By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is headed for an early election after its president accepted Premier Mario Draghi’s resignation and decided there was no possibility for cobbling together another government. The election was set for Sept. 25. The demise of Draghi’s coalition and the uncertainty of what Italian
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By Pete Muntean, Greg Wallace and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Eight people were injured when an American Airlines flight from Tampa, Florida, to Nashville, Tennessee, hit “unexpected turbulence” on Wednesday, according to the airline. The plane, an Embraer 170 operated by American regional carrier Envoy Air, was diverted to Birmingham, Alabama, where it landed safely, American
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Museums are home to some of the most magnificent artworks in the world, from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel to ancient Egyptian antiquities and a pavilion full of papal chariots. But one of the museum’s least-visited collections is becoming its most contested before Pope Francis’ trip
Continue Reading By Reuters Kyrgyzstan is seeking to attract more tourists by promoting its traditional kumis – fermented mare’s milk – which locals drink and bathe in and say is good for their health. The move comes as interest in fermented and probiotic drinks is soaring in many countries. The importance of kumis to Kyrgyz culture is
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Museums are home to some of the most magnificent artworks in the world, from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel to ancient Egyptian antiquities and a pavilion full of papal chariots. But one of the museum’s least-visited collections is becoming its most contested before Pope Francis’ trip
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By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN A woman in California is facing felony kidnapping charges after hospital workers allegedly caught her impersonating a nurse and attempting to steal a newborn baby, authorities say. Jesenea Miron, 23, was arrested after she allegedly posed as a newly hired nurse and entered a unit of the Riverside University Health System
Continue Reading Each day Ukrainians escape from Russian-occupied territory in their hundreds — the young and old — fleeing their homes and willing to risk their lives in the crossfire of Ukraine’s southern front. CNN’s Ivan Watson meets civilians who have fled Kherson, a city where everything is changing under Russian occupation.
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Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN An An, the world’s oldest male giant panda in captivity, died Thursday following health problems at age 35. The panda was euthanized to prevent further suffering, Hong Kong’s Ocean Park said in a statement. His “cleverness and playfulness” would be dearly missed, the park’s chairman Paulo Pong said. An An was
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By Aya Elamroussi, Dakin Andone and Amir Vera, CNN More than 85% of Americans are bracing for temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit through the weekend, with millions in the south-central US expected to experience readings in the triple digits. More than 100 million people are under various heat alerts Thursday in more than two dozen
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The message to U.S. lawmakers from Ukraine’s first lady, delivered amid stark and graphic images of civilian bloodshed, couldn’t have been clearer: After nearly five full months since Russia launched its invasion, Olena Zelenska said that her country needs more Western weapons. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent her to Washington to
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after another day of gains on Wall Street amid a deluge of news about the economy, interest rates and corporate profits. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced while Seoul and Shanghai declined. U.S. futures edged lower while oil prices
Continue Reading YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its trade deficit for the first half of this year totaled nearly 8 trillion yen, or about $58 billion, because of surging oil prices and a weakening yen. The deficit for January- June was the second consecutive half-year of deficits. Finance Ministry data released
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By Irene Nasser and Yong Xiong, CNN Business Gazprom has resumed gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, a vital artery linking Russia’s vast gas reserves to Europe via Germany. Gas began flowing again Thursday, data from the operator’s website showed, after the pipeline had been shut 10 days for scheduled maintenance. Many had
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olivertapia Washington (CNN) — Ivana Trump, empresaria y exesposa del expresidente Donald Trump, fue despedida el miércoles en su funeral en Nueva York. Empresaria, socialité y gestora del imperio Trump: así fue la vida de Ivana Trump Los asistentes al funeral se reunieron en la Iglesia Católica Romana St. Vincent Ferrer para recordar a la
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is demanding an explanation from UCLA officials about their move to the Big Ten Conference. Newsom attended Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco. The closed-door meeting was the first since UCLA and Southern California announced on June 30 that the schools would be leaving
Continue Reading Hagar Chemali and Reena Ninan join New Day to discuss the growing alliance between Russia, Iran and China, and how the union could undermine democracy at the local level in the United States.
Continue Reading An investigation is underway after a 13-year-old boy was shot by a Chicago Police officer. The boy’s lawyers and witnesses contend his hands were up when police opened fire while the lawyer for the officer says he made a split-second decision to fire his weapon believing there was a threat. CNN’s Omar Jimenez reports.
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN An investigation is underway after a 13-year-old boy was shot by a Chicago Police Department officer, according to the city’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The teen’s lawyers, and witnesses, contend his hands were up when police opened fire. He is now paralyzed from being shot in the
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics survived the COVID-19 postponement, soaring expenses and some public opposition. A year later, the costs and benefits remain as difficult to untangle as the Games were to pull off. In his speech at the closing ceremony, IOC President Thomas Bach said a major
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he was chosen amid an unprecedented economic crisis. Wickremesinghe took his oath Thursday a day after lawmakers chose him to finish the term of
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe on Thursday after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance — but the gas flow remained well short of full capacity and the outlook was uncertain, which leaves Europe still facing the prospect of a hard winter.
Continue Reading By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of cattle are covered in blisters from highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease in Indonesia, sounding the alarm for the country, its Southeast Asian neighbors and Australia. The virus found in two provinces in May has now infected several hundred-thousand animals across multiple provinces, including the
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN One soldier was killed and nine others were injured when lightning struck during a midmorning military training exercise at Fort Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, on Wednesday, the US Army Reserve Command said. The soldiers were attending an annual training for medical units to refine their processes and medical skills in the
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Baidu, a Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm, has unveiled its latest electric autonomous driving vehicle. The company says the Apollo RT6 will be soon be part of its robotaxi fleet, as China pushes forward with its autonomous driving ambitions. It is a fully electric
Continue Reading By Amanda Jackson, CNN A young dolphin was rescued Wednesday after becoming tangled in a crab trap under a pier in Clearwater, Florida. A lifeguard with the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department discovered the distressed animal after spotting a dolphin circling an area near a large fishing pier at Clearwater Beach and saw a dark
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, la mujer que, según las autoridades, huyó a Costa Rica después de presuntamente matar a una ciclista profesional de élite y estuvo desaparecida durante más de 40 días, se declaró inocente de asesinato en primer grado en un tribunal de Texas este miércoles, según la afiliada de CNN,
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The family of a 23-year-old Black man killed by a San Bernardino police officer is demanding answers about the shooting, as surveillance video shows the man running away from police when he is shot. Robert Adams, known as Rob to his family, was shot Saturday in the parking
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CNN By Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN The House January 6 committee’s final prime-time hearing Thursday is all about 187 minutes. That’s the period of a little more than three hours as the riot unfolded in the US Capitol that the House select committee has argued then-President Donald Trump was derelict in his duties.
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Jalisco informó que investiga bajo el protocolo de feminicidio, la muerte de una mujer, quien falleció el martes por las quemaduras que sufrió al ser agredida con alcohol y fuego. La agresión, de acuerdo con el comunicado oficial, ocurrió el sábado en el municipio de Zapopan, donde
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