Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — En su toma de posesión como presidente, Lai Ching-te hizo un llamamiento a Beijing para que cese de intimidar a Taiwán, un hecho que marca el inicio de un histórico tercer mandato consecutivo para el Partido Democrático Progresista (PDP), en el poder en la isla, que ha defendido la democracia
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By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN (CNN) — Inside a Mojave aster flower, a tiny bee is fast asleep. At night, the pale lavender petals close, providing a safe resting place. In the morning, as birdsong rings out across the desert, the flower opens, revealing its tenant. Here in southern California, in the middle of the Mojave
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CNN By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN (CNN) — Inside a Mojave aster flower, a tiny bee is fast asleep. At night, the pale lavender petals close, providing a safe resting place. In the morning, as birdsong rings out across the desert, the flower opens, revealing its tenant. Here in southern California, in the middle of the
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Wednesday was the fifth anniversary of the 2019 tornado that hit Eldon and Jefferson City.
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Diminished but not deterred, Hamas is still putting up a fight after seven brutal months of war with Israel, regrouping in some of the hardest-hit areas in northern Gaza and resuming rocket attacks into nearby Israeli communities. Israel initially made tactical advances against Hamas after a devastating
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway says it will further tighten its restrictions on the entry of people from Russia, saying those with tourist visas issued by Norway before regulations were tightened in 2022 or issued by another European country will be barred from entering the Scandinavian country as of next week. Justice Minister Emilie Enger
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s political party leaders crisscrossed the country on Thursday, kicking off a six-week election campaign in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is trying to overturn a widespread sense that it will be ousted from power. Voters will decide on July 4 whether to hand the
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile has splashed down in the waters of the Red Sea, but caused no damage to a passing commercial vessel in an attack likely carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack Thursday, though it can take hours or even days for
Continue Reading CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Mick Krever, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN Lyptsi, Ukraine (CNN) — There are some towns that Ukraine can just never afford to lose, and Lyptsi is one of them. But the grip the nation keeps is tenuous: The streets are aflame from an airstrike moments earlier when we race in, under the cover of darkness. Night affords
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian news reports say a deputy chief of the military general staff has been arrested on charges of large-scale bribery. The arrest of Lt. Gen. Vadim Shamarin reported Thursday was the latest in a series of bribery arrests of high-ranking military officials. Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, a former top commander in Russia’s
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Tensions are once again ratcheting up in the Taiwan Strait, with China launching two days of military drills encircling Taiwan just days after the democracy swore in a new leader long loathed by Beijing. The exercises began early Thursday, in what China described as “punishment” for
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — College athletes could soon get dramatically different paychecks. At issue is a lawsuit called House v. the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), a class action that seeks to change how collegiate players get paid for the endorsements referred to as name, image and likeness (NIL) deals as well as
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court has declined to issue an immediate order for Ecuador to protect Mexican diplomatic property following the storming of Mexico’s embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president. International Court of Justice President Nawaf Salam said Thursday that pledges made
Continue Reading By Don Riddell, David Close and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Fresh off winning his first major at the PGA Championship, American golfer Xander Schauffele told CNN that world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler was a good person and shouldn’t be facing criminal charges. Scheffler was arrested on felony and other charges after reportedly trying to
Continue ReadingBy NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has accepted a petition from members of the country’s outgoing Senate to consider suspending Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over his appointment of a Cabinet member. If eventually found guilty, Srettha could be ousted from his position. The court ruled that Srettha’s appointment
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El programa Medicaid de Tennessee proporcionará dentro de unos meses pañales gratuitos a los niños menores de 2 años cubiertos, el primer programa estatal de Medicaid que lo hace, según informó el programa este martes. El pasado viernes, los Centros Federales de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid aprobaron una enmienda
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ukraine’s allies are looking for ways to squeeze money out of frozen Russian assets and use the money to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion. The Russian central bank holdings were kept outside the country, and Western countries quickly froze them after the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares were mostly lower Friday after Wall Street retreated following strong economic reports that raised the possibility of interest rates staying painfully high. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices also rose Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.2% to 38,623.78 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El Departamento de Policía de Minneapolis está investigando un incidente de atropello y fuga como un posible delito de prejuicio después de que un conductor atropelló a un hombre en el estacionamiento de una mezquita mientras conducía a alta velocidad, dijo la Policía. La víctima de 36 años sufrió heridas que no
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando Maxwell Winchester y su esposa llegaron a la isla de Nueva Caledonia, en el Pacífico Sur, hace casi dos semanas, estaban emocionados por lo que serían sus primeras vacaciones sin niños desde que se convirtieron en padres. Pero lo que se suponía que iba a ser una escapada romántica
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