Opinion By Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — In the weeks that have followed Hamas’ horrendous massacre of Israelis on October 7, there has been a surge of hatred directed at Jews both in the US and around the world. At some protests, a few demonstrators carried banners and expressed support for the brutal Hamas regime — a
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks in Ukraine wounded at least 14 civilians over the past day, officials said Saturday, as the president of the European Union’s executive arm returned to the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yurii Malashko, said that nine people were wounded in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un hombre acusado de atravesar una valla en una central nuclear de Carolina del Sur e intentar atropellar con su vehículo a un agente de seguridad esta semana fue detenido el viernes por la noche, informó una oficina del sheriff. Doyle Wayne Whisenhunt, de 66 años y natural de Lockesburg,
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TODAY: Mostly cloudy skies stick around today but highs still manage to top out above average in the mid-60s. Clouds could produce sprinkles in the late afternoon but a dry atmosphere will soak up most if not all rain. TOMORROW: Skies remain partly cloudy for Sunday and temperatures jump a few degrees thanks to the
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are appealing to Afghanistan’s private sector to help those fleeing Pakistan’s mass deportation drive. Pakistan is arresting and expelling all foreigners it says are in the country illegally. But the policy mostly affects Afghans because they are the biggest group of undocumented foreigners in the country. The Ministry of Commerce
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By Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — A Florida Republican lawmaker, after flipping his support to former President Donald Trump, is now publicly questioning Gov. Ron DeSantis’ support for the Jewish community. Another state lawmaker, spurned by DeSantis earlier this year, is actively recruiting more of his colleagues to jump on the Trump
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of driving through a fence at a South Carolina nuclear power station and trying to hit a security officer with his vehicle this week was arrested Friday evening, a sheriff’s office said. Doyle Wayne Whisenhunt, 66, of Lockesburg, Arkansas, has been charged in connection with Thursday
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Arab leaders who met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jordan are pushing for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Blinken warns that would be counterproductive and could encourage more violence by the militant group. The officials held talks Saturday in Amman. Later,
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Villagers in the mountains of northwest Nepal on Sunday cremated the bodies of some of those who perished in an earthquake two days earlier. The strong temblor killed 157 people and left thousands of others homeless. The 13 bodies were carried to the banks of the
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and CARA ANNA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United States and Arab partners disagreed Saturday on the need for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as Israeli military strikes killed civilians at a U.N. shelter and a hospital, and Israel said the besieged enclave’s Hamas rulers
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Mientras los dispersos clientes saltan de un bar desierto a otro, cuesta creer que las calles casi vacías por las que zigzaguean fueran antaño de las más animadas de Asia. Es jueves por la noche, una noche normalmente ajetreada, pero no hay multitudes entre las que moverse ni juerguistas que
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By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — It took just under a year for Sam Bankman-Fried to go from crypto wunderkind to convicted felon. No one is happier about that than the professionals in the industry that made him, for a time, a rock star. When Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire collapsed last November, it sent
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: new airport openings and upgrades in Asia, the greatest cheese of 2024 as well as tips on how to handle encounters with roadside spiders and hungry, hungry bears. Bears and bugs A spider caused a car accident in California’s Death Valley National Park this
Continue ReadingBy ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says it foiled an attack by militants on a training air base in eastern Punjab province, killing all nine assailants. The military said the troops’ “swift and effective response” thwarted the attack at Mianwali Training Air Base, keeping its personnel and assets safe, though three
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will protest a lack of transparency in China’s treatment of a detained Australian democracy blogger when meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing during a trade-focused state visit. Albanese saysd the detention of Yang Hengjun without conviction for almost
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Los científicos coinciden ampliamente en que un antiguo planeta chocó contra la Tierra cuando esta se estaba formando hace miles de millones de años, arrojando escombros que se fusionaron en la Luna que hoy decora nuestro cielo nocturno. Esta teoría, denominada hipótesis del impacto gigante, explica muchas características fundamentales de
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CNN Rebecca Wright and Nic Robertson, John Torigoe, Eli Kiko Cohen and Joel Bennett Re’im, Israel (CNN) — Aliza Samuel walks carefully through debris left strewn across the ground, picking up a bracelet before coming across some small clay trinkets that had been handmade during the Nova Music Festival. “People just dropped everything and left,”
Continue Reading Rebecca Wright and Nic Robertson, John Torigoe, Eli Kiko Cohen and Joel Bennett Re’im, Israel (CNN) — Aliza Samuel walks carefully through debris left strewn across the ground, picking up a bracelet before coming across some small clay trinkets that had been handmade during the Nova Music Festival. “People just dropped everything and left,” Samuel
Continue ReadingBy JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Sophee Langerman was on her way to a bicycle safety rally in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood in June when a car turning right rolled through a red light and slammed into her bike, which she was walking off the curb and into the crosswalk. The car was moving
Continue Reading By Sugam Pokharel, Jennifer Hauser and Jerome Taylor, CNN Kathmandu (CNN) — At least 157 people have been killed in an earthquake that struck a remote part of northwestern Nepal overnight on Friday and toppled multiple buildings, according to police, as officials warned that the death toll could rise. The quake measured magnitude 5.6 according
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