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☆ Designer John Galliano leaves Maison Margiela after 10 years, his ‘wings mended’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Story The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Milan, Italy AP —British designer John Galliano is leaving the Maison Margiela fashion house after 10 years as artistic director, the Paris-based brand’s owner said Wednesday. “John made it the most cutting-edge couture house in the world,’’ said Renzo Rosso, chairman of Italy’s OTB Group that owns Maison Margiela. Galliano made his runway debut with Maison Margiela in January 2015, with a small couture collection to a carefully selected audience of about 100 in London. Givenchy hired Galliano as a young head designer in 1995, before Christian Dior brought him on as creative director the next year. For 15 years, his star rose with theatrical runway shows.

Persons: John Galliano, “ John, ’ ’, Renzo Rosso, Rosso, ” Galliano, Pietro D'Aprano, ’ ’ Galliano, Galliano, Maison, Christian Dior, Givenchy Organizations: Italy AP, Maison, Italy’s, Maison Margiela, Margiela's, Milan Locations: Milan, Italy, British, Paris, London

☆ New Zealand plans to ban greyhound racing as practice grows increasingly rare worldwide
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Wellington, New Zealand AP —New Zealand plans to outlaw greyhound racing because too many dogs are hurt or killed, the government said Tuesday, spelling an end to the practice in one of the few countries where it still operates. Commercial greyhound racing continues in the United States, Australia, the UK and Ireland, with only two tracks remaining in the US after many states ended the practice. Unease over animal welfareNew Zealand’s greyhound racing industry has faced repeated reviews in recent years over its dog safety record, with multiple reports urging sweeping changes. A racing industry in global declineSome lawmakers in parliament on Tuesday described the racing industry’s end as inevitable following the steady decline of greyhound racing worldwide. Greyhound racing is also legal in Australia, where critics have decried the practice, and the rules governing it vary by state.

Persons: Winston Peters, Peters, “, ” Peters, ”, Sean Hannan, SPCA, Arnja Dale Organizations: New Zealand AP, greyhounds, Racing, New Zealand greyhounds, Greyhound, Zealand, Greyhounds, Scottish Locations: Wellington, New Zealand, Zealand, United States, Australia, Ireland, Greyhound Racing, West Virginia, –, Iowa , Arkansas, Florida, Mexico, Vietnam

☆ South Korea’s ex-defense minister formally arrested over martial law imposition
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Martial law, the first in more than 40 years, lasted only about six hours but has triggered a domestic firestorm and large street protests. The Justice Ministry has banned Yoon and eight others from leaving the country as authorities see them as key suspects in the martial law case. Kwak said the purpose of Kim’s instructions was to prevent the 300-member parliament from gathering the 150 votes necessary to overturn Yoon’s martial law order. Opposition parties and many experts say the martial law decree was unconstitutional. It pushed to impeach Kim Yong Hyun and the safety minister, but they resigned before parliament took a vote.

Persons: Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoon, Kim Yong Hyun, Kim, Yoon’s, Kwak Jong, Kwak, ” Kwak, Kim Dae, Yeo, hyung, Hong Jang Organizations: Seoul AP, Seoul Central, Court, Defense, Prosecutors, National Assembly, Democratic Party, Army Special Warfare Command, Defense Ministry, South Korea wasn’t Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Korea

☆ Rebel group claims to have taken control of Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh in grinding civil war
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Myanmar’s military government did not immediately comment. Maungdaw, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) southwest of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, has been the target since June of an Arakan Army offensive. The group captured Paletwa and Buthidaung, two other towns on the border with Bangladesh, earlier this year. The Myanmar town of Maungdaw, seen from the Teknaf area of Bangladesh just across the border on September 26, 2024. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersSince November 2023, the Arakan Army has gained control of 11 of Rakhine’s 17 townships, along with one in neighboring Chin state.

Persons: Myanmar’s, Aung, Suu Kyi, Khaing, Thurein Tun, Khaing Thukha, Mohammad Ponir Hossain Organizations: Bangkok AP, Arakan Army, Associated, Reuters, Rakhine Locations: Bangkok, Maungdaw, Bangladesh, Arakan, Rakhine, Suu, Mandalay, Myanmar’s, Myanmar, Chin, Ann, Bay, Bengal, Buthidaung, China

☆ Nauru agrees to give Australia veto rights over pacts with third nations including China
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Melbourne, Australia AP —Australia announced a multimillion-dollar agreement with Nauru on Monday that gives Canberra a veto right over a range of pacts the tiny Pacific atoll might want to enter with third countries, including China. Australia offered 140 million Australian dollars ($89 million) over five years to the remote nation’s population of 12,000 under the treaty to be implemented next year, including 40 million Australian dollars ($26 million) to enhance policing and security. “The treaty allows Australia to strengthen regional ties and cement its leading role as the development and security partner of choice,” she said. A key part of the deal is that Nauru will retain an Australian bank. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia will open a branch in Nauru next year after Australia’s Bendigo Bank withdraws from the country.

