By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Thiago Braz is set to miss the upcoming Games in Paris after he was handed a 16-month doping suspension. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body which combats doping, announced on Tuesday that Braz, who won gold in front of home fans at
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — With their playoff elimination on the line, the Minnesota Timberwolves put in a gutsy performance to fend off the Dallas Mavericks 105-100 on Tuesday and force a Game 5 in the Western Conference finals. Having lost the opening three games of the best-of-seven series, the Timberwolves faced the proposition
Continue ReadingDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police say militants have burned a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books. No one was hurt in the overnight attack in North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A police official said Wednesday that officers are still investigating to determine who was behind
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti 🔄 Para ver las actualizaciones más recientes haz clic aquí Palestinos en un vehículo lloran la pérdida de sus seres queridos junto a sus cuerpos tras el ataque israelí en Rafah el lunes. (Crédito: Mohammed Salem/Reuters) The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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TODAY: We’ll start with partly cloudy skies, and see more sunshine this afternoon. Expect a dry day, with a north northeast breeze near 5-10 mph at most. Highs will be near or just shy of 80, a hair cooler than yesterday. TONIGHT: We’ll be mostly clear overnight, with a light breeze increasingly from the south.
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Cancer is often regarded as a disease of the modern age. However, medical texts from ancient Egypt indicate that healers of the time were aware of the condition. Now, new evidence from a skull more than 4,000 years old has revealed that ancient Egyptian physicians may have tried to treat
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — One of the greatest Mount Everest guides on Wednesday expressed concerns about the peak’s growing piles of garbage, as he was honored by his government to mark Everest Day. Sherpa guide Kami Rita, who has scaled Mount Everest a record 30 times, was honored by Nepal’s
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail says it has accepted a 3.6 billion pound ($4.6 billion) takeover offer from Czech investor Daniel Křetínský. Under the deal, Křetínský’s EP Group would buy International Distribution Services, which owns Royal Mail, for 370 pence ($4.72) per share. Including debt, the deal values IDS at 5.2
Continue Reading Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — Rivers and streams in Alaska are changing color – from a clean, clear blue to a rusty orange – because of the toxic metals released by thawing permafrost, according to a new study. The finding surprised researchers from the National Park Service, the University of California at Davis and the
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden will give $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine, in its largest donation so far. It includes air defense, artillery ammunition and armored vehicles. Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonsson reiterated that the Nordic country has ruled out for now sending any Swedish-built JAS 39
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, David Close, Dalia Faheid and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Major League Baseball has incorporated the statistics of former Negro Leagues players into its historical records on its website, meaning legendary leaders in some categories like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb have now been replaced in the record books by players who
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Corea del Norte adoptó una nueva estrategia para enfrentarse a su vecino del sur: enviar bolsas flotantes de basura que contienen “inmundicia” a través de la frontera, transportadas en enormes globos. Así se ven los globos norcoreanos que arrojan basura en Corea del Sur El Ejército de Corea del Sur comenzó
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El repunte de las ventas del iPhone de Apple en China está cobrando impulso, después de que la compañía redujera agresivamente los precios en su mayor mercado extranjero para atraer a los consumidores que buscaban activamente gangas en una economía débil. Los envíos de teléfonos celulares de marcas extranjeras en China,
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. Treasury official has meet with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv to discuss U.S. financial support, enforcing sanctions on Russia and using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit in the war with Moscow. The visit by Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo came as Russia
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for China’s economy, while warning that reforms are needed to sustain growth. The IMF said the world’s second-largest economy will likely grow at a 5% annual rate this year, based on its growth in the first quarter and recent moves to
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — A Jenna Ellis, quien asistió como abogada a Donald Trump después de las elecciones de 2020 y luego se declaró culpable el año pasado en el caso de interferencia electoral de Georgia, se le suspendió su licencia de abogada en Colorado. La suspensión comienza este 2 de julio, según una orden
Continue ReadingBy EMILY TATE SULLIVAN of EdSurge PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Standing in her living room, Isabel Valencia sets up her makeshift tennis serve with the materials on hand: a green balloon for a ball and a ruler affixed to a paper plate for a racket. She bats the balloon to her home visitor, Mayra Ocampo,
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The owner of Royal Mail has accepted a £3.57 billion ($4.6 billion) takeover bid from Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský, paving the way for the sale of one of Britain’s oldest and most iconic institutions to a foreign owner for the first time. International Distribution Services, which owns the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares retreated Thursday in Asia after U.S. stocks fell under the weight of higher yields in the bond market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average giving up more than 400 points. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 benchmark shed 1.5% to 37,980.55 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong declined 0.6% to
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Around 400 million European Union citizens are electing members of the European Parliament in one of the biggest global democratic events. Far-right parties are seeking to gain more power amid a rise in the cost of living and farmers’ discontent, while the wars in Gaza and Ukraine
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