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Month: November 2022

Shells hit near nuclear plant; Blackouts roll across Ukraine

By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Powerful explosions from shelling shook Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the global nuclear watchdog said Sunday, calling for “urgent measures to help prevent a nuclear accident” in the Russian-occupied facility. A heavy barrage of Russian military strikes

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A week after 4 University of Idaho students were killed, there are mounting questions in the investigation and few answers

By Travis Caldwell, CNN With the investigation into the killings of four University of Idaho students in the town of Moscow now entering its second week, authorities say efforts to find the culprit in the attack are ongoing. “We’re trying to expedite everything that might possibly lead to a suspect,” Latah County prosecutor Bill Thompson

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Gunman kills 5 at LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs before patrons confront and stop him, police say

By Eric Levenson, Michelle Watson, Andy Rose and Amir Vera, CNN A 22-year-old gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just before midnight Saturday and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, before patrons confronted and stopped him, police said Sunday. The suspect in the shooting at Club

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Equatorial Guinea leader poised to extend 43 years in power

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AP) — Africa’s longest-serving president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, is expected to extend his rule in the oil-rich country despite opposition accusations of voting irregularities. All but two of the Central African nation’s opposition parties have joined an alliance with the ruling party. Critics have long accused Obiang’s regime

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Hurricane Maria changed Puerto Rico. In a new exhibit, artists reflect back

Leah Asmelash, CNN After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in 2017, artist Gabriella Báez’s life changed. It wasn’t just the material stress of living through the hurricane — the widespread death and devastation, and shortages of food, water, and gasoline. Or the societal issues that followed, including austerity measures, power outages, extensive public school closures

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Gunman kills 5 at LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs before patrons confront and stop him, police say

By Eric Levenson, Michelle Watson, Andy Rose and Amir Vera, CNN A 22-year-old gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just before midnight Saturday and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, before patrons confronted and stopped him, police said Sunday. The suspect in the shooting at Club

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Their preemie was already a fighter. Then at 3 weeks old, she caught the virus that’s packing hospitals across the US

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN As Abhishesh Pokharel carried his 3-week-old daughter into the emergency department, her fingers and toes were turning blue. Other parts of her tiny body were yellow. Something was very wrong. The triage nurse at Greater Baltimore Medical Center knew it, too. She took one look at baby Ayra and gave her

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Siete polémicas que rodean a Qatar durante el Mundial 2022: condiciones de migrantes, falta de derechos y el cuestionado proceso de elección

Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — La elección de Qatar como sede de la Copa Mundial 2022 ha generado una serie de polémicas desde sus inicios. Argentina – Francia en vivo, final del Mundial de Qatar: resultado, goles y más Este es un vistazo a las siete principales. 1 – El proceso de elección de Qatar

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Sporadic violence, low turnout mar Nepal’s elections

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sporadic violence and lower-than-expected turnout have marred Nepal’s parliamentary elections, which many hoped would bring political stability in the Himalayan nation that has changed 13 governments in the last 16 years. The election commissioner says one person was killed, two wounded and voting stopped in several

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La cumbre COP27 acuerda un fondo climático para “pérdidas y daños” en un convenio histórico

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Los delegados de casi 200 países en la cumbre climática COP27 acordaron establecer un fondo para pérdidas y daños destinado a ayudar a los países vulnerables a hacer frente a los desastres climáticos, en un acuerdo histórico la madrugada del domingo en Sharm el-Sheikh, Egipto. Pero si bien el acuerdo representa un

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