By Jack Bantock, CNN For the 87th time, the center of the golfing world shifts to Augusta National for The Masters on Thursday. The first major of the season will see Scottie Scheffler attempt to defend the green jacket he eased into with a dominant victory at last year’s tournament. The American finished three-shots ahead
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis led the first of two major Holy Thursday ceremonies, presiding at Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica as he continues his stamina-testing Holy Week appointments days after battling bronchitis in the hospital. The pope’s voice sounded strong during the basilica Mass as he read a
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — More than 100 Indian opposition lawmakers, including members of the Congress party, have staged a protest march after the end of a parliamentary budget session that was marred by shouting and disruptions to proceedings amid a standoff with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The demonstrators on
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — La primera ministra de Finlandia, Sanna Marin, de izquierdas, dimitió de su cargo tras sufrir una derrota en las elecciones parlamentarias celebradas la semana pasada. Marin reconoció su derrota el domingo, cuando el derechista Partido de Coalición Nacional (PCN), en la oposición, se alzó con la victoria en unas elecciones muy
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN A geometry problem that has been puzzling scientists for 60 years has likely just been solved by an amateur mathematician with a newly discovered 13-sided shape. Called “The hat” because it vaguely resembles a fedora, the elusive shape is an “einstein” (from the German “ein stein,” or “one stone”). That means
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, Valentina Di Donato, Alex Hardie and Rob Picheta, CNN Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister and leader of the Forza Italia party, has been diagnosed with leukemia, it was confirmed on Thursday. The San Raffaele Hospital in Milan said in a statement that the 86-year-old politician’s cancer is not acute,
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El ex primer ministro italiano Silvio Berlusconi fue diagnosticado con leucemia, según el Corriere della Sera, uno de los periódicos más importantes de Italia. Su portavoz, Paolo Russo, no desmintió las informaciones a preguntas de Barbie Nadeau, de CNN, y dijo que “no está autorizado a dar información sanitaria, pero el
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Iran’s semiofficial news agency ISNA reported Thursday that Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to reopen diplomatic missions in their respective capitals and in additional cities. There was no immediate official confirmation of the report. As part of the reported deal, the two sides would also study the prospects of resuming flights between
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China vowed reprisals against Taiwan after a meeting between the United States House speaker and the island’s president, saying Thursday that the U.S. was on a “wrong and dangerous road.” Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday in a show of U.S. support
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Kenya has a proud tradition of track and field but right now the country is grappling with a serious doping problem. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which works to combat doping in track and field, says it has found “striking similarities” in two recent doping cases which points to a “medically-savvy”
Continue Reading By SIBI ARASU Associated Press The capacity to burn coal for power went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that’s the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found. The coal fleet grew by 19.5 gigawatts last year, enough to light up around 15 million homes,
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Se prevé para este jueves un riesgo ligero (nivel 2 de 5) de tiempo severo que incluye a más de 35 millones de personas. Este riesgo se extiende desde partes de Carolina del Norte hasta el Atlántico Medio. “Son posibles tormentas aisladas de fuertes a severas esta tarde y noche, que
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said farewell to politics Wednesday with a rousing speech that assured other nerds, criers, and huggers that they too could one day lead. “You can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve, you can be a mother or not, you
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens in southern Israel, as violence erupted for the second day in a row during a sensitive period of overlapping holidays. The barrage came after another tense night at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Israeli
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The furious public reaction to the plan has cornered and weakened French President
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN A 55.22-carat ruby is poised to become the largest — and should it sell for over $30.3 million, the most valuable — gem of its kind ever to appear at auction. The stone is set to go under the hammer in New York in June, less than a year after Canadian firm
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN A 55.22-carat ruby is poised to become the largest — and should it sell for over $30.3 million, the most valuable — gem of its kind ever to appear at auction. The stone is set to go under the hammer in New York in June, less than a year after Canadian firm
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Nawal Sweidan quietly folded her son’s clothes and straightened the bedsheets in his room as she always used to do when he was out at work or at university. She still does it regularly, even though he hasn’t been home for almost 10 years since he was
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Junko Ogura, CNN Police in Japan have arrested two men for contaminating a communal bowl of pickled ginger at a fast food restaurant, after a video of the prank was shared widely on social media. The arrests come as similar acts involving food, dubbed online as “#sushitero” or “#sushiterrorism”, appear to
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The foreign ministers of long-time Middle Eastern rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran have met in Beijing, taking another step toward reconciliation after seven years of tensions. Thursday’s meeting came a month after the two countries agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies by May. The rapprochement lowers the chance of armed
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