July 2024

Al equipo de Trump no se le advirtió sobre los informes de que había una persona sospechosa antes del tiroteo en el mitin, dicen fuentes

July 19, 2024 5:10 AM CNN Newsource

Belén Liotti (CNN) — Cuando el expresidente Donald Trump subió al escenario en el mitin del fin de semana pasado en Pensilvania entre ovaciones atronadoras, los miembros de la campaña presentes esperaban escuchar un discurso típico. Lo que no sabían: los agentes del orden público habían detectado a una persona sospechosa en la manifestación casi

5 things to know for July 19: Republican convention, Cyber outages, Ukraine aid, Olympics security, Climate protests

July 19, 2024 5:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Over the years, some coffee chains have shifted their sit-down business models to prioritize speed. Take a look back at the beloved Starbucks era when baristas would handwrite customers’ names on their drink orders as smooth jazz music played in the background. Here’s what else you need to know

¿Qué es Crowdstrike, la empresa responsable del apagón global?

July 19, 2024 4:56 AM CNN Newsource

Sol Amaya (CNN) — La interrupción global de computadoras que afectó a aeropuertos, bancos y otras empresas este viernes parece deberse, al menos en parte, a una actualización de software emitida por la importante firma estadounidense de ciberseguridad CrowdStrike, dijeron expertos a CNN. CrowdStrike dijo a sus clientes la madrugada de este viernes que las

Republicans emerge from their convention thrilled with Trump and talking about a blowout victory

July 19, 2024 4:54 AM Associated Press

Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The last time Republicans gathered for a full convention, they were plagued by internal division and fear. Morale was near rock bottom. And the party’s presidential nominee showed little desire, or capacity, to add new voters to his political coalition. What a difference eight years make. The Republican officials, strategists

Five people survive after a helicopter crashes in Bali

July 19, 2024 4:44 AM Associated Press

Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say two Australian and three Indonesian nationals have survived after a tourist helicopter crashed in Bali, due to being entangled in a kite string. Indonesia’s Transportation Minister said Friday that the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter, owned by PT. Whitesky Aviation, came down in Pecatu village in

Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards hold joint search and rescue drill off Japan’s eastern coast

July 19, 2024 4:42 AM Associated Press

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards have conducted what is believed to be their first joint drill off Japan’s eastern coast, officials said Friday, a move seen as an effort to expand maritime cooperation amid concern about China’s increasingly assertive activity in regional seas. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi Friday

Stock market today: Wall Street finishes worst week since April with more losses

July 19, 2024 4:40 AM Associated Press

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Friday in another washout, as businesses around the world scrambled to contain the effects of a disruptive technology outage. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% to close its first losing week in the last three and its worst since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped

Nigeria more than doubles the minimum wage for government workers after strikes and negotiations

July 19, 2024 4:33 AM Associated Press

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Public sector workers in Nigeria on the minimum wage will see their salaries double after the government reached an agreement on Thursday with labor unions that have been threatening further strikes as the cost of living spirals. The unions were threatening further strikes because of a cost-of-living crisis that

ANÁLISIS | La historia de dos presidentes: Trump se proclama vencedor y las esperanzas de Biden comienzan a desvanecerse

July 19, 2024 4:30 AM CNN Newsource

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Miles de simpatizantes coreaban “lucha, lucha, lucha” y agitaban los puños este jueves por la noche mientras Donald Trump se regodeaba en el amor del nuevo Partido Republicano que él construyó y que lo aclama como un superhéroe tocado por Dios. A estados de distancia, Joe Biden se sentaba aislado

What is CrowdStrike, the company linked to the global outage?

July 19, 2024 4:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The global computer outage affecting airports, banks and other businesses on Friday appears to stem at least partly from a software update issued by major US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, experts told CNN. CrowdStrike told customers early Friday that the outages were caused by “a defect found in a single content

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years for espionage by Russian court in case denounced by US as a sham

July 19, 2024 3:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Sophie Tanno, Anna Chernova and Moscow staff, CNN (CNN) — Evan Gershkovich, the first American journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War, has been found guilty of spying and sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Russian court, in a case that the US government, his newspaper

Taylor Casey’s loved ones are keeping hope alive a month after the Chicago woman disappeared in the Bahamas

July 19, 2024 3:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a month since anyone reported seeing Taylor Casey. She was last spotted near Paradise Island in the Bahamas on June 19. Still, her loved ones are making sure she is being seen – by publicly campaigning for her safe return. Chicagoan Casey is described by friends and

China economy: Key meeting offers few clues on how to tackle worsening downturn

July 19, 2024 3:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s ruling Communist Party has set ambitious long-term policy goals at its most important political meeting on reform, but offered little detail on how to pull the world’s second-largest economy out of a worsening downturn. In a behind-closed doors meeting known as the third plenum, more than

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges Britain to help it strike deeper inside Russia as he addresses UK Cabinet

July 19, 2024 3:36 AM Associated Press

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Britain’s new government to help Kyiv’s forces attack deeper inside Russia to stop deadly missile strikes. He made the appeal during a rare address by a foreign leader to a U.K. Cabinet meeting. Zelenskyy said “long-range capability” to destroy sites where Russian weapons are

The bodies of 4 Pakistanis killed in the attack on a mosque in Oman have been returned home

