Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una tormenta invernal va en curso de colisión con el Atlántico Medio y el Noreste de Estados Unidos el sábado, y hay otra más fuerte pisándole los talones. La primera tormenta arrojará hasta 30 cm de nieve y hielo significativo hasta el domingo y podría causar interrupciones en los viajes
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By Eric Bradner and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s rivals have sharpened their attacks on the former president as they blanket Iowa just over a week before the state’s caucuses kick off the Republican presidential nominating race. But in the shadow of the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol,
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian officials say the death toll from an Islamic State group-claimed suicide bombing has risen to at least 91. State TV on Saturday quoted a spokesman for the country’s emergency services as saying an 8-year boy and a 67-year-old man who were wounded in Wednesday’s attack have now died. He said
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Despite falling just short of winning a historic world title, teenage darts sensation Luke Littler has seen his life change forever. The 16-year-old, largely unknown before this year’s World Darts Championship, has been catapulted into global stardom after showcasing his amazing ability on a fairytale run to Wednesday’s final.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La conexión que proporcionan los amigos, la familia y la pareja no solo es agradable, sino que es crucial. Casi uno de cada cuatro adultos de todo el mundo ha declarado sentirse muy o bastante solo, según una encuesta de Meta-Gallup 2023. “Durante demasiado tiempo, la soledad ha permanecido en
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La primera semana del año, en la que muchos intentamos poner en marcha nuevos propósitos, está llegando a su fin. Al elaborar esos propósitos, puedes pensar que hacen falta 21 días de repetición de una acción para que esa acción se convierta en un hábito. Así que te propones ir
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers have plunged into the wintry waters of rivers and lakes across Bulgaria to retrieve crucifixes cast by priests in Epiphany ceremonies commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ. The legend goes that the person who retrieves the wooden cross will be freed from evil spirits and will
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s main opposition party has started a 48-hour general strike on the eve on a general election, calling on people to boycott the vote because it says the government of incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina can’t guarantee its fairness. Hasina is seeking to return to power
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has acknowledged it is conducting a mass trial of 84 inmates previously reported by dissidents as it hosted the United Nations COP28 climate talks last month. That trial likely includes a prominent activist lauded by rights group abroad. The state-run
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE, SAMY MAGDY and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah traded fire Saturday in one of the heaviest days of cross-border fighting in recent weeks, a day after the militia’s leader urged retaliation for the targeted killing, presumably by Israel, of a top Hamas leader in Lebanon’s capital.
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden commemorated January 6 as a day of American infamy, marking the third anniversary of the 2021 insurrection with a call for Americans to join him in defending US democracy from former President Donald Trump, who by comparison has promised to pardon the insurrectionists. In
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden commemorated January 6 as a day of American infamy, marking the third anniversary of the 2021 insurrection with a call for Americans to join him in defending US democracy from former President Donald Trump, who by comparison has promised to pardon the insurrectionists.
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has been battling for months. The fall of Laukkaing late Thursday is the biggest
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By Heather Chen and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Famine is “around the corner” as people in Gaza face the “highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded,” according to UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths. Citing a death toll in the tens of thousands, attacks on medical facilities and a lack of functioning hospitals, Griffiths
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: a 30-hour train trip has become a hot ticket, a “time traveling” flight didn’t work out as planned and one of Africa’s coolest countries just got easier to visit. We start our 2024 journey … Welcome to 2024! The world rang in the New
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Passengers in a plane crash find themselves elbow-to-elbow with strangers in the dark encountering a life-or-death challenge: Squeeze between seats and debris to find an exit. Even before nearly 400 people escaped from those circumstances aboard Japan Airlines flight 516 on Tuesday and fled down inflatable slides to safety, pressure was
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A man who escaped a Pennsylvania county jail last year using tied-up bedsheets has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison after convictions on charges relating to the escape and a kidnapping, the state attorney general announced on Friday. Michael Burham, who pleaded guilty
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CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A winter storm is on a collision course with the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Saturday, and there’s another stronger one nipping at its heels. The first storm is tracking into the regions where it will unleash up to a foot of snow and significant ice through Sunday that could
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A winter storm is plowing through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Saturday, and there’s another stronger one nipping at its heels that will affect a much wider area of the US. The first storm will unleash up to a foot of snow through Sunday that could cause travel disruptions for
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s justice minister says 15 of 34 people detained on suspicion of spying for Israel will be held in prison awaiting trial. The suspects are accused of committing “political or military espionage” on behalf of Israeli intelligence, Yilmaz Tunc said in a social media post late Friday.
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