By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer HANGZHOU, China (AP) — The centuries-old card game of bridge is being played at the Asian Games. Esports, chess, and bridge are among the so-called mind sports with full medal status at the two-week long, multi-sports event with more than 12,000 participants. The games offer all the traditional Olympics
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and MOSHE EDRI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court spent eight hours Thursday hearing a challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove a sitting prime minister. Critics say the law is designed to protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been working to reshape the justice system
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un delincuente convicto sospechoso de matar a Pava LaPere, de 26 años, CEO de una empresa tecnológica en Baltimore, fue arrestado, dijo la Policía de Baltimore la madrugada de este jueves. Según la policía, Jason Dean Billingsley, de 32 años, era buscado por asesinato en primer grado y otros cargos en relación
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By Tara Subramaniam and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Storm Elias dumped several months-worth of rain in less than a day as it swept across Greece on Wednesday, just weeks after Storm Daniel killed 17 people in the southern European nation. Villages were flooded, roads inundated and schools forced to close in several municipalities as
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — has been awarded to two environment activists from Kenya and Cambodia, a human right defender from Ghana and a humanitarian group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. The award foundation said Thursday the
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The Mizzou Tigers made their season debut in the AP Top 25 this week, landing at No. 23 after barely missing out last week.
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter. The academy says Switzerland — home to
Continue ReadingBy AVET DEMOURIAN and GAIANE YENOKIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by the end of the year. Armenian officials say over 78,000 people — about 65% of the region’s population of 120,000 — has already left
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Chinese-owned app TikTok says it regrets the Indonesian government’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms and particularly the impact it would have on the millions of sellers who use TikTok Shop. But TikTok Indonesia said in a statement it will
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen says production is resuming after a problem with the German automaker’s information technology network caused a severe disruption. Volkswagen said on Wednesday evening that the IT disruption caused production to halt at its four vehicle manufacturing plants in Germany — its Wolfsburg headquarters, Emden, Zwickau and Osnabrueck. It also affected some
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El jardinero venezolano de los Bravos de Atlanta, Ronald Acuña Jr., logró algo que nadie en la historia de las Grandes Ligas había logrado antes: convertirse en el primer jugador en conectar 40 jonrones y robar 70 bases en una sola temporada. Acuña, quien llegó este miércoles por la noche con
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — Oxford was the murder capital of late-medieval England, with the city’s male university population being the main catalyst for violence, according to new research. The homicide rate in the city was four to five times higher than that of 14th-century London or York, said researchers from the University
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Slovakia is getting ready to elect its fifth prime minister in just four years, and with Kremlin sympathizer Robert Fico’s opposition party leading the polls, it is one being watched with alarm in the West. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, Slovakia has been one of Kyiv’s staunchest allies.
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government has banned a book following protests over what was perceived as an insulting depiction of an Indonesian maid, and the book’s author has apologized for the offensive material and says it was misunderstood. Boey Chee Ming, a Malaysian artist now based in the U.S., said he was shocked
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Dozens of people from around the world lined up on a sunny morning this week in front of a former mental health hospital in Berlin to apply for asylum in Germany. There were two older women from Moldova. A young man from Somalia sat next to them
Continue ReadingOpinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the second Republican presidential debate of the 2024 season. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. Jeff Yang: The funniest moments on stage were all unintentional Human civilization has given us a few great unanswerable questions, such as
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Cinco personas recibieron disparos y dos murieron en un tiroteo en el noreste de la ciudad de Washington este miércoles por la noche. La Policía Metropolitana de Washington (MPD) respondió a sonidos de disparos este miércoles por la noche en la intersección de la calle 14 y Saratoga Avenue NE, según
Continue Reading By Eric Cheung, CNN Kaohsiung, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan unveiled its first-ever domestically built submarine on Thursday, an accomplishment the island democracy’s leader hailed as a significant milestone as Taipei works to boost its military deterrence in the face of a growing threat from Beijing. President Tsai Ing-wen presided over a ceremony at the submarine’s
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Powerball players will get another chance to become instant millionaires as the jackpot ballooned to $925 million following Wednesday night’s drawing that yielded no grand prize winners. Wednesday night’s winning numbers were 1, 7, 46, 47, 63, and the Powerball was 7, the lottery said. After no ticket matched
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Por trigésima vez consecutiva, nadie tuvo todos los números ganadores del sorteo de Powerball de este miércoles por la noche, según la Asociación de Lotería Multiestatal. El próximo sorteo tendrá un valor estimado de US$ 925 millones. Los números del sorteo de este miércoles fueron 1-7-46-47-63, con un Powerball de 7.
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