By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Evergrande stayed silent Tuesday about its fate after reportedly failing to make interest payments on another international bond, the third such deadline it appears to have missed in recent weeks. The sprawling Chinese real estate conglomerate was due to make payments of about $148 million on US dollar-denominated bonds on
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks and Joe Sutton, CNN The Alisal Fire near Santa Barbara, California, has quickly exploded in size, prompting evacuation orders and warnings. The fire began Monday afternoon near the Alisal Reservoir and now covers approximately 8,000 acres, fire officials said. It was 0% contained as of late Tuesday, according to InciWeb, a clearinghouse
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Superman lo ha hecho casi todo desde que apareció por primera vez en los cómics hace casi 80 años. Ha salvado al mundo más de unas pocas veces. Ha muerto y ha vuelto a la vida. Esquivó los golpes de Muhammad Ali e incluso se enfrentó a los supremacistas blancos. Hasta este
Continue ReadingBy Richard Allen Greene and Kara Fox, CNN The Vatican cannot be sued in European courts because it is a sovereign state, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday in dismissing a suit from survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy. It was the ECHR’s first case to deal with the immunity of the
Continue Readingolivertapia San Francisco (CNN Business) — Sophie Zhang, quien dijo que sentía que tenía “sangre en las manos” después de trabajar en Facebook, está dispuesta a testificar ante el Congreso sobre su exempleador, le dijo a CNN el domingo. Dijo que también había transmitido documentación sobre la empresa a una agencia de aplicación de la
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Los presidentes se meten en problemas cuando se los considera controlados por los acontecimientos y no al revés. Esta es la situación que enfrenta ahora Joe Biden. El presidente se enfrenta a una serie de crisis internas y globales intratables para las que no tiene el poder de arreglarlas rápidamente, una
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PARIS (AP) — A train has hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France. The mayor of a town near the collision on Tuesday morning said the victims were thought to be migrants who were resting on the tracks. The train was on a line that links the seaside resort
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, “The Happiest Man on Earth,” has died in Sydney. He was 101. Jewish community leader Darren Bark on Tuesday described Jaku as a “beacon of light and hope for not only our community, but the
Continue Reading SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Government forces have killed five suspected militants in two clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a day after rebels killed five army soldiers in a gunfight in the disputed region. Police say the first clash erupted following a raid by soldiers and counterinsurgency police. Troops cordoned off the area late Monday leading to
Continue Readingolivertapia Bagdad, Iraq (CNN) — Las fuerzas iraquíes capturaron a Sami Jasim, el adjunto del exlíder de ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, dijo el primer ministro iraquí en un comunicado el lunes. El primer ministro Mustafa Al-Kadhimi no reveló detalles de la operación, sin embargo, en un comunicado publicado en Twitter, dijo que Jasim fue detenido
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that the number of workers on payroll in the U.K. has risen above the level that existed before the coronavirus pandemic struck more than a year and a half ago. The Office for National Statistics also revealed Tuesday that job vacancies remained above a million for the second month
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LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that the number of workers on payroll in the U.K. has risen above the level that existed before the coronavirus pandemic struck more than a year and a half ago. The Office for National Statistics also revealed Tuesday that job vacancies remained above a million for the second month
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is pledging $230 million to establish a fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries and asking other countries to contribute. President Xi Jinping made the pledge at a U.N. conference in southwest China that began global talks on protecting the world’s plants and animals from extinction.
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is pledging $230 million to establish a fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries and asking other countries to contribute. President Xi Jinping made the pledge at a U.N. conference in southwest China that began global talks on protecting the world’s plants and animals from extinction.
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A group of climate lawyers is calling on the International Criminal Court to launch an investigation into Brazil’s president for possible crimes against humanity over his administration’s Amazon policies. The AllRise group filed a dossier Tuesday with the global court alleging that Jair Bolsonaro’s administration
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By Alexandra Meeks and Joe Sutton, CNN The Alisal Fire near Santa Barbara, California, has quickly exploded in size, prompting evacuation orders and warnings. The fire began Monday afternoon near the Alisal Reservoir and now covers approximately 8,000 acres, fire officials said. It was 0% contained as of late Tuesday, according to InciWeb, a clearinghouse
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By Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea’s weapons are needed to defend the country against a “hostile” United States, said leader Kim Jong Un, state media KCNA reported Tuesday. Kim made the comments as he stood against a backdrop of missiles at the Defense Development Exhibition to mark the 76th anniversary of North
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Some Mid-Missouri schools have rolled back their mandates as the delta-driven wave of new coronavirus cases has slowed.
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Los productos químicos sintéticos llamados ftalatos, que se encuentran en cientos de productos de consumo, como envases de almacenamiento de alimentos, champú, maquillaje, perfumes y juguetes para niños, pueden contribuir a entre 91.000 y 107.000 muertes prematuras al año entre las personas de 55 a 64 años en Estados Unidos, encontró
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Durante dos años, un alce tuvo un neumático alrededor del cuello. Ahora, después de varios intentos, funcionarios de vida silvestre han liberado al animal. El alce fue visto por primera vez por un agente de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Colorado (CPW, por sus siglas en inglés) en 2019 cuando realizaba una
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