By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he’s “much better” after a two-week bout of bronchitis but says speaking still makes him tired. Francis asked an aide to read his remarks at his weekly general audience Wednesday. Francis turns 87 on Dec. 17 and had part of one lung removed as
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By Guido Carim Junior, Chris Campbell, Elvira Marques, Nnenna Ike and Tim Ryley of Griffith University, Australia (CNN) — Picture this: you’re nestled comfortably in your seat cruising towards your travel destination when a flight attendant’s voice breaks through the silence: “Ladies and gentlemen, both pilots are incapacitated. Are there any passengers who could land
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By Zachary Cohen, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump have officially listed former Vice President Mike Pence as one of the witnesses who could be called to testify at trial, according to multiple sources familiar with court documents that remain under seal. Pence, who has appeared
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The annual Christmas light display at Veterans United opened to the public Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it sent a capsule into orbit capable of carrying animals as it prepares for human missions in coming years. A report by the official IRNA news agency on Wednesday quoted Telecommunications Minister Isa Zarepour as saying the capsule was launched 80 miles into orbit. Zarepour said the launch of
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Marking his first anniversary of coming to power, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahm admitted he was still struggling to win over ethnic Malay votes and acknowledged frustration over the slow pace of reforms. But he defended his unity government, saying it is now politically stable and able to fully focus
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ticked lower Wednesday after another sharp slide for the price of crude dragged down oil-and-gas stocks. The S&P 500 slipped 17.84, or 0.4%, to 4,549.34 for its third straight loss, locking in its longest losing streak since October. Each of those drops was
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.S. citizen has been charged in Arizona with making threatening online comments that followed what police describe as a “religiously motivated terrorist attack” in Australia a year ago in which six people died. Two Queensland state police officers and an innocent bystander were fatally shot
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOIBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops say they are battling Hamas militants in the center of the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city, Khan Younis. The fighting has sent tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing to the territory’s southernmost edge, where shelters are overflowing. Aid groups
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cinco aspirantes compiten por la candidatura del Partido Republicano en las elecciones presidenciales de 2024: el expresidente Donald Trump, la exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur, Nikki Haley, el actual gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, el empresario Vivek Ramaswamy y el exgobernador de Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson. Donald Trump El expresidente Donald Trump. (Crédito:
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CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and local authorities are examining the cause of a home explosion that erupted in northern Virginia Monday night as police were trying to execute a search warrant, as well as “concerning” social media posts allegedly made by a suspect who investigators believe was
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and local authorities are examining the cause of a home explosion that erupted in northern Virginia on Monday night as police were trying to execute a search warrant, as well as “concerning” social media posts allegedly made by a suspect who investigators believe was
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press VERONA, Italy (AP) — Sitting on a terrace in Verona as the bells toll at a nearby medieval church, Igor Makarov sips coffee as he describes his life as a billionaire under Western sanctions. Most of his fortune earned doing business in Russia and the former Soviet Union is frozen,
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the outside world viewed those Russians known as “oligarchs” as men who whose vast wealth, ruthlessly amassed, made them almost shadow rulers. A “government of the few,” in the word’s etymology. The term has persisted well into Putin’s
Continue ReadingBy LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America’s secular Santa Claus figure is known worldwide — but Saint Nicholas’ origin story is not. The legends surrounding jolly old St. Nicholas — celebrated annually on Dec. 6 — go way beyond delivering candy and
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — For all Palestinian parents, Marwan Tamimi said, there comes a moment they realize they’re powerless to protect their children. For the 48-year-old father of three, it came in June, when Israeli forces fired a large rubber bullet that struck the head of his eldest
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say at least 16 people have been killed and 12 others injured when a passenger bus lost control while negotiating a downhill road curve in a central mountain village and plunged into a deep ravine. Eight of the wounded in the accident, which happened Tuesday afternoon in the province
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — For all Palestinian parents, Marwan Tamimi said, there comes a moment they realize they’re powerless to protect their children. For the 48-year-old father of three, it came in June, when Israeli forces fired a large rubber bullet that struck the head of his eldest
Continue Reading By CNN staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, took part in a Fox News town hall Tuesday in Iowa, less than six weeks out from the state’s GOP caucuses. The event, held in front of a crowd in Davenport, was a pre-taped, hourlong interview hosted by
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate conference Wednesday are finishing up their first week in a more familiar place for them: the murky middle where momentum and roadblocks intertwine. Proponents
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