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Month: March 2024

Dani Alves: Soccer star leaves prison after paying $1 million bond for provisional release after sexual assault conviction

By Pau Mosquera and Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves has left prison after submitting a €1 million bond (approximately $1.08 million) to a Barcelona court required for his provisional release after being convicted of sexual assault, the Supreme Court of Justice of Catalonia said in a statement on Monday. According

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South Korean soccer player Son Jun-ho returns home after being detained in China on suspicion of accepting bribes

By Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — South Korean soccer star Son Jun-ho, who was detained in China for allegedly accepting bribes, has recently returned home, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Monday. The ministry has been communicating with the Chinese authorities through “various channels” and requested cooperation to “ensure a

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With US Supreme Court abortion drug hearing looming, study shows how self-managed abortion became more common post-Dobbs

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Medication abortion has become increasingly common since it first became available in the United States two decades ago, and a new study finds that requests for abortion pills through sources outside of the formal health-care system surged after the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision removed the federal right to

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Florida’s DeSantis signs one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that will ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for

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Semana de Turismo, Criolla y hasta de la Cerveza: el país que le quitó el “santa” a la semana clave de los cristianos

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — “¿Qué planes tenés para Semana Santa?”, le pregunté días atrás a una amiga. “Semana de Turismo, dirás”, me corrigió rápidamente, en tono medio broma, medio serio. Y es que en Uruguay –oficialmente– la semana clave del calendario de los cristianos quedó despojada del adjetivo “santa” hace más de 100

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Two Polish military engineers die after the detonation of TNT during a training exercise

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says that two military engineers have died following the detonation of TNT during a training exercise at a military facility in southern Poland. The minister tweeted Monday that two sappers with a chemical regiment died in Solarnia in the southern region of Silesia. The deaths follow another training

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