The United Nations has condemned atrocities uncovered in a joint investigation into the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, a day after the country’s government announced a nationwide state of emergency and called on citizens to take up arms against the advance of Tigrayan forces toward its capital. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports.
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CNN By Maeve Reston, CNN Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday night, CNN projects, rolling back progressive gains in Virginia as he became the first Republican to win statewide office in the commonwealth since 2009. McAuliffe’s loss in a state that President Joe Biden won by double digits
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Gucci fashion show in Los Angeles Tuesday night was such a spectacle that Hollywood Boulevard had to shut down to make room for all the stars. With celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Serena Williams sitting in the front row and actors Jared
Continue Reading By EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press SANTA CRUZ DE LA PALMA, Canary Islands (AP) — Authorities on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands are telling people who live near an erupting volcano to stay indoors because of a heavy fall of ash that has also cancelled of school classes. The Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma
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By EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press SANTA CRUZ DE LA PALMA, Canary Islands (AP) — Authorities on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands are telling people who live near an erupting volcano to stay indoors because of a heavy fall of ash that has also cancelled of school classes. The Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma
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olivertapia (CNN) — Kristen Stewart va a casarse. La actriz anunció que ella y la guionista Dylan Meyer están comprometidas en una entrevista con Howard Stern el martes. “Nos vamos a casar, lo haremos definitivamente”, dijo Kristen Stewart. “Quería que me propusieran matrimonio, así que creo que definí claramente lo que quería y ella lo
Continue Reading CNN By Maeve Reston, CNN Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday night, CNN projects, rolling back progressive gains in Virginia as he became the first Republican to win statewide office in the commonwealth since 2009. McAuliffe’s loss in a state that President Joe Biden won by double digits
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — European lawmakers are meeting with Taiwan’s premier in the first official visit of a European Parliament delegation to the self-ruled island, which is also claimed by China. Seven members of the European Parliament committee on foreign interference in democratic processes are in Taiwan. The European Parliament
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — South African writer Damon Galgut has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with his story of racism and reckoning “The Promise.” Galgut was British bookmakers’ favorite to win the 50,000-pound ($69,000) prize. His novel follows the fortunes of a white South African family in the years
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has been absent from the Group of 20 summit in Rome and global climate talks in Scotland. That has drawn criticism from U.S. President Joe Biden and questions about China’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. China is the world’s biggest emitter of
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Naciones Unidas ha condenado las atrocidades descubiertas en una investigación conjunta sobre el conflicto en la región norteña de Tigray en Etiopía el miércoles, un día después de que el gobierno del país anunciara un estado de emergencia en todo el país y llamara a los ciudadanos a tomar las armas contra
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer PROSECCO, Italy (AP) — Italy has pledged to defend the name of the popular sparkling wine Prosecco as Croatia petitions the European Union to allow its winemakers to call their sweet dessert wine Prosek. The decision not only is a threat to the carefully protected market for the world’s
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer PROSECCO, Italy (AP) — Italy has pledged to defend the name of the popular sparkling wine Prosecco as Croatia petitions the European Union to allow its winemakers to call their sweet dessert wine Prosek. The decision not only is a threat to the carefully protected market for the world’s
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — La victoria proyectada del republicano Glenn Youngkin en la carrera por la gobernación de Virginia el martes borró cualquier duda: las escasas mayorías en el Congreso de los demócratas están en grave peligro en las elecciones de mitad de período del próximo año. El exgobernador demócrata Terry McAuliffe esperaba que la
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign ministry says it summoned a Belarusian diplomat over an “intrusion” into Polish territory of “uniformed individuals armed with long guns.” The incident comes as Poland, a member of the European Union, faces significant migration pressure on its eastern border with Belarus. That border forms
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business It wouldn’t officially be the holiday season without Starbucks’ festive cups. And this year, they’re merrier than ever. Beginning Thursday, customers will have their hot drinks served in one of four new festive cups that are “wrapped up like gifts for the holidays,” according to a press release. This year’s
Continue Reading The United Nations has condemned atrocities uncovered in a joint investigation into the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, a day after the country’s government announced a nationwide state of emergency and called on citizens to take up arms against the advance of Tigrayan forces toward its capital. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports.
Continue Reading olivertapia Hong Kong (CNN Business) — La versión china del exitoso videojuego “Fortnite” cerrará este mes. El juego dejó de aceptar registros para nuevos jugadores y ya no estaba disponible para su descarga desde del lunes, según un comunicado en su sitio web. Sus servidores se cerrarán el 15 de noviembre, lo que significa que
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Two tiaras believed to have been owned by Joséphine Bonaparte, the first wife of French Emperor Napoleon, went up for auction Tuesday after a century and a half in private hands. Combined, they sold for £576,000 ($763,000) on December 7 at Sotheby’s in London, exceeding the high estimate of £500,000 ($662,000). One
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN Meeting his foreign counterparts behind closed doors in Rome this weekend, President Joe Biden repeatedly recited for them a key figure: $555 billion. That is the massive sum of money set aside to combat climate change in the sweeping social spending plan he’s been trying to get through Congress. In conference
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Troops allied against Ethiopia’s central government are on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, a diplomatic source told CNN Wednesday, a day after authorities announced a nationwide state of emergency and called on citizens to take up arms to defend the capital. The spreading conflict comes as the United Nations condemned possible
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Los Raiders de Las Vegas despidieron al receptor Henry Ruggs III el martes por la noche después de que fuera acusado de conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol tras un incidente en el que su automóvil chocó por detrás a otro automóvil y dejó a una persona muerta, según el Departamento de
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China and Russia are urging the U.N. Security Council to end a host of sanctions against North Korea including a ban on exports of seafood and textiles, a cap on imports of refined petroleum products and a prohibition on its citizens working overseas and sending
Continue Reading By Wayne Chang and Jill Disis, CNN Business The Chinese version of hit video game “Fortnite” is shutting down this month. The game stopped accepting registrations for new players and was no longer available for download as of Monday, according to a statement on its website. Its servers will be shut down November 15, meaning
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL and LUJAIN JO Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The king and queen of the Netherlands have toured Dubai’s Expo 2020 and a strawberry farm deep inside the Emirati desert. It’s part of a two-day trip to the United Arab Emirates. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima received a rousing round
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Should Nigeria’s natural riches remain in the ground? Africa’s biggest economy has 206 million people, endemic poverty and vast energy reserves that could be harnessed to fuel development. But it’s coming under huge pressure from developed countries to abandon fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy in order to help
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Justo después de la medianoche del miércoles, la policía de Australia Occidental derribó la puerta de una casa cerrada en la pequeña ciudad de Carnarvon, poniendo fin a una extensa búsqueda de 18 días de una niña de 4 años desaparecida. Un video de la policía captó el momento en que
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — El cantante de música urbana Daddy Yankee es ahora inversionista y copropietario del equipo de los Cangrejeros de Santurce, en la Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente de Puerto Rico, según anunció en un comunicado de prensa. El cantante se une a Thomas Axon y Justo Moreno como copropietarios del equipo
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers are set to begin marathon voting to try and pass the first national budget in three years. It’s a major test for the fractious coalition government that was sworn in earlier this year after four divisive elections. Failure to pass the budget by November 14 would bring down the government
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Yahoo Inc. said this week that will withdraw from the China market. It said its services in China stopped from from Nov. 1 due to an “increasingly challenging” business and legal environment. The company is the latest U.S. technology firm to downsize China operations in recent
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