By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers, including two cubs, have been found dead in a conservation area on Indonesia’s Sumatra island after being caught in traps apparently set by a poacher. Officials say an examination determined they died from infected wounds caused by the traps. Scientists
Continue Reading KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A government spokesman says a massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, killing at least 10 workers and injuring several others. It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze in the Mehran Town neighborhood on Friday. TV footage showed firefighters dousing the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police officers responded to a bar fight early Friday morning on the east side, when shots rang out near the scene from an unknown suspect. Police said one of the officers then fired their weapon once at the suspect, but did not hit them. Police said the suspect
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olivertapia (CNN) — Estados Unidos prometió continuar con la evacuación de ciudadanos y aliados estadounidenses de Afganistán, mientras las fuerzas estadounidenses se preparan para la amenaza de más ataques terroristas tras dos atentados mortales en el aeropuerto de Kabul. Afganistán, minuto a minuto Al menos 90 afganos murieron y otros 140 resultaron heridos el jueves,
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese regulators will exercise greater control over the algorithms used by Chinese technology firms to personalize and recommend content, in the latest move in a regulation spree across the internet sector. China’s internet watchdog on Friday released a draft proposal of “algorithm recommendation management regulations.” It aims to manage how technology companies
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese regulators will exercise greater control over the algorithms used by Chinese technology firms to personalize and recommend content, in the latest move in a regulation spree across the internet sector. China’s internet watchdog on Friday released a draft proposal of “algorithm recommendation management regulations.” It aims to manage how technology companies
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African photographer John Parkin has died at the age of 63. During his years as a photojournalist, Parkin covered the country’s anti-apartheid struggle, its first democratic elections, and the presidency of Nelson Mandela, He trained as a photographer in the South African air force, then worked
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TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Paralympics medalist Marcin Polak of Poland has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for doping. The International Cycling Union says Polak tested positive for the banned endurance-booster EPO. His sample was taken in Poland three weeks before the Tokyo Paralympics opened. Polak could be stripped of the bronze medal he won
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A 37-year-old lawyer accused of injecting food items with syringes of blood at three London supermarkets has made a court appearance. Leoaai Elghareeb didn’t enter a plea during his preliminary hearing on Friday. Prosecutors said he was arrested after a man entered a Waitrose store in west London’s Hammersmith area on Wednesday
Continue Reading SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has handed a mandate to form a government to the third-largest political party in parliament following the failure of two previous attempts. Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova, said Friday that her party would invite three groups that emerged from anti-corruption protests last year to discuss creating a coalition government.
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — China ha administrado más de 2.000 millones de dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19 , informó el viernes la Comisión Nacional de Salud (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés) del país. Más del 60 por ciento de la población del país, unos 889 millones de personas, han sido completamente vacunadas en
Continue Reading Mariana Toro ACTUALIZACIÓN: El huracán Ida toca tierra en la Isla de la Juventud en Cuba (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Ida avanza rápidamente hacia la costa del Golfo y, cuando llegue a la región, podría llevar consigo la fuerza de un huracán. Ida actualmente se agita en el Caribe con vientos de 65 kmh y
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By Melanie Zanona, CNN The GOP is divided over how hard — and how quickly — to go after President Joe Biden in the wake of Thursday’s deadly attack on US troops at the Kabul airport. While a growing chorus of rank-and-file Republicans have called for Biden’s resignation or impeachment over the administration’s disastrous exit
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A new exhibition at a Polish state museum features the works of provocative artists in what organizers describe as a celebration of free speech, and a challenge to political correctness and “cancel culture.” But some critics are accusing the show’s organizers of using arguments about artistic
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Apple CEO Tim Cook just celebrated 10 years on the job. He also marked the occasion this week by collecting — and selling off — three quarters of a billion dollars’ worth of stock. The transactions were revealed in a regulatory filing Thursday, which showed that Cook had acquired and
Continue Reading PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police in Montenegro say they have seized over 1 ton (2,000 pounds) of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas. Authorities said officers discovered the cocaine, which was divided into 1,250 packages, on Thursday night in Mojanovici, a village near the capital. Police tweeted on Friday that is the biggest seizure
Continue Reading By Jill Disis and CNN’s Beijing bureau, CNN Business China is putting companies that overwork their employees on notice. The country’s top court on Thursday issued a lengthy condemnation of what’s commonly known in China as “996,” the practice of working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week that is said to
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo and each one has unique differences that have to be classified. Lines have to be drawn to group similar impairments or impairments that yield similar results in the quest for fairness. It’s a confusing maze. The Paralympics are
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo and each one has unique differences that have to be classified. Lines have to be drawn to group similar impairments or impairments that yield similar results in the quest for fairness. It’s a confusing maze. The Paralympics are
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — En el suroeste del océano Pacífico, hay una enorme región de agua inusualmente cálida que cubre un área del tamaño de Australia, conocida como “la Mancha del Sur”. A varios miles de kilómetros de distancia, en Sudamérica, Chile ha estado experimentando una megasequía durante más de una década, con una disminución
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La administración de Joe Biden está tomando nuevas medidas para prevenir los desalojos mientras continúa la pandemia de covid-19, anunciaron el miércoles la Casa Blanca y el Departamento del Tesoro. Las nuevas acciones se anunciaron un día antes de que la Corte Suprema bloqueara la moratoria de desalojo relacionada con covid-19 de
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Es posible que en tu próximo hot dog o perrito caliente quieras omitir los condimentos, u omitirlo por completo: investigadores de salud de la Universidad de Michigan hallaron que comer un solo perrito caliente podría quitarle 36 minutos a tu vida. En su estudio, publicado este mes en la revista Nature Food,
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By Andy Rose, CNN A Connecticut woman who walked directly on thermal features at Yellowstone National Park in July was sentenced to seven days in jail, prosecutors said. Madeline S. Casey, 26, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor offense, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming. “Although a criminal
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.N. human rights investigators have asked North Korea to clarify whether it has ordered troops to shoot on sight any trespassers who cross its northern border in violation of the country’s pandemic closure. The border shared with China and Russia was a transit point for
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN The United States has vowed to continue the evacuation of American citizens and allies from Afghanistan, as US troops brace for the threat of more terrorist attacks following two deadly bombings at Kabul’s airport.
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Amy Woodyatt, Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN The United States still plans to end its mission in Afghanistan this month, the Pentagon said Friday, as the evacuation of US citizens and allies enters its final, desperate stage after a
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Amy Woodyatt, Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN The United States still plans to end its mission in Afghanistan this month, the Pentagon said Friday, as the evacuation of US citizens and allies enters its final, desperate stage after a deadly
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El nuevo tráiler del relanzamiento de la serie de ABC “The Wonder Years” (conocida en Latinoamérica como Los años maravillosos y en España como Aquellos años maravillosos), toca todas las notas correctas, pues comienza con la canción icónica de Joe Cocker. A partir de ahí, el narrador Don Cheadle y un elenco
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Abania (AP) — Albania is housing its first group of Afghan evacuees who made it out of their country despite days of chaos near the Kabul airport, including an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. A government statement said an Egyptian Almasria Universal Airlines plane landed at Tirana’s
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer What does your dream college football road trip look like? Would you travel the whole country or stick to one region? Do you want to see the traditional powers, or explore some of the sport’s lesser-known venues? The AP’s version of college football’s ultimate season-long trip comes with only
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