By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts — and the world is not prepared. Fungi are absolutely everywhere. A vast kingdom of organisms, from mold to mushrooms, they grow in environments such as
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Barely a week into her tenure as Washington, DC’s top federal prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro faced an urgent test – overseeing the investigation into the murders of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the city’s Jewish museum. Pirro’s response to the young couples’ murder
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — ‘Naked dresses’ may be out, but flat shoes — according to the official Cannes Film Festival dress code — are in. It’s a sartorial judgement that may feel well overdue, after a group of women made headlines in 2015 for being reportedly refused entry to a screening for their
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Elyse Martin-Smith began meeting with her classmates at Harvard University last summer to plan the annual Black student graduation hosted by a campus group she leads. The ceremony was set to be a celebration of Black culture, featuring musicians, poetry readings, messages about the historic struggle for racial
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — After 19 months of pounding Gaza, Israel is now under growing pressure from unlikely quarters – some of its closest Western allies. Their patience has worn thin over Israel’s decision to expand the war and, in the words of one Israeli minister, “conquer” the territory – a move paired
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Young, Jason Morris CNN The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with multiple clipper blades to help cut their way through the cell walls, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told CNN. Investigators continue to comb
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: makeup videos at 30,000 feet, the “little Marrakech” none of your friends have been to, and a historic European city is losing its footing. And it’s Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial kickoff to the busy summer travel season. That also means beach weather. “Dr.
Continue ReadingPor Karina Tsui, CNN La administración Trump recibió órdenes de facilitar el retorno de un guatemalteco que fue deportado injustamente a México en febrero, tras haber expresado a las autoridades su temor a sufrir violencia y tortura al otro lado de la frontera. Este caso marca al menos la tercera vez que se ordena al
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Mike Keech, the CEO of Liquid I.V., thinks you have a problem that you might not even be aware of. “A majority of consumers, Americans and people around the world are chronically dehydrated,” he told CNN. “They just don’t know it.” Even if consumers don’t know if
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — If an 18th birthday is supposed to be a momentous, coming-of-age occasion, then Carlos Alcaraz got the memo. In front of a home crowd in Madrid, the then-up-and-coming tennis star braced himself to face one of the game’s great players for the first time. Alcaraz had spent his whole
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has been ordered to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man who was wrongly deported to Mexico in February, after he told authorities about his fears of violence and torture across the border. This case marks at least the third time the administration has been ordered
Continue ReadingPor Kathleen Magramo y Svitlana Vlasova, CNN La capital de Ucrania, Kyiv, fue objeto de un ataque ruso a gran escala con drones y misiles durante la madrugada de este sábado, apenas horas después de que Rusia y Ucrania iniciaran un importante intercambio de prisioneros. Al menos 15 personas resultaron heridas en varios distritos de
Continue ReadingPor Alex Stambaugh, CNN La administración Trump emitió este viernes órdenes para comenzar a flexibilizar las sanciones contra Siria, lo que marca un importante cambio de política después de que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, se comprometiera a principios de este mes a revertir las medidas durante un viaje a Medio Oriente. Funcionarios
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By Kosta Gak, Eve Brennan and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Russia launched its largest aerial assault of its three-year war on Ukraine overnight, targeting the capital and other regions with missiles and drones for a second night in a row, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to rebuke the US for its “silence.” At least
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration issued orders Friday to begin easing sanctions on Syria, marking a major policy shift after US President Donald Trump pledged earlier this month to roll back the measures during a trip to the Middle East. Trump administration officials had been carrying out quiet engagements for months
Continue ReadingBy Erick Beltrán, Mauricio Torres and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A popular Mexican singer, Julión Álvarez, says he and his band have had to cancel a show in Texas on Saturday night after the singer’s visa to enter the United States had been allegedly revoked. The band, called Julión Álvarez y Su Norteño Banda,
