By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force to Haiti following a meeting with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica to halt the country’s violent crisis. Blinken also announced another $33 million in humanitarian aid and the creation of
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Porsche today introduced the most powerful production, or mass-produced, car it has ever made. The electric 1,093-horsepower Taycan Turbo GT, coming to market this summer, has already set two race track speed record for an electric car. It even beat one set by a Tesla Model S by a gigantic 18 seconds. High horsepower
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After six weeks out of the sport, ski star Mikaela Shiffrin made a triumphant return from injury to win a record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom season title in Åre, Sweden, on Sunday. The win ties the American with Lindsey Vonn and Ingemar Stenmark, who both clinched eight crystal globes
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Some of the Belgium soccer players taking part in the European Championship this summer could well resemble a world-famous reporter. According to leaks on various specialised websites, the team’s Euro 2024 change kit is a tribute to the intrepid Belgian reporter and comic-book legend Tintin. The
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 20 progressive groups are coming together to forcefully reject pro-Israel groups’ efforts to primary challenge liberal members who’ve been critics of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. The new coalition is called Reject AIPAC. It includes Jewish peace organizations and Arab American and Muslim groups that
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 20 progressive groups are coming together to forcefully reject pro-Israel groups’ efforts to primary challenge liberal members who’ve been critics of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. The new coalition is called Reject AIPAC. It includes Jewish peace organizations and Arab American and Muslim groups that
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By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler delivered a putting masterclass to clinch his second Arnold Palmer Invitational title in three years on Sunday. The American carded a bogey-free, six-under 66 – the joint-lowest round of the week – to tear away from the field at Bay Hill in Florida, finishing
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India says it has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on social media on Monday that the missile is equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles. India has been developing its medium- and long-range missile systems
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By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The popularity of the famous French delicacy of cuisses de grenouille, or frogs’ legs, is threatening the existence of certain frog species, a group of more than 500 environmental campaigners has warned French President Emmanuel Macron. In an open letter written to Macron earlier this month, organized by French
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The prices of vinyl records will feed into UK inflation statistics for the first time since 1992, highlighting a surge in their popularity among British consumers driven in part by Taylor Swift. The Office for National Statistics published its annual update Monday to the basket of more than
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. commerce secretary says Washington is constantly assessing the need to expand export controls to stop China from acquiring advanced computer chips and manufacturing equipment that can be used to boost its military. The U.S. export controls were first launched in 2022 to counter the
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — There was something uncanny about Sydney Sweeney’s look at the Vanity Fair Oscars party last night. The wavy ‘lob’ she cut last week had been sheared into a soft, blown-out bob; while her plunging, cream-colored halter-neck dress looked more like it should be wafting over a subway grate than
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — WWE and Logan Paul’s Prime have struck a “record-setting” deal to feature the sports drink as the first-ever brand logo to appear in the center of the wrestling mat. Prime’s pact, which is the largest deal that WWE has ever struck with a sponsor, also makes the
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s red carpet season failed to disappoint, fashion-wise. There was plenty of drama, personal style and new takes on Old Hollywood. Among the standouts were Colman Domingo, Lily Gladstone, Ayo Edebiri and Greta Lee. All three distinguished themselves as fashion MVPs. So did Cillian
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden and his likely Republican challenger, Donald Trump, are on track to win enough delegates this week to become their parties’ presumptive nominees, ushering in a bruising eight-month campaign for the White House. Elections in four states on Tuesday will likely give
Continue ReadingBy TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press On Wednesdays, the support group meets over Zoom. The members talk about their lives, their religious families and their old parochial schools. But mostly, they are there to talk about the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Catholic nuns. The topic deserves more attention, they say. The sexual
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — With an early meeting in the morning, I had done everything I could think to do to get through my latest bout of insomnia and go to sleep. I had exercised, eaten an early dinner, given myself time to wind down, read a few chapters until I felt drowsy,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson never seems to run out of ideas. The ultraprolific author is launching a new middle grade series, “The Time Travel Twins,” about a boy and girl who witness key moments in U.S. history, starting with the era of the Revolutionary War. The Little, Brown Books for Young Readers series
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Kate, princesa de Gales, asumió la responsabilidad y pidió disculpas por una fotografía oficial editada que varias agencias internacionales de noticias retiraron ante la preocupación de que hubiera sido manipulada. ¿Dónde está Kate, la princesa de Gales? 2:36 Kate dijo que lamentaba “cualquier confusión” causada por la imagen, después de
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — An American man has been convicted of murder and other charges for attacking two American women near Germany’s famed Neuschwanstein castle last summer and pushing them into a ravine, fatally injuring one of them. He was sentenced on Monday to life in prison. The Kempten state court also convicted the 31-year-old man
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