Month: September 2023

Betiana Fernández Martino (CNN en Español)- – En las últimas elecciones Primarias, Abiertas, Simultáneas Y Obligatorias (PASO) que se llevaron a cabo el 13 de agosto en Argentina, la cifra de participación electoral fue una de las más bajas desde el regreso de la democracia al país. Solo el 69,62% del electorado habilitado para emitir

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — If Hollywood studio chiefs have a reputation as skilled dealmakers, a Labor Day that finds their key employees still out on strike after four months underscores just how badly they misread the writers room. The history of Hollywood labor actions has seen major companies rely on their deeper

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Kristin Chenoweth said I do to musician Josh Bryant over the weekend. The Tony winner and singer held a ceremony in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 2, she announced on Instagram. “I have been a self-proclaimed bachelorette my whole life,” Chenoweth told People. “I was never going to get married.

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Traditionally, the doldrums of late summer give way to a mix of heady and prestige titles at the box office each autumn, as studios begin rolling out what they hope to be award-worthy contenders that also are popular enough to get people in theaters and make some actual money.

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have headed back to Parliament after their summer break but thousands of U.K. children won’t be returning to their classrooms this week. Their schools are at risk of collapse from crumbling concrete. The government told more than 150 schools last week to shut some or

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says it’s weighing whether to adjust rules on protecting wolves as a resurgence in the canine numbers has triggered growing tensions with farmers concerned about their livestock. Monday’s announcement came almost exactly a year to the day after a wolf killed a pony belonging

By HANNA ARHIROVA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov submitted a letter of resignation on Monday after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would be replaced and named his successor. Oleksii Reznikov’s removal follows a scandal around the defense ministry’s procurement of military jackets. It was not the

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Since last year’s Labor Day, US unions have flexed their muscle in a way not seen in decades. They’ve scored some big victories amid some defeats. “It’s been a good year for unions,” said Art Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University’s Industrial and Labor Relations

By Mengchen Zhang and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been detained in northern China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall with an excavator, according to local authorities. A 38-year-old man and 55-year-old women in Shanxi province were accused of digging through the Great Wall to create a shortcut for

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Al menos dos personas murieron en Toledo, una de las provincias más afectadas por la Depresión Aislada de Niveles Altos (DANA), según informó este lunes la Guardia Civil española a CNN. Toledo es una ciudad de Castilla-La Mancha situada aproximadamente a una hora de Madrid. Un hombre de unos 20

By Kyle Feldscher, Nikki Carvajal, Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday threw numerous verbal jabs at his predecessor in a Labor Day speech, aiming to use his administration’s record as a way to undermine the inroads Donald Trump has made into a core part of Biden’s political coalition.

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The fate of the mounted lion, bears, gorilla and other animals that have long greeted visitors entering a Sioux Falls zoo looks grim. After finding arsenic in nearly 80 percent of the more than 150 animals that make up the collection, the city closed the museum at the Great Plains

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The majority party that dominates the parliament in Georgia has launched a campaign to impeach the country’s president though the effort appears unlikely to succeed. The Georgian Dream party, which is increasingly at odds with President Salome Zourabichvili despite endorsing her election in 2018, announced the effort last week. It said

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El síndrome de Asperger es un tipo de autismo que está catalogado como un “desorden” mental, pero no una enfermedad. Es una condición con la que se nace, pero que usualmente se suele diagnosticar cuando el niño está en edad escolar, según los Centros para el Control y Prevención

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A drone attack on a police headquarters in eastern Myanmar has killed at least five officials including a senior army officer and a district administrator. The attack on Sunday evening is believed to be the deadliest aerial bombing targeting high-ranking security and administrative officials since armed resistance

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in for a second five-year term Monday, a week after securing an absolute majority in a disputed presidential vote. The 80-year-old Mnangagwa took the reins of power for another term in a colorful ceremony attended by thousands of Zimbabweans and regional leaders including

By Duarte Mendonca and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — At least two people have died in central Spain after Storm Dana lashed the country with torrential rain. The two deaths were near the city of Toledo, south of Madrid, Spain’s Guardia Civil told CNN on Monday. One man, in his 20s, died in the small

By Duarte Mendonca and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The leader of Gabon’s military junta, Gen. Brice Nguema, was sworn in as interim president by the country’s constitutional court during a televised ceremony Monday. Last week, Nguema led a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, a military takeover that appears to have truncated the

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced a $141 million emergency fund to help exporters hit by a ban on Japanese seafood imposed by China in response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. The discharge of the wastewater into

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Congress returns this week, Homeland Security officials and those in the chemical industries will be watching to see if a program regulating the chemical sector will be on its agenda. The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program lets Homeland Security officials regulate security at high-risk chemical facilities.

