By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — It may be spring, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to summer weather, especially when El Niño – a player in last year’s especially brutal summer – is rapidly weakening and will all but vanish by the time the season kicks into gear. El Niño’s disappearing
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Al menos 71 personas han muerto y decenas más están desaparecidas tras la rotura de una presa en el sur de Kenya, que ha arrasado viviendas y vehÃculos en un momento en que el paÃs se enfrenta a semanas de lluvias torrenciales y devastadoras inundaciones repentinas. Los equipos de rescate
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on the Greek island of Samos say a migrant died and 25 others were rescued from a sinking dinghy that had left the nearby coast of Turkey. A search and rescue operation was launched, assisted by the European border protection agency, Frontex, for others possibly missing. The coast guard said
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say a group of militants has attacked a police checkpoint in Russia’s North Caucasus region, killing two officers. Russia’s Interior Ministry says four other officers were wounded and all five attackers were killed in the shootout in the Karachay-Cherkessia region late Sunday. Authorities say the same gunmen had raided another
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong transgender activist on Monday received a new ID card reflecting his gender change, after a yearslong legal battle to change the document, and he vowed to continue working for equality for the LGBTQ+ community. Henry Tse won his appeal over the government’s refusal
Continue Reading
By Kathleen Magramo and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — China Southern Airlines is launching its first-ever direct passenger flight from the megacity of Shenzhen to Mexico City, which will set the record as the longest nonstop regular commercial flight to originate in China. The flight will cover an intercontinental distance of around 14,147 kilometers (8,790
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — A medida que las cadenas de suministro estadounidenses se desacoplan de China, el sector manufacturero de México emerge como ganador. La fabricación en México es atractiva para las empresas que experimentaron problemas en la cadena de suministro durante la era de la pandemia o que desean disminuir la dependencia del comercio
Continue ReadingBy DORANY PINEDA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A professor who helped save Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon is one of this year’s winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, known as the “Green Nobel.” The prize honors grassroots environmental activists and leaders around the world for their efforts to protect the natural world. Among the
Continue Reading
By Larry Madowo, Irene Nasser and Helen Regan, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — At least 71 people have been confirmed dead and 110 people are in hospital following floods near the town of Mai Mahiu in Kenya’s north-western Nakuru county, Nakuru governor Susan Kihika confirmed to CNN on Monday. According to Kihika, flooding in the
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Time marches on and all good things must come to an end. But don’t tell that to The Rolling Stones. What many believe to be the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world showed no signs of slowing down anytime soon as they kicked off
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The historic Versailles Palace Gardens will soon host the Paris Olympics equestrian sports. Meanwhile, the select riders in the National Equestrian Academy who handle the palace’s famed royal stables are continuing to care for their beloved horses. Almost every day at dawn, they enjoy the quietness
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said its caretakers recently visited
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Palestinian health officials say Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children. One of the children killed in the strikes overnight into Monday was just 5 days old. Israel has regularly carried out airstrikes on Rafah since the
Continue Reading
By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch was helped off the court after a mid-game collision with point guard Mike Conley during the team’s game against the Suns in Phoenix on Sunday. Finch suffered a rupture to his right patellar tendon – which connects the kneecap to the shinbone, a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Universidad Politécnica del Estado de California, Humbolt está pidiendo a los estudiantes que están tomando parte en las manifestaciones en curso y la ocupación de al menos dos edificios que “abandonen el campus pacÃficamente”. “Se insta a las personas que están ocupando Siemens Hall y Nelson Hall East, o
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Nine people charged with terrorism in connection with an alleged far-right plot to topple the German government have gone on trial in one of three linked cases. The trial that opened Monday in Stuttgart is the first to start and focuses on those defendants of the so-called
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday, triggering a leadership contest as the governing Scottish National Party seeks to heal internal divisions and strengthen its position ahead of U.K.-wide parliamentary elections expected later this year. Yousaf, whose pro-independence party has been weakened by a campaign finance
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s opposition leader has pressured President Yoon Suk Yeol to accept special investigations into allegations involving top officials and his wife, as they met for talks on bipartisan cooperation. Yoon is facing calls to cooperate with opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, after the ruling party
Continue ReadingLeonardo Tarifeno Nota del editor: Leonardo Tarifeño (Argentina, 1967) es periodista, editor y crÃtico literario. Vivió y trabajó como reportero y editor en Barcelona, Budapest, RÃo de Janeiro y Buenos Aires. En México fue coeditor de la Revista Cultural El Angel, del periódico Reforma, y en Argentina fue columnista del diario La Nación y editor
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police allege in court documents that four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a Christian bishop was stabbed in a Sydney church. Five teens were charged in court last week with offenses including conspiring to engage in or planning a terrorist
Continue Reading