NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan soccer federation has been disbanded by the government just hours before the national team is due to play in a World Cup qualifier. The move was announced by sports minister Amina Mohamed. She says a preliminary investigation into the federation by her department has shown it is unable to
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Senior U.S. and South Korean diplomats have discussed how to restart stalled talks with North Korea, days after the North conducted artillery firing drills in its latest weapons tests. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink was in Seoul on Thursday for talks on
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By Ivana Kottasová and Amy Cassidy, CNN A group of young climate activists delivered a sharp rebuke to delegates at the COP26 climate summit Thursday, demanding that a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty be put in place and calling out global leaders for their continued closeness to the coal, oil and gas industries. The activists did
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The outgoing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is on his way to Taiwan at the invitation of the island’s leader just weeks before a presidential election in the Central American nation that could see self-ruled Taiwan even more diplomatically isolated. Hernández was in Washington when he announced his trip to Taiwan.
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Tencent’s growth has slowed significantly as a widening regulatory crackdown in China weighs on its business, particularly its once-booming gaming division. In its first earnings report since China imposed new restrictions on how long minors can play online video games, the company posted a big dip in usage and billings
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Today is Veterans Day in the US, and we honor all who have served in the military. If you don’t know the difference between this and Memorial Day, you’re not alone — and now is your time to brush up. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed
Continue Reading Big changes coming across the eastern US as a cold Canadian airmass will drop temperatures as well as bring the first snowfall for parts of the Midwest. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the forecast.
Continue Reading Kyle Rittenhouse testified most of the day Wednesday and said that he acted in self-defense when he used an AR-15-style rifle to fatally shoot a man who had threatened him, threw a plastic bag at him and chased him last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin. CNN’s Sara Sidner reports.
Continue Reading A Glynn County Police Department detective took the stand in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing that Gregory McMichael, one of the three White men charged, told him he never saw Arbery commit a crime. Det. Parker Marcy was the prosecution’s sixth witness in the trial. CNN’s Ryan Young reports.
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer England cricket captain Joe Root has called for “change and actions” from his county team Yorkshire in response to a crisis over its handling of a former player’s racism allegations that have rocked the sport. Root has commented publicly for the first time since Yorkshire settled an employment tribunal
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion during this year’s annual Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza, breaking last year’s record even though consumer spending slowed amid economic uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic. Experts say that the world’s largest online shopping festival has taken on a more muted tone this year
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By ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion during this year’s annual Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza, breaking last year’s record even though consumer spending slowed amid economic uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic. Experts say that the world’s largest online shopping festival has taken on a more muted tone this year
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan’s best-known authors known for novels depicting passionate women and her translation of “The Tale of Genji” into modern language, has died. She was 99. Setouchi was already an established novelist before she shaved her head and became a
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Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Photographer Juergen Teller’s latest book, “Donkey Man and Other Stories,” is a 608-page tome of pictures taken over the course of three decades. The staggering story behind the title and cover image — a self-portrait of the German photographer laying naked across the back of a donkey — is told 50
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olivertapia (CNN) — El expresidente de Sudáfrica FW de Klerk, ganador del premio Nobel de la Paz, murió a los 85 años, dijo el jueves la Fundación FW de Klerk. El último líder del apartheid en Sudáfrica compartió el premio de la paz en 1993 con Nelson Mandela, quien fue liberado de prisión por De
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM and CARA ANNA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa’s last apartheid president oversaw the end of the country’s white minority rule, has died at the age of 85. The F.W. de Klerk Foundation confirmed on Thursday that
Continue Reading Some parts of Europe are experiencing another surge of coronavirus cases due to a combination of factors including relaxation of rules.
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F) is “on life support” in the final days of the U.N.’s climate talks in Glasgow. In an exclusive interview on Thursday with The Associated Press,
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F) is “on life support” in the final days of the U.N.’s climate talks in Glasgow. In an exclusive interview on Thursday with The Associated Press,
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Germany’s capital Berlin will ban unvaccinated people from restaurants, bars, cinemas and other entertainment venues from Monday, as the country grapples with its highest surge in Covid-19 cases to date. Health officials reported 50,196 new cases on Thursday, the fourth day in a row in which Germany has
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Tami Luhby, CNN Though Thanksgiving is still two weeks away, Travis Moffatt and his fiancée, Britnie Walston, have already purchased three apple pies for their family dinner and socked them away in the freezer. The Baltimore couple wanted to make sure they could secure the dessert before grocery prices rise any
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Though Thanksgiving is still two weeks away, Travis Moffatt and his fiancée, Britnie Walston, have already purchased three apple pies for their family dinner and socked them away in the freezer. The Baltimore couple wanted to make sure they could secure the dessert before grocery prices rise any more or the
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Chris Stapleton was the big winner with six trophies and Luke Combs won the biggest prize with entertainer of the year.
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Se descubrió una especie de dinosaurio décadas después de que desenterraran sus huesos, según un nuevo estudio. Los científicos han nombrado al antiguo reptil Brighstoneus simmondsi, que se cree que data del período Cretácico Inferior, hace unos 125 millones de años. El género Brighstoneus recibió su nombre de Brighstone, una ciudad
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — For 30 years, Nancy Chen ate lunch every day with her parents at their apartment. After her parents caught COVID-19 and her father died, she now eats lunch alone with her mother. The island has been hailed as a pandemic success story. But Chen and other
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN FW de Klerk, the last leader of apartheid-era South Africa who shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela after working to end racial segregation in the country, has died at 85, his foundation said on Thursday. De Klerk released Mandela, his subsequent successor, from prison and laboriously negotiated with him
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Se suele culpar al exceso de turismo de asfixiar ciudades históricas, cubrir lugares de interés mundial con basura y acabar con la vida local en puntos turísticos de todo el mundo. Ahora se afirma que los turistas que tienen relaciones sexuales están detrás de la destrucción gradual de una playa y una
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Boxing Association says the women’s world boxing championships have been postponed from next month to March 2022 because of restrictions in place amid the coronavirus pandemic. AIBA says teams were finding it difficult to compete at the traditionally amateur world championships in Turkey. The event offers prize money for
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party have set the stage for President Xi Jinping to extend his rule next year, praising his role in China’s rise as an economic and strategic power and approving a political history that gives him status alongside the most important party figures.
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands have marched in Warsaw to mark Poland’s Independence Day, led by far-right groups calling for strong borders, while its troops blocked hundreds of new attempts by migrants to enter the country illegally from neighboring Belarus. Security forces patrolled the capital for the
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