For the second time in three days, the first U.S. military firebase in Iraq has come under attack from ISIS. The base, known as Firebase Bell, came under small arms fire from a group of about 10 ISIS fighters who also attacked a nearby U.S./Iraqi installation at Makhmur in northern Iraq.No U.S. personnel were wounded, and at least two ISIS fighters were killed, according to Army Col. Steve Warren, the ...
Nota del editor: Susan Segal es presidenta y directora general de Americas Society/Council of the Americas. Las opiniones expresadas en esta nota son suyas.(CNN) — La visita del presidente Barack Obama a Cuba y Argentina esta semana será una visita rica tanto en sustancia como en simbolismo.Al principio de su primer mandato, el presidente Obama dijo que estaba decidido a abrir un nuevo capítulo en las relaciones entre Latinoamérica y Estados ...
(CNN) — El gobierno de Brasil, que se ha visto afectado por una profunda recesión y por la pandemia del virus del Zika, ahora solo está luchando por sobrevivir.La última crisis comenzó cuando la policía federal detuvo al expresidente Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva para interrogarlo como parte de una investigación de corrupción que se ha estado llevando a cabo durante mucho tiempo.Unos cuantos días después, la persona a quien ...
[Breaking news, posted at 3:47 p.m. ET]Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam and his accomplice were traced to the Molenbeek residence where they were arrested on Friday after contacting an individual under surveillance by Belgian security services, a senior Belgian counterterrorism official told CNN. The two got in touch with this individual after escaping from their hiding place in the Forest district of Brussels during a gun battle with police Tuesday.”We ...
Nearly three months after Rolling Stone published Sean Penn’s interview with Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the actress who Penn described as his “ticket to Chapo’s trust” is breaking her silence.It turns out Kate del Castillo is not impressed with the actor-turned-journalist’s controversial interview. The Mexican actress is making the rounds on American television networks, including a talk with CNN’s Carmen Aristegui. The media blitz comes on the ...
U.S. President Barack Obama staged a symbolic demonstration of his attempt to elicit reforms from the authoritarian government in Cuba Monday, taking questions from reporters and insisting that his Cuban counterpart also deliver answers to pointed queries on human rights and economic reforms.Though they both acknowledged deep disagreements on these issues, the two leaders found common ground on the topic of the economic embargo on Cuba, which both want lifted. ...
(CNN) — Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam and his accomplice were traced to the Molenbeek residence where they were arrested on Friday after contacting an individual under surveillance by Belgian security services, a senior Belgian counterterrorism official told CNN. The two got in touch with this individual after escaping from their hiding place in the Forest district of Brussels during a gun battle with police Tuesday. “We have significant coverage ...
Tribune Publishing’s hopes of acquiring The Orange County Register and the Riverside Press-Enterprise have been dashed by Digital First Media.Last Thursday, the Justice Department filed an antitrust suit to block Tribune — the owner of The Los Angeles Times — from acquiring Freedom Communications, the bankrupt publisher of the Register and the Press-Enterprise. Such an acquisition would give Tribune a monopoly over the Southern California market, the DOJ said.Over the ...
A day after making his historic arrival in Cuba, U.S. President Barack Obama staged a symbolic demonstration of his attempt to elicit reforms from the authoritarian government here, taking questions from reporters Monday and insisting that his Cuban counterpart also deliver answers to pointed queries on human rights and economic reforms.Though they both acknowledged deep disagreements on these issues, the two leaders found common ground on the topic of the ...
Fearing that terrorists could be plotting fresh assaults, French and Belgian police have intensified their manhunt for a newly identified suspect linked to November’s Paris attacks.Najim Laachraoui, 24, is the latest suspect authorities have pinpointed in a web they say they’re still trying to unravel. Laachraoui’s DNA was found in houses in southern Belgium and Brussels that the terrorists behind the attacks used, the Belgian prosecutor’s office said Monday. Laachraoui ...
French and Belgian police have launched a manhunt for a newly identified suspect linked to November’s Paris terror attacks, as revelations about the depth of networks cultivated by a captured suspect fuel concerns about potential future assaults.Salah Abdeslam, whose DNA was found on a suicide belt discarded on a Paris street after the November 13 attacks, spent more than four months on the run as Europe’s most wanted man before ...
Mark Zuckerberg met with China’s propaganda chief on Saturday, but his latest Facebook post on China skipped right over that.The Facebook CEO shared photos of himself walking on the Great Wall, but made no mention of his meeting with Liu Yunshan, director of the Chinese Communist Party’s Propaganda Department. “I’m in Beijing for the China Development Forum, where I’m meeting Chinese leaders from the public and private sectors,” he wrote ...
An infant was found abandoned outside a dentist office in Henry County, Sunday morning. The office is near 200 Medical Blvd. in Stockbridge, which is close to Piedmont Henry Hospital. The baby was taken to the hospital in good condition. According to police, a teenage boy called 911 from a pay phone at a nearby Walmart to tell them where to find the baby. Police tracked down the teenager using ...
