By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — British police say they are working with their German counterparts to ensure a “safe and trouble-free” Euro 2024 – European soccer’s international tournament which runs from June 14 to July 14 – for England fans amid fears that Serbian hooligans are targeting the countries’ opening Group C match on
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By Esha Mitra, Dhruv Tikekar, Kathleen Magramo and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — At least 10 people have died in flooding and landslides across Himalayan regions of India and Nepal following heavy rainfall on Thursday, according to local officials. The severe downpours have also left 2,400 tourists stranded in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim.
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The fluttering of 64 kilometers (40 miles) of orange bunting and a hammer driving a nail into a wall to hold up an orange tarp are the sounds of a Dutch summer of soccer in a normally drab suburban street in The Hague. The Marktweg
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Elizabeth Wolfe, Mallika Kallingal and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana man arrested in the killing of a woman and her young daughter is believed to have had an accomplice, the Jackson Police Department said Friday. The suspect, 36-year-old Daniel Callihan, was arrested Thursday after a 35-year-old mother was found dead
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WAPT, TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE, CNN By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana man was arrested Thursday after a 35-year-old mother was found dead and her two abducted daughters were later discovered in Mississippi – one dead and the other alive – in what investigators say may be a human trafficking
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been reelected by lawmakers for a second term after his African National Congress party struck a dramatic late coalition deal with the main opposition and other parties. Ramaphosa won convincingly in a vote late Friday
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — As world leaders gather in Italy for a summit addressing entrenched global crises, Pope Francis hosted an international gathering of a different sort on Friday to broadcast his own message – of the importance of humor. The leader of the Catholic Church hosted the equivalent of
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair says his country looks on track to meet NATO’s military spending guideline by 2030. He says Canada notably plans to invest in the high Arctic near its shared border with Russia as the region warms quickly because of climate change. NATO allies
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cualquiera que haya seguido de cerca el mercado de la vivienda en las dos últimas décadas sabrá que en muchos países, entre ellos Estados Unidos, cada vez es más difícil comprar una casa. Pero un nuevo informe resume el sentimiento de muchos compradores potenciales de vivienda al crear una categoría
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden y otros líderes del G7 reunidos esta semana en la costa italiana se esfuerzan por reforzar el apoyo a Ucrania y apresurar la llegada de recursos occidentales al país, mientras miran con inquietud hacia las elecciones estadounidenses de noviembre, que podrían presagiar un cambio en la
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A comet must have landed at the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The members of R.E.M. had joked only hours before it would take “a comet” to get the band to perform together one last time. Yet there they were, reunited during the
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN and SARAH PARVINI AP Technology Writers The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has raised tens of millions of dollars from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other prominent tech investors for its mission to rival Google in the business of searching for information. But its AI-driven search chatbot is already facing challenges
Continue ReadingBy FU TING Associated Press Chinese soccer fans have poured their love — and money — into a Singaporean goalkeeper’s food stall after his performance in a game this week indirectly helped China advance to the third qualifying round for the World Cup in 2026. Hassan Sunny, a 40-year-old goalkeeper on the national team, became
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks hung around their record levels on Friday as Wall Street remained relatively quiet following another slide in Europe. The S&P 500 edged down by less than 0.1%, marking the first time this week where it did not set an all-time high. The Dow
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Heavy rainfall that’s caused unrelenting flooding in South Florida since Tuesday is drenching the state for a fourth consecutive day Friday. The days of deadly, torrential storms have turned roads into canals and forced some residents to stand on the roofs of their cars or trudge
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Donald Trump recibió el regalo por su cumpleaños número 78 un día antes: un apretón de manos de un acérrimo crítico de larga data, el líder de la minoría en el Senado, Mitch McConnell, que encapsula la completa sumisión del Partido Republicano a su virtual candidato presidencial. El 45º presidente,
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Royals entered the ninth inning of Thursday’s series finale in danger of suffering a four-game sweep to the Yankees, but Maikel Garcia changed Kansas City’s fate with just one swing of the bat. Garcia’s two-RBI double with two outs in the final frame propelled the Royals to a walk-off win
Continue ReadingBy MOUSTAPHA DIALLO Associated Press SAN, Mali (AP) — For hundreds of years, people have gathered in the southern Mali town of San for a collective fishing rite in June that begins with animal sacrifices and offerings to the water spirits of Sanké pond. The rite is on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. The
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and CRISTIANA MESQUITA Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — He was the poetic voice of the Cuban Revolution, an inspiration for millions of Latin Americans living under dictatorships throughout the 1960s and 1970s who dreamt of the ideal Cuba that he — and his guitar — helped evoke. Troubadour Silvio Rodríguez, one of
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Anyone with half an eye on the housing market over the last two decades will know that in many countries, not least the United States, it’s become much more difficult to buy a home. But a new report sums up the feeling of many potential home buyers by creating
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