DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s judicial authorities have reportedly banned a newspaper for publishing a front-page graphic that appeared to show Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s hand drawing the poverty line. The semiofficial Mehr news agency said Iran’s media supervisory body shut down the daily newspaper Kelid on Monday, after it published a
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds if not thousands of migrants have sought to storm the border from Belarus into Poland, cutting razor wire fences and using branches to try and climb over them. The siege on Monday escalated a crisis along the European Union’s eastern border that has been
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By Travis Caldwell and Keith Allen, CNN A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled and gasping for air, struggling to survive against a wall of people pressing forward toward the stage. Police are investigating the potential causes of the surge, which occurred at the Astroworld
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Modern sloths hang out in trees, move at a slow pace and eat a vegetarian diet — but the same thing can’t be said for their extinct relative, Mylodon. This ancient ground sloth, which lived in South America until about 10,000 years ago, chowed down on meat as well as plants,
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By Laura He, CNN Business The holiday shopping season is boosting China’s trade at a time when the country needs it most. But that doesn’t mean its economic woes are over just yet. Chinese exports surged 27% in October from a year earlier, according to customs statistics released by Chinese authorities on Sunday. That’s a
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By FRANK BAJAK and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Security researchers say spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group was detected on the cellphones of six Palestinian human rights activists. Half are affiliated with groups that Israel’s defense minister controversially claimed last month were involved in terrorism. Monday’s revelation marks the
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Security researchers say spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group was detected on the cellphones of six Palestinian human rights activists. Half are affiliated with groups that Israel’s defense minister controversially claimed last month were involved in terrorism. Monday’s revelation marks the
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — TK Tellez sabe que los festivales pueden volverse locos. Pero nada, dice, podría haberlo preparado para la tragedia que se desarrolló el viernes por la noche en el Astroworld Festival en Houston. Comenzó una hora antes de la presentación de Travis Scott, mientras Téllez y su novia estaban parados cerca del
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — SoftBank Group says it sank into red ink for the July-September period, hit by losses on its investments in China. The Japanese technology conglomerate is reporting a $3.5 billion loss for the fiscal second quarter. Its investment portfolio Vision Fund suffered losses, including the value of
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — SoftBank Group says it sank into red ink for the July-September period, hit by losses on its investments in China. The Japanese technology conglomerate is reporting a $3.5 billion loss for the fiscal second quarter. Its investment portfolio Vision Fund suffered losses, including the value of
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Una adolescente de Carolina del Norte que había desaparecido fue rescatada por la policía de Kentucky después de que pidiera ayuda con un gesto con la mano conocido en TikTok por representar la violencia en el hogar, según la policía. La joven de 16 años de Asheville, Carolina del Norte, fue reportada
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping appears to be laying the foundation for a third term in power as top officials from the all-powerful Communist Party meet in Beijing this week. The official Xinhua News Agency said president and party General Secretary Xi issued a draft resolution on the party’s “major achievements and historical
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By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Appalachian State cornerback Steven Jones is making the most of his interceptions lately. Jones has returned three of his four interceptions the last two weeks for touchdowns, with two of the plays coming in Saturday’s 48-14 win at Arkansas State. Jones and Iowa’s Riley Moss are the only
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyle Larson shared his first career NASCAR Cup championship with the youth racing school that stood by him in his comeback. The Urban Youth Racing School is a Philadelphia-based program that creates opportunities in racing for minorities. Founders Anthony and Michelle Martin and two students
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police say a rider on a Japanese super-express train started a fire that was quickly put out by fellow passengers and didn’t cause injuries. The suspect allegedly wanted to imitate an attack on Tokyo commuter train a week ago that caused several injuries. The fire caused a
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Before he headed onto the track for the biggest race of his career, Kyle Larson heard Mario Andretti praise him as one of the most well-rounded drivers in all of motorsports. After Larson closed his 10-win season with his first Cup championship, the accolades
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olivertapia (CNN) — Dos estudiantes de secundaria, un estudiante de tecnología de ingeniería mecánica de Illinois y un hombre que estaba tratando de salvar a su prometida se encuentran entre las ocho personas que murieron en el Festival Astroworld en Houston el viernes por la noche, dijeron las autoridades. Esto es lo que sabemos sobre
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN Campaigners are making a last ditch effort to save a man with intellectual disabilities from execution in Singapore, in a case that has been described a “sickening” and a “systemic failure,” and put the city-state’s zero-tolerance drug laws back under scrutiny. Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, a 33-year-old Malaysian man, was arrested in
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Estados Unidos abre sus puertas de par en par a los viajeros internacionales vacunados este lunes, dando la bienvenida a muchos visitantes que han estado excluidos del país durante 20 meses. Anna Zwing, de 28 años, volará de Alemania a Chicago el lunes para ver a su novio por primera vez
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s coronavirus infection rate has climbed to its highest recorded level yet as what officials have called a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” gathers pace. The national disease control center said Monday that the country has seen 201.1 new cases per 100,000 residents over the past seven days.
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By Travis Caldwell, Holly Yan, Rosa Flores and Steve Almasy, CNN Before rapper Travis Scott took the stage Friday night at his sold-out Astroworld Festival, Houston’s police chief had a “brief and respectful” meeting with him to discuss safety concerns. “I met with Travis Scott and his head of security for a few moments last
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El rapero y productor Travis Scott, organizador del Festival Astroworld en Houston, donde al menos ocho personas murieron el viernes por la noche, dio su primera declaración frente a la cámara en un video publicado en su cuenta de Instagram el sábado por la noche. “Honestamente, estoy devastado”, dijo Scott mientras suspiraba
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The capital of the United Arab Emirates has issued new rules governing divorce, inheritance and child custody for non-Muslims in Abu Dhabi. That’s according to a report Sunday by the country’s state-run news agency WAM. It says Abu Dhabi would create a new court to handle these cases, which
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Satellite images show China has built mock-ups of U.S. warships in its northwestern desert, possibly to practice for a future naval clash. China is massively upgrading its military, and its capability and intentions are increasingly concerning to the United States. The images captured by Maxar Technologies show the outlines of a U.S.
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El expresidente de Estados Unidos Barack Obama pronunciará comentarios el lunes en la conferencia climática de la ONU en Glasgow en un regreso al escenario mundial centrado en la crisis climática. El discurso en la cumbre climática internacional, denominada COP26, colocará la amenaza del cambio climático en un contexto más amplio, dijo
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian activist has denounced a delay in releasing her autistic teenage son, who has been imprisoned for comments critical of the government he made on social media. Prum Chantha told disappointed supporters who had gathered with her early Monday outside a
Continue Reading By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press QAFFIN, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian farmers in dozens of villages in the occupied West Bank must show permits to soldiers in order to access their own land on the other side of Israel’s separation barrier. It’s been nearly two decades since Israel sparked controversy by building the barrier during
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford didn’t shy away in the assessment of his performance after Los Angeles’ 28-16 loss to Tennessee. “I kind of settled in during the second half, but by that time I had done too much damage,” he said. A pair of Stafford
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s interior ministry has lifted a ban on a radical Islamist party behind a violent anti-France protest last month. The rally triggered clashes that killed six policemen and four demonstrators. Authorities said on Monday that Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan party was no longer outlawed. The ban was lifted late
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — J.T. Miller had two power-play goals and the Vancouver Canucks scored four times in the second period to beat the Dallas Stars 6-3. Bo Horvat and Elias Pettersson each had a goal and two assists, Brock Boeser added a goal and an assist, and Vasily Podkolzin also scored to help
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