By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has announced the formation of a new partnership to help provide internet access to 80% of Africa by 2030, up from 40% now. Friday’s announcement comes as follow-through on Harris’ visit to the continent last year and a state visit this week to
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has lost her bid to appeal. Lucy Letby had asked for permission to challenge the verdict after she was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year. A three-judge panel of Britain’s Court
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By Barbie Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Rome, as it’s often said, wasn’t built in a day. And nowhere is that more evident than its state-of-the-art Metro Line C, an ambitious project meant to help relieve the Italian capital’s renowned traffic hellscape and celebrate its rich archeological history with a unique-in-the-world underground museum. The €700
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández Londres (CNN) — El dinero generado por los activos financieros rusos congelados en Europa pronto comenzará a fluir a Ucrania, y le dará a Kyiv una ayuda en su lucha por contrarrestar el avance de las tropas de Moscú. En este momento, Occidente está intentando convertir ese goteo de dinero en efectivo en
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s lawmakers will leave Parliament on Friday for the last time before an election is held in six weeks. Parliament will be prorogued, or formally suspended, in a ceremony featuring hat-doffing, lords in ermine-trimmed robes and commands in Norman French. Before that there will be a flurry
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The looming athlete pay system that will upend the traditional college sports model and still-to-be-determined details about how millions of dollars will be distributed are certain to bring questions about gender equity. Of special interest will be whether schools must comply with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks — and it’s not because of his ongoing cancer treatments. Shortly after U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an early parliamentary election for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s a fair bet that you work with some people whose views differ strongly from yours on politically and emotionally charged issues — the upcoming US presidential election, Donald Trump’s criminal indictments, Gaza, reproductive rights and climate change, to name just a few. Or maybe you just
Continue Reading By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN The nation’s highways and airports have been crowded with people marking the unofficial start of summer this Memorial Day weekend. Travel volumes for the first few days of the holiday weekend surpassed pre-pandemic levels, according to recent data from the Transportation Security Administration. The more than 2.9 million travelers who
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the summer travel season as millions of people head to parks, beaches and other vacation destinations. This summer is no exception: Nearly 44 million people are expected to skip town this Memorial Day, the highest number since 2005, according
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By Sara Murray and Kim Berryman, CNN Reno, Nevada (CNN) — In the Washoe County elections office, everyone is new to the job. Cari-Ann Burgess – the top elections official in the county – is the third registrar of voters there in just four years. She’s been leading the office for less than six months.
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KRNV-DT, KTVN, WCCO, WECT, WGCL, WSB, CNN By Sara Murray and Kim Berryman, CNN Reno, Nevada (CNN) — In the Washoe County elections office, everyone is new to the job. Cari-Ann Burgess – the top elections official in the county – is the third registrar of voters there in just four years. She’s been leading
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Say what you want about Jennifer Lopez, but streaming algorithms surely love her, which accounts for her parade of recent movies – “The Mother” (Netflix), “Shotgun Wedding” (Amazon) and “Marry Me” (Peacock), all in the last two years. Add to that “Atlas,” a nonstop sci-fi action movie that
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager and computer prodigy who earned the nickname “God’s influencer,” is set to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. Pope Francis has recognized a second miracle attributed to Acutis, a gamer and computer programmer who died from leukemia in 2006 at age 15. During
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — U.N. member countries have concluded a new treaty to ensure that genetic resources used in inventions, like new medicines derived from exotic plants in the Andes mountains, are properly traced. It marks the first time the 193 member states of the U.N.’s World Intellectual Property Organization have agreed that patent applicants must
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines said Friday it will halt meal services and get all cabin crew to buckle up when planes fly through turbulence as part of tighter cabin measures after one person died and dozens were injured on a flight from London this week. The airline said it has adopted a “more cautious
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Tesla broke ground on a new manufacturing plant in Shanghai on Thursday, just weeks after CEO Elon Musk made a surprise visit to China in a bid to shore up the carmaker’s slumping sales. The factory, which was announced in April last year, aims to begin production
Continue ReadingBy ALEX TURNBULL and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French prosecutor for riot-hit New Caledonia says a police officer has shot and killed a man after being set upon by a group of about 15 people. The shooting death on Friday is the seventh in unrest shaking the French Pacific archipelago where
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By Matias Grez and Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Rafael Nadal has been given a tough assignment against world No. 4 Alexander Zverev in the opening round of what is set to be the final French Open of his career. Ranked No. 276 in the world, Nadal’s unseeded status coming into Roland Garros, a tournament
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea appears to be preparing to launch its second military spy satellite into space. The military said Friday that it detected signs that North Korea is engaging in activities believed to be preparations to launch a spy satellite at its
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