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31- La esposa de Graham Platner dice que se siente “herida” por las revelaciones de los mensajes extramatrimoniales de su esposo
La esposa de Graham Platner dice que se siente “herida” por las revelaciones de los mensajes extramatrimoniales de su esposo
Por Michael Williams y Andrew Kaczynski, CNN
La esposa del candidato demócrata al Senado por Maine, Graham Platner, dijo que se sentía “profundamente herida” después de que el sábado se hicieran públicos detalles sobre los mensajes sexuales extramatrimoniales de su esposo, acusando a una exfuncionaria de campaña y confidente de traicionar su confianza.
La declaración de la esposa de Platner, Amy Gertner, se produjo después de que tanto The New York Times como The Wall Street Journal informaran que, poco después de que Platner anunciara su campaña al Senado el año pasado, Gertner alertó al personal de campaña sobre mensajes de texto sexuales que su esposo había intercambiado con otras mujeres.
“Sé quién es Graham”, dijo Gertner en una declaración difundida a través de la campaña de Platner. “Conozco al hombre con el que me casé y al esposo que ha sido para mí en los mejores y peores días de mi vida. Eso no ha cambiado, y no cambiará”.
Genevieve McDonald, la exdirectora política de la campaña de Platner, confirmó a CNN el sábado que Gertner le reveló el año pasado que Platner había estado enviando mensajes sexuales a varias mujeres y que la campaña evaluó el asunto como una posible responsabilidad política.
Según tanto The New York Times como The Wall Street Journal, Gertner informó a la campaña de Platner en agosto pasado sobre mensajes de texto que había encontrado en la primavera de 2025 entre su esposo y otras mujeres, al inicio de su matrimonio. Las publicaciones informaron que ella señaló los mensajes mientras la campaña de Platner evaluaba internamente al candidato.
CNN no ha confirmado de manera independiente la existencia de los mensajes de texto. CNN sí verificó que una cuenta en la aplicación de mensajería Kik parece pertenecer a Platner. La cuenta, bajo el nombre de usuario “phustle0331”, presenta una foto de perfil en la que Platner aparece sin camisa en un baño con una toalla en la cintura y utiliza un identificador similar a los de su cuenta de Reddit, ya eliminada, y una cuenta de Instagram también eliminada.
Según The New York Times, Gertner informó sobre los mensajes de su esposo con otras mujeres a la entonces directora política de la campaña, McDonald, a quien Gertner pareció referirse en la declaración del sábado.
“Confié detalles profundamente personales sobre mi matrimonio a alguien que consideraba una amiga”, decía la declaración de Gertner.
“Confié en esta persona el capítulo más privado de nuestras vidas —los primeros días de nuestro matrimonio, antes de que cualquier campaña estuviera en nuestra mente— y estoy profundamente herida por su traición y la invasión a nuestra privacidad”, dijo.
Platner, un veterano del Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina sin experiencia política previa, se ha convertido en un foco de controversia desde que anunció su campaña insurgente para desafiar a la senadora republicana titular Susan Collins.
Recibió fuertes críticas al inicio de su campaña después de que se revelara que tenía un tatuaje en el pecho que se asemejaba a un símbolo nazi. Platner dijo que se hizo el tatuaje cuando tenía 20 años y estaba en las fuerzas armadas, y que no se dio cuenta de su significado hasta hace poco. Desde entonces, ha dicho que ha cubierto el tatuaje.
Pero un reportaje de KFile de CNN posteriormente puso en duda su afirmación de ignorancia sobre el simbolismo del tatuaje. En un hilo de redes sociales de 2019, Platner discutió el emblema —una calavera con huesos cruzados “Totenkopf”— mientras señalaba que muchos miembros de las fuerzas armadas estadouni
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- Israel captures strategic Crusader-built castle as incursion into southern Lebanon deepens
Israel captures strategic Crusader-built castle as incursion into southern Lebanon deepens
By Kareem El Damanhoury, Todd Symons, CNN
(CNN) — The Israeli military has captured the Crasader-era Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, a site it hasn’t held for 26 years, as it expands its incursion deeper into its neighbor’s territory.
The capture of the castle, near the city of Nabatiyeh and roughly 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) from the Israeli border, comes after days of fierce fighting in the area.