By Tim Lister, Victoria Butenko and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has tapped Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar, to become his next defense minister, replacing Oleksii Reznikov at a critical time for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Umerov will have a bulging in-tray if and when the Ukrainian parliament approves his appointment. The change

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday. Video posted online shows the plane releasing pink smoke as it flies over a couple waiting in front of a sign that reads “Oh baby,” surrounded by

By Meg Tirrell and Amanda Sealy, CNN (CNN) — Earlier this year, Clara Pitts got the news she was hoping for: She had been accepted to her dream school, Brigham Young University. It was a feat made all the more joyful for Clara and her family because of what she overcame to get there: a

By Berry Wang and Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Luckin Coffee has joined forces with Kweichow Moutai, the maker of China’s fiery national liquor baijiu, for an unusual offering: alcoholic lattes. The popular Chinese coffee chain rolled out the so-called “sauce-flavored latte” with a jolt of liquor for 38 yuan ($5.20) on Monday.

By SAM MEDNICK and YVES LAURENT GOMA Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon ‘s new military leader was sworn in as the head of state Monday less than a week after ousting the president whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades. Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, took the

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistan navy helicopter crashed during a routine training flight in southwest Pakistan on Monday, killing all three crew members on board. The navy says the crash of the Sea King helicopter in southwestern Baluchistan province was apparently caused by a technical problem. It provided no further details, saying an investigation

By Chris Liakos and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — One of Greece’s most famous landmarks is trialing limiting its daily visitors, starting today. The Athens Acropolis archaeological site attracts visitors from around the world keen to marvel at the ancient cultural spot. Going forward, visitors will be capped at 20,000 a day, with a booking

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russia has likely proposed that North Korea participate in three-way naval exercises with China, according to a lawmaker who attended a closed-door briefing with the director of South Korea’s top spy agency. The briefing came days after Russia’s Ambassador to North Korea, Alexander Matsegora, told

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Wisconsin Republicans, after a string of losses in hotly contested statewide races, are taking steps toward sidelining the state’s nonpartisan elections chief and undercutting the new liberal majority on the state Supreme Court. Their actions – an escalation of bitter, partisan feuds that have rankled the state government in

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Jim Abbott was used to dealing with uncomfortable social situations; in some ways, they were all he’d ever known. As a child who’d been born without a right hand, he had quickly learned that he looked different, but no matter how hard he tried to hide it, everyone knew.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A massive wildfire that destroyed vast tracts of forest in northeastern Greece over 17 days was in abeyance on Monday, although hundreds of firefighters were still tackling pockets that continued to burn, the fire department said. Authorities also warned that parts of the country were at risk of flooding due to

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Most people drawing Social Security pay taxes on at least some of that money, but there are ways to reduce the bite if you plan ahead. Delaying the start of your Social Security benefits to age 70 not only means getting a larger benefits check, it could also save hundreds

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden, who often says he’s the most pro-union president in history, touted the importance of organized labor and applauded American workers in building the economy during a Labor Day appearance in Philadelphia on Monday. The Democratic president spoke about how the economy is recovering from

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The first time Masha Maltsava attended Burning Man – the annual “ephemeral city” that attracts thousands of free-spirited revelers in the Nevada desert – she over packed. “I prepared for maybe three months,” she recalled in an interview with CNN. “And I read all the packing lists, all the

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Las autoridades griegas comenzaron a partir de este lunes a limitar los visitantes diarios a la Acrópolis, dijo el Ministerio de Cultura del país en un comunicado. A partir de este lunes se implementarán franjas horarias de reserva y los visitantes podrán elegir el horario en el que desean visitar el

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — No athlete attracts an A-list crowd quite like Lionel Messi, as demonstrated by Sunday’s Major League Soccer game between Inter Miami and Los Angeles FC. A long list of celebrity names watched from the stands during Miami’s 3-1 victory in California, including Prince Harry, Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Owen

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The first time Masha Maltsava attended Burning Man – the annual “ephemeral city” that attracts thousands of free-spirited revelers in the Nevada desert – she over packed. “I prepared for maybe three months,” she recalled in an interview with CNN. “And I read all the packing lists, all the

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — The United States drew first blood in a month of international golf battles, fighting back to defeat Great Britain and Ireland at the 49th Walker Cup on Sunday. Team USA’s top men’s amateur players had trailed by three points heading into the final day at a windy St. Andrews

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Mientras la furia por aquel infame beso no deseado gira en torno al jefe de la Federación Española de Fútbol, Luis Rubiales, algunos se sorprenderán al saber que la denuncia inicial no fue presentada por la mujer a la que besó, sino por un hombre que estaba viendo el partido

