urielblanco (CNN) — El vigente campeón del mundo Max Verstappen ganó el Gran Premio de Australia y Lewis Hamilton terminó segundo en una carrera repleta de incidentes este domingo en Melbourne. En una carrera caótica en la que hubo tres banderas rojas, el GP de Australia terminó bajo un auto de seguridad y en medio
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day from May until the end of 2023. The Energy Ministry said Sunday that the cuts would be made in coordination with some OPEC and non-OPEC members, without naming them, and were in addition to a reduction
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MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. citizen who moved his family to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Court records show that Emraan Ali, a 55-year-old U.S. citizen born in Trinidad and Tobago, was sentenced Tuesday in Miami federal court. He pleaded guilty in November
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign says the former president will deliver remarks Tuesday night in Florida after his scheduled arraignment in New York earlier that day on charges related to hush money payments. Trump is set to deliver remarks at his Mar-a-Lago club after returning
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has given preliminary approval for the establishment of a national guard overseen by an ultranationalist Cabinet minister with a long record of anti-Arab rhetoric and stunts. The Cabinet approved the formation of the force on Sunday after Netanyahu agreed
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Starbucks has fired a Buffalo, New York, worker who “ignited a movement” from one of the first stores in the coffee chain to unionize, Starbucks Workers United said Friday. The firing came the same week that former CEO Howard Schultz testified before Congress, where he was grilled by lawmakers for the
Continue Reading ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algiers sentenced a prominent journalist to five years in prison with two years suspended on Sunday. Ihsane El-Kadi, who was active in Algeria’s Hirak pro-democracy protest movement in 2019, appears to be the latest target of a crackdown on dissenting voices in the North African country. The court
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Asa Hutchinson, who recently completed two terms as Arkansas governor, said Sunday he will seek the Republican presidential nomination, positioning himself as an alternative to Donald Trump just days after the former president was indicted by a grand jury in New York. Hutchinson said Trump
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Betsy Klein, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and called for the “immediate release” of detained Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, according to the US State Department. “Secretary Blinken conveyed the United States’ grave concern over Russia’s unacceptable detention of a
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US National Institute on Aging is moving forward with efforts to build a real-world Alzheimer’s disease database as part of its aim to improve, support and conduct more dementia research. Last month, the agency, part of the National Institutes of Health, posted a notice of the grant for the six-year
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Donald Trump’s legal team will look to challenge “every potential issue” in his indictment once the charges are unsealed, an attorney for the former president said Sunday. “We’re not doing anything at the arraignment because that would be showmanship and nothing more because we haven’t even seen
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El compositor japonés Ryuichi Sakamoto, quien escribió la inquietante partitura de “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” y ganó un Oscar por “The Last Emperor” de 1987, murió a los 71 años. La compañía que lo representaba anunció que murió el 28 de marzo y había sido tratado por cáncer en los
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says it is seeking to make contact with three British nationals detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The three men include a charity worker, a thrill-seeking tourist and a third person whose family has asked that he not be identified, according to the Presidium
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Relegation-threatened Leicester has fired manager Brendan Rodgers in a late-season bid to preserve its Premier League status. Rodgers has been in charge for four years. He leaves with the team having dropped to third-to-last place with 10 matches remaining and lost five of its last six league games. Leicester
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El papa Francisco participó en la misa de Domingo de Ramos en la Plaza de San Pedro el domingo, solo un día después de su alta del hospital por bronquitis. Unos 30.000 fieles estuvieron presentes, según el Vaticano, portando las tradicionales hojas de palma y ramas de olivo. Francis
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims have participated in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week. Worshipers carried palm fronds and olive branches and marched from the top of the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem’s historic Old City, home to holy sites to the three Abrahamic monotheistic faiths. Latin
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By The Associated Press One of the craziest March Madness tournaments will conclude with the women’s final between Iowa and LSU on Sunday. WHO’S FAVORED TO WIN THE TITLE? Iowa is a minus-160 favorite against LSU, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Someone would need to bet $160 to win $100. WHAT’S THE SPREAD DIFFERENCE? Iowa is
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles have joined marches in Warsaw and other cities in defense of the late pope, St. John Paul II. The events on Sunday followed the airing last month of an explosive documentary alleging that John Paul covered up child sex abuse by clergy in
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN When Donald Trump enters a New York courtroom on Tuesday, he’ll face a seasoned judge who is no stranger to the former president’s orbit. Acting New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan has sentenced Trump’s close confident Allen Weisselberg to prison, presided over the Trump Organization tax fraud trial and overseen
Continue Reading By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press The Rev. James Stokes remembers Grand Rapids following the slaying of George Floyd, when demonstrations devolved into rioting that left businesses damaged and scores of people arrested. Stokes and other leaders in the western Michigan city desperately wanted to avoid a similar outbreak of violence when a white Grand Rapids
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