18 of the world’s best metro systems
Crowded, hot, noisy, hectic – subway systems can test the sanity of even the most hardened urbanite, but can you imagine the world’s biggest…
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British government watchdog says UK’s Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A new report says the British government’s contentious plan to send some asylum-seekers on a…
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Top soccer clubs are using an AI-powered app to scout future stars
By Jack Bantock, CNN London (CNN) — A London-based technology company is looking to “democratize” talent-identification and scouting in…
Continue Reading Activists build treehouses to protest Tesla’s plans to expand its plant near Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — Environmental activists are staging a protest in a forest near Berlin against plans to expand the grounds of electric car maker…
Continue Reading Japan opposition lawmakers bring no-confidence motion accusing gov’t of halting debate over scandal
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Outraged Japanese opposition lawmakers have submitted a no-confidence motion accusing the governing…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 1: Migrant crisis, Extreme weather, Government shutdown, Gaza, Covid-19
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The Nasdaq and S&P 500 hit record highs on Thursday as fresh data showed progress on inflation and as…
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The Nasdaq and S&P 500 hit record highs on Thursday as fresh data showed progress on inflation and as…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 1: Migrant crisis, Extreme weather, Government shutdown, Gaza, Covid-19
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The Nasdaq and S&P 500 hit record highs on Thursday as fresh data showed progress on inflation and as…
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‘My journey ends’: Without IVF, this Alabama uterine transplant patient loses her hope for a second baby
By Amanda Musa and Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Time is running out for Elizabeth Goldman to have one more baby with the uterus she received in…
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Victor Wembanyama makes more history in San Antonio Spurs win over Oklahoma City Thunder
By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — 2023 No. 1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama seems to do something unprecedented on a weekly basis. The San Antonio…
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for breach of contract
By David Goldman and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, saying the company behind ChatGPT has diverged…
Continue Reading Lo que el color de la orina dice sobre tu salud
CNNEE El Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt es urólogo y cirujano robótico de Orlando Health y expresidente de la Sociedad Urológica de Florida. (CNN) —…
Continue Reading New Finnish leader Alexander Stubb says it took ‘final step’ into Western community by joining NATO
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Alexander Stubb has been sworn as Finland’s new president and said the Nordic country has taken…
Continue Reading Deadly mining protests in Liberia kill 1 and injure many, official says
By MARK M. MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A government minister in Liberia says that violent protests over the presence of an…
Continue Reading Thousands gather for Navalny’s funeral in Moscow despite threat of arrest
By Matthew Chance, Katharine Krebs, Sebastian Shukla, Tim Lister, Christian Edwards, Anna Chernova, Vasco Cotovio and Radina Gigova, CNN Moscow (CNN)…
Continue Reading Pro-Palestinian firebrand politician wins UK byelection in blow to main opposition Labour Party
By Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s opposition Labour Party, widely expected to win a general election due to be held within months,…
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It’s a busy day in two key Trump cases. Here’s what to watch
By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two hearings Friday, one in Georgia and the other in…
Continue Reading How Trump, suddenly strapped for cash, could raise more than half a billion dollars to satisfy judgments against him
By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump is facing a cash crunch as deadlines are quickly…
Continue Reading A 12-year-old Texas girl missing for more than a week has been found, police say
By Jamiel Lynch and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — E’minie Hughes, the 12-year-old girl who was missing from the Houston area, has been found…
Continue Reading China’s factories send mixed signals about the economy, pressing Beijing to do more
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s vast manufacturing industry sent mixed signals last month about the health of the economy, fueling…
Continue Reading European inflation eases to 2.6% as energy prices fall and food inflation slows
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation just keeps dropping in Europe. The consumer price index fell to 2.6 in…
Continue Reading Britain Election Explainer
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom is poised to hold its first election in five years in a country battered by the…
Continue Reading Court orders millions in compensation for survivors of New Zealand’s deadly volcanic eruption
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Tour operators and a company which owns the New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people and…
Continue Reading Tuvalu’s new premier says democracy and loyalty are reasons for preferring Taiwan over Beijing
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The new prime minister in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu says his country shares…
Continue Reading Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A veteran British political disruptor has won a special election in a heavily Muslim town in northern…
Continue Reading Bangladeshi leader says a shopping mall that caught fire had no emergency exits. Death toll climbs
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country’s prime…
Continue Reading Cambodia’s pioneering post-Khmer Rouge era Phnom Penh Post newspaper will stop print publication
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Phnom Penh Post, a newspaper founded in 1992 as Cambodia sought to re-establish…
Continue Reading A soldier turns himself in shortly after 4 people are killed in shootings in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Police and prosecutors say four people have been killed in shootings in northern Germany and the suspect is a soldier who turned…
Continue Reading Local transport in much of Germany hit by strikes in a dispute over working conditions
BERLIN (AP) — Local buses, subway trains and trams have ground to a halt in much of Germany, at the peak of a week of walkouts by employees…
Continue Reading ‘Eventually, one gets used to anything:’ How Ukrainians have learned to live with war
By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Kosta Gak, CNN Dnipro, Ukraine (CNN) — The residential block in Dnipro looked like someone had taken a…
Continue Reading A new company is shipping Arctic ice from Greenland to chill posh drinks in Dubai
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Patrons of glitzy Dubai bars could be sipping beverages cooled by a cube of ancient Arctic ice carved from a…
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Was this 19th century portrait painter also the first celebrity stylist?
In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question…
Continue Reading El mayor incendio forestal de la historia de Texas podría propagarse con más velocidad el fin de semana
Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Se espera que los mortíferos incendios forestales que ya han arrasado con más de 435.000 hectáreas en Texas y…
Continue Reading Cuatro conclusiones del duelo de visitas de Biden y Trump a la frontera en plena campaña política
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden y su oponente político Donald Trump están de acuerdo: la situación a lo largo de…
Continue Reading Senegal’s top surfer wants a fighting chance to compete at the Olympics
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In four months, the world’s best athletes will be at the Paris Olympics. Yet some…
Continue Reading Private plane carrying Grammy winner Karol G makes emergency landing in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A private airplane carrying singer Karol G has made an emergency landing at a Los Angeles airport. KABC-TV reports the aircraft…
Continue Reading Hundreds of structures are lost in ‘utter devastation’ as the biggest wildfire in Texas history could spread more rapidly
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan, Joe Sutton and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — As many as 500 structures have already been obliterated as the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asia stocks track Wall Street gains, Japan shares hit record high
By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Japanese stocks again set a record Friday, after U.S. stocks climbed to all-time highs the previous…
Continue Reading Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane lands in Malaysian island where Norwegian king is hospitalized
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane has arrived in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi, where…
Continue Reading India’s richest man is bringing Rihanna and 1,200 guests to a pre-wedding bash for his son
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — It could be the biggest party this small west Indian city has ever seen. As billionaire…
Continue Reading Emiten Alerta Amber por niña de 12 años desaparecida que, según la Policía, pudo haber sido víctima de trata de personas
Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La Policía de Houston emitió una Alerta Amber para una niña de 12 años que ha estado desaparecida desde el 22…
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