A concealed carry gun is coming out this year that can be folded into a box resembling a smartphone … a feature that makes cops nervous.Ideal Conceal, a Minnesota startup, is developing a two-shot pistol that folds into a palm-sized square. It can be slipped into a back pocket or displayed openly in a coffee shop with no one the wiser. “Ingeniously designed to resemble a smartphone, yet with one ...
A wave of relief swept through Brussels — and the Belgian security services — when Salah Abdeslam was detained Friday. France will finally be able to hold to account one man allegedly involved in the Paris attacks in November.But in reality, Abdeslam’s arrest is a footnote in the larger battle against terrorism in Europe.Not that it’s insignificant. A suspect who had been on the run after the worst terror attack ...
The passing of the Religious Freedom Bill by the Georgia House and Senate has sparked business backlash. Kelvin Williams, founder of 373K, said he’s officially moving his start-up telecommunications company out of Georgia. “We are gone, yes. We’ve already incorporated. We just got our articles of incorporation in Delaware,” said Williams. Williams said he is also aware of other business owners who are ready to take their companies elsewhere. “There’s ...
The night that shook Paris started with three rental cars: three cars with three teams of terrorists maneuvering through the Friday evening traffic armed with the weapons of war.A little before 9 p.m., a Renault Clio driven by Salah Abdeslam, the Paris plotter captured on Friday in Brussels, pulled up outside the national stadium. An international soccer friendly match between France and Germany was just kicking off and 80,000 fans, ...
Want to visit London to explore Buckingham Palace and stroll through Hyde Park? Or are you simply passing through the city on your way to Stratford-upon-Avon to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death? Either way, you’re going to have a lot of company. London jumped five spots to become the world’s top destination in TripAdvisor’s 2016 Travelers’ Choice Destination awards. TripAdvisor, the travel website, sliced and diced millions ...
(CNNMoney) – Otra exempleada de Yelp hizo públicas sus quejas contra la compañía.En un mensaje publicado en Medium con el título “Yelp despidió hoy a una madre soltera: A mí”, Jaymee Senigaglia afirma que fue despedida por solicitar tiempo libre sin goce de sueldo para una emergencia personal.Senigaglia detalla cómo se mudó recientemente a San Francisco con su hijo de tres años y rápidamente empezó a prosperar en su puesto de ventas ...
(CNNMoney) – Roger Agnelli, quien trasformó una atrasada mina controlada por el Estado en una de las principales compañías mineras de Brasil, murió en un accidente aéreo este 19 de marzo.Agnelli, de 56 años, viajaba en su pequeño avión cuando este se estrelló contra una casa poco después de despegar de Sao Paulo el pasado sábado. Medios locales reportan que otras seis personas, incluyendo la esposa de Agnelli y sus dos ...
(CNN) — Es la frase que se escuchó por toda Cuba este domingo: “Viene Obama”.La primera visita de un presidente de Estados Unidos a Cuba en casi 90 años tiene repercusión en la isla. Los cubanos, la mayoría de los cuales nacieron después de la revolución, todavía están procesando la decisión del presidente Barack Obama de restaurar las relaciones con Cuba -y ahora visitar la isla-.“Tengo 21 años. Nunca pensé que ...
Earlier this month, temperatures in New York’s Central Park nearly hit 80 degrees.But on the first day of spring, it was probably best to leave the shorts at home: Temperatures were in the 40s, according to CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri.Spring officially started at 12:30 a.m. ET Sunday, but that’s not much comfort to those in the Northeast who were treated to some flurries late Sunday and early Monday.New Yorkers shouldn’t ...
Detroit’s children are set to go back to school on Monday after the weekend.Will their teachers?There have been reports that public school teachers will call out en-masse on Monday, forcing schools to close. The so-called “sickouts” are a way for teachers to protest working conditions, dilapidated facilities an inadequate funding. Teacher strikes are illegal in Michigan. A press release from Equal Opportunity Now/By Any Means Necessary, an activist group, said ...
Sachin Teke is a behind-the-scenes kind of guy. That’s why most Indians probably don’t know that he created one of the country’s handiest apps.But mention the name “m-Indicator” to a Mumbai resident and chances are that they’ll immediately pull it up on their smart phone.Teke, a native of Mumbai, launched the transportation app m-Indicator in 2010. It was a direct product of his frustration with Mumbai’s public train system.”I was ...
North Korea has fired five unidentified short-range projectiles from an area to the south of Hamhung city, South Hamgyong province, on the country’s east coast, from between 3:19 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. South Korean time (2:19 a.m to 3:05 a.m. ET) Monday, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).The JCS had previously reported the launch of four projectiles. The projectiles flew about 200 kilometers towards the sea ...
