Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ismail Haniyeh formó parte de Hamas durante décadas, en los últimos años dirigiendo las operaciones políticas del grupo militante desde el exilio, y emergiendo como uno de sus líderes más visibles durante la guerra con Israel en Gaza. Medios de comunicación estatales de Hamas e Irán afirmaron este miércoles que
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, dogs set on them, and other forms of torture and mistreatment. The report said Israel’s prison service held more than 9,400 “security detainees” as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Amazon Prime Video’s “Like a Dragon: Yakuza,” which premieres in October, has all the glorious fare of a classic mobster story — bloody fistfights, beautiful women, expensive cars, muscle and flashy suits. Based on a popular Sega video game that debuted in 2005, the story centers around Kazuma Kiryu, a
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Ocurrió en Caracas el 9 de junio de 2016, cuando estaba allí para cubrir una serie de protestas violentas que habían estallado en Venezuela. Ese día soleado, mientras nuestro equipo de CNN caminaba hacia el edificio donde está la Asamblea Nacional para realizar entrevistas, notamos que un grupo de hombres se
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against the cold. She asked her nearly 6-year-old son to take care of his younger sister. “Don’t let anyone hit her,” she told the boy. “OK, Mama,” she remembers him replying. Much else was left
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against the cold. She asked her nearly 6-year-old son to take care of his younger sister. “Don’t let anyone hit her,” she told the boy. “OK, Mama,” she remembers him replying. Much else was left
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Ismail Haniyeh, political leader of Hamas since 2017, has been the most visible leader of the group during Israel’s war in Gaza, and was key in ongoing ceasefire and hostage release negotiations. Hamas and Iranian state media said Wednesday that the 62-year-old had been killed in the Iranian capital
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has expressed strong dissatisfaction to Japan about what it called “smear attacks” against China at recent high-level meetings with the United States, India and Australia. A Foreign Ministry statement said Wednesday that Liu Jinsong, the director general of the Asian affairs department, conveyed solemn representations and serious concern at a meeting
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Niamh Kennedy, Maija Ehlinger, Duarte Mendonca and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Far-right protesters violently clashed with British police on Tuesday near a mosque in the northwest English town of Southport, a day after three young girls were stabbed to death in one of the worst assaults against children in the country
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has extended his party’s control over the media, directly affecting informed democratic participation. Opposition politicians have long complained that they only get five minutes of air time every four years on public television, the legal minimum, to present their platforms before elections. His Fidesz
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Paul DeJong had a quick commute after getting traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Royals: He threw his gear into a duffel bag and walked from the clubhouse on the third base side of U.S. Cellular Field to the locker room on the first base side. DeJong was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GJADER, Albania (AP) — Migrants rescued at sea while attempting to reach Italy are likely to see themselves transported to Albania beginning next month while their asylum claims are processed. That’s because of a controversial deal in which the small Balkan country will host thousands of asylum-seekers on Italy’s behalf. Women, children and
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Centro Carter, una de las pocas instituciones independientes autorizadas a monitorear las elecciones venezolanas, dijo este martes que la elección presidencial de Venezuela “no se adecuó a parámetros y estándares internacionales de integridad electoral y no puede ser considerada como democrática”. En un comunicado publicado a última hora
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing the delicate task of calibrating her policy pitch to American voters, a standard task for any White House hopeful but one that comes with additional challenges this year. First, Harris is running for president while serving under President Joe Biden, meaning she’s linked to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris’ views on important issues have shifted since she first ran for president four years ago. Back then, she took a variety of liberal positions on issues involving crime, energy and immigration. However, she generally charted a more moderate path after becoming vice president under President Joe Biden. Now
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court has ruled. The Tuesday decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous decision by a panel of the court.
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti Esta cobertura ha terminado. Para más noticias sobre la guerra de Israel en Gaza e información sobre Medio Oriente visita CNNEE.com El líder de Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, habla en un mensaje pregrabado que se muestra en una pantalla durante un evento de prensa para la Institución Internacional Al Quds en Beirut, Líbano, el
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan has raised its key interest rate to 0.25% from a range of zero to about 0.1%, acting to curb the yen’s slide against the U.S. dollar. The move was widely expected, and the yen gained sharply against the dollar after Wednesday’s decision, trading at about
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris has put a charge in Wisconsin’s most powerful Democratic stronghold, Dane County, where enthusiasm and volunteer support for President Joe Biden had been slipping. Voters in Madison, the county’s famously liberal heart, point to what they described in interviews as Harris’ more vocal attention to specific Democratic
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — An attorney representing victims’ families says the parents of a former Texas high school student accused of killing 10 people during a 2018 shooting on his campus bear responsibility for the attack. The attorney alleges they failed to help their son amid a mental health crisis and let him
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