By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Cristiano Ronaldo told a referee to overturn a penalty awarded in his favor during Al-Nassr’s Asian Champions League game against Persepolis. The act of sportsmanship occurred in the second minute of Monday’s match as Ronaldo was brought down in the box, prompting referee Ma Ning to award a penalty
Continue ReadingPOCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Police say a thick layer of fog is believed to have caused a roughly 30-vehicle collision on an Idaho interstate. The collision occurred Monday morning on eastbound Interstate 86 near Pocatello. Police say the fog caused visibility to significantly decrease in a short amount of time, slowing vehicles and causing a
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — WeightWatchers is betting that diet culture is over. Welcome to the age of Ozempic. Diet drugs have upended the weight loss business. The number of Americans taking semaglutide medication has increased 40-fold over the past five years, a contrast from decades of diet and exercise advice on
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CNN By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — WeightWatchers is betting that diet culture is over. Welcome to the age of Ozempic. Diet drugs have upended the weight loss business. The number of Americans taking semaglutide medication has increased 40-fold over the past five years, a contrast from decades of diet and exercise advice
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Layoffs are never welcome news to employees. But they bring an extra bite when they are carried out during the holiday season. Even if they are just signaled as coming in the next few months, the mere concern that you could be let go puts a real
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Columbia University senior Yusuf Hafez was in class in late October when his friend alerted him that his photograph was being shown around the university on a truck under a banner that proclaimed he was among “Columbia’s Leading Antisemites,” according to a recent lawsuit. The conservative nonprofit, Accuracy
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Elon Musk is an increasingly important player in global affairs and has been touring the world to meet with political leaders in recent months. But his statements, social media posts and actions prove he is fundamentally unprepared for world leadership, even as he has amassed control over ever
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Tornadoes have been forecast for the Black Sea region after a storm left more than 2 million people without electricity in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine. The Institute for the Study of War think tank said that the storm also impacted Russian military operations in occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine. Officials said
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway says the Philippine government and the country’s communist rebels have agreed to resume talks aimed at ending decades of armed conflict. Norway’s foreign ministry says high-ranking delegations from both sides met in Oslo last week and agreed to a “common vision for peace” that
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai is preparing to host the COP28 climate talks as world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and Pope Francis have signaled they will not be attending the negotiations. The talks come during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war roiling the wider Middle East. Israel’s Foreign
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A visiting Chinese official has warned Australia to act with “great prudence” in deploying warships in the South China Sea after a recent confrontation between the two navies. Liu Jianchao is the Chinese Communist Party’s international minister. He gave the warning on Tuesday while speaking at
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Winter’s early onset has brought heavy snowfall and icy roads to Northern Europe. The winter conditions have created disruptions and dangerous driving conditions, and German media reported that they have resulted in at least two deaths and children stuck overnight in a school. Germany’s western state of Hesse was particularly affected by
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rosalynn Carter was remembered Tuesday as a former U.S. first lady who leveraged her fierce intellect and political power to put her deep Christian faith into action by always helping others, especially those who needed it most. A gathering of first ladies and presidents
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s second largest economy is undergoing a major transformation and is looking for new drivers of growth, according to China’s central bank governor. “China is experiencing a transition in its economic model,” Pan Gongsheng, the governor of the People’s Bank of China, told a group of
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, is pulling back from video gaming in a shift that will result in hundreds of job cuts. The Beijing-based company will wind down Nuverse, the unit that houses its video game studios, next month in an attempt to focus on
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By Sam Fossum, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US military will fly three planeloads of crucial humanitarian aid to North Sinai in Egypt to be brought into Gaza to aid civilians in the region, according to senior administration officials. The aid that is being brought will include medical supplies, food and winter weather gear as
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has told Israel it must operate with far greater precision in southern Gaza if it renews a ground campaign aimed at eradicating the Hamas militant group. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the Iraelis seem receptive to the concerns. Officials
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TODAY: Tuesday starts colder than Monday with high pressure overhead, but as that pushes eastward, winds will turn from the south and we should warm back into the low 40s, similar to Monday afternoon. Overall, it’s another chilly day under mostly sunny skies. TONIGHT: Skies will be mostly clear overnight, with a light south breeze
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, a transatlantic flight operated by a commercial airline will be powered by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) — a type of plane fuel that bears the promise of a much lower climate impact than traditional ones. Traveling from London Heathrow to New York’s JFK, the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Avdiivka, Ucrania (CNN) — “Chicos, déjenme aquí. No puedo caminar”, suplica un soldado ucraniano sentado en una estrecha trinchera bajo constante bombardeo ruso. Tiene las piernas heridas por la metralla y sangra a través de los vendajes. Fuma un cigarrillo mientras yace en el suelo, al tiempo que el médico de la
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