Persons: Anthony Albanese, David Adeang, Adeang, Meg Keen, ” Keen, ”, ” Adeang Organizations: Australia AP — Australia, Nauru, Canberra, Australia, Pacific, Lowy Institute, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia’s Bendigo Bank Locations: Melbourne, Australia, China, Nauru, Australia’s, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, South Pacific, Sydney

☆ Kim Yong-hyun: South Korean prosecutors detain ex-defense chief over martial law imposition
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Jerome Taylor | Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Senior prosecutor Park Se-hyun said in a televised statement Sunday that authorities launched a 62-member special investigation team on the martial law case. Kim is a central figure in Yoon’s martial law enforcement, which led to special forces troops encircling the National Assembly building and army helicopters hovering over it. In Kim’s impeachment motion document, the Democratic Party and other opposition parties accused him of proposing martial law to Yoon. The Defense Ministry said it has suspended three top military commanders over their alleged involvement in the martial law imposition. In a parliamentary hearing on Friday, Lee, one of Yoon’s closest associates, defended Yoon’s martial law decree, saying the president exercised his powers “within the boundaries of constitutional processes and law.”

Persons: Yoon Suk, Yoon, Kim Yong, hyun, Kim, ” Yoon, Yoon’s, Kim Seon, ho, Yoon Suk Yeol, Kim Soo, Shim Woo, jung, shirk, ”, Han Dong, didn’t, isn’t, Lee Sang, Lee Organizations: AP, South, Sunday, Democratic Party, Defense, Assembly, National Assembly, CNN Protesters, Reuters, ”, Defense Ministry, Power Party, Safety Locations: Seoul, Korea, South Korea, U.S, Japan

☆ Guyana considers making Jonestown a tourist attraction
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Georgetown, Guyana — AP —Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Vilchez, 67, said Guyana has every right to profit from any plans related to Jonestown. Stringer/APThe tour would ferry visitors to the far-flung village of Port Kaituma nestled in the lush jungles of northern Guyana. Stringer/APAn offering to the landUntil now, most visitors to Jonestown have been reporters and family members of those who died. When Vilchez returned to Guyana in 2018 for the first time since the mass suicide-murder, she made an offering to the land when she arrived in Jonestown.

Persons: Jim Jones, Jordan Vilchez, Jones, “, ”, Vilchez, Stringer, it’s, Neville Bissember, Oneidge Walrond, ” Rose Sewcharran, Wonderlust, Astill Paul, Leo J, Ryan of, Ryan, Paul, Jonestown, Gerry Gouveia, It’s, Fielding McGehee, ” McGehee, ’ McGehee Organizations: AP —, Peoples, Associated Press, University of Guyana, government’s Tourism Authority, Guyana’s, Hospitality Association . Tourism, AP, Holocaust, U.S, Rep, Jonestown Institute Locations: Georgetown, Guyana, AP — Guyana, California, Guyana’s, Jonestown, Port Kaituma, It’s, government’s, Rwanda, Auschwitz, Ryan of California, U.S, ”, “

☆ The EU and a South American trade bloc reach a giant trade deal after 25 years of talks
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

AP —The European Union reached a blockbuster free trade agreement Friday with Brazil, Argentina and the three other South American nations in the Mercosur trade alliance, capping a quarter-century of on-off negotiations even as France vowed to derail the contentious accord. “This will create huge business opportunities,” von der Leyen said. “We have heard you, listened to your concerns, and we are acting on them,” von der Leyen said. It marks the first major trade agreement for Mercosur, which is comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and, newly, Bolivia. In 2016, the EU and Canada signed a pact, known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, but the approval process is still lumbering along.

