ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Somalia’s president has called for assistance from Turkey to combat the effects of severe drought that is threatening the Horn of Africa. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the comments Wednesday during his first visit to Turkey since returning to office following an election in May. The two countries have forged close ties
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bette Midler and Macy Gray have each responded to criticism some recent comments they made were transphobic. Midler was slammed for tweeting, “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name!” “They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they
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Sana Noor Haq, CNN The star-studded Milky Way above a US coastline, pink and purple clouds overlooking Argentina and a reflection of the northern lights in the still waters of a lake in Canada are some of the moments captured by shortlisted entrants to the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest. More than 3,000
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When North Korea admitted to a Covid-19 outbreak two months ago, the world feared catastrophic consequences, but we still don’t know how bad the situation is. CNN’s Paula Hancocks speaks to doctors who worked in the country and defectors who shed light on the health system.
Continue Reading By Tara John and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Covid-19 vaccine boosters might look a little different by the end of this year. US regulators advised manufacturers last week to update the Covid-19 vaccine in time for the fall booster program with new formulas that would better protect against the more infectious Omicron subvariants, which are dominating
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The Great Salt Lake in Utah has dropped to its lowest level on record for the second time in less than a year as a climate change-fueled megadrought tightens its grip in the West. The lake’s surface water elevation fell to 4,190 feet on Sunday, according to data from the US
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CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere Debra Messing was fed up. The former “Will & Grace” star was among dozens of celebrity Democratic supporters and activists who joined a call with White House aides last Monday to discuss the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The mood was fatalistic, according to three people on the call, which
Continue Reading By SONO MOTOYAMA of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the nation’s wealthiest philanthropies, announced a $1.5 billion effort designed to help scientists of color advance in their careers. This is one of several diversity, equity and inclusion programs that some of the nation’s largest grantmakers and
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell A New York judge fined the Trump Organization’s former appraiser $10,000 a day after holding it in civil contempt of court for failing to comply with subpoenas from the New York attorney general’s office. Judge Arthur Engoron said the appraiser, Cushman & Wakefield, “has only itself to blame if it chose to
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN In the sundrenched summer of 1971, Sura Crutch, a recent graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, headed to Europe for three months. Sura traveled around Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands, soaking up the paintings, architecture and sculptures she’d spent years poring over in books. Sura traveled with a college friend,
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By Brian Fung, CNN The UK competition regulator on Wednesday announced the launch of an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of video gaming giant Activision Blizzard. The probe into what would be Microsoft’s biggest acquisition in its history will focus on whether the deal may substantially lessen competition — or create expectations
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — España recupera este miércoles una de las celebraciones veraniegas más populares del país. Hablamos de los sanfermines, una fiesta con años de tradición en Pamplona y que es conocida en todo el mundo por los encierros y las verbenas. Justamente, este miércoles bien temprano, los pamploneses dan comienzo a las
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By The Associated Press The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour have canceled their tournaments in Shanghai that were scheduled for October because of ongoing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The HSBC Champions is a World Golf Championships event. It was to be played the last week in October. The Buick LPGA Shanghai had been
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Good morning! Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon. We can’t rule out the chance of strong gusty winds and small hail. Partly cloudy skies will help keep the temperatures below normal.
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN Español) — El huracán Bonnie se está debilitando. Se degradó de categoría 3 a categoría 2 y se espera que siga disminuyendo su intensidad mientras avanza frente a las costas mexicanas. Según información de la Comisión Nacional del Agua de México (Conagua), Bonnie se debilita paulatinamente y “se localiza frente a las costas
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Rivian, the Amazon-backed electric truck and van maker, already has an award winning pickup in production, the R1T. Now it’s coming out with an SUV, the Rivian R1S, that has all the good points of the Rivian pickup but with the added benefits of a fully enclosed body, including a
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of migrants, who have been living in Germany for years without a secure stay permit, will be eligible for permanent residency due to a new migration bill. The new regulation which was passed by the German Cabinet on Wednesday applies to about 136,000 people
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Rusia continúa atacando y ha comprometido “todas sus reservas disponibles” en Luhansk, en el este de Ucrania, donde se están produciendo duras batallas con las fuerzas de Ucrania, que resisten y dicen estar inflingiendo “bajas significativas”. Mientras tanto, urgen a los civiles en el este de Ucrania a abandonar la
Continue Reading EL PASO, TX– A man is now behind bars after sheriff’s deputies say he tried stabbing someone with a knife and fled the scene. 45 year-old Mark Anthony Bravo has been charged with aggravated assault and trying to flee. El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says Socorro police found him and turned him over to the
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — ¿Estás pensando en estudiar en el extranjero? Estados Unidos es uno de los destinos más solicitados, ya que cada año recibe a miles de estudiantes de todo el mundo. Tan solo en 2021, poco menos de 1 millón de estudiantes internacionales estaban matriculados en instituciones educativas en EE.UU., según el
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s purchase of video game publisher Activision Blizzard faces antitrust scrutiny in the U.K., where competition regulators say they’ve opened an initial inquiry into the $69 billion deal. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it has started looking into whether the transaction would result “in a substantial lessening of competition” in
Continue Reading MONACO (AP) — Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas cannot compete in long jump at the world championships in Oregon this month because her qualifying leap was done in unapproved shoes. Track and field’s governing body World Athletics says a long jump by Rojas in Spain was invalid because she wore triple jump shoes. Those
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) —- Se espera que el hombre sospechoso de matar a siete personas y herir a decenas en un desfile del 4 de julio cerca de Chicago haga su primera aparición en la corte el miércoles. Y mientras otra comunidad se tambalea después de un impactante tiroteo masivo, esta vez en el día de
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business If you’re reading this it means you’ve made it through the worst first half of a year for US stocks in more than 50 years. Congratulations. Welcome to the second half, where any hope of relaxation has been dashed by nonstop talk of the US economy possibly slipping into recession.
Continue Reading EL PASO, TX– Cinephiles have a new reason to go see more movies over the next few months. AMC Theaters is now offering “five-dollar discount Tuesdays.” Tickets will be just five-dollars plus tax for all members of the AMC Stubs Program– which is free to join. Discount Tuesdays has already begun and runs through the
Continue Reading By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The suspected ringleader of a network that smuggled as many as 10,000 people on small boats across the English Channel to Britain has been arrested along with 38 others. The arrests were part of a vast police operation across multiple European countries. Authorities said Wednesday that police
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Buy Now, Pay Later installment plans have become popular among consumers seeking to spread out the cost of big-ticket purchases. But now, rising prices have some cash-strapped shoppers reaching for these alternative payment methods for everyday purchases, such as their daily coffee, gas station fill-up or grocery
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Buy Now, Pay Later installment plans have become popular among consumers seeking to spread out the cost of big-ticket purchases. But now, rising prices have some cash-strapped shoppers reaching for these alternative payment methods for everyday purchases, such as their daily coffee, gas station fill-up or grocery run, as well.
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By David Allan, CNN The effervescent Academy Award-winning actor Goldie Hawn wasn’t always so joy-fuelled. The superhero origin story of becoming the Goldie Hawn of today has roots in a pair of global threats of violence. The first triggered childhood anxiety for Hawn, and the second inspired her to address anxiety as an advocate for
Continue Reading By David Allan, CNN The effervescent Academy Award-winning actor Goldie Hawn wasn’t always so joy-fuelled. The superhero origin story of becoming the Goldie Hawn of today has roots in a pair of global threats of violence. The first triggered childhood anxiety for Hawn, and the second inspired her to address anxiety as an advocate for
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