Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A primera vista, la isla Alphonse de las Seychelles es el arquetipo de escapada a una isla desierta: playas de arena blanca rodeadas de palmeras, cálidas aguas azules, arrecifes de coral y bancos de arena repletos de vida marina. Si a esto le añadimos un hotel de lujo con impresionantes bungalows
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — A trio of Republican presidential candidates shared stories of family and faith before hundreds of voters in northwest Iowa on Saturday, having congenial individual conversations with their hosts not long after dueling at the campaign’s latest fractious debate. But off the stage at a small
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press CASPAR BEACH, Calif. (AP) — After purple urchins helped nearly wipe out 96% of California’s iconic underwater bull kelp forests over a six-year span, biologists say they are seeing promising signs that efforts to save them may be helping. Kelp this summer returned in small sections off the Mendocino County
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Behind bars in penal colonies or in self-exile abroad, Russian opposition figures vow they will still put up a fight against President Vladimir Putin as he seeks yet another term in office in an election in March. Although they believe Putin will be declared the winner
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A century-old territorial dispute is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. It’s steeped in patriotism and deepened by the discovery of oil. The Venezuelan government is seizing on the disagreement to boost support ahead of a presidential election among a population
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A longtime Democratic Texas lawmaker who has represented Houston in the Legislature for more than 50 years will lead the nation’s fourth-largest city after winning a mayoral runoff election. State Sen. John Whitmire defeated U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Saturday night. Whitmire and Jackson Lee had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the wake of the recent shooting at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the Columbia teachers’ union is planning to protest what they are calling “district inaction on school safety.” The protest is scheduled to start before the next school board meeting on Monday. According to an email obtained by ABC 17
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is expected to secure his third term in power in a Sunday presidential election that critics have called a sham, as global attention is focused on the bloody war in neighboring Gaza. The 69-year-old president has enjoyed two months of a pause in criticism from
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has a major problem. As his governing Conservative Party prepares to enter what will likely be an election year in 2024, it is languishing behind the opposition Labour Party in polls week after week. The Conservatives have been in power since 2010, during
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN, DAVID KEYTON, SIBI ARASU and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Veteran negotiators at the United Nations climate talks Saturday said that the push to wean the world from dirty fossil fuels had gained so much momentum that they had poked a powerful enemy: the oil industry. Late
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from the Norm Stewart Classic on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video players below. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Bishop Miege (54) Helias (67) FINAL https://youtu.be/4AtNQHaoHhI Pembroke Hill (57) Jefferson City (53) FINAL https://youtu.be/NdVxjB53tIw Principia (59) Hickman (68) FINAL https://youtu.be/J5MYH8qfFqA Kauffman (42) Mexico
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. The order
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting requested by Guyana following Venezuela’s recent referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region that makes up a large part of its neighbor. But diplomats said the widespread view of
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — In a remarkable, six-month turn of events, Hunter Biden, the president’s son, has gone from the cusp of a no-jail-time plea deal to looming trials in Delaware on gun charges and in California on tax charges. The tax charges filed Thursday build on an uncomfortable narrative
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — For Nikki Haley, a win in Iowa doesn’t necessarily mean a win in the state’s Republican presidential caucuses. “The way I look at it, we just need to have a good showing in Iowa,” the former South Carolina governor said Friday in response to a
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La vicepresidenta de Ecuador, Verónica Abad Rojas, escribió un mensaje de despedida este viernes en X, antes Twitter, y compartió fotos en las que se la ve abrazando a sus hijos, mientras salía del país rumbo a Tel Aviv. “No voy a negar que me invade la tristeza por tener que
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — La Secretaría de Seguridad y la Fiscalía General del Estado de México informaron que 14 personas murieron este viernes en un enfrentamiento armado en el municipio de Texcaltitlán, en el centro del país. La fiscalía dijo en un comunicado que 11 de los fallecidos eran personas presuntamente involucradas en actividades
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Yegor Chinakhov scored twice in the third period, Jet Greaves stopped 41 shots for his first NHL victory, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 to snap a three-game skid. Kirill Marchenko had a goal and an assist, and Alexandre Texier and
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La presidenta de Harvard, Claudine Gay, se disculpó en una entrevista con el periódico de la universidad por su testimonio desastroso ante el Congreso de Estados Unidos esta semana, en el que ella y los rectores de otras universidades evitaron reconocer explícitamente que los llamados al genocidio del pueblo judío constituyen
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By Jamiel Lynch and Carolyn Sung, CNN (CNN) — Two Jewish students from the University of Pennsylvania have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Ivy League institution, alleging it “has transformed itself into incubation lab for virulent anti-Jewish hatred, harassment and discrimination.” In their suit, filed Tuesday in the US District Court For the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
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