Persons: Ursula von der Leyen, ” von der Leyen, Donald Trump’s, Emmanuel Macron, ”, von der Leyen, Olaf Scholz of Germany, Pedro Sánchez, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, “, Javier Milei, upended, Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Lula, ” Milei, Brian Winter Organizations: European Union, Atlantic, Mercosur, Brazilian Trade, Investment, Agency, Libertarian, EU, Brazil’s, Canada, “ Locations: Brazil, Argentina, Mercosur, France, Brussels, Netherlands, Uruguay, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Poland, China, Paraguay, Bolivia, Egypt, Israel, Singapore, Spain, Uruguay’s, Montevideo, Europe, Rio de Janeiro, South America’s, York, Americas

☆ Paraguay kicks out a visiting Chinese envoy for urging its lawmakers to turn their backs on Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Story Ap | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay AP —Paraguay on Thursday kicked out a Chinese envoy for allegedly interfering in its domestic affairs and urging the South American nation to break off ties and long friendship with Taiwan. Paraguay is the only nation in South America and one of just 12 worldwide that recognizes Taiwan as a country. “It is either China or Taiwan,” he said. China’s trade with South America has grown exponentially in recent years, reaching nearly $500 billion as of 2023, according to data from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. On Wednesday, the Taiwanese Embassy in Paraguay lashed out at China on social media platform X, calling Xu an “infiltrator” who seeks “to undermine the firm friendship between Paraguay and Taiwan” that dates back to 1957.

Persons: curt, Xu Wei, Xu, El Salvador —, ”, “, Xu dangled, ’ Organizations: Paraguay AP —, South, Paraguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNESCO, Paraguayan, America —, El, Economic Commission, Latin, Embassy, CNN, UN Locations: ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, Paraguay AP — Paraguay, South American, Taiwan, America, Paraguay’s, Asunción, China, South America, Beijing, America — Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Latin America, Caribbean

☆ District of Columbia says Amazon secretly stopped fast deliveries to 2 predominantly Black ZIP codes
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

AP —The District of Columbia sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging the company secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighborhoods while still charging millions of dollars for a membership that promises the benefit. Amazon also did not tell new customers about the exclusions when they signed up for Prime memberships, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit says Amazon has nearly 50,000 Prime members who live in the two ZIP codes, a number that represents nearly half of the population. The district says that in 2021, before Amazon implemented its delivery “exclusion,” more than 72% of Prime packages in the impacted ZIP codes were delivered within two days. Meanwhile, the district’s lawsuit says Prime members who lived in other parts of the city received two-day deliveries 75% of the time.

Persons: “, Kelly Nantel, ” Nantel, Brian Schwalb, ” Schwalb, DCist, —, Nantel Organizations: of Columbia, Amazon, Columbia, UPS, U.S . Postal Service, ” District of Columbia, Bloomberg, Local, District of Columbia Locations: District, Seattle, Columbia’s, ” District, Amazon, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington

☆ Lawrence Hecker: Ex-New Orleans priest pleads guilty to rape and kidnapping in sexual abuse case ahead of trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New Orleans AP —A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975. Lawrence Hecker, who left the ministry in 2002, had been scheduled to stand trial Tuesday. The case was reassigned to Campbell, who ordered Hecker to undergo routine physical and psychological evaluations before the trial. The alleged survivor in the criminal case against Hecker is among those who have filed abuse claims against the archdiocese in its long-running bankruptcy case. To date, more than 600 alleged abuse survivors have filed claims against the archdiocese.

Persons: Lawrence Hecker, Nandi, Hecker, Campbell, Ben Willard, Bobby Hjortsberg, “, ” Organizations: New, New Orleans AP, Times, New Orleans Advocate, Archdiocese Locations: New Orleans, Orleans, Orleans Parish, “

☆ Eminem’s mother, Debbie Nelson, whose rocky relationship fueled the rapper’s lyrics, dies at age 69
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

AP —Debbie Nelson, the single mother of rapper Eminem, whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his hit song lyrics, has died. Her fraught relationship with her son, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, has been no secret since the Detroit rapper became a star. Nelson brought and settled a pair of defamation lawsuits over Eminem’s statements about her in magazines and on radio talk shows. In her 2008 book, “My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem,” she attempted to set the record straight by providing readers with details about the rapper’s early life, writing that Eminem had forgotten the good times they had. A highly acclaimed rapper, Eminem won for best hip hop act at the 2024 MTV EMAs and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

Persons: Debbie Nelson, Eminem, Eminem’s, Dennis Dennehy, Nelson, Marshall Mathers III, Oscar, “, Son Marshall, ”, “ Marshall, Hailie Jade Organizations: Detroit, MTV, Roll Hall of Fame Locations: Kansas, Detroit