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — La Patrulla de Caminos de California puede ser mejor conocida por las persecuciones en las autopistas y el glamour hollywoodiense de sus policías en motocicleta en programas de televisión como “ChiPs”. Pero ahora la famosa agencia está patrullando las calles del distrito Tenderloin de San Francisco como parte de un esfuerzo

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face — the result of a jogging accident on the weekend. “Am excited to see the memes,” the chancellor wrote in the caption. To deflect any

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer France’s preparations for the Rugby World Cup have been disrupted by calls to remove one of its players because of a historic racism charge. The controversy started over the weekend after Bastien Chalureau was included in France’s squad. The call-up was immediately questioned by several left-wing French lawmakers. Chalureau

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A military veteran who served with the Dutch army in Afghanistan has been appointed as the Netherlands’ new foreign minister. Hanke Bruins Slot replaces Wopke Hoekstra, who is in line to become a European Union commissioner. Bruins Slot had been interior minister in the caretaker administration of outgoing Prime Minister

By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Spiro, a startup looking to eliminate fuel-guzzling motorbikes and scooters from the roads by trading them in for electric two-wheelers, is expanding to Kenya. Ahead of the first Africa Climate Summit, which kicked off in Kenya’s capital Nairobi today, the host government announced on Friday that the e-bike and

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Jeļena Ostapenko extended her impressive unbeaten record over world No. 1 Iga Świątek on Sunday, eliminating the defending US Open champion in the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows. The sheer power from the big-hitting Ostapenko once again proved too much for Świątek, with the Latvian winning 3-6 6-3

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — When Little Richard performed, he didn’t just sing and dance — he howled, commanding the stage like a peacock on display. His live show became legend, as an unceasingly energetic Richard played the piano within an inch of its life and kept his crowd dancing throughout. Though he struggled

Gonzalo Jimenez El presidente de Ucrania hace cambios en su gabinete en medio de la guerra. Sequía en el lago navegable más alto del mundo. Datos sobre la nueva variante de covid-19. Estragos en el festival Burning Man. Además, lo que podemos hacer para salvar colibríes. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A group of men who say they were sexually abused by a Japanese boy band producer have expressed hope the company will provide financial compensation and introduce measures to prevent a recurrence. They say producer Johnny Kitagawa sexually preyed on young dancers and singers for decades, having

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran has slowed the pace at which it is enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday. That could be a sign Tehran is trying to ease tensions after years of strain

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court has dismissed Okinawa’s rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the American troops’ presence. Monday’s ruling upheld a high court ruling in March

Juan Pablo Elverdin Un residente local saca sus pertenencias de una casa residencial destruida tras un ataque con misiles en la región de Kiev, el 27 de agosto de 2023, en medio de la invasión rusa de Ucrania. (Foto de ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP vía Getty Images) Este seguimiento terminó. Puedes ver las últimas noticias de la

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Long-standing tensions between Morocco and Algeria have moved up a notch with a deadly confrontation at sea last week between the Algerian Coast Guard and several men on water scooters. Algeria’s Defense Ministry has acknowledged that its forces fired on a group of people on water scooters who strayed into Algerian

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Real Madrid’s return to the Santiago Bernabéu after vacating its home stadium due to building works was supposed to be a celebration for Madridistas but, as time ticked away, the Spanish giant was being pegged to a 1-1 draw by Getafe. Enter Jude Bellingham who, deep into added time,

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, destituyó a su ministro de Defensa, citando la necesidad de “nuevos enfoques” mientras la guerra con Rusia entra en su decimonoveno mes. “Esta semana se le pedirá al Parlamento que tome una decisión sobre el personal… He decidido reemplazar al ministro de Defensa de Ucrania.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The trial has opened in Stockholm of a Russia-born Swedish citizen charged with collecting information for the Russian military intelligence service GRU for almost a decade. Sergey Skvortsov is accused of “gross illegal intelligence activities against Sweden and against a foreign power,” according to prosecutor Henrik Olin. He identified the foreign power

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions. The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW’s own president calls “audacious” —

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Police in Sweden say clashes have erupted in an immigrant neighborhood in the third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to a copy of the Quran. Police in Malmo say they were pelted with rocks and dozens of cars were set on fire, including in an underground garage. They described

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El piloto de un pequeño avión de una sola hélice que cayó en picada y se estrelló después de arrojar humo rosa sobre una fiesta de revelación de género en Navolato, México, murió, dijeron las autoridades a CNN este domingo. Un video que se volvió viral en las redes sociales mostraba

