Artist JR’s optical illusion blows the top off the Great Pyramid
Aimee Dawson In his latest optical illusion, the street artist JR has ripped open the top of one of the Great Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, Egypt. The…
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Sudan Prime Minister arrested and detained amid reports of an apparent coup
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been placed under house arrest by “military forces,” the country’s Ministry of Information said in a…
Continue Reading Colombia captures its ‘most-feared’ drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga
Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord has been captured by authorities in what has been heralded as the biggest blow to the country’s narcotics…
Continue Reading Amnesty International to close Hong Kong offices this year
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Amnesty International will close its two offices in Hong Kong this year, becoming the latest…
Continue Reading Los niños podrían ser elegibles para la vacuna contra el covid-19 a principios de noviembre, dice Fauci
olivertapia (CNN) — El principal experto en enfermedades infecciosas de Estados Unidos dice que unos 28 millones de niños de 5 a 11 años en…
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Documentos de Facebook pintan una imagen incriminatoria del papel de la empresa en la insurrección del 6 de enero
olivertapia (CNN Business) — Apenas unos días después de que los insurrectos irrumpieran en el Capitolio el 6 de enero, la directora de…
Continue Reading Shiba inu coin, a meme cryptocurrency, hits all-time high
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The parody cryptocurrency shiba inu coin just climbed to an all-time high and is one of the biggest digital currencies…
Continue Reading In France, Trump-like TV pundit rocks presidential campaign
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A rabble-rousing television pundit and author with repeated convictions for hate speech is rocking…
Continue Reading China unveils plan to slash fossil fuels but fails to announce new emissions target
By Helen Regan, CNN Business China plans to cut its reliance on fossil fuels to below 20% by 2060, according to a cabinet document published in state…
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Widodo calls for ASEAN travel corridor to bolster recovery
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged Southeast Asian countries to speed up plans to create a regional travel…
Continue Reading Plan for UK coal mine brings hope to some, horror to others
By JO KEARNEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press WHITEHAVEN, England (AP) — A proposal to dig a new coal mine in northern England is presenting a…
Continue Reading Assistant director of Baldwin film fired after 2019 gun mishap
By MORGAN LEE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly higher, tracking Wall Street rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher after another rally to record highs on Wall Street. Benchmarks in…
Continue Reading Sudan’s military dissolves transitional government in coup
By Yasir Abdallah, Kareem El Damanhoury, Mostafa Salem, Jennifer Deaton and Kara Fox, CNN Sudan’s military dissolved its power-sharing…
Continue Reading El primer ministro de Sudán fue detenido por los militares en un golpe de Estado
olivertapia Jartum, Sudán (CNN) — El primer ministro de Sudán, Abdalla Hamdok, y su esposa Muna Abdallah fueron arrestados y llevados a un…
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Assistant director of Baldwin film fired after 2019 mishap
By MORGAN LEE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that…
Continue Reading Explosion at Chinese university laboratory kills 2
BEIJING (AP) — State media report that a laboratory explosion at a university in eastern China has killed two people and injured nine. State…
Continue Reading Investigación de CNN: decenas de millones de guantes médicos sucios y usados son importados a EE.UU.
urielblanco (CNN) — Bolsas de basura llenas de guantes médicos usados, algunos visiblemente sucios, otros incluso manchados de sangre, cubren…
Continue Reading Texas man charged with murder after shooting someone in a car outside his home. He told police it was self-defense
By Sharif Paget and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A Texas man is facing a first-degree murder charge related to the fatal shooting of a man sitting in a…
Continue Reading What you need to know about ‘stand your ground’ laws
A Texas man is facing a first-degree murder charge related to the fatal shooting of a man sitting in a parked car outside his home earlier this month…
Continue Reading This Week: New home sales, Apple earns, consumer spending
The Associated Press The Commerce Department issues its September tally of new U.S. home sales Tuesday. Apple serves up its latest quarterly results…
Continue Reading 6 candidates for US Senate in Ohio vie for evangelical votes
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The lone Republican moderate at a U.S. Senate candidate forum in Ohio says that at…
Continue Reading Australia invests in $1.6 billion South Pacific telco deal
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian telco Telstra has partnered with the Australian government in a $1.6 billion…
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Sorokin, Islanders beat Vegas 2-0 for 2nd straight shutout
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ilya Sorokin made 42 saves, Josh Bailey and Matthew Barzal scored and the New York Islanders beat…
Continue Reading Covid chaos grips the East and uncertainty haunts the West. Europe is entering its second pandemic winter
By Tara John, CNN Lockdowns, spiraling cases and a vaccine divide is framing the start of Europe’s second pandemic winter, bringing chaos to…
Continue Reading Toyota testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it’s testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using…
Continue Reading Biden ‘positive’ on budget deal; Manchin OK with wealth tax
By LISA MASCARO and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he feels “very positive about reaching a deal on his big…
Continue Reading ABC-7 Xtra examines the impact of supply-chain shortages in the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — Many may recall the toilet paper shortage many faced at the start of the pandemic. If you believe shortages may have been solved,…
Continue Reading Nearly half of American companies say they are short on skilled workers
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s worker shortage is alive and well, much to the misfortune of US companies that need staff to keep up…
Continue Reading Business economists less optimistic about next year’s growth
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s business economists are slightly less optimistic about growth prospects…
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