AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Many Olympic athletes take to Instagram to share news of their exploits, trials, victories and heartbreaks. After her fencing event ended last week, Egypt’s Nada Hafez shared a little bit more. She’d been fencing for two, the athlete revealed — and in fact had been pregnant for seven months.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Emily Boevers is the only full-time OBGYN at a critical access hospital in a rural city in Iowa about 10 miles from the farm she grew up on. She’s the only full-time OBGYN in the county, in a state that just banned most abortions. Iowa enacted a law
Continue ReadingJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police say they have rescued 90 Ethiopian migrants who were being held against their will at a property in Johannesburg. Police said Monday they carried out a search at the property for a person reported to have been kidnapped and discovered the migrants. They say two people were arrested on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military regime says it has lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast. That adds credence to a militia group’s claims it has captured the base. The fall of the army’s Northeast Command in Lashio city would be the biggest in a series
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El enviado de Israel a Japón arremetió contra las autoridades de Nagasaki después de que éstas se negaran a invitarlo a una ceremonia de paz en conmemoración del bombardeo atómico de la ciudad en 1945, acusando al alcalde local de “inventar” temores de seguridad. La decisión de Nagasaki contrasta con la
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The public already knows a lot about the January 5 Alaska Airlines flight that had a door plug blow out of the side of a Boeing 737 Max as it approached 16,000 feet. We’re potentially about to find out a lot more. The incident left a gaping
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a “standing army” of specialist police will be set up to deal with rioting and the justice system will be ramped up to deal with hundreds of arrests after violent disorder rocked cities across the nation over the past week. Starmer has held an
Continue ReadingMUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of angry people have taken to the streets in Pakistan-administered Kashmir to mark the fifth anniversary of India’s decision to strip the disputed region of its semi-autonomy and take direct control of it. The decision— which Islamabad insists was unilateral and violated United Nations resolutions — has tested the already
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Si Donald Trump es elegido, asumirá el cargo el próximo año habiendo aprendido las lecciones de cuatro años de batallas legales en su primer mandato, durante el cual el personal inexperto, la elaboración de políticas chapuceras y su propia indiferencia sobre cómo funcionaba el Gobierno federal hicieron que su agenda
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — After years of saving, Jordyn Carias and her partner purchased a home for the first time last month. To find a place that didn’t break the bank, she said, they had to go smaller. “We had a lot of things we wanted in our first home, but after looking
Continue ReadingTODAY: Monday is mostly sunny and hot, with highs in the 90s feeling like 100. TONIGHT: Temperatures are warm again overnight, with mostly clear skies and a continued south wind keeping us in the 70s. EXTENDED: Tuesday is warm again, with highs in the low 90s before a cold front eclipses the region. This will
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By Rosanne Roobeek, CNN Paris (CNN) — In the heart of Paris, the 2024 Summer Olympic Games are in full swing. The Games are unique in bringing athletes together from around the globe in a celebration of sport and unity. Among them is a small but determined group of athletes chosen to represent a nation
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By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s envoy to Japan has hit out at authorities in Nagasaki after they declined to invite him to a peace ceremony commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing of the city, accusing the local mayor of “inventing” security fears. The decision by Nagasaki contrasts with that of Hiroshima, which hosts its
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Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Con su vertiginosa competición, sus emocionantes salidas y sus olas de aguas bravas, el kayak cross demostró ser uno de los espectáculos más singulares y emocionantes de estos Juegos Olímpicos, y ya se convirtió en viral en las redes sociales. En primer lugar, los cuatro competidores se lanzan al agua
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — For Kimia Yousofi, it was never about winning the gold. The Afghan sprinter may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights to the ruling Taliban. “Education. Sport. Our Rights,” said a handwritten note on the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities are making wide use of discretionary anti-terror powers to keep hundreds of people they deem to be potential security threats away from the Paris Olympics. Minorities — largely with backgrounds in former French colonies — are often among those forbidden from leaving their neighborhoods and required to report
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s internet exploded with joy and pride Monday after the country’s swimmers ended the United States’ decades-long reign in the men’s 4×100 meters medley at the Olympics, a spectacular win for a Chinese team that has faced intense scrutiny in the wake of a doping
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CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Teele Rebane, Sophie Tanno, Zeena Saifi, Lucas Lilieholm and Alireza Hajihosseini, CNN (CNN) — Several countries including the United States, the United Kingdom and France have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon as heightened tensions in the region spark fears of a widening Middle East conflict. The warnings come after the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France’s government barred them from getting anywhere close. French authorities are making unprecedentedly broad use of discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to keep hundreds of people they deem to be potential
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