Continue ReadingPor Lauren Kent, Aria Chen, Billy Stockwell y Anna Chernova, CNN Estudiantes extranjeros de Harvard dicen que están experimentando “pánico puro” ante la medida del Gobierno de Trump para prohibir matricular extranjeros. Estudiantes de todo el mundo contaron a CNN que están asimilando la posibilidad de que se revoquen sus visas, se suspendan sus investigaciones
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By Lauren Kent, Aria Chen, Billy Stockwell and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — International Harvard students say they are experiencing “pure panic” amid the Trump administration’s move to bar foreign enrollment, as students from around the world told CNN they are coming to grips with the possibility of revoked visas, suspended research and being blocked
Continue Reading CNN By Emma Tucker, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation to suspend international visas for new students at Harvard University, the White House announced Wednesday, in a dramatic escalation of its efforts to block foreign nationals from enrolling at the elite university. The proclamation temporarily blocks the entry of
Continue ReadingPor Erick Beltrán y Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El cantante mexicano Julión Álvarez dijo este viernes que las autoridades de Estados Unidos revocaron su visa de trabajo, así como la de sus músicos, por lo que debe posponer el concierto que tenía previsto para este sábado en un estadio de Arlington, Texas. Mediante un
Continue ReadingPor Kit Maher, Ramishah Maruf y Chris Isidore, CNN El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, anunció una alianza entre US Steel y la siderúrgica japonesa Nippon que, según él, mantendrá la sede en Pittsburgh y atraerá US$ 14.000 millones en inversiones a la economía estadounidense. “Esta será una alianza planificada entre United States Steel y
Continue ReadingPor Ivonne Valdés y Erick Beltrán, CNN en Español Macario Martínez no es una sensación viral común. Hasta hace poco, pasaba la mayor parte del día uniformado de verde fosforescente, recogiendo basura en las calles de la Ciudad de México, soñando despierto con canciones sobre amor y nostalgia, hasta que un día grabó en secreto
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed four nuclear energy-related executive orders on Friday that will speed up reactor testing, allow the Departments of Energy and Defense to build nuclear reactors on federally owned land, overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and boost the United States’ mining and enrichment of uranium, a senior
Continue ReadingPor Kit Maher, CNN El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, firmó este viernes cuatro decretos relacionados con la energía nuclear que acelerarán las pruebas de reactores, permitirán a los departamentos de Energía y Defensa construir reactores nucleares en terrenos federales, reformarán la Comisión Reguladora Nuclear y aumentarán la minería y el enriquecimiento de uranio en
Continue ReadingPor Kylie Atwood, Kit Maher y Alex Marquardt, CNN El Gobierno de Trump puso este viernes a más de 100 funcionarios del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional (NSC, por sus siglas en inglés) de la Casa Blanca en licencia administrativa como parte de una reestructuración bajo el asesor de seguridad nacional interino y secretario de Estado,
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By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have for the first time spotted two galaxies in the throes of a deep-space “duel.” Using combined observations from ground-based telescopes over nearly four years, the researchers saw the distant galactic neighbors charging toward each other at more than 1.1 million miles per hour (1.8 million kilometers per
Continue ReadingPor Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Maestros de la Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE) protestan este viernes en las inmediaciones del Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México, bloqueando desde el mediodía los accesos hacia sus dos terminales, informó la Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana local (SSC). La institución dijo en un comunicado
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — John Mulaney may be a “Saturday Night Live” alum, but he knows better than to suggest any changes to the show that’s been on the air for five decades. Mulaney appeared at the “Stories of the Season: Emmys” event hosted by Puck in Los Angeles this week, where he
Continue ReadingPor Emiliano Giménez, CNN en Español “Hay distintas formas de dolarizar… La dolarización es como una pizza, está la de jamón y mozzarella, la de mozzarella, la primavera que tiene ananá, la de pepperoni, la fugazzeta. Hay un montón de modelos de pizzas, vos podés hacerlas de distintas maneras”, dijo el presidente de Argentina, Javier
Continue ReadingCNN en Español Van más de 70 personas detenidas en Venezuela hasta este viernes por presuntas amenazas a la seguridad nacional, informó en rueda de prensa el ministro del Relaciones Interiores y Justicia, Diosdado Cabello. Agregó que en el grupo hay tanto venezolanos como extranjeros, pero no mostró prueba alguna de las acusaciones. CNN contactó
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