LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” even as the virus continues to increase in other regions of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda. According to data from last week,
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Amnesty International has urged FIFA to halt the process of awarding Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup until major human rights reforms are announced. On Monday, Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) released a brief highlighting purported issues around Saudi Arabia’s 2034 bid. The brief also
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — When Julie Johnson and her husband decided to purchase their own home, they turned to an unexpected place: Facebook Marketplace. One month and $52,000 later, a pre-owned 2,200 square-foot, four-bedroom, two-bathroom manufactured home was cut in half and delivered in two pieces on the back of a truck to
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By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The White House is racing to dole out remaining funds appropriated from key legislation President Joe Biden signed before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in 10 weeks. That includes finalizing agreements between the Commerce Department and manufacturing companies for federal semiconductor subsidies; allocating grants for climate initiatives; and surging
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, parece estar “manteniendo una distancia” de ciertos puntos de vista de extrema derecha con respecto al presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky, dijo un exembajador de Estados Unidos ante la OTAN a CNN este domingo. Mientras que algunos en la extrema derecha pueden afirmar
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — In Woodbridge, Virginia, LongHorn Steakhouse will take over an old TGI Fridays. In Watertown, New, York, a former Red Lobster is being converted to a Northern Credit Union bank. And Chick-fil-A is taking over a shuttered Red Lobster in Naples, Florida. Vacant restaurant chains are creating prime
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By Rosa Flores, Julia Vargas Jones, Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, Mark Morales, Alicia Park, Polo Sandoval, Sara Weisfeldt and Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — Immigrants, their employers and groups that work with them are already taking action ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, in which he has promised to deport millions of people. Some
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said Monday. The adult male was found on Nov. 1 on a popular tourist beach in the town of Denmark in temperate southwest Australia —
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Despite throwing a career-high five interceptions, Jared Goff led the Detroit Lions to a come-from-behind 26-23 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football at NRG Stadium. With the score tied 23-23, Lions kicker Jake Bates nailed a 52-yard field goal at the buzzer as the Lions extended
Continue Reading By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — If you missed the chance to see fireballs of the Southern Taurids light up the sky last week, don’t worry. The second branch of the Taurid meteor showers, the Northern Taurid event, is about to take center stage. The Northern Taurids have been active since mid-October, but the shower
Continue Reading Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country’s west, Chad’s army said. The attack in the Lake Chad region happened on Saturday, army spokesperson Gen. Issakh Acheikh said on national television
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Estados Unidos llevó a cabo una segunda noche consecutiva de ataques contra objetivos hutíes en Yemen, dijo este domingo un funcionario de defensa estadounidense. Los detalles sobre los tipos de armas, objetivos o ubicaciones de los ataques no estaban disponibles de inmediato, aunque hubo informes de explosiones en las gobernaciones de
Continue Reading Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — United Nations annual climate talks stuttered to a start Monday with more than nine hours of backroom bickering over what should be on the agenda for the next two weeks. It then turned to the main issue: money. In Baku, Azerbaijan, where the world’s first oil well was drilled
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — They arrived in huge numbers on shared bikes after pedaling 30 miles in the evening chill, pumped by the adrenaline of youth and the thrill of embarking on a spontaneous adventure with friends. Nighttime bike rides to Kaifeng, an ancient city in central China’s Henan province known
Continue Reading CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — They arrived in huge numbers on shared bikes after pedaling 30 miles in the evening chill, pumped by the adrenaline of youth and the thrill of embarking on a spontaneous adventure with friends. Nighttime bike rides to Kaifeng, an ancient city in central China’s Henan province
Continue Reading By Helen Regan and Sophia Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be seen in striking satellite imagery. A huge cloud of gray smog blankets Pakistan’s Punjab province and stretches out east into India, over the capital New Delhi and
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente electo Donald Trump anunció este domingo por la noche que Tom Homan, quien se desempeñó como director interino del Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) en su última administración, estará a cargo de las fronteras del país. “Me complace anunciar que el
Continue Reading Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Many European leaders have marked the end 106 years ago of World War I with warnings that liberty should be cherished and defended as armed conflict has returned to the continent. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron were together on Monday under the Arc de Triomphe
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El fabricante de juguetes Mattel se disculpó tras imprimir por error la dirección web de un sitio pornográfico en el embalaje de sus recién lanzadas muñecas “Wicked”. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel En lugar de dirigir a los lectores al sitio web oficial de la adaptación cinematográfica del musical ganador del
Continue Reading Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The top executive and two other employees of Australia’s gold mining company Resolute Mining have been arrested and detained by Mali’s military junta. The three were detained last Friday while visiting the country to hold talks with mining and tax authorities over an unspecified dispute. The Australian company announced
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (AP) — La Policía de París dijo este domingo que 4.000 oficiales y 1.600 empleados del estadio serán desplegados para un partido de fútbol entre Francia e Israel para garantizar la seguridad dentro y alrededor del estadio y en el transporte público, una semana después de la violencia contra los fanáticos israelíes en
Continue Reading Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s railways has suspended all train services to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff. Pakistan Railways said on Monday that the train services would be suspended for four days for
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente electo Donald Trump ya está haciendo gala de su poder crudo, mostrando que puede intentar subvertir los controles y equilibrios de Washington y dejando a los líderes extranjeros luchando por asimilar su victoria. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Las primeras señales provenientes de Mar-a-Lago, el club y urbanización de
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso High School football will kickoff the first round of playoffs on Thursday. Thursday home games: District 1-6A Midland Legacy at Franklin at 6p.m. District 1-5A Amarillo Tascosa at Americas at SAC 2 6p.m. District 1-5A Division II Abilene Cooper at Del Valle at 6p.m. Lubbock Cooper at Canutillo
Continue Reading By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — If you really want to help those who served their country on Veterans Day, commit to caring for them all year round. That’s the guidance from celebrity chef Robert Irvine who runs his own foundation for service members. Irvine is a veteran of the British Royal Navy and
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Desde el 1 de septiembre, la capital ucraniana, Kyiv, se libró de los ataques con drones rusos solo en una noche: el 14 de octubre. Cada dos noches, muchos de sus 4,5 millones de residentes fueron despertados por las sirenas y llevados a algún tipo de refugio o escondidos en sus
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso native and former UTEP Miner saw her number become the first women’s basketball jersey to be hang from the rafters inside of the Don Haskins Center on Sunday. Thornton played at UTEP from 2010-2014 then just last month on October 10th, she played on the biggest stage
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AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans set a franchise record by intercepting Detroit’s Jared Goff a career-high five times Sunday night. But they failed again and again to take advantage of those turnovers and became the first NFL team in almost 12 years to lose a game when getting five or more
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Toy manufacturer Mattel has apologized after mistakenly printing the web address of a pornographic site on the packaging of its newly launched “Wicked” dolls. Instead of pointing readers to the official website of the movie adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical, information found on boxes of the special edition
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By Oren Liebermann and Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The United States has carried out a second consecutive night of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, a US defense official said Sunday. Details of the types of weapons, targets or locations of the strikes were not immediately available, though there were reports of explosions in
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