Greece from a powerful storm last week killed 15 people and has caused widespread damage to property, farms
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A shooting at St. Helena College and Career Academy in Louisiana has left one person dead, two others injured and a juvenile in custody, the local sheriff’s department said. The shooting happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday on the campus in Greensburg, which serves students in grades
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Following a civil war and a political standoff that has lasted almost a decade, Libya is struggling to deal with a catastrophic flood that is believed to have killed at least 5,300 people and left over 10,000 missing in the country’s northeast. Split between two rival administrations since 2014
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