The United States and the Taliban have resumed peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha, a Taliban spokesman tweeted on Saturday. “On Saturday talks between the Taliban and US started from where they stopped,” Suhail Shaheen said, adding that Anas Haqqani, a former Taliban prisoner who was released in a swap last month, participated
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When you think of influencers, you might think of flat tummy tea and hair vitamins. Diane Youngpeter, however, is not trying to sell you those things. She is a stay-at-home mom in Detroit. And in her free time, she runs Aldi Nerd, a blog about the discount German grocery chain that has 1,600 US stores.
Continue Reading For a time, Pete Buttigieg was on a glide path as he ascended in the Democratic race for president, emerging unscathed from the fall debates and raking in donations as he built a juggernaut in early states. But this week, the 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, mayor took his inevitable turn in the harsh glare of
Continue Reading President Trump doesn’t want you to believe stories that rely on unnamed sources. Trump tweeted Friday that people should “only accept information” that “has an actual living name on it.” He has tweeted similar things in the past, warning people that when stories “don’t mention names” it’s “very possible that those sources don’t exist” but
Continue Reading As the House Judiciary Committee held its first impeachment hearing into President Donald Trump this week, some of the House’s most vulnerable Democrats privately huddled to discuss how to protect their majority. At the headquarters of the House Democrats’ campaign arm, they talked about what they were hearing back home and were briefed on an
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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Friday released a timeline of his three years working for the elite consulting firm McKinsey. The release comes after some of Buttigieg’s presidential opponents called for him to be more transparent about his time at the firm as some of McKinsey’s work for the federal government, including for Immigration
Continue Reading As expected, Democrats’ impeachment effort gained steam in the fast-paced week after Thanksgiving recess. The Intelligence Committee’s report on its findings laid out a road map for the articles of impeachment — one that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats now have “no choice” but to follow. The White House said in a letter Friday
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It’s a new beginning for the Peloton woman. When last we saw her, she was celebrating her yearlong fitness journey and thanking her husband for giving her an exercise bike for Christmas. Both the bike and the husband were nowhere to be found on Friday. In a video posted to his Twitter, Actor Ryan Reynolds
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The two black soccer stars pictured on the front page of an Italian newspaper under the headline “Black Friday” embraced on the pitch after Friday’s clash between their teams. The headline over photographs of Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku sparked widespread criticism for being racist following the publication of Italy’s Corriere dello Sport Thursday. Both
Continue Reading The distribution of a leaked UK trade agreement with the United States, currently the subject of heated debate ahead of the United Kingdom’s general elections, is likely the work of an established information operation with suspected ties to Russian intelligence, Reddit said Friday. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK’s opposition Labour Party, has argued that
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A British woman has made a full recovery after suffering a six-hour cardiac arrest caused by severe hypothermia — a condition that doctors say also saved her life. Thirty four-year-old Audrey Schoeman was caught in a snowstorm while hiking in the Pyrenees mountain range in Spain on November 3, and her husband Rohan called the
Continue Reading Two former Republican lawmakers urged their current successors to consider the evidence produced during the inquiry into President Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings in determining whether to support impeachment. William Cohen, a former Republican senator from Maine and secretary of defense who backed impeachment during the Watergate inquiry, and Slade Gorton, a former Washington state Republican
Continue Reading At least 12 demonstrators were killed and 22 others wounded Friday when gunmen in several vehicles opened fire on a protest site in central Baghdad, medical sources and activists told CNN, marking one of the most violent days in the Iraqi capital for weeks. As thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square —
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Nota del autor: Pedro Brieger es un periodista y sociólogo argentino, autor de más de siete libros y colaborador en publicaciones sobre temas internacionales. Actualmente se desempeña como director de NODAL, un portal dedicado exclusivamente a las noticias de América Latina y el Caribe. Colaboró con diferentes medios nacionales como Clarín, El Cronista, La Nación,
Continue Reading (CNN) — La jueza Ruth Bader Ginsburg suspendió el viernes temporalmente las citaciones de la Cámara de Representantes a dos bancos solicitando los documentos financieros del presidente Donald Trump. En una breve orden, Ginsburg dijo que una opinión de la corte inferior que permitió que las citaciones procedieran se suspendería hasta el 13 de diciembre.
