By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s oil minister says the government will take steps to enforce a recent court decision to annul oil contracts in the country’s northern Kurdish region. Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail said on Thursday contracts between international oil companies and the semi-autonomous Kurdish-run northern region amounted to oil smuggling and
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — A medida que los casos de viruela símica aumentan en todo el mundo, la Organización Mundial de la Salud planea reevaluar si el brote constituye una emergencia de salud pública de interés internacional. A fines de junio, el Comité de Emergencias de la OMS determinó que el brote no cumplía con
Continue Reading Hot and humid for the South as the Great Salt Lake sees historic low levels. CNN Meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the updates.
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By Payton Major, Taylor Ward and Monica Garrett, CNN The third heat wave of the still-early summer is scorching the US South, and “it will get worse … before it gets better,” warns the National Weather Service. Over 65 million people across 16 states are under heat alerts Thursday, with triple-digit heat indexes — or
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s Parliament has passed amended legislation on border security that allows for the closure of crossing points with Russia. Lawmakers approved the changes Thursday amid fears that Moscow could choose to send large numbers of migrants to the frontier. It came just two days after NATO’s 30
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Pringles and spiders are probably two things you don’t associate with each other — until now. The Kellogg-owned brand is petitioning the “arachnid community” to recognize the little-known Kidney Garden spider as the Pringles Spider. The reason, the snack food maker says, is because it has an uncanny resemblance to
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Un extranjero con una visa válida puede solicitar su admisión a Estados Unidos siempre y cuando su visa no esté dañada, sea de la categoría correcta para el propósito del viaje y la fecha de vencimiento esté vigente. De lo contrario, es momento de renovar. Y ya sea que estés
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives Thursday during a briefing that aimed to shed more light on the company’s fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over “spam bots.” The Tesla CEO, who has offered to buy
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration has temporarily lifted the ban on selling and distributing Juul products they issued last month after an appeals court blocked the ban. The FDA initially cited a lack of evidence demonstrating the overall safety of products by the e-cigarette company as reasoning for the ban. The administration’s decision to
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By Jake Kwon and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN An aquarium employee waves a mackerel near a penguin — but there’s no reaction. When she moves the fish closer to its beak, the penguin turns away haughtily. An otter sniffs the fish, then runs away. For the penguins and otters at Japan’s Hakone-en Aquarium, an hour’s drive
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Tennis has not always allowed coaches to coach. But it will now. At least on a trial basis. Once Wimbledon ends, the ATP men’s tour will follow the lead of the WTA women’s tour and let coaches offer some words and hand signals to players
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EL PASO, Texas — The shows and dates for the 2022-2023 Broadway season in El Paso held by Nederland National Markets and El Paso Live have been announced in what El Paso Live says is the biggest ever Broadway season in El Paso. The featured performances this year are ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ ‘Hairspray,’ the
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s president says the Spanish club has made an offer to Bayern Munich for star striker Robert Lewandowski. Joan Laporta says that “we are waiting for a response” from the Germany club. Lewandowski has said that he wants to leave after contract extension talks with Bayern broke down. The 33-year-old Poland
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer The European Union’s plan to include natural gas in a list of activities considered sustainable could derail progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The decision from the EU comes despite the region’s history addressing global warming and despite climate scientists calling for dramatic reductions to climate-warming emissions. It allows
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una exdirectora de una funeraria de Colorado se declaró culpable de robar y luego vender cientos de cuerpos humanos y restos humanos a personas que los adquirieron para fines científicos, médicos o educativos, según los fiscales. Megan Hess, de 45 años, admitió el martes un cargo de fraude postal y de
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una empleada del acuario agita una caballa cerca de un pingüino, pero no hay reacción. Cuando acerca el pescado a su pico, el pingüino se aparta arrogantemente. Una nutria olfatea el pescado y sale corriendo. Para los pingüinos y las nutrias del Acuario Hakone-en, a una hora en auto al suroeste
Continue Reading SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu is back with other Formula One drivers after his terrifying crash a week ago in Britain. His car skidded and then went airborne, becoming wedged between a fence and a tire barrier. He was stuck upside down and felt something leaking. It raised concerns he might become
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. dollar has been surging so much that it’s nearly equal in value to the euro for the first time in 20 years. That trend, though, threatens to hurt American companies because their goods become more expensive for foreign buyers. If U.S. exports were to
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Si te encuentras con Brad Pitt, lo más probable es que no te reconozca aunque ya te conozca. Eso se debe a que el galardonado actor dijo en una nueva entrevista con GQ que sufre de ceguera facial, también conocida como prosopagnosia, lo que le dificulta recordar los rostros de las personas.
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv Actualización: Rafael Nadal se retira de la semifinal de Wimbledon (CNN Español) — Si se hubiese llevado a cabo, habría sido un partido de tenis épico: Rafael Nadal debía enfrentar a Nick Kyrgios en las semifinales de Wimbledon. Varias cosas alrededor del encuentro son noticia, pero el astro español no llegó en plena forma
Continue Reading By Al Goodman, CNN Half a dozen people, including a 30-year-old man from the US city of Atlanta, were taken to hospital after the first running of the bulls in three years kicked off in Spain’s Pamplona. None of the six was gored by a bull during the run, the Navarra regional government press office
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh and Luke McGee, CNN The race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ramping up, with 11 candidates declaring their intention to run, many on platforms of lowering taxes and promises to clean up government following Johnson’s crisis-plagued leadership. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative party backbenchers
Continue Reading The British PM says he will stay on until a replacement is chosen. Rylee Carlson reports.
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday is awarding the presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people, including Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and, posthumously, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and former Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona. The 17 individuals will be the first people
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By George Ramsay and Ben Church, CNN Ons Jabeur reached her first grand slam final with a 6-2 3-6 6-1 victory against Tatjana Maria at Wimbledon on Thursday. Tunisia’s Jabeur had already made history at this year’s Wimbledon as the first Arab or North African woman to compete in the semifinals of a grand slam,
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) — Cameron Tringale has spent 12 years trying to get his first PGA Tour win. Maybe that can change in Scotland. Tringale had the lowest round of his tour career with a 61 in the Scottish Open for a three-shot lead. The tournament is co-sanctioned
Continue Reading Two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian court near Moscow, her lawyers confirmed to CNN. Kylie Atwood has the latest.
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Ons Jabeur has reached her first Grand Slam final with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory over good friend Tatjana Maria at Wimbledon. Jabeur is a 27-year-old from Tunisia who is the first African woman and Arab woman to get to the title match at a
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Economic uncertainty and recession fears have yet to take the shine off a robust labor market, but investors and Federal Reserve officials will be carefully parsing the details of Friday’s jobs report for any sign of softening. The monthly government employment snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered a new species of dinosaur, with disproportionately short arms like those of Tyrannosaurus rex. A fossil of Meraxes gigas, as the new dinosaur has been called, was found in what is now the northern Patagonia region of Argentina, revealing that the creature was 11 meters (36
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