By FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Two leading international rights groups have urged Sudan’s military to release government officials, activists and others detained during the army’s coup last month. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Tuesday also appealed for an end to “further arbitrary arrests” and the crackdown that has been
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says China is seeking to take control of the island by wearing down its military capabilities and influencing public opinion. The Defense Ministry says in a report that China’s ultimate goal is to bring the island, which Beijing claims, under its rule while avoiding an all-out military conflict. China has
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By Raja Razek, CNN A 9-year-old boy who was seriously injured at the Astroworld Festival on Friday night is in a medically induced coma in an attempt to overcome trauma to his brain, according to the boy’s grandfather. Bernon Blount told CNN his grandson, EB, was in town to see “his favorite artist” and attended
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olivertapia (CNN Business) — Dos criptomonedas han logrado nuevos hitos. Bitcoin alcanzó un máximo histórico de US$ 68.530,34 la madrugada del martes, según CoinMarketCap. Eso es solo unas semanas después de que alcanzó un máximo anterior de casi US$ 67.000 antes de caer hasta un 12%. Mientras tanto, ethereum también alcanzó un récord, aumentando a
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By Rosa Flores, Victor Blackwell, Amir Vera and Travis Caldwell, CNN Houston firefighters stationed outside of the Astroworld concert venue Friday night were not in radio communications with the emergency medical providers hired by the concert organizers as the deadly crowd swell unfolded, the city’s fire chief told CNN on Tuesday. According to the president
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN Singapore is lifting its controversial ban on music in restaurants and bars as part of an easing of coronavirus restrictions — but authorities have warned business owners they must still keep the noise down. From Wednesday, food and beverage establishments can play “soft recorded music,” Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said at
Continue Reading olivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Cuatro astronautas aterrizaron en la costa de Florida a bordo de su cápsula SpaceX Crew Dragon, culminando su estadía de seis meses en el espacio. Su viaje comenzó el lunes poco después de las 2 pm ET cuando los astronautas abordaron la cápsula Crew Dragon, que había permanecido unida
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press POPERINGE, Belgium (AP) — The pandemic has crippled remembrance tourism in Belgium, the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in World War I. Before, tens of thousands would visit the battlefields to reminisce about sacrifice and slaughter. Resilient locals managed to get through the long lockdowns and travel restrictions
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama has dropped in on U.N. climate talks to urge young climate activists to stay in the fight. Obama is credited as one of the leaders responsible for the 2015 Paris climate accord. In a speech, a roundtable and other events Monday
Continue Reading Mariana Toro Glasgow, Escocia (CNN) — La segunda semana de la cumbre climática COP26 en Glasgow, Escocia, ha comenzado, y las cosas están empezando a calentarse. Esto es lo que debes saber. Cómo se vería un ‘Acuerdo de Glasgow’ La presidencia de la COP26 del Reino Unido publicó algo que se llama, curiosamente, un “documento
Continue Reading By TANYA TITOVA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A large Russian island north of Japan will be a testing ground for Moscow’s efforts to reconcile its prized fossil fuel industry with the need to do something about climate change. More than two-thirds of Sakhalin Island is forested, and authorities there have set
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) –- Tres sismos de magnitud 5,8, 5,7 y 6,2 sacudieron la costa del Pacífico de Nicaragua este lunes y la madrugada del martes, según reportes del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El foco sísmico del primer sismo de magnitud 5,8 estuvo localizado a 35 kilómetros de
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN en Español) — La presidencia de México informó este lunes a través de un comunicado el nombramiento de Pablo Gómez Álvarez como nuevo director de la Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF) de la Secretaria de Hacienda y Crédito Público en sustitución de Santiago Nieto Castillo. Gómez Álvarez asume el puesto tras la salida
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The bulldozers have come for one of the last bastions of “old” Dubai, an eclectic collection of homes built in the late 1970s for European port workers when the exuberance of today’s Dubai was unthinkable. Jebel Ali Village, the neighborhood near Dubai’s major port,
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By AnneClaire Stapleton, Hannah Ritchie and Mitch McCluskey, CNN China’s military has constructed mockups in the shape of a US Navy aircraft carrier and US warships, possibly for target practice, according to Maxar satellite images reviewed by the independent United States Naval Institute (USNI). Satellite images from China’s northwest Xinjiang region appear to show a
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — A cuentagotas, pero cada vez sabemos un poco más sobre “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. Sony Pictures y Marvel Studios dieron a conocer el nuevo póster de la próxima película del héroe arácnido, que ofrece nuevas pistas sobre el esperado film. The Multiverse unleashed. #SpiderManNoWayHome is exclusively in movie theaters December 17.
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is urging Myanmar’s military leaders to provide unimpeded access to the more than 3 million people in need of “life-saving” humanitarian assistance since government forces seized power on Feb. 1. He says it’s needed “because of growing conflict and insecurity, COVID-19
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The bulldozers have come for one of the last bastions of “old” Dubai, an eclectic collection of homes built in the late 1970s for European port workers when the exuberance of today’s Dubai was unthinkable. Jebel Ali Village, the neighborhood near Dubai’s major port,
Continue Reading By DAVID R. MARTIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attraction opening Tuesday gives thrill-seekers a unique perspective on New York City from almost 1,300 feet up. It’s called City Climb. Participants are equipped with specially designed safety harnesses that let them ascend to a platform near the top of a Manhattan skyscraper. There,
Continue Reading By DAVID R. MARTIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attraction opening Tuesday gives thrill-seekers a unique perspective on New York City from almost 1,300 feet up. It’s called City Climb. Participants are equipped with specially designed safety harnesses that let them ascend to a platform near the top of a Manhattan skyscraper. There,
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