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A 23-year-old woman in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh died Friday, a day after she was set on fire as she traveled to testify at the trial of two men accused of raping her, according to police. The unidentified woman died Friday night of cardiac arrest at a hospital in New Delhi where she
Continue Reading California utility giant Pacific Gas and Electric has agreed to pay $13.5 billion to individuals affected by several recent fires in the state, the company announced Friday night. The agreement still has to be approved by a bankruptcy court. PG&E has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which allows for restructuring. The claims stem from the
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Locomotive FC put its creativity on display as it revealed a number of new designs for the team’s 2020 jerseys this week. “To cap off an incredible inaugural season, we are excited to close the year with the reveal of the 2020 team jerseys,” said Locos general manager Andrew
Continue Reading Three of the four teenagers who escaped from a Nashville juvenile detention center have now been caught, police said in a tweet. Morris Marsh, 17, was taken into custody Friday night after a vehicle pursuit, the Metro Nashville Police Department said. Marsh is accused in the April killing of Charles Easley, police have said. He
Continue Reading Have you heard of hygge? The trendy Danish term describes a deep quality of coziness, hominess or well-being. You can experience hygge while cuddled up around the fire with your honey, sharing a big meal with your friends, or just enjoying a quiet, solitary moment of peace and belonging. Of course, a steaming mug of
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Uber released its highly-anticipated safety report on Thursday revealing, among other details, that it received 5,981 reports of sexual assault in 2017 and 2018. Among those, there were 464 reports of rape. The report, which comes more than a year after a CNN investigation into sexual assault and abuse on the ride-hailing service, also noted
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The hemp revolution continues in New Mexico, with the potential for a sustainable crop that boosts jobs, local economies and state tax revenues. That, after all, was the whole reason the state Legislature supported making hemp a legal crop. This week came the most recent sign that hemp remains a
Continue Reading The scene was a nightmare: After a long, televised police chase of a hijacked UPS truck ground to a halt at a jammed South Florida intersection, gunfire erupted seemingly from everywhere Thursday evening — with vehicles stopped at a traffic light serving as officers’ impromptu shields. Gunfire exploded toward and from the truck. A bystander
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un niño en Michigan se presentó en el juzgado de Grand Rapids, Michigan, el jueves para una audiencia de adopción con sus padres adoptivos, y lo acompañaba una multitud de inusuales seguidores. Toda la clase del jardín infantil de Michael, de 5 años, se sentó en la audiencia detrás de él agitando grandes
Continue Reading UPS employee Frank Ordonez was killed Thursday after armed robbery suspects hijacked the UPS truck he was driving and led police on a chase that ended in a fatal shootout in Broward County, Florida, his brother said. Ordonez, a 27-year-old father of two young girls, was “outgoing and happy,” his brother, Roy Ordonez, told CNN.
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has continued to use his personal cell phone to make calls, despite repeated warnings from his staff that the practice could leave him vulnerable to foreign surveillance, multiple officials told CNN. The Democratic impeachment inquiry has resurrected concerns about the security and potential vulnerability of the President’s communications. Witness testimony revealed some
Continue Reading (CNN) — Murió Ron Leibman, actor ganador del premio Tony, según confirmó a CNN su agente Robert Attermann de la Agencia de Artistas Abrams. La causa de la muerte fue neumonía. “En la Agencia de Artistas Abrams nos entristece escuchar la noticia del fallecimiento de Ron. Ron fue un actor increíblemente talentoso con una distinguida
Continue Reading The two Defense Department civilian workers who were killed when a US sailor opened fire at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard earlier this week have been identified. Vincent J. Kapoi, a metals inspector apprentice, and Roldan A. Agustin, who worked as a shop planner at the naval shipyard, were shot and killed on Wednesday, Joint Base
Continue Reading A gunman on a Navy air station in Florida shot and killed three people Friday and sources say the shooter was from Saudi Arabia. The gunman, who was killed, was identified as Saudi national Mohammed Alshamrani, two law enforcement sources told CNN. While it is still early in the investigation, here is what is known
Continue Reading Another Confederate monument is close to being relocated, this time it’s in Mississippi. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History approved a plan to relocate a Confederate monument on the University of Mississippi’s campus Friday, according to a statement from university Chancellor Glenn F. Boyce. The next step will be the Mississippi Institutions of Higher
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