BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities say they have opened a fraud investigation into the former European Union justice chief, just days after his mandate ended. An Schoonjans, a spokesperson for the Brussels prosecutor general’s office, told The Associated Press that an investigation was opened on former EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders in relation to “possible
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care has sparked debate in many parts of the United States, and it’s now heading to the US Supreme Court. The court will hear oral arguments Wednesday on a challenge, brought by young people who identify as transgender and their families,
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s promise to severely slash government spending has found glimmers of support from some unlikely allies: Democrats. Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz joined a Republican-led congressional caucus supporting President-elect Donald Trump’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, co-led by Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna
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TODAY: Wednesday is warm, with temperatures notably warmer than Tuesday in the morning, but also in the afternoon when highs reach near 50. Expect sunny skies with southwest winds becoming westerly through the day. TONIGHT: A cold front will arrive after the dinner hour, sending temperatures plummeting overnight. Winds will be sustained around 10-15 mph,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Many tourists in Seoul seemed largely unfazed by the political turmoil unfolding in the capital as they flocked to the city’s largest palace, local landmarks and shopping streets. Some awoke Wednesday morning to worried text messages from friends and family, who heard the news about President Yoon Suk
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a “circus monkey” and a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party. Ramaswamy’s critiques, reviewed by CNN’s KFile, include
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHIBA, Japan (AP) — A Japanese court sentenced an Australian woman who says she was tricked amphetamines into the country to six years in prison, despite accepting her testimony that she was the victim of an online romance scam. The Chiba District Court found Donna Nelson, from Perth, Australia, guilty of violating the
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Ganó varios premios Grammy y acumuló nueve éxitos Top 10 de Billboard, pero el músico Ed Sheeran pronto agregará otro trofeo a su colección: convertirse en el primer artista occidental en realizar un concierto en Bhután. El 24 de enero de 2025, el cantautor británica actuará en el estadio Changlimithang en
Continue ReadingCONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A distraught Kambaly Kouroumah is searching for his teenage brother, Adama, at a local morgue in southern Guinea’s Nzerekore city, where dozens of people died at a crowded stadium after chaos erupted during a soccer game. Kouroumah is one of many bereaved people searching hospitals and mortuaries for missing relatives following
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Christopher Collings became the fourth person this year to die by lethal injection in Missouri on Tuesday. Missouri is among 27 states to have the death penalty on the books and one of the most prolific in using it — only Alabama and Texas have used it more in 2024, according to the Death Penalty
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation, caving in to demands from several producer nations from across the globe and domestic opposition within the 27-nation bloc. Officials said Wednesday that the EU
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A group led by left-wing activists has filed a second impeachment complaint against the Philippine vice president over her alleged misuse of government funds and demanded that she be permanently barred from holding public office. The impeachment complaint filed by 74 activists, including human rights, labor and student leaders,
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Los rescatistas están buscando a una abuela desaparecida de Pensilvania que se cree que cayó profundamente en un sumidero mientras buscaba a su gato con su nieta pequeña, dijeron las autoridades. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel La Policía recibió una llamada telefónica alrededor de la 1 a.m. de este martes de
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — A history of lead in gasoline may be behind tens of millions of mental health conditions in the United States, according to new research. “We’ve shifted the curve in the population for mental health problems, so that everyone has a greater liability in the mental illness symptoms, and that
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Una noche de agitación política en Corea del Sur trastocó la estabilidad de un aliado democrático clave de Estados Unidos, enviando ondas de choque a través de la región y Washington en un momento de aguda tensión global. El presidente de Corea del Sur, Yoon Suk Yeol, declaró la ley marcial
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Analysis by Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Last year, a blockbuster movie gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, when the assassination of President Park Chung-hee in 1979 led to a military coup and plunged the country into the iron grip of martial law. So when South Koreans
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Montana lawmakers, including several Republicans, voted down a measure to ban the state’s first transgender legislator from using women’s restrooms at the State Capitol Tuesday. Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who was first elected in 2022, applauded the legislators who voted against the bathroom ban in a post to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — It may seem that the wild scenes in Seoul, with hundreds of armed troops and frantic lawmakers storming South Korea’s parliament building after the president suddenly declared martial law, came out of nowhere. But the chaotic events overnight Tuesday into Wednesday should be seen in the context of South Korea’s
Continue ReadingAndrea Gomez (CNN) — Un hombre de California confesó haber ayudado al régimen de Corea del Norte a prepararse para un ataque en un “plan sofisticado” con el fin de obtener ilegalmente armas restringidas y tecnología de grado militar, anunciaron este martes los fiscales federales. Shenghua Wen, un ciudadano chino que reside ilegalmente en Ontario,
Continue ReadingAP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrat Adam Gray has won election to a U.S. House seat representing California’s Central Valley, defeating Republican Rep. John Duarte in the final House contest to be determined this year. The race was a rematch of the 2022 midterm election, which was one of the closest House races
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