Julia Hernández (CNN) — La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris se enfrenta este jueves a la siguiente prueba en su carrera presidencial con su primera entrevista sin guion con un importante medio de comunicación desde que se convirtió en la candidata demócrata. Harris aspira a extender el impulso que ha conjurado en el inicio de su campaña;
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By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Hong Kong court found two former news editors guilty on Thursday of publishing seditious content on a shuttered pro-democracy media site, a ruling rights groups said was a further blow to press freedoms in the city as Beijing tightens its grip. Chung Pui-kuen, former editor-in-chief of
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Se instó a evacuar a casi 4 millones de personas en el sur de Japón luego de que el tifón Shanshan tocó tierra este jueves, dejando a miles de residentes sin electricidad y azotando la isla de Kyushu con ráfagas de viento, lluvias torrenciales y peligrosas marejadas ciclónicas. La Agencia Meteorológica
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049. The ruling Thursday handed a partial victory to climate campaigners who say the country’s failure to cut emissions faster amounts to a violation of their rights. The
Continue ReadingDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say suspected militants have kidnapped four people, including an army officer who was sitting in a mosque in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban to receive mourners after attending his father’s funeral. No one claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s kidnapping of Lt. Col. Khalid Khan, his two brothers
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany could become the strongest party for the first time in two state elections Sunday in eastern Germany. A months-old party founded by a prominent leftist also hopes to shake up the picture as the national government has squabbled its way to deep unpopularity. Germany’s main
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan in Beijing Thursday as the two countries press ahead on stabilizing communication in their increasingly contentious relationship. The meeting was the capstone of a three-day trip that also saw Sullivan hold talks with Chinese Foreign
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with its deadliest operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza. Israel says the raids across the northern West Bank — which have
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison in a lurid case that involved the victim being dismembered. The senior police investigator for the case who attended the hearing said
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN)– Viajar al lago Khyargas, en el oeste de Mongolia, desde la capital, Ulán Bator, no es apto para cardíacos. El trayecto es de unos 1.800 kilómetros y puede llevar entre uno y tres días, dependiendo de lo cómodo que te sientas al volante en las difíciles carreteras del país. Y luego está
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Néguev, Israel (CNN) — Después de más de 300 días bajo cautiverio de Hamas, un frágil y desnutrido Farhan Al-Qadi estaba sentado en una gran tienda de campaña instalada por su familia y amigos en el desierto del Néguev, donde sus seres queridos acudieron a darle la bienvenida a casa este miércoles. “Estoy bien”,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Porto takes pride in its beaches, old churches covered in blue-and-white tiles and its famous port wine named after the city in northern Portugal. It’s also home to a different kind of church — located on its beachfront suburbs along the Atlantic coast near a fishing town known for
Continue ReadingAfter three weeks of fighting, Russia is still struggling to dislodge Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region, a surprisingly slow and low-key response to the first occupation of its territory since World War II. It all comes down to Russian manpower and Russian priorities. With the bulk of its military pressing offensives inside Ukraine, the
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Three apes at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens died over the past week due to a highly infectious bacterial infection, according to the zoo. Bulera, a 35-year-old female lowland gorilla died due to shigellosis – a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes gastrointestinal issues like diarrhea, cramping, vomiting and dehydration, the
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren, Tanibiral Miraj Ripon and Mark Phillips, CNN Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (CNN) — As tears roll down her face and her body shivers with pain, Hamida cradles her 4-year-old daughter and baby boy on her lap, comforting them as they cry for their father. The 22-year-old ethnic Rohingya is surviving on
Continue ReadingAssociated Pres SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended shifting away from some of her more liberal positions in her first major television interview of her presidential campaign, but insisted her “values have not changed” even as she is “seeking consensus.” Sitting with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers A late-afternoon slide by some Big Tech companies cut into Wall Street’s gains Thursday, leading to a mixed finish for U.S. stock indexes. The S&P 500 ended flat after giving up an earlier gain of nearly 1%. The benchmark index is about 1.3% away from its record set in July. The Dow
Continue ReadingAssociated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing a college student and raping the murder victim’s older sister in a national forest 30 years ago has been executed. Loran Cole received a lethal injection Thursday evening at Florida State Prison for the 1994 killing of the 18-year-old man. Cole was also
Continue ReadingAssociated Press POTTERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for families. However, the former president did not detail how he would fund it or how it would work. Trump spoke at events Thursday in Michigan and Wisconsin. He says
Continue ReadingAP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad. The number of high school seniors who have completed their Free Application for Federal Student Aid is down 9% compared to this
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