By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A Philippine court has dropped drugs charges against one of the most vocal critics of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs,” ending a long legal battle that had seen the former senator held for more than six years in police custody. Opposition figure Leila De Lima, who
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea Monday killed at least 22 people, most of them foreign nationals, local officials said. The blaze broke out at around 10:31 a.m. local time at a facility operated by battery maker Aricell in Hwaseong,
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo and Jerome Taylor, CNN (CNN) — Russia is reeling from another major terror attack, with at least 19 people killed and 25 injured in what appeared to be coordinated shootings at various places of worship in Russia’s southernmost Dagestan republic. The attack is the second in the last three months after more
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two of the three men who were extradited back to Boone County last week for their alleged involvement in shooting death of Deshon Houston are set to make their first court appearance Monday. Deazes Turner will have his first scheduled hearing Monday at 9 a.m. followed by Alqueze Jones at 1:30 p.m.
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The partisan politics that have surrounded the federal and local responses to the Covid-19 pandemic continue to overshadow the committee aimed at examining – and learning from – the government’s response to the disease since the investigation’s start last year. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a doctor who chairs the committee
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Mid-Missouri is going to be baking in the heat to start this week.
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day as dangerous heat looms in the forecast early this week. Temperatures reach upper 90s with enough humidity to have us feeling more like 105 under mostly sunny skies this afternoon. A spot shower is possible in the north this morning, but overall Monday is dry and
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Monday leveled their first charges under the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook, accusing Apple of preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store. The European Commission said that according to the preliminary findings of its investigation, the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Officials say that China and the European Union are open to holding talks on the EU’s recent decision to sharply raise tariffs on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles. China’s Commerce Ministry and Germany’s economy minister said over the weekend that each side was willing to hold
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By Ben Morse and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Angel Reese’s Chicago Sky defeated Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever 88-87 on Sunday in front of a star-studded crowd at the Wintrust Arena. WNBA Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes, New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson, rappers Chance the Rapper and Lil Durk and actor Jason
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un portaaviones de la Armada de Estados Unidos llegó a Corea del Sur para hacer una demostración de fuerza mientras Washington, Seúl y Tokio publicaban este lunes una declaración conjunta condenando la profundización de los lazos militares entre Corea del Norte y Rusia. El USS Theodore Roosevelt, de propulsión nuclear,
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By Helen Stoilas, CNN (CNN) — For much of her life, Vivian Maier was something of a mystery. Her photographic talent went largely unrecognized because she kept her work a secret from most of the people who knew her, including the New York and Chicago families she worked for as a live-in nanny and caregiver.
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has slapped new sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine. It’s targeting Moscow’s shadow fleet of tankers moving liquefied natural gas through Europe and several companies. The bloc is also concerned about hybrid attacks in Europe by Russia. The EU estimates that about
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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — European Union regulators have accused Apple of breaking tough new digital competition rules by preventing app developers from freely directing consumers to cheaper services. The European Commission’s preliminary findings stem from an investigation opened in March. If found guilty, the company could face a fine of up to
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A prominent German far-right politician who plans to run for the governor’s job in an eastern state later this year has gone on trial for the second time on charges of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event. Björn Höcke was fined 13,000 euros ($13,900) last month for using symbols
Continue ReadingBy Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — For millions of years, mighty baobabs have been standing sentry on three different landmasses, posing each other an existential question: Who came first? The giant trees, swollen of trunk and stubby of canopy, are unmistakable. Baobabs can live for more than 1,000 years, acting as the keystone species in
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El Comité Nacional Antiterrorista de Rusia afirma que la operación antiterrorista en Makhachkala y Derbent, en Daguestán, ha finalizado. Así lo informó este lunes el medio estatal TASS: “El 24 de junio, a las 08:15 (local), se canceló el régimen legal de la operación antiterrorista dentro de las fronteras administrativas de
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La familia de un anciano indonesio fallecido durante el Hajj de este año se alegra de que fuera enterrado en la ciudad santa de La Meca, según declaró su hija, mientras la nación del sudeste asiático llora a cientos de sus ciudadanos que perecieron bajo un calor extremo durante la peregrinación
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Tras meses ridiculizando al presidente Joe Biden como un “zombi con muerte cerebral” con problemas cognitivos que no puede terminar una frase ni desenvolverse en un escenario, el expresidente Donald Trump y su campaña están cambiando de tono días antes del debate crítico de las elecciones. Según Trump y sus
Continue Reading By Ben Wedeman, CNN Marjayoun, Lebanon (CNN) — In the town of Marjayoun in southern Lebanon, around five miles north of the Israeli border, the main square seems almost abandoned. A few men play billiards in a storefront nestled in a building crowned with life-sized statues of the Virgin Mary and Saint Charbel, a revered
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