By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The government of Spain’s southern Andalusia region plans to expand a prized national park that is home to one of Europe’s largest wetlands that is danger of drying up. Andalusia’s regional president Juan Moreno announced his administration’s plan to allow the Doñana park to annex some
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Tuesday identified the five prisoners it hopes to see freed in the United States in exchange for five Iranian-Americans now held in Tehran and billions in assets once held by South Korea. The acknowledgment by the Iranian mission to the United Nations
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Es posible que ya esté en tu especiero una buena opción de tratamiento para la indigestión, según un nuevo estudio. El estudio, publicado este lunes en la revista médica BMJ, comparó cómo respondieron más de 150 personas con dispepsia o indigestión al medicamento omeprazol, cúrcuma (que contiene el compuesto curcumina)
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — A new documentary premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival examines the Louis C.K. scandal six years later. Carline Suh and Cara Mones’ “Sorry/Not Sorry” delves into one of most debated #MeToo cases and the fallout for those who came forward to make allegations of sexual
Continue ReadingSTRASBOURG, France (AP) — The European Union is promising Greece more than 2 billion euros ($2.15 billion) in financial support in the wake of massive summer wildfires and ongoing floods that have caused extensive damage across central Greece. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said 2.25 billion euros could be made available in the
Continue ReadingBy TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The mining of minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies in Congo has led to human rights abuses, including forced evictions and physical assault. That’s according to a report Tuesday from Amnesty International and another rights group. Congo is by the world’s largest
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By Kathleen Bangs, CNN (CNN) — It’s one thing standing in line to watch the blockbuster film “Oppenheimer.” It’s another thing entirely queueing up in a remote desert to experience the location of the film’s most pivotal scene. But if you’re a fan of atomic history and can swing central New Mexico this October, your
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — What year is it again? The Rolling Stones have new music out, NBC has an Elvis Christmas special coming, people are talking about Little Richard and Aerosmith is on a farewell tour. Rock ‘n’ roll long ago promised it was here to stay, but the genre is having
Continue ReadingYEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Authorities in an isolated ethnic Armenian region of Azerbaijan have allowed entry of a humanitarian aid shipment in a step toward easing a dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan that had blocked transport to the region since late last year. The region, Nagorno-Karabakh, has suffered severe food shortages since Azerbaijan blocked the
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tinzert, Atlas Mountains, Morocco (CNN) — Rajaa Acherhri was known as the village math genius. At six years old, she loved solving problems way above her grade level. He sister Sanaa had big dreams too. She wanted to become a doctor, her mother Fatema told CNN. After dinner on Friday night,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Some fans are going to have to wait a little bit longer to bid Aerosmith goodbye on their farewell tour. The band has announced they have postponed some of their “Peace Out” tour dates in light of lead singer Steven Tyler suffering a vocal cord injury. “I’m heartbroken
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It’s only been a few months since legendary singer Paul Simon went public with his hearing loss and he now says he’s still adjusting. Simon, who has lost most of his hearing in his left ear, addressed that challenge during a post-screening Q&A for the documentary “In Restless
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police in Serbia say they rounded up hundreds of migrants and found weapons during a raid along the country’s border with Hungary. Thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia travel along the land route that leads west from Turkey and through the Balkans. Serbia
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By Marshall Cohen (CNN) — A liberal group filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot in Minnesota, the second major lawsuit in two weeks that hopes to invoke the 14th Amendment’s arcane “insurrectionist ban.” The cases are seen as legal long shots. Trump denies wrongdoing and has
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Author Sandra Cisneros is this year’s winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, honoring writers who help foster “understanding between and among people.“ Cisneros is best known for her million-selling novel “The House on Mango Street” and has often drawn upon her Mexican heritage and her childhood community
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia is growing worried over the increasing number of migrants attempting to cross over into the Baltic nation through the border with Belarus and has called up the military to assist border guards. Latvia’s State Border Guard says 103 people were stopped in the 24 hours to
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Después de 24 años, y en medio de una proceso de acercamiento diplomático entre Rusia y Corea del Norte, el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin vuelve este martes a Pyongyang para reunirse con el líder norcoreano Kim Jong-un. La última vez que ambos se vieron en persona fue en septiembre de
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A report says Poland is losing large numbers of Ukrainian refugees from its workforce as they travel to Germany to seek higher wages and government benefits in the rich Western economy. Although the refugees are not economic migrants, they are increasingly taking on work as the
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are rejecting Pakistani government accusations they’re to blame for the closure of a key border crossing. Pakistan closed the vital commercial artery of Torkham last week after guards from the two sides exchanged fire. A Foreign Ministry spokesman in Islamabad accused the Taliban of building unlawful structures and indiscriminate
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Krystina Shveda, Henrik Pettersson, Lou Robinson, Amy O’Kruk and Clint Alwahab, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 3,000 people are dead, towns and villages are decimated and rescuers are trawling for survivors after a massive earthquake ripped through Morocco. The quake is the worst the country has suffered in decades and the full scale
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