Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El principal aeropuerto de Israel, Ben Gurión Tel Aviv, anunció este lunes la suspensión inmediata de todos los despegues, en el marco de una huelga que aumenta la presión sobre el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu. El mayor sindicato de Israel convocó este lunes a una huelga general “histórica” para “detener
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By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In many Western countries, conventional radio has been overtaken by streaming, podcasts and on-demand content accessed via smartphones and computers. But in Zimbabwe and much of Africa, traditional radio sets and broadcasts are widely used, highlighting the digital divide between rich countries and those where populations
Continue Reading PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Malaysia and Cambodia have signed two agreements on the employment of Cambodian migrant workers as Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim makes his first visit to Phnom Penh since becoming his country’s leader in November. Anwar is accompanied by his ministers of foreign affairs, religious affairs and human resources. He held
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El actor Jonathan Majors, quien recientemente protagonizó “Creed III” y “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”, fue arrestado este sábado por la mañana en una supuesta disputa doméstica, dijo la policía de Nueva York. Majors, de 33 años, fue detenido luego de una llamada al 911 realizada desde un apartamento en
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAOYUAN, Taiwan (AP) — Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has departed for a tour of China in what he calls an attempt to reduce tensions a day after Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic partners to China. The ex-president is visiting in a private capacity,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Hong Kong (CNN) — La directora del Fondo Monetario Internacional pidió una mayor vigilancia sobre el sistema financiero mundial durante un discurso en China este domingo en el que también señaló los “brotes verdes” que están surgiendo en la segunda economía más grande del mundo. “Los riesgos para la estabilidad financiera han
Continue ReadingStory by Katie Hunt, design by Ian Berry, CNN Smells hover just below our conscious awareness, conjuring up emotions and memories that shape how we perceive and navigate the world. An unexpected whiff of a long-forgotten snack or a dusty book can transport a person to years past — enabling a kind of time travel
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers have passed controversial amendments to the country’s election law that could undermine the chances for smaller parties and independent candidates to win seats in future polls. The amendments adopted on Monday increase the size of electoral districts, a move widely backed by
Continue Reading LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Police in Arkansas say two separate shootings Sunday night left seven victims including two fatalities in the state capital. The Little Rock Police Department says in an online statement that emergency services received a report at 9:25 p.m. of a shooting. The two victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries. A short time
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church and Homero De la Fuente, CNN Tottenham Hotspur says it has parted with manager Antonio Conte “by mutual agreement” less than two years after he took over at the English Premier League club. Tottenham is currently fourth in the Premier League table, two points clear of Newcastle with the top four clubs
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Las tormentas severas se dirigen hacia la costa este de Estados Unidos este lunes después de traer casi 100 informes de tormentas este domingo, la mayoría de los cuales fueron a través del sureste. El Centro de Predicción de Tormentas ha emitido un leve riesgo de tormentas severas, nivel 2 de
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s largest trade union group launched a strike across a broad swath of sectors Monday, joining a surging protest movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary — a plan that is facing unprecedented opposition. The strike by the Histadrut umbrella group,
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Travel numbers continue to bounce back from their COVID-19 pandemic lows and spring break is no exception.
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Trains, planes and public transit systems are standing still across much of Germany as labor unions called a major one-day strike over salaries in an effort to win inflation-busting raises for their members. The 24-hour walkout on Monday also affected cargo transport by rail and ship as
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The chairman of Saudi National Bank has resigned for “personal reasons” after his comments on Credit Suisse sent that firm’s stock cratering. A filing on Monday on Riyadh’s Tadawul stock exchange announced Ammar al-Khudairy’s resignation from Saudi National Bank. It dated his resignation as
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 collision at an upscale Utah ski resort is expected to take the stand. Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson will likely testify Monday to his recollections of the collision and the post-concussion symptoms he says he suffered for years
Continue Reading By ALAN SUDERMAN and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful communist country. An investigation by the Associated Press has found that
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Several deputies from a Mississippi sheriff’s department being investigated by the Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries, an Associated Press
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Olha Konovalova and Tom Booth, CNN The first time Oleksandr Havriluk returned to his farm after it had been stormed and occupied by Russian troops, tears rolled down his face when he saw what they had left behind. His farm buildings were almost completely destroyed, millions of dollars worth of
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Olha Konovalova and Tom Booth, CNN The first time Oleksandr Havriluk returned to his farm after it had been stormed and occupied by Russian troops, tears rolled down his face when he saw what they had left behind. His farm buildings were almost completely destroyed, millions of dollars worth of
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