By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power since Nelson Mandela
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN En Español) — El prefecto de la provincia de Azuay, Juan Cristóbal Lloret, confirmó este miércoles por la noche la muerte, tras un ataque armado, de José Sánchez, alcalde del cantón Camilo Ponce Enríquez, ubicado en la provincia de Azuay al sur de Ecuador. “Entre sollozos e impotencia funcionarios municipales me acaban
Continue ReadingBy MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A Muslim community leader says a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service might have “anger management and behavioral issues” and a “short fuse” but had shown no signs of being radicalized. Authorities have declared the stabbing a
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Jake Oettinger made 26 saves in regulation and overtime before stopping all three attempts in the shootout as the Central Division champion Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in their regular-season finale. When they earned one point by getting to overtime, the Stars clinched
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Melissa Alonso, Dalia Faheid, Dakin Andone and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The outage of 911 systems in several states Wednesday evening was caused by the installation of a light pole, according to Lumen, a company that supports some of those systems. “On April 17, some customers in Nevada, South Dakota and
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las autoridades indonesias ordenaron este miércoles la evacuación de cientos de habitantes tras las múltiples erupciones del volcán de una remota isla, lo que hace temer que pueda desplomarse sobre el mar y desencadenar un tsunami. El monte Ruang, un estratovolcán cónico de 725 metros de altura situado en la
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON and KERSTIN SOPKE Associated Press HALLE, Germany (AP) — One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has gone on trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan. The trial on Thursday came months ahead of an election in which he plans to run to become his
Continue ReadingBy JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Six of the eight candidates vying to be Panama’s next president have laid out their plans to generate jobs and to manage the country’s water crisis in their final debate before the country’s May 5 election. Former government minister José Raúl Mulino, who has led in
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been arrested for allegedly throwing a pipe bomb that damaged The Satanic Temple headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts, where investigators found a letter addressed, “Dear Satanist” at the scene last week, prosecutors announced. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, of Perkins, Oklahoma, was arrested Wednesday morning
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Every year, Alon Gat’s mother led the family’s Passover celebration of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this year, Gat is struggling with how to reconcile a holiday commemorating freedom after his mother was slain and other family members abducted
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Hindu nationalism was once a fringe ideology in India, and now it is mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He’s one of India’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders. And no entity has had more
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is awaiting a decision from three federal judges that could affect the balance of power in Congress — and the fortunes of two prominent state politicians. At issue is a congressional map that was approved this year with the backing of the state’s new Republican
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Nota del editor: esta serie de viajes de CNN está, o estuvo, patrocinada por el país que destaca. CNN conserva el control editorial total sobre el tema, los informes y la frecuencia de los artículos y videos patrocinados, en conformidad con nuestra política. Bangkok (CNN) — Se dice que en Tailandia se cultivan
Continue ReadingNOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — The trial of a 75-year-old southern Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border last year is now in the hands of a jury. George Alan Kelly was charged with second-degree murder in the January 2023 death of 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, who lived south
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran’s attack against Israel over the weekend has spurred a flurry of bipartisan legislative action in Congress, uniting lawmakers against the country even as the risk of a larger regional war looms. Several measures introduced and passed in the House and Senate seek to both publicly condemn
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Al entrar en el Lion Cafe, en el barrio tokiota de Shibuya, lo primero que llama la atención son los asientos. Todas las sillas miran en una dirección, hacia dos altavoces gigantes en la pared, las estrellas de esta institución de 98 años. Es uno de los pocos meikyoku kissa,
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, Taylor Romine and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A mistrial has been declared more than two years after a former California school safety officer was charged with murder for fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman as she tried to flee a physical altercation, after the jury failed to reach a verdict, officials
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The jury selection process at the historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump can already credit modern technology for shaping the eventual panel. Several potential jurors whose social media footprints raised alarms have been cut. One of them was a man dismissed
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It took less than six months for Speaker Mike Johnson to reach his existential moment. The Louisiana Republican has arrived at fateful but familiar crossroads where he must either choose to honor a conventional vision of US national interests or side with the wrecking ball antics of his
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate following multiple eruptions of a remote island volcano, raising fears it could collapse into the sea and trigger a tsunami. Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) volcano on Ruang Island, North Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday night,
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