By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer USA Bobsled has chosen 12 sliders to be part of the team headed to the Beijing Olympics. The women’s team includes drivers Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries. The women’s push athletes are Kaysha Love and Sylvia Hoffman. The men’s team has drivers Hunter Church and Frank Del Duca.
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By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has ordered that prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala should stay in prison, despite his more than four years in pre-trial detention. The hearing Monday took place as a Council of Europe deadline that could trigger infringement procedures looms. The European
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olivertapia (CNN Español) — Tonga, un archipiélago polinesio en Oceanía, es un país de solo 105.780 habitantes, según el Factbook de la CIA. El país consta de 171 islas, de las cuales solo 45 están habitadas, aunque dos tercios de la población vive en la isla de Tongatapu. Su área total, de 747 kilómetros cuadrados,
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN Ralph Emery, a legendary radio and television personality in the world of country music, died Saturday at the age of 88, according to the Country Music Association. Emery “passed away peacefully” Saturday morning, surrounded by his family at Tristar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, the Tennessean reported, citing a family statement.
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has returned to Ukraine to face court on treason charges he believes are politically motivated. At the Kyiv airport, where he arrived on a flight from Warsaw on Monday morning, Poroshenko was greeted by several thousand supporters. From the airport, Poroshenko
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olivertapia (CNN) –Una mujer británica, Angela Grover, murió tras ser arrastrada por el tsunami en Tonga, luego de la erupción de un volcán submarino cerca del país el sábado, que según expertos fue probablemente la mayor registrada en cualquier lugar del planeta en más de 30 años. “Hoy más temprano, tristemente le informaron a mi
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Business China’s birth rate plummeted for a fifth consecutive year to hit a new record low in 2021, despite government efforts to encourage couples to have more children in the face of a looming demographic crisis. The world’s most populous country recorded 10.62 million births last year, or only 7.5 births
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By Helen Regan, CNN The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts. Dramatic images from space captured the eruption in real time, as a huge plume of ash, gas and steam was spewed up to 20
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Oscar Holland, CNN Stars Jeff Goldblum and Kyle MacLachlan made surprise appearances at men’s fashion week in Milan, with both walking the runway for Prada on Sunday. They were among 10 Hollywood actors invited by the Italian fashion giant to showcase its Fall-Winter 2022 menswear collection, which offered a futuristic vision of workplace attire. The
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse says its chairman has resigned following an internal investigation that reportedly turned up that he had violated quarantine rules intended to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The resignation of Antonio Horta-Osorio, a British-Portuguese national who took the job barely eight months ago, was announced Monday. It’s
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse says its chairman has resigned following an internal probe that reportedly turned up that he had violated quarantine rules intended to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The resignation of Antonio Horta-Osorio, a British-Portuguese national who took the job barely eight months ago, was announced Monday. It’s the latest upheaval at the
Continue Reading By Kelly McCleary, Holly Yan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Millions of people across the eastern US were digging out from heavy snow Monday after a massive storm system left its mark from Florida to Maine with tornadoes, freezing rain and snow. Areas of Ohio got the most snowfall, with more than 2 feet reported in
Continue Reading olivertapia Hong Kong (CNN) — Una de las armas más poderosas en el arsenal de la Marina de Estados Unidos, el submarino USS Nevada, hizo una rara escala en el puerto de Guam durante el fin de semana, enviando un mensaje a aliados y enemigos en medio de las crecientes tensiones en el Indo-Pacífico, dijeron
Continue Reading By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Travis Caldwell, Kacey Cherry and Amir Vera, CNN As the FBI investigates the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff as terror-related, the rabbi who was officiating services at the synagogue recalled Monday tossing a chair at the armed intruder before he and his congregants escaped. Recounting Saturday’s “terrifying” encounter to CBS, Rabbi Charlie
Continue Reading The FBI identified Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national, as the man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in an hours-long standoff before a rescue team entered the building and killed the suspect.
Continue Reading Texas Rep. Michael McCaul tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that authorities are investigating whether the hours-long standoff at a synagogue in his state has any connection to international terrorism.
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The number of babies born in China fell again last year, adding to pressure on the ruling Communist Party’s ambitions to boost national wealth and global influence with a workforce that has been declining for a decade. Official data showed 10.6 million babies were born in 2021.
Continue Reading By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik goes to court Tuesday, after 10 years behind bars, claiming he is no longer a danger to society and attempting to get an early release from his 21-year sentence. The far-right terrorist has shown no remorse since slaying 77 people
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At an office building in China’s capital on Sunday, masked Covid control personnel lugged boxes of pillows and bedding through the closely guarded entrance for white collar workers stuck inside, preparing for what may be days of lockdown as Beijing rushes to prevent the spread of Omicron ahead
Continue Reading By STEVE McMORRAN AND BRUCE MATTHEWS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — To some, it seems a cloud has been lifted from the Australian Open. To others, Novak Djokovic still is almost palpably present, his name on everyone’s lips on the opening day of the first major tennis tournament of the year. Djokovic left Australia
Continue Reading By STEVE McMORRAN AND BRUCE MATTHEWS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — To some, it seems a cloud has been lifted from the Australian Open. To others, Novak Djokovic still is almost palpably present, his name on everyone’s lips on the opening day of the first major tennis tournament of the year. Djokovic left Australia
Continue Reading The Associated Press Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird headline the 1980s all-decade team for the NBA, as voted on by AP Sports staffers directly engaged with the NBA At 75 season-long series. Johnson and Bird are joined on the team by Julius Erving, Michael Jordan and Moses Malone.
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The Associated Press Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird headline the 1980s all-decade team for the NBA, as voted on by AP Sports staffers directly engaged with the NBA At 75 season-long series. Johnson and Bird are joined on the team by Julius Erving, Michael Jordan and Moses Malone.
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer When the 1980’s began, the NBA “was in trouble.” Drug abuse among players was believed to be rampant. Many arenas were half-empty or worse on game nights. Most franchises were losing money. Some were on the cusp of folding. And when games were on television, nobody was watching. But
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama is the Sony Open champion and shares a place in PGA Tour history. His unlikely rally and spectacular eagle in a playoff was his eighth PGA Tour title. That ties him with K.J. Choi of South Korea for most by an Asian-born player. It
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Opportunity came knocking twice over the span of two months last year, leaving Joel Johnson no choice but to say yes to juggling two women’s hockey coaching jobs. Johnson is coach of the U.S. women’s national hockey team seeking to defend its Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Winter
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told parliament that fighting the pandemic and strengthening defense are his government’s top priorities. Kishida delivered a speech opening this year’s parliamentary session hours after North Korea test-fired two possible ballistic missiles — its fourth tests this month. He urged Japanese
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Arab politician Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he joined Israel’s governing coalition last year. The bold move appears to be paying dividends: Abbas is the linchpin of the shaky union, securing hefty budgets and favorable policies for his constituents and even being granted
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares are mixed after China reported that its economy expanded at an 8.1% annual pace in 2021, though growth slowed to half that level in the last quarter. Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Shanghai advanced while Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Shortly before the growth data
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares are mixed after China reported that its economy expanded at an 8.1% annual pace in 2021, though growth slowed to half that level in the last quarter. Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Shanghai advanced while Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Shortly before the growth data
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