Opinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the last Republican presidential debate of the 2024 race before the Iowa caucuses. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. SE Cupp: Nikki Haley played the right strategy with independents You can’t be all things to all people.
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By Michelle Toh and Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Fan Yifei, a disgraced former Chinese central banker, has admitted making a “huge mistake” in comments aired as part of a documentary by state broadcaster CCTV that alleges he accepted massive bribes from the beginning of his tenure. Fan, who was one of the
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The amount of renewable energy installed around the world last year grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years. The International Energy Agency said Thursday that clean energy jumped by 510 gigawatts, with China playing the biggest part. That’s enough to power nearly 51
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are tearing into each other to stay alive in the Republican presidential primary. But the front-runner, Donald Trump, is running another race entirely – against the courts and the rule of law. This dual reality of the 2024 election playing out in the
Continue ReadingPORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — The Papua New Guinea government is working to restore order after at least 15 people were reportedly killed during rioting and looting that left the country’s two biggest cities in flames. The unrest began in the capital of Port Moresby on Wednesday when hundreds of police officers, soldiers,
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona prisons chief Charles Ryan’s sentencing has been postponed for his no-contest plea to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from his 2022 standoff with police. Ryan was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday but his lawyer requested a separate hearing to present evidence favorable to his client. It’s unclear whether Ryan will
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — There will be at least $100 million left in the estate of the so-called last Hawaiian princess to support Native Hawaiian culture. Abigail Kawānanakoa died last year at age 96. She was a descendant of the royal family that once ruled the islands — as well
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The rapper G Herbo was sentenced to three years’ probation Thursday after pleading guilty to his role in a scheme that used stolen credit card information to pay for an opulent lifestyle including private jets and designer puppies. Under a deal with prosecutors reached last year, the 28-year-old Chicago rapper,
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un hombre de Florida acusado de publicar en línea amenazas de llevar a cabo violencia masiva fue arrestado y acusado de realizar una amenaza interestatal y una violación de armas, según muestran registros de la corte federal. Alexander Lightner, de 26 años, de Venice, Florida, supuestamente publicó comentarios en línea que
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, Steve Contorno, Daniel Strauss, Arit John, Elisabeth Buchwald and Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley a “mealy mouthed politician.” Haley said DeSantis’ campaign “is exploding.” The two Republicans vying to become the top alternative to former President Donald Trump
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una elección presidencial en 2024 con profundas implicaciones para el resto del mundo ciertamente suena familiar. Pero esto está sucediendo mucho antes de lo que piensas. Taiwán, una pequeña y vibrante democracia asiática a las puertas de un vecino autoritario mucho más grande, celebra elecciones presidenciales y parlamentarias este sábado
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Vastas zonas de Estados Unidos se vieron azotadas por poderosas tormentas, incluidas ventiscas que cubrieron de nieve partes del Medio Oeste y el Noreste. Pero algo anda mal: muchos estados acostumbrados a inviernos blancos ahora están recibiendo más lluvia que nieve. Un nuevo estudio publicado este miércoles muestra que la crisis
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal tax charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal that could have spared him the spectacle of a criminal trial during the 2024 campaign. Hunter Biden has been accused of nine felony
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations due to prostate cancer surgery set off a political firestorm, launched multiple reviews and triggered calls for his ouster. To some, the uproar may be puzzling or even offensive. An individual’s right to privacy, particularly about medical issues,
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s long-held support for the Palestinian people can be traced back to the time of Nelson Mandela and Yasser Arafat. The two leaders believed that the struggle for freedom by Blacks in apartheid South Africa and Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
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CNN, WMUR By Gregory Krieg, Alison Main, David Chalian and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Wednesday that he was ending his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, marking the exit of the most outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary. But first, Christie
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Speaker Mike Johnson gathered House Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday to sell the spending deal he reached with Democrats, one thing quickly became clear: many GOP lawmakers weren’t buying it. Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio left early, saying he’d had enough. “I’m not going to sit
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a case that strikes at the heart of Israel’s national identity, South Africa formally accused the country of committing genocide against Palestinians and pleaded Thursday with the United Nations’ top court to order an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump wrested an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man accused of posting online threats to carry out mass violence has been arrested and charged with making an interstate threat and a weapon violation, federal court records show. Alexander Lightner, 26, of Venice, Florida, allegedly posted comments online that were “intended to convey
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