☆ Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Kinshasa, Congo AP —A flu-like disease that has killed dozens of people over two weeks is being investigated in southwestern Congo, local authorities said. The deaths were recorded between Nov. 10 and Nov. 25 in the Panzi health zone of Kwango province. Symptoms include fever, headache, cough and anaemia, provincial health minister Apollinaire Yumba told reporters over the weekend. The deputy provincial governor, Rémy Saki, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that between 67 and 143 people had died. Congo is already plagued by the mpox epidemic, with more than 47,000 suspected cases and over 1,000 suspected deaths from the disease in the Central African country, according to the World Health Organization.

Persons: Apollinaire Yumba, Rémy Saki, ”, Yumba, wasn’t Organizations: Congo AP, Associated Press, World Health Organization, WHO Locations: Kinshasa, Congo, Kwango province, Central

☆ Greek city’s new underground railway system uncovers thousands of ancient secrets
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

THESSALONIKI, Greece AP —The metro system in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki opened Saturday featuring driverless trains, and tens of thousands of people braved blustery, rainy weather to wait outside the stations to try them out. The single 13-station subway line was jammed with passengers eager to get a taste of the city’s new transport system. This archaeological site is located inside the Venizelou metro station in Thessaloniki. Deep underground, remains of the city’s busiest street in the 6th century were found. But it will likely take several more years for the metro to reach the city’s busy Macedonia Airport.

Persons: braved, Kyriakos, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Christos Staikouras, Mitsotakis, Staikouras, Giannis Papanikos, Eleftherios Venizelos Organizations: Greece AP, AP Passengers, Antiquities, Macedonia Airport Locations: THESSALONIKI, Greece, Greek, Thessaloniki

☆ Pakistan sectarian violence: Death toll rises to 130 in northwest, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Story The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Peshawar, Pakistan AP —Sectarian violence has killed at least 130 people and wounded 200 others in Pakistan’s northwest in the last 10 days, officials said Sunday. Violence flared in Kurram district on November 21 when gunmen ambushed a vehicle convoy and killed 52 people, mostly Shiite Muslims. Nobody claimed responsibility for the assault, which triggered retaliatory firing and arson by rival groups in several areas. But dozens from both sides have been killed in Kurram since July, when a land dispute turned into general sectarian violence. Kurram is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where armed groups like the Pakistani Taliban operate.

Persons: Nobody, Javed Ullah Mehsud, Mehsud, Mir Afzal Khan Organizations: Pakistan AP, Government Locations: Peshawar, Pakistan, Kurram district, Kurram, Parachinar, Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

☆ New Mexico man awarded $412 million medical malpractice payout for botched penile injections
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Albuquerque, New Mexico AP —Jurors in New Mexico have awarded a man more than $412 million in a medical malpractice case that involved a men’s health clinic that operates in several states. The man’s attorneys celebrated Monday’s verdict, saying they are hopeful it will prevent other men from falling victim to a scheme that involved fraud and what they described as dangerous penile injections. That is a very egregious breach of their fiduciary duty,” said Lori Bencoe, one of the lawyers who represented the plaintiff. The clinic is accused of misdiagnosing him and unnecessarily treating him with “invasive erectile dysfunction shots” that caused irreversible damage. According to court records, jurors found that fraudulent and negligent conduct by the defendants resulted in damages to the plaintiff.

Persons: “, ”, Lori Bencoe, Nick Rowley, Brad Palubicki, NuMale Organizations: New Mexico AP, NuMale Medical Center, NuMale Medical, Associated Press Locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S, Colorado , Florida , Illinois , Nevada , Nebraska, North Carolina, Wisconsin

☆ Shohei Ohtani: Los Angeles Dodgers star seeks $325,000 worth of baseball cards from his ex-interpreter
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Associated Press | Story The | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

AP —Baseball star Shohei Ohtani wants his former interpreter to hand over hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of baseball cards he says were fraudulently bought using his money. The legal filing alleges Mizuhara accessed Ohtani’s bank account beginning around November 2021, changing his security protocols so that he could impersonate him to authorize wire transfers. By 2024, Mizuhara had used that money to buy about $325,000 worth of baseball cards at online resellers eBay and Whatnot, according to the court documents. Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani, leaves federal court in Santa Ana, California, on June 4, 2024. Earlier this year, Ohtani and the Dodgers won the World Series, and the baseball star won his third Most Valuable Player award.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, Ippei Mizuhara, Mizuhara, Michael G, Freedman, Shohei, Damian Dovarganes, Ohtani —, — Organizations: —, Los Angeles Dodgers, Derby, American League MVP, Los Angeles Angels, MLB, NBA, NFL, Dodgers Locations: Santa Ana , California, Arizona, Japan