July 19, 2024 3:28 AM Associated Press

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The bodies of four Pakistanis killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in Oman this week have been repatriated and handed to their families. Relatives of the victims were present when the Pakistan International Airlines flights landed at the Islamabad and Lahore airports. The bodies were later given to the

Cheng Pei-pei, martial arts actor who starred in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,’ dies at age 78

July 19, 2024 3:28 AM Associated Press

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Cheng Pei-pei, a Chinese-born martial arts film actor who starred in Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” has died, her family announced Friday. She was 78. Cheng, who had been diagnosed with a rare illness with symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease, passed away Wednesday at home surrounded by her

What to know about Malaysia’s coronation of its king, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar

July 19, 2024 3:27 AM Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s billionaire king, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, was officially installed six months after he was sworn in for a five-year term under a unique rotating monarchy system. The coronation at the national palace on Saturday formalized the sultan’s role as Malaysia’s 17th king in a ceremony steeped in Malay culture and

2 killed in a military aircraft crash in Armenia

July 19, 2024 3:10 AM Associated Press

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian authorities say that a small training plane of the Armenian air force has crashed. The crash on Friday killed the two-member crew. Authorities said the Soviet-made Yak-52 aircraft crashed about 20 kilometers or about 12 miles north of Armenia’s largest city and capital Yerevan. They said the plane was on

Starbucks wanted to be the ‘third place.’ Now it’s speeding you out the door

July 19, 2024 3:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Years ago, some people would spend hours at Starbucks. Today, it’s a takeout counter. At many Starbucks locations, you’re lucky to find anyone sitting down. Under Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ longtime leader, cafes were positioned as a “third place” between work and home, where people could linger for

Inside the ‘doom loop’ of Joe Biden’s campaign

July 19, 2024 3:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Washington (CNN) — Multiple leading Democrats tell CNN they feel caught in what one described as a “doom loop,” with every move to keep President Joe Biden in or push him out further destroying their chances against Donald Trump. It’s breaking the resolve of even staunch allies. It’s feeding bad polls. It’s turning

Germany’s chancellor praises lithium deal with Serbia that could reduce Europe’s dependency on China

July 19, 2024 2:57 AM Associated Press

Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised a tentative deal between the European Union and Serbia that paves the way for the disputed excavation of lithium. It’s a mega project that could reduce Europe’s dependency on China but one that has been fiercely criticized by environmentalists and opposition groups. Scholz on Friday

Bangladesh estalló por los puestos de trabajo reservados a los hijos de los “luchadores por la libertad”. Esto es lo que hay que saber

July 19, 2024 2:54 AM CNN Newsource

Julia Hernández (CNN) — Enormes protestas en todo Bangladesh escalaron en violencia mortal esta semana, con enfrentamientos entre estudiantes, partidarios del Gobierno y policías armados que avivaron la ira generalizada por las cuotas de empleo en la función pública, que los opositores consideran discriminatorias. Según los informes, decenas de personas murieron y cientos resultaron heridas

South Korea restarts blaring propaganda broadcasts to retaliate against North’s trash balloon flying

July 19, 2024 2:52 AM Associated Press

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to North Korea’s resumption of trash-carrying balloon launches. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says its front-line loudspeaker broadcasts were conducted between Thursday evening and Friday morning in areas where North Korea floated the

This couple’s hobby? Illegally scaling the world’s tallest buildings together

July 19, 2024 2:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — What was your most thrilling first date? In 2016, two young Russians known for their extreme “rooftopping” adventures — where they attempt to illegally climb vertiginous landmarks like La Sagrada Familia and the Eiffel Tower — skipped the perfunctory happy hour cocktail and instead ascended China’s tallest incomplete skyscraper,

Drought threatens millions of children as school dropouts rise along with hunger in southern Africa

July 19, 2024 2:28 AM Associated Press

Associated Press MUDZI, Zimbabwe (AP) — In Zimbabwe, an El Nino-induced drought is affecting millions of people, and children are most at risk. The U.N. says the drought has threatened the education of close to 2 million children in the southern African nation because of hunger and parents’ inability to pay school fees as their

‘Chariots of Fire’ immortalized the 1924 Paris Olympics. Decades since its release, the film has taken on ‘a life of its own’

July 19, 2024 2:19 AM CNN Newsource

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Almost everyone knows the opening sequence, film buff or not: the windswept beach, the foaming waves, the soaring, triumphant music against the sound of runners’ feet patting on wet sand. So begins the 1981 Oscar-winning film “Chariots of Fire,” introducing a group of British athletes as they train for

Redesigned envelope leads to fewer rejected ballots, but new issue arises

July 19, 2024 2:19 AM Stacker

Votebeat reports that while fewer mail-in ballots were rejected in Pennsylvania’s 2023 primary election due to an envelope redesign, a new glitch has emerged.

The South was the center of rural population growth last year

July 19, 2024 2:19 AM Stacker

The Daily Yonder reports on last year’s American rural population growth, with 90% happening in the South.

This state is testing a model to add more civility to politics

July 19, 2024 2:19 AM Stacker

Next City reports that Minnesota’s Civility Caucus is helping to develop fertile ground for understanding and collaboration across the aisle of the state legislature.

Average student loan debt declines in 2024

July 19, 2024 2:19 AM Stacker

Experian takes a look at student loan debt and at how forgiveness programs have helped in many cases.

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