Associated Press TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — As the heavy, barrel-shaped waves of Teahupo’o, Tahiti — where the Paris Olympics surfing competition is being held — crashed in the distance, another, smaller surf session was underway just off the shore. “Go, go, go!” one lanky teenager with sun-bleached hair yelled in French to another, sitting on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has offered to send aid supplies to North Korea to help the country recover from heavy rains and floods that damaged thousands of homes and huge swaths of farmland. It’s unclear whether North Korea would accept South Korea’s proposal for help on Thursday as animosity between
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Airplane turbulence is often the culprit when someone’s suitcase falls out of an overhead bin. Now, though, it’s being blamed for prompting an airline to remove a popular food from its inflight offerings. Korean Air has announced that from August 15, it will no longer serve ramyeon instant noodles
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By Steve Contorno and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — JD Vance is making a second pass at introducing himself to America as the Ohio senator attempts to put his uneven rollout as Donald Trump’s running mate in the rearview mirror. Simply put, the plan to get past this stretch is more Vance, not less. A
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda say they plan to share components for electric vehicles like batteries and jointly research software for autonomous driving. A third Japanese manufacturer, Mitsubishi Motors Corp., has joined the Nissan-Honda partnership, sharing the view that speed and size are crucial in responding to dramatic changes
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TODAY: Thursday is our last day of extreme heat, and our last ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. We expect some showers to linger through the morning, before drying up by 9-10 a.m. Then as our cold front slowly drops through the region, we’ll notice more and more winds from the northwest filling in behind the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. The announcement came a day after an apparent Israeli strike in the Iranian capital killed Hamas’ top political leader. The rapid events this
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By Dana Karni, Sophie Tanno and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has said that one of the reported masterminds of the October 7 attacks, Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif, was killed in a strike it carried out in southern Gaza last month. The claim of Deif’s death comes a day after Hamas’ political leader,
Continue Reading By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — Building with 3D printers has matured rapidly in recent years, as advances in technology and material science allow for grander and more ambitious designs. The potential uses are also increasingly varied, from affordable housing to a planned NASA base on the Moon. Most 3D-printed structures are built using concrete or
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Taylor Swift warned fans who traveled to her concert in Warsaw on Thursday to expect loud sirens in the afternoon honoring a key World War II anniversary. When the moment came, many of the fans who arrived for the concert also stood in tribute. The Polish capital held observances
Continue ReadingBy Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — On some parts of an overheating Earth, the old complaint that “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity” gets truer by the year. But in the hottest big city in the US, where sunbaked concrete sprawls across bone-dry desert, Phoenix is setting records in both high
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Israel no será invitado a la ceremonia de paz de este año en conmemoración del bombardeo atómico de Nagasaki en 1945 para promover una “atmósfera pacífica y sombría” en el acto del 9 de agosto, según declaró el alcalde de la ciudad a los medios locales este miércoles. La decisión
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the “tiny mindless minority” behind unrest that has plagued several cities after a horrific stabbing at a children’s dance class and vowed to put a stop to it as the 17-year-old suspect was publicly named Thursday in part to counter misinformation blamed as one
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By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — Tucked away in the mountainous highlands of Chiapas in southern Mexico, around 150 coffee farmers on the Edelmann family farm work with their hands for hours on end. The shade of tree canopies is the only barrier between their bodies and the summer sun. Tomas Edelmann, a fourth-generation coffee
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Nueva York (CNN) — A simple vista parece que los estadounidenses están dejando de lado los Big Macs, las bebidas alcohólicas e incluso Starbucks. La temporada de resultados de las principales empresas de alimentación y bebidas ha comenzado esta semana, pero ya estamos viendo cómo evolucionan los hábitos de gasto de los
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Ilona Maher, America’s rugby-playing social media sweetheart, walked onto the terrace of Team USA House carrying a sandwich, the United States’ first ever rugby sevens Olympic medal hanging around her neck. In between a rapid-fire media rotation, she squeezed in bites of her snack and reapplied her trademark red
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CNN By Oren Liebermann and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The US has reached a plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants accused of plotting the 2001 terror attacks, according to the Defense Department. The pretrial agreement – reached after 27 months of negotiations – takes the death penalty
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s cultural city of Lahore has seen record-high rainfall, leaving at least three people dead, while flooding streets, disrupting traffic and affecting daily life. The downpour, which started before dawn Thursday, is expected to continue for a week at intervals, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Después de que Estados Unidos se hiciera con el oro por equipos a principios de esta semana, convirtiendo a Biles en la gimnasta estadounidense más laureada de todos los tiempos en los Juegos, la atleta de 27 años competirá de nuevo en la final del concurso completo por una oportunidad de
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