CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Presidential debates crystalize a quadrennial dilemma for a country contemplating a new political direction. But they’re usually defined more by trivial personality quirks, zeitgeist moments and gaffes than high-level ideological argument. Al Gore’s melodramatic sighs, George H.W. Bush’s unwise glance at his watch, a day’s growth on
Continue ReadingOpinion by Sen. Joe Manchin III (CNN) — Last month, I declared my independence from both political parties and vowed to fight for America’s sensible majority. And now I’m taking that fight one step further. Throughout my time in the US Senate, I have always tried to bring everyone to the negotiating table — such
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza. The historic ruling effectively puts
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By Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — As she hits the mats in a large, bright gym in a recreational area near Kyiv, the ongoing war with Russia is very much on Ukrainian wrestler Iryna Kolyadenko’s mind. Amid thousands of civilian casualties and as the war grinds on, Ukrainians like Kolyadenko competing at the Paris
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By Mick Krever and Mike Schwartz Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, delivering a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has the potential to unravel his ruling coalition. The court also ordered the government to withdraw funding from any religious schools, or
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s premier has defended open markets and the importance of green technologies for stabilizing global growth as he opened a forum with political and business elites in northeastern China. Premier Li Qiang also criticized trade tensions and decoupling while seeking to reassure the participants that China’s
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Tres personas atacadas por un hombre con un “objeto similar a un cuchillo” en China, entre ellas una madre y un hijo japoneses El incidente ocurrió en una parada de autobús de Suzhou, cerca de una escuela japonesa, donde una madre esperaba para recoger a su hijo. Tanto la madre como
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Since the Supreme Court reversed constitutional abortion rights two years ago, the conservative majority has avoided referring to that decision while dissenting liberals have at times invoked it in rebuke or to warn of other rights that may fall. Ahead of the dramatic final week of
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By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — When Paris last hosted the Summer Olympics 100 years ago, organizers were so keen to bring athletes under the same roof that they built the first-ever Olympic Village. It was spartan, made up of furnished wood huts, and it was razed shortly after. The competition is back
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader issued a thinly veiled warning Tuesday to the sole reformist candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential election, saying anyone who believes “all ways to progress” come from the United States shouldn’t be supported. While often speaking in parables like many Iranian
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los debates presidenciales cristalizan un dilema cuatrienal para un país que contempla una nueva dirección política. Pero normalmente se definen más por triviales caprichos de personalidad, por el espíritu de la época y meteduras de pata que por argumentos ideológicos de alto nivel. Los suspiros melodramáticos de Al Gore, la
Continue Reading By Himari Semans and Nectar Gan, CNN Tokyo/Hong Kong (CNN) — A Japanese woman and her child were among three people stabbed by a man on Monday in front of a school bus at a bus stop in eastern China, according to Japanese authorities. A Chinese woman school bus attendant was also critically injured in
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press NOWOGROD, Poland (AP) — Poland’s army has launched a program called “Holidays with the Army” to train young volunteers in combat. Nations along NATO’s eastern flank are strengthening their defenses while fearing that Russia could one day attack them if it prevails in neighboring Ukraine. A Polish military spokesperson says
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La familia de una mujer de Chicago desaparecida en las Bahamas dice estar “profundamente preocupada” por la seguridad de la mujer, de 41 años, que había viajado a las islas para asistir a un retiro de yoga. La mujer, Taylor Casey, fue vista por última vez el 19 de junio
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El grupo de fiscales del equipo del fiscal especial Jack Smith hizo una presentación a última hora de la noche de este lunes para contener el esfuerzo del expresidente Donald Trump contra el caso de los documentos clasificados en su contra y sobre cómo los materiales encontrados en cajas durante
Continue Reading By Lex Harvey and Fred He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Torrential storms that have brought widespread flooding to southeast China are moving inland, prompting the national weather service to issue its most severe rainstorm alert and warnings of further flash floods and mudslides in the coming days. The region has been battered by heavy
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has launched membership talks with Ukraine a decade after Russian troops seized the Crimean Peninsula to deter the country from moving closer to the West, part of a chain of events that set the two neighbors on the path to war. Ukraine’s accession negotiations
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Japanese embassy in China says a man has been detained after a knife attack that injured three people at a bus stop in the city of Suzhou. The wounded include a Japanese mother and child. A Chinese woman on the bus intervened to stop the man
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian leaders are cautiously welcoming an expected plea agreement that could set free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing that Assange had left a London prison and was expected to plead guilty to a charge under the Espionage Act.
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A museum in Australia has moved Picasso artworks to a women’s restroom, skirting a discrimination complaint by a male visitor who couldn’t enter an exhibit where the works were previously hung. Two paintings and a drawing by Pablo Picasso were originally featured in American artist and museum curator Kirsha
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