Lebanese premier expects draft deal with IMF within weeks
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister says talks with the International Monetary Fund are inching closer to a…
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‘We’ve seen lifelong friends kill each other:’ How a state capital became one of the deadliest US cities
By Peter Nickeas and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Photographs by Edmund D. Fountain for CNN Around Thanksgiving, this crisis-plagued state capital saw a…
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5 things to know for Dec. 28: Covid, Crime, Japan & China, Denver shootings, Somalia
By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s been an interesting year for just about everything — art and fashion included. The biggest cultural moments of…
Continue ReadingLa Corte Suprema de Rusia cierra el grupo de derechos humanos Memorial International
Juan Pablo Elverdin Moscú (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Rusia ordenó este martes el cierre de Memorial International, una destacada…
Continue Reading Russian court shuts renowned rights group
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s highest court has shut down one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human…
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Denver shooting suspect wrote about a murderous rampage in a series of books under a pseudonym
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Joe Sutton, Lucy Kafanov, Amir Vera and Ashley Killough, CNN The suspect in Monday’s metro Denver shooting spree…
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Russian court shuts down human rights group Memorial International
By Anna Chernova and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial International, one of the…
Continue Reading Germany: 2 men charged in killing of their sister
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have charged two Afghan brothers with murder over the killing in July of their sister, whom they…
Continue Reading Indonesia arrests 5 people in methamphetamine smuggling
By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested five people suspected of smuggling 29 kilograms…
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Four people killed after airplane crashes in San Diego County, FAA says
By Joe Sutton, CNN Four people were killed Monday evening when an airplane crashed in the El Cajon area of Southern California, according to the…
Continue Reading German court orders rules to protect the disabled in triage
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has ruled that officials must draw up rules to protect disabled people if hospitals end up having to triage…
Continue Reading Yemen rebels allow UN flights temporarily into Sanaa airport
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels say they’re temporarily allowing U.N. humanitarian flights to…
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The US just hit a record average of daily new Covid-19 cases
By Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country’s previous…
Continue ReadingDwayne Johnson sorprende a su mamá con un auto por Navidad
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Dwayne Johnson le dio a su madre una sincera sorpresa esta Navidad. El actor y emprendedor publicó el dulce momento…
Continue Reading1.450 niños afganos fueron evacuados a Estados Unidos sin sus padres. Algunos “nunca se reunirán con su familia”
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una niña afgana de 8 años, que forma parte de un grupo de menores evacuados a Estados Unidos, solloza todas…
Continue ReadingTimes Square New Year’s Eve ball gets new look
Reuters New crystals from Irish company Waterford have joined over 2,000 sparkling triangles covering the ball that drops over New York’s Times…
Continue Reading Tutu: a man of empathy, moral ardor, and some silly jokes
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press Desmond Tutu was, for many around the world, an icon. A spiritual compass. A champion of the anti-apartheid…
Continue Reading Israeli PM says not opposed to ‘good’ nuclear deal with Iran
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says he doesn’t oppose a “good” nuclear deal…
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Drugs, violence and racism are creating a ‘cocktail of neglect’ in Marseille
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The southern French port city of Marseille has made headlines in recent months over the deaths of several young people in…
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China tightens Xi’an lockdown as city reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in nearly 2 years
By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Nectar Gan China’s Xi’an has further tightened lockdown measures and rolled out a fifth round of mass…
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