Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — AI hasn’t quite delivered the job-killing, cancer-curing utopia that the technology’s evangelists are peddling. So far, artificial intelligence has proven more capable of generating stock market enthusiasm than, like, tangibly great things for humanity. Unless you count Shrimp Jesus. But that’s all going to change, the
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TODAY: A cold front is actively moving through the region as I type this early Tuesday morning. This front will leave us dry and cool, with highs forecast near 70. Very low humidity settles into the region via a north breeze that may gust to 20-30 mph at times. TONIGHT: Clear and calm conditions settle
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El líder de China, Xi Jinping, reiteró su promesa de lograr la “reunificación” con Taiwán en la víspera del 75° aniversario de la China comunista, mientras Beijing desplegaba su poderío militar en vísperas de la fiesta nacional. En un banquete de Estado para celebrar la fundación de la República Popular este
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An apparent Russian artillery strike has hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson, killing at least six people and wounding three others. Authorities say the strike happened Tuesday when Ukrainians across the country were observing a minute’s silence for their military and war dead. The regional
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made his first public remarks since his release after he struck a deal with the United States, saying he is free because he pleaded “guilty to journalism.” The 53-year-old on Tuesday traveled to the French city of Strasbourg to appear before the Parliamentary Assembly
Continue Reading By Eric Cheung and Robert Shackelford, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan has put its military units on standby and closed schools and offices across several counties on Tuesday, as the island braces for a powerful typhoon set to make landfall in the next couple days, after bashing the Philippines. Super Typhoon Krathon, equivalent to
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, hizo sus primeras declaraciones públicas desde su liberación tras llegar a un acuerdo con Estados Unidos, afirmando que está libre porque se declaró “culpable de periodismo”. Assange, de 53 años, viajó este martes a la ciudad francesa de Estrasburgo para comparecer ante la Asamblea Parlamentaria
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday, leaving more than 20 feared dead, officials and rescuers said. The bus with 45 passengers — six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students — was traveling from the
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Baseball lost a legend on Monday — one with a tarnished reputation.
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Part of the border between Italy and Switzerland is set to be redrawn as the glaciers that mark the boundary melt, in yet another sign of how much humans are changing the world by burning planet-heating fossil fuels.. The two countries have agreed to change the border under the
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Up and down the United Kingdom, parents have been packing their cars with bedding, crockery and much more as they hold back the tears and drive their children to university. But the usual concerns about how they will fend for themselves have taken on an added dimension for some.
Continue Reading By Helen Regan and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has launched a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, opening a new and dangerous phase in almost a year of war. The incursion, which Israel’s National Security Cabinet has called the “next phase” of its war with Hezbollah,
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El precio de una experiencia más tranquila al pasar por los aeropuertos estadounidenses acaba de subir un 20%. El Servicio de Aduanas y Protección de Fronteras de EE.UU. (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) aumentó de US$ 100 a 120 el costo para solicitar o renovar sus Programas de Viajero de
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks retreated from their records Tuesday after Iran fired missiles into Israel, a sharp escalation of tensions in the Middle East that investors fear could lead to disruptions in the flow of oil. The S&P 500 pulled 0.9% lower, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 173
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Una mujer escocesa acusada de acosar al creador y protagonista de “Bebé reno” (“Baby Reindeer” en su título original), Richard Gadd, puede seguir adelante con su demanda por difamación contra Netflix, después de que un juez federal de California se negara a desestimar todas las demandas. En un fallo publicado el
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated his pledge to achieve “reunification” with Taiwan on the eve of Communist China’s 75th birthday, as Beijing flexed its military might in the run-up to the national holiday. At a state banquet celebrating the founding of the People’s Republic on Monday, Xi used
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The new head of NATO is vowing to help shore up Western support for war-ravaged Ukraine and says he can work with whoever is elected president of the United States, the alliance’s most powerful member. New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte took charge of the world’s biggest security organization on Tuesday,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal are searching for two dozen people still missing and trying to recover the bodies of those killed in weekend flooding and landslides that left more than 200 dead. The disaster came just ahead of the country’s biggest festival Dasain, and roads were busier than usual. The
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Los fanáticos que esperaban ansiosamente el regreso de Coldplay a India se sorprendieron al encontrar entradas revendidas en línea por hasta US$ 11.000, lo que llevó a la Policía a solicitar una declaración del CEO del vendedor de los shows por acusaciones de fraude. La banda de rock británica dará tres
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is considering whether to issue clarification or guidance for two rules from the Georgia State Election Board that have to do with county certification of election results. Supporters say the rules will help ensure the accuracy of the vote totals. But critics worry that Donald Trump supporters could
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