By Sarah Kent (CNN) — After close to two years of conflict, the global diamond market is set to feel the full consequences of the war in Ukraine. The European Union earlier this month added the world’s biggest diamond producer, Russia’s Alrosa, to its sanctions list alongside its CEO, Pavel Alekseevich Marinychev. The new year
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a tour of four African countries, meeting with the leaders of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast and touting America as the continent’s key economic and security ally at times of regional and international crises. Blinken is visiting Nigeria
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the younger son
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Thousands of faculty members at California State University, the largest university system in the US, walked off the job on Monday, the first day of spring semester classes for much for the university system’s 450,000 students. The striking staff are part of the California Faculty Association union,
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By Rachel Wilson, Krystina Shveda and Alex Newman, CNN (CNN) — Less than a week into the Israel-Hamas war, the United Nations appealed to the world asking for nearly $300 million in aid to assist Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Within a month, the figure nearly quadrupled as the entire Gaza Strip plunged into
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The deposition of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been put on pause in the divorce proceedings of her lead prosecutor in the Georgia election subversion case, a judge decided Monday. Willis’ testimony is being sought by the wife of special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A proposal to enshrine the right to an abortion in the Maine Constitution is moving forward. Gov. Janet Mills and other leading Democrats are pressing to end future legislative debate by amending the state constitution. But Republican Sen. Lisa Keim calls it “political theater” and says
Continue ReadingBy Levan Reid Click here for updates on this story CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The Cambridge Housing Authority has a unique program for teens in Cambridge Public Housing where they address specific educational issues. “Being the first in their family to graduate high school, to go to college. So we started saying, ‘How can we
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN Español) — Leo Begrante, oriundo de Buenos Aires, y su familia llevan nueve meses viviendo en España. La decisión de salir de su natal Argentina estuvo impulsada por la situación económica y la inseguridad. Él y su familia son solo un ejemplo de los más de 100.000 argentinos que han migrado a España
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince is pleading for the release of six nuns kidnapped last week and demanding that Haiti’s government crack down on gang violence. The Archdiocese, along with the Haitian Conference of the Religious, said in a strongly worded letter released Monday that Haitians are tired of the “terror of
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mercenaries, a giant shark and a very scary version of Winnie the Pooh are among the central characters in the best of the worst in cinema as the nominees for the 2024 Razzies were revealed on Monday. Sylvester Stallone’s “Expend4bles” led with seven nominations, including worst picture, followed
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Rio de Janeiro have say that a purported leader of an organized crime group has been slain at a beachfront restaurant. Police say that 44-year-old Sérgio Rodrigues da Costa Silva was found dead at the scene when Rio’s military police arrived and cordoned
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on six companies it says are responsible for trying to undermine stability in conflict-ravaged Sudan, largely targeting firms linked to weapons procurement and manufacturing. Five of the companies are Sudanese. Sudan’s armed forces and the rival Rapid Support Forces have been fighting for control of the northeast
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By John King, CNN Portsmouth, New Hampshire (CNN) — Andrew Konchek has a long list of complaints about Donald Trump. But there’s one reason he is ready, again, to set all those worrisome things aside. “I’m with Trump because he supports fishermen, you know, and obviously it’s my livelihood,” Konchek said in an interview at
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Nicole Kidman is revealing a bit more about a possible third season of “Big Little Lies.” “We are always cooking things up,” the Kidman told Entertainment Tonight on Sunday, adding, “We’ve got a timeline for it now.” She continued: “We are obviously all devastated at the loss of Jean-Marc
Continue ReadingBy Breana Pitts Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A terrifying incident on board an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this month has the NTSB urging parents to stop flying with children in their lap. “We would urge passengers to put their children under two in their own seat, in an FAA
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un nuevo estudio sugiere que un análisis de sangre para detectar un tipo de proteína denominada tau fosforilada o p-tau podría servir para detectar la enfermedad de Alzheimer con “gran precisión”, incluso antes de que se manifiesten los síntomas. En el estudio se analizó la sangre para detectar un biomarcador clave
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The leaders of Western Balkan countries have pledged to make full use of the European Union’s financial support plan of six billion euros (about $6.5 billion) as they continue to seek membership in the bloc. Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Albania are at
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered court records to be made public in the divorce involving a special prosecutor hired in the election case against Donald Trump and others and accused of having an affair with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The
Continue ReadingBy Rohan Mattu Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — At 1:59 a.m. on January 1, 2024, Adley Michelle was born at the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, making her the hospital’s first baby of the year. If the name sounds familiar to your Baltimorean ears, it’s because baby Adley
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