By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday announced the locations of seven regional hubs to manufacture hydrogen – a fuel cleaner than fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal – but one which can be derived from renewable energy, nuclear power or planet-warming methane gas. Biden made the announcement alongside Energy
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans have picked Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan as their new speaker nominee Friday, but more than 50 Republicans voted against supporting him on the House floor – leaving the party still in disarray as it has been unable to elect a speaker in the 10
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The price of everything has gone up over the past year.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El ejército de Israel le advirtió a 1,1 millones de personas que viven en el norte de Gaza que deben evacuar sus hogares, en medio de indicios de que va a intensificar su ofensiva de represalia contra Hamas tras los ataques terroristas del grupo del 7 de octubre. “Civiles de
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By Michelle Toh and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft has completed its takeover of Activision Blizzard, the maker of “Call of Duty” and other hit video games, closing one of the biggest tech deals of all time. The company said in a filing Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Activision (ATVI)
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TODAY: Showers and storms will spread across the region this morning, keeping highs in the 60s to low 70s at the warmest. An isolated strong storm with potential for damaging winds is possible. Rain won’t last all day, as a cold front will sweep us clear of clouds by this afternoon, leaving a window of
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A 50-year-old Israeli man who works at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing has been stabbed in front of a supermarket. Chinese police say they have arrested a 53-year-old male foreign suspect. No motive has been given for the attack, and it was unclear if
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los comentarios incendiarios y sin arte del expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump sobre el horror de Hamas en Israel enfatizan la característica que define su actitud hacia la política exterior y toda su visión política del mundo: todo gira en torno a él. Trump criticó al primer ministro de
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CNN Opinion By Stephanie Griffith, CNN (CNN) — A kibbutz is more than a physical place and more than a form of cooperative living. Yulie Ben Ami says that the inhabitants of the Be’eri Kibbutz in southern Israel, where she lives, are more like extended family. Their strong bond continues, she says, even though they have
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins joined a Zumba dance class while rival Christopher Luxon hugged supporters on the final day of campaigning before a general election. Polling numbers for Hipkins and his liberal Labour Party have started to trend upward in recent days from
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By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — You’d be forgiven for thinking the resurgence of airships and blimps was a load of hot air. This is, after all, the means of flight which plummeted in the public’s estimation in an inglorious blaze with the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. Ungainly, slow and prone to accidents, they were superseded
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing war, Some imams issued fiery calls of support for the Palestinians. Others bemoaned the loss of civilian lives on both sides and appealed for peace. IMAMS IN EUROPE
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press Maui County officials released two hours of audio of 911 calls to The Associated Press that were recorded as frantic residents tried to escape the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century. The inferno that engulfed Lahaina killed at least 98 people and leveled more than 2,000 buildings,
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Caitlin Hu, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Akanksha Sharma, Nadeen Ebrahim and Sophie Tanno, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s military is telling 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes immediately, as it appears to prepare to ramp up retaliation for Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks. Israeli warplanes continued on Friday
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a van packed with migrants crashed at a highway junction in southern Germany after the driver accelerated to avoid a police check, killing seven people and injuring 16. Police said a police patrol noticed the overloaded vehicle early Friday and tried to stop it. The driver didn’t react and accelerated
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is assuring Israel that “we have your back” as he and America’s top diplomat met with Israeli and Arab leaders. There is no indication the U.S. is trying to prevent an expected Israeli ground offensive in Gaza
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers Microsoft completed its purchase of video game-maker Activision Blizzard for $69 billion on Friday, closing one of the most expensive tech acquisitions in history that could have repercussions across the video game industry. The notice that the deal has gone through came seven hours after Microsoft
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Opposing campaigners have made their final pitches over changing the Australia’s constitution to acknowledge a place for Indigenous Australians on the eve of the nation’s first referendum in a generation. Saturday’s referendum has the potential to amend Australia’s founding legal document for the first time since
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks mostly fell Friday after fears about war in the Middle East collided in financial markets with hopes for stronger profits at big U.S. companies. Oil prices leaped, and Treasury yields fell after Israel’s military ordered the evacuation of northern Gaza ahead of a
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Dariusz Stola began working with Poland’s anti-communist Solidarity movement in 1983. He was just 19 but already appalled by the way the regime imposed its harsh censorship, not just on political thought but culture as well. A member of his church choir would give him a
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