Month: October 2019

A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was — once again — at the center of the political storm swirling around the impeachment inquiry on Thursday. Catch up on the day’s news

A South Korean and a Tongan prop up the scrum. The ball is hooked past an Australian who runs the line-outs before a Japanese scrumhalf spins it out to a Samoan centre with a fleet-footed New Zealander waiting on the wing. Of the 31 players representing Japan’s Brave Blossoms at the Rugby World Cup, 16

Rudy Giuliani is supposed to be extricating Donald Trump from his career-threatening mess over Ukraine, but now his own foreign freelancing seems to have seriously undercut the President’s core impeachment defense. Corruption indictments filed Thursday against two Giuliani fixers who investigated Joe Biden do not just introduce the first criminal jeopardy into the cast of

Happy Friday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the first day of high-level trade talks with China was going “very well.” Officials later said the discussions made more progress than expected. Momentum

(CNN) — Un buque petrolero perteneciente a la Compañía Nacional de Petróleo de Irán (NIOC, por sus siglas en inglés) fue alcanzado y dañado por dos misiles el viernes, informó la agencia estatal iraní IRNA. Los misiles fueron “posiblemente” disparados desde suelo saudí, dijo Saheb Sadeghi, jefe de relaciones públicas de la National Iranian Tanker

The NBA has canceled all media access for the remainder of its visit to China as it puts players in a “complicated” and “unfair” situation, it said. The league is embroiled in a standoff with China after the Houston Rockets’ general manager Daryl Morey tweeted his support for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. The

Passengers on a Norwegian Cruise ship were hopping mad after severe weather forced the ship to cancel several ports of call and float around the Atlantic for days. Oh — and apparently the ship’s bathrooms had serious issues, too. Yeesh. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can

Te contamos por qué deberías matar a un pez cabeza de serpiente si eres pescador en Georgia. Además: un video muestra cómo la niebla cubre al puente Golden Gate y tenemos un recuento de las frases claves del presidente de Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, en la entrevista que dio a Conclusiones. Esto es lo que debes saber

Stephen Lo, the commissioner of Hong Kong’s embattled police force, is set to retire next month — prompting a reshuffle at the top of the department as it continues to face scrutiny for its handling of the city’s ongoing protests. Lo joined the force in 1984 and has led its 30,000 uniformed officers since 2015.

A 48-year-old man in Alaska has been charged with murder after authorities said an SD card found on the street contained videos and pictures of him killing a woman. The woman shown being killed is Kathleen J. Henry, 30, Anchorage Police said Thursday. But they declined to comment further or provide additional details. On September

(CNN) — El Comité del Nobel ha provocado numerosas polémicas en su larga historia con la adjudicación de varios ganadores del Premio de la Paz. Su decisión de otorgar el premio a la Unión Europea en 2012 fue objeto de burla, dadas las crisis financieras, los registros de derechos y las políticas exteriores de algunos

Nike is to shut down its elite Oregon Project (OP) long-distance running operation less than two weeks after head coach Alberto Salazar was banned for four years, a company spokesperson told CNN. Salazar was banned for “multiple anti-doping rule violations” following a four-year investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Nike says it took the

(CNN) — Para series como “Breaking Bad” o “Downton Abbey”, resulta que cuando aparece el letrero de “Fin”, en realidad no iba tan en serio. De hecho, con el fuerte apetito que existe por el contenido basado en títulos ya reconocidos, se trata más bien del comienzo. No había razón para pedir más de “Breaking

(CNN Español) — Legisladores de Perú buscan que la justicia deje sin efecto la disolución del Congreso que dispuso el presidente Martín Vizcarra. El presidente de la Comisión Permanente del Congreso, Pedro Olaechea, presentó este jueves ante el Tribunal Constitucional una demanda de competencia contra el Ejecutivo que busca anular la decisión del presidente Vizcarra.

Addis Abeba, Etiopía (CNN) — El primer ministro de Etiopía, Abiy Ahmed, era uno de los favoritos para ganar el Premio Nobel de la Paz de este año en una lista que incluía a Greta Thunberg, la activista sueca contra el cambio climático de 16 años. Abiy Ahmed era el segundo favorito después de Thunberg,

San Diego Padres pitcher Jacob Nix was kicked and tased after he was caught crawling through a doggy door of a home in Arizona this weekend, according to court documents. A woman in Peoria, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, called police after her husband caught a man entering their residence early Sunday morning, according to

(CNN) — El Premio Nobel de la Paz 2019 es para el primer ministro de Etiopía, Abiy Ahmed, anunció este viernes el Comité del Nobel. Abiy Ahmed es el Nobel de la Paz por esto El galardón para Ahmed es “por sus esfuerzos para lograr la paz y la cooperación internacional, y en particular, por

It’s March 23, 1959. The radio waves crackle and broadcast begins: “Govorit Radio Svoboda” (Говорит Радио Свобода – “This is Radio Liberty speaking…”) From the other side of the Iron Curtain, the radio broadcasts of US-funded Radio Liberty reached deep inside the Soviet Union. This was an opening line destined to enter Cold War folklore.

Singapore is set to become the first country in the world to ban ads for unhealthy drinks with high sugar content in what it says is the latest move in its ongoing “war on diabetes.” The ban, which will apply to “the least healthy” sugar-sweetened beverages, will cover all media platforms including print, broadcast and

Imagine having a life-threatening emergency while locked inside a metal container 35,000 feet above the ground, unable to leave or call 911 for desperately needed medical attention. Now envision going through that frightening experience surrounded by medically untrained airline personnel or fellow passengers who don’t take you seriously or even block your access to medical

Google has pulled a role-playing game based on the Hong Kong protests from its app store. Google said in a statement Friday that the company has a “long-standing policy prohibiting developers from capitalizing on sensitive events such as attempting to make money from serious ongoing conflicts or tragedies through a game.” In the app, called

(CNN) — Un hombre de 48 años fue acusado de asesinato en Alaska después de que las autoridades dijeron que una tarjeta SD de memoria encontrada en la calle contenía videos e imágenes de él matando a una mujer. El 30 de septiembre, una mujer llamó a la policía en Anchorage para reportar un descubrimiento