By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ruling emir of oil-rich Kuwait has been hospitalized “due to an emergency health problem” but later was in stable condition. That’s according to a report Wednesday by the state-run KUNA news agency. The report did not elaborate on the problem faced by 86-year-old
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Few leaders paint a picture of the climate crisis as vividly as United Nations chief António Guterres. He has accused world leaders of opening “the gates of hell” and said the planet is “heading into uncharted territories of destruction” after deadly heat waves and floods. “The current fossil fuel free-for-all
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to extend a temporary truce by another day minutes before it was set to expire, said Qatar, which has been mediating between the two sides. Negotiations on extending it came down to the wire, with last-minute
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar and China are conducting naval drills together as the military government in the Southeast Asian nation loses ground in the northeast to a coalition of armed ethnic militias that also has strong ties to Beijing. State-run Myanma Alinn newspaper said Wednesday that three Chinese naval vessels were anchored in Yangon, Myanmar’s
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Search and rescue operations are underway after a US special operations aircraft crashed off the shore of Japan’s Yakushima Island on Wednesday. The aircraft, an Air Force CV-22B Osprey assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing, was carrying eight airmen when it experienced an “aircraft
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN)– La esperanza de vida en Estados Unidos comenzó a recuperarse después de caídas históricas a principios de la pandemia de Covid-19, pero está lejos de recuperarse. En 2022, un aumento de 1,1 años elevó la esperanza de vida general al nacer a 77,5 años, según datos provisionales de los Centros para el
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has proposed new laws that would place behind bars some of the 141 migrants who have been set free in the three weeks since the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said on Wednesday Parliament would
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — At 10-months-old, Kfir Bibas has now spent more than a fifth of his young life in captivity, his doe-eyed face and bright red hair a vivid symbol of the pain and suffering endured by Israel’s hostage families. More than 50 days since his abduction by Hamas militants from their
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and TARA COPP Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed during a training mission Wednesday off of the country’s southern coast, killing at least one of the eight crew members, the Japanese coast guard said. The cause of the crash and the status of the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer inflation and a meeting of oil producers in Vienna. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai. They fell in Seoul and Bangkok. U.S. futures rose while oil prices slipped. Later Thursday, the
Continue Reading By Jomana Karadsheh, Florence Davey-Attlee and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Picking through the rubble of his destroyed home, Khaled Nabhan lifts a doll that had belonged to his granddaughter and kisses it. Toys and memories are all he has left of his beloved grandchildren, 3-year-old Reem and 5-year-old Tarek, who were killed last week
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the agenda for his first three months in office. Christopher Luxon outlined 49 actions he said his conservative government intends to take in the next 100 days. He
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Kansas is going back to the drawing board after hundreds of people blasted the state’s new license plate design for next year, with many saying it resembled those of other states and a rival state university from neighboring Missouri. “I’ve heard you loud and clear,” Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly
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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese social media users are mourning the death of billionaire investor Charlie Munger. The vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway passed away “peacefully” on Tuesday morning in a California hospital, according to a press release by the investment firm. No cause of death was given. The 99-year-old investor
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has started hearing the final arguments of some of the city’s best-known pro-democracy activists tried under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent. The subversion trial is the biggest prosecution yet under the national security law imposed by
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher, Shawn Nottingham and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against Christina Pierre, the woman who was struck in the face by a Charlotte police officer and was later seen on video being repeatedly punched and kneed by another officer during her arrest earlier this month, court records show. Pierre
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Her frail husband a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends Wednesday in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born, forever their home base as they climbed to the White House and traveled the world for humanitarian
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By Matt Egan and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The family behind one of the world’s largest casino empires reached a deal to buy a majority stake in the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks from billionaire Mark Cuban, according to a statement released by Miriam Adelson and family, the majority shareholders of Las Vegas Sands, on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — By now, Americans should be well aware that the process of electing a president isn’t like electing a senator or governor. In presidential primaries, the major political parties use a complex delegate selection process to pick their nominees to compete in November. Candidates win delegates in a
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign legislation in the coming days aimed at curbing deceptive uses of artificial intelligence and manipulated media. The legislation comes as concerns grow that generative AI could be used in the 2024 presidential race to mislead
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