By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police say last month’s mob attacks on churches and homes of Christians in eastern Pakistan erupted after three Christians falsely implicated two others in a blasphemy case due to a personal dispute. Police said Monday the breakthrough in the investigation came after police arrested the three

By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports. Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed the Kremlin’s demands as a ploy to

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is apparently skipping this week’s Group of 20 summit in India as bilateral relations remain icy. Instead, Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the Sept. 9-10 gathering, the Foreign Ministry said Monday in a one-sentence notice on its website. Relations between China and India have grown frosty

By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — China on Monday indicated that leader Xi Jinping would skip an important gathering of the world’s 20 top economies for the first time with Premier Li Qiang traveling to the event in New Delhi this weekend in his place. Xi’s absence from the G20 summit comes

By JAMEY KEATEN, SAM MEDNICK and CARA ANNA Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The era of France’s arm-twisting interventionism in Africa may finally be over. France has sat by militarily despite moves by putschists to seize control of former French colonies in recent years. It comes after France repeated military interventions from Libya to

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) —  Este es un vistazo a la conmemoración del Día del Trabajo, conocido también como Labor Day, una festividad nacional que se celebra en Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico para honrar a los trabajadores. En 2024, el Día del Trabajo es el 2 de septiembre. Datos El Día del Trabajo se celebra

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A sick expedition member has been evacuated from a remote Antarctic outpost in the depths of winter following a rescue operation spanning thousands of kilometers, Australian authorities said Monday. In a statement, the Australian Antarctic Division said the icebreaking ship RSV Nuyina had sailed more than 3,000 kilometers (1,800

By CARA ANNA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first African Climate Summit opened Monday with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a worldwide issue that affects their continent the most even though its 1.3 billion people contribute to global warming the least. Kenyan President William Ruto’s

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court has dismissed 47 corruption charges against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the charges at an advanced stage of his trial. Zahid said the High Court approved the prosecutors’ application for a dismissal but refused to grant him a full acquittal, which means

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats could gain a seat in the U.S. House and multiple seats in Georgia’s Legislature if a judge rules Republicans drew maps illegally weakening Black voters’ power. The trial beginning Tuesday is part of a wave of litigation after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to

By EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The small band of soldiers gather outside to share cigarettes and war stories, sometimes casually and sometimes with a degree of testiness over recollections made unreliable by their last day fighting, the day the war took away their limbs. Some clearly remember the moment they were

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Investors in embattled Chinese property giant Country Garden are breathing a collective sigh of relief Monday, after it reportedly won approval from local creditors to delay repayments on a maturing bond, averting the threat of a default — at least for a few days. It was the

By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Over 25 years, the red wolf went from being declared extinct in the wild to becoming hailed as an Endangered Species Act success story. But the only wolf species unique to the United States is once again at the brink.

By Nouran Salahieh, Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of trucks, RVs and other vehicles are journeying out of the Burning Man festival grounds after heavy rains trapped tens of thousands of people in the makeshift city and surrounded them with ankle-deep mud too thick to drive in. Event organizers

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top military general has visited South Sudan and held talks with its president. It is Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan’s second trip abroad since the war in his country started in April. Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council says Burhan discussed regional efforts to find a settlement to the conflict

By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Jeff Akin had to bite his tongue. He was chatting with a neighbor about efforts to protect and grow the area’s red wolf population. The endangered wolves are equipped with bright orange radio collars to help locals distinguish the federally

By RISHI LEKHI and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi’s crowded streets have been resurfaced. Streetlights are illuminating once dark sidewalks. City buildings and walls are painted with bright murals. Planted flowers are everywhere. Many of the city’s poor say they were simply erased, much like the stray dogs and monkeys

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Científicos de todo el mundo están acelerando experimentos de laboratorio para tratar de comprender la variante BA.2.86 altamente mutada del virus que causa el covid-19. Los resultados que apenas comienzan a surgir ofrecen cierta tranquilidad, dicen los expertos. Dos grupos, uno en China y otro en Suecia, han informado públicamente sus

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts returned to Earth early Monday after a six-month stay at the International Space Station. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Returning were NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, Russia’s Andrei Fedyaev and the United Arab

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Men walk through a lush plantation between Ecuador ’s balmy Pacific coast and its majestic Andes, lopping hundreds of bunches of green bananas from groaning plants twice their height. Workers haul the bunches to an assembly line, where the bananas are washed, weighed and plastered

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts have returned home from a six-month stay on the International Space Station, making a splashdown landing aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Florida on Monday. The astronauts, members of the Crew-6 mission run jointly by NASA and SpaceX, departed the space station on