By Catherine Nicholls London (CNN) — A British doctor who escaped Gaza with his family has been sent back to the war zone after Egyptian officials told him his name wasn’t on the list of evacuees, according to a British Member of Parliament. Dr. Ahmed Sabra was in Gaza when Israel declared war on Hamas
Continue ReadingGIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press LAÚNDOS, Portugal (AP) — Guilherme Peixoto, a village priest in northern Portugal, has been busy this month celebrating Masses at his two parishes, presiding over remembrances for the dead — and preparing the electronic music set for his next international DJ gig. What started nearly two decades ago as a novel
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose sharply Friday, keeping November on track to be one of its best months of the year, as companies continued to turn in better profits for the summer than expected. The S&P 500 leaped 1.6% amid a widespread rally. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats and defense chiefs from India and the United States have met in New Delhi to discuss security issues in the Indo-Pacific, China and the Israel-Hamas war. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. and India are continuing to deepen their partnership
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A man who authorities said shot and killed two Dallas hospital employees while he was visiting the facility for the birth of his child last year was found guilty Thursday of capital murder, prosecutors said. A jury convicted Nestor Hernandez, 31, in the October 2022 deaths
Continue Reading Story by Reuters (CNN) — Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains more than 60 years after it was last recorded. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, named after British naturalist David Attenborough, was photographed
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos dijo este jueves que aprobó la primera vacuna para prevenir la enfermedad causada por el virus chikungunya. La vacuna de dosis única, Ixchiq , fabricada por Valneva Austria GmbH, está aprobada para adultos que tienen un mayor riesgo de exposición al virus.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL, STEPHEN SMITH and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Oct. 7 Hamas raid on Israel — and Israel’s response — have led to demonstrations on college campuses that have sometimes turned violent. The unease is felt acutely at Tulane University in New Orleans, where 43% of students are Jewish.
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By Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House Office of Management and Budget on Thursday began its initial communications to agencies on how to prepare for a possible government shutdown, a source familiar with the plans said, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill have yet to settle on a plan to avoid
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happily-ever-after. The film and television industry could rightly celebrate the conclusion this week of a bruising, protracted work stoppage that began in
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press YANKEETOWN, Fla. (AP) — A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town. Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida’s Withlacoochee Bay and the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a year after California endorsed a proposal to extend the lifespan of its last nuclear power plant, disputes continue to swirl about potential safety risks and future costs tied to the decades-old reactors. The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant was scheduled to close
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Manchin’s decision not to seek reelection virtually ensures that the Democratic Party will lose his Senate seat next year in deep-red West Virginia, making the party’s steep path to retaining its razor-thin Senate majority even more difficult. Some Democratic officials are also concerned
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden ha recibido duras advertencias de diplomáticos estadounidenses en el mundo árabe de que su firme apoyo a la destructiva y mortífera campaña militar de Israel en Gaza les “está haciendo perder a la opinión pública árabe de una generación”, según un cable diplomático obtenido por CNN.
Continue ReadingBy Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — “Every year at school in Israel we used to get a lecture from a Holocaust survivor,” said Tomer Peretz. “I was always getting bored listening to him like, ‘OK, OK, we got it, OK. So, they killed you guys. Let’s move on … “‘It’s one of those
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BALATONOSZOD, Hungary (AP) — Zusha Pletnyov left his home in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk in 2014, when Russian-backed rebels seized large swaths of eastern Ukraine. After living some years in the capital, Kyiv, he fled again to Israel when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February of last
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has set off a cacophony of criticism over her plans to attend a weekend march to protest rising antisemitism in France, with critics saying that her once-pariah party has failed to shake off its antisemitic heritage despite growing political legitimacy. Prime
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARK VANCLEAVE and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War — he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh. But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still waiting for the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press Makram Daboub may be struggling to prepare his Palestinian team for the start of 2026 World Cup qualification but he takes some comfort, for now at least, that his players stuck in Gaza are safe. The national soccer team’s head coach wanted to include Ibrahim Abuimeir, Khaled Al-Nabris, and Ahmed
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Los Ángeles (CNN) — Disney anunció que continuará recortando drásticamente sus gastos para reconstruir su negocio en un entorno mediático cambiante. La compañía anunció que recortará gastos en otros US$ 2.000 millones, los cuales se suman a la reducción de US$ 5.500 millones que había anunciado previamente y que incluía la eliminación de
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