☆ At least 15 killed and more than 100 missing after landslides bury homes in Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

AP —At least 15 people have died and 113 others are still missing after landslides buried homes in six villages in eastern Uganda, police said. The Uganda Red Cross Society said Thursday that 13 bodies had been recovered after landslides buried 40 homes and the rescue effort was continuing. The landslides happened after heavy rains on Wednesday night in the mountainous district of Bulambuli, where landslides are common. More than a hundred people were missing on Thursday, after the landslides buried homes across six villages. Two rescue boats capsized on Wednesday during a rescue mission on River Nile where Pakwach bridge was submerged.

Persons: Jean Watala Organizations: Buluganya Health, Uganda Red Cross Society, Local, Associated Press, Daily Monitor Locations: Uganda, Bulambuli, Kampala

☆ Lawsuit alleges that young dancers for Shen Yun Performing Arts have faced abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The lawsuit said Shen Yun has made hundreds of millions of dollars by exploiting young dancers it recruits from abroad, forcing them to work grueling hours and scaring them into thinking they’d face harm if they quit. According to the website, Shen Yun, along with Fei Tian Academy of the Arts and Fei Tian College — which were also named as defendants — were founded by followers of the Falun Gong faith. After the first year, she was paid $500 a month until she “graduated” from Fei Tian College in 2019, when her salary was raised to $1,000 a month, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit said she contracted measles when she was 14 but was not permitted to see a doctor. Instead, the lawsuit said, she was told to meditate to feel better and was required to work while she recovered.

Persons: Shen Yun, Chang Chun, Chang, Shen Yen, “ Organizations: White Plains , New York AP, Shen Yun Performing Arts, Chinese Communist Party, CCP, New York State Department of Education, New, New England Commission, Higher, Fei Tian Academy of, Arts, Fei Tian, Radio City Music Hall, Fei Tian College Locations: White Plains , New York, White Plains, Dragon Springs, Cuddebackville , New York, New England, Manhattan, United States, Taiwan

☆ Romania: Far-right populist Calin Georgescu leads presidential election runoff with most votes
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Kathy Rose Obrien | Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Calin Georgescu, who ran independently, will face off against reformist Elena Lasconi in a runoff in two weeks. Georgescu, 62, was ahead after nearly all ballots were counted with around 22.95% of the vote. Lasconi of the progressive Save Romania Union party, or USR, followed with 19.17%. Georgescu, 62, won 43.3% of the vote in Romania’s large diaspora, compared to Lasconi who got 26.8%. Romania will also hold parliamentary elections on Dec. 1 that will determine the country’s next government and prime minister.

Persons: Calin Georgescu, Elena Lasconi, Georgescu, Marcel Ciolacu, George Simion, Lasconi Organizations: Romania Union, Social Democratic Party, Alliance, Unity, PSD, Bureau, European Union, NATO, Facebook, Romania, United Nations Environment, Associated Press Locations: Romania’s, pedology, Romania, Ukraine

☆ Pakistani police fire tear gas as thousands supporting Imran Khan arrive near capital
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The firing of tear gas came shortly after demonstrators — who traveled 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the restive northwest — began arriving and gathering near Islamabad. They defied a lockdown, previous tear gas and widespread arrests despite a ban on rallies in the city. The government was in talks with Khan’s party to avoid any further violence, officials said. Video on social media showed Khan supporters donning gas masks and protective goggles. Protesters on Sunday night burned trees as police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.

Persons: Imran Khan, —, Khan’s, Alexander Lukashenko, Shehbaz Sharif, Mohsin Naqvi, Khan, Aamir Qureshi, Kamran Bangash, “, Bangash, Bushra Bibi, Ali Amin Gandapur, Sharif, Attaullah Tarar, Naqvi Organizations: Islamabad AP, Pakistani, Authorities, Getty, Security, PTI, Associated Press, Protesters Locations: Islamabad, —, Pakistan, Punjab province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

☆ Egyptian authorities say 17 people missing after tourist boat sinks in Red Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Cairo AP —At least 17 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea following warnings about rough seas, Egyptian officials said Monday. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south of the coastal town of Marsa Alam, and some were airlifted to receive medical treatment. The governorate received a report shortly before dawn Monday of a distress call made from the yacht, which had left Marsa Alam for a five-day journey. But the Egyptian Meteorological Authority on Saturday warned about turbulence and high waves on the Red Sea and advised against maritime activity for Sunday and Monday. Many tourist companies have stopped or limited traveling on the Red Sea due to the dangers from conflicts in the region.

Persons: Amr Hanafy, Hanafy Organizations: Cairo AP, Marsa Alam, Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Associated Press Locations: Cairo, Marsa Alam, Marsa, Hurghada, Egypt

☆ Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for ‘A Woman of Substance,’ has died at 91
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Story The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Her books were published in 40 languages and sold more than 90 million copies around the world. Bradford was married for 56 years to German-born film producer Robert Bradford, who died in 2019. By age 16, she left school against her parents’ wishes to become a reporter for the Yorkshire Evening Post. As a young woman, Emma became pregnant by a man who refused to marry her and gave birth to a daughter. Around the same time, she met a fellow journalist at the Yorkshire Evening Post.

Persons: Barbara Taylor Bradford, ”, Bradford, Queen Elizabeth II, ’, Robert Bradford, Emma Harte, Jenny Seagrove, Emma, Deborah Kerr, ” Bradford, “ Emma, Frederick Oliver Robinson, Marquess, Ripon, ” Seagrove, “, Piers Dudgeon’s “, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, James Bond, Peter O’Toole, Keith Waterhouse, Sam Spiegel, Lawrence, Keith, ‘, you’d Organizations: York AP, Sunday, Bradford, Will, Yorkshire Evening, Woman’s, London Evening News, Studley Royal, IBM, Guardian Locations: British, New York City, Leeds , West Yorkshire, United States, London, Studley, Yorkshire, Manhattan’s

☆ Actor Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend drops assault and defamation lawsuit against once-rising star
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York AP —Jonathan Majors ’ ex-girlfriend has dropped her assault and defamation lawsuit against the once-rising Hollywood star after reaching a settlement. Lawyers for Majors and Grace Jabbari agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, according to a joint filing in Manhattan federal court Thursday. The British dancer filed the suit months after Majors was convicted of misdemeanor assault and harassment in connection with an altercation in Manhattan. Majors and Jabbari had met in 2021 on the set of Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” in which Majors played Kang and Jabbari served as a movement coach. The bodybuilder drama had garnered early Oscar buzz for Majors, but was dropped by its distributors following his conviction last December.

Persons: Jonathan Majors ’, Grace Jabbari, Jabbari’s, Brittany Henderson, didn’t, Jabbari, III, Majors, Kang the, Kang, ”, Meagan Good Organizations: York AP, Hollywood, Majors, ”, Marvel, Marvel Studios Locations: Manhattan, Los Angeles

☆ 2 men convicted of human smuggling in Indian family’s death
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

They were each convicted on four counts related to human smuggling, including conspiracy to bring migrants into the country illegally. “This trial exposed the unthinkable cruelty of human smuggling and of those criminal organizations that value profit and greed over humanity,” Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said. Shand was to pick up 11 Indian migrants on the Minnesota side of the border, prosecutors said. Canadian authorities found the Patel family later that morning, dead from the cold. Rajinder Singh, 51, testified that he made over $400,000 smuggling over 500 people through the same network that included Patel and Shand.

Persons: Ramanlal Patel, Harry, ”, Steve Shand, Attorney Andy Luger, “, ” Luger, Harshkumar Patel, Luger, Jagdish Patel, Vaishaliben, Dharmik, Jan, Patel, Shand, Prosecutors, Rajinder Singh, Singh, El Salvadorans, Jamie Holt, ” Holt, Kevin Paul, ” Paul Organizations: Fergus Falls , Minnesota AP, Indian, Minnesota U.S, Attorney, Minnesota -, Attorney’s, Associated Press, Immigration, Customs, Canadian Press, Bank, U.S ., The U.S . Border Patrol, Pew Research, Homeland Security Investigations Locations: Fergus Falls , Minnesota, Canada, U.S, American, Florida, Minnesota, Minnesota - Canadian, Harshkumar Patel Sherburne, India, Gujarat, “, The U.S, El, Clearwater , Minnesota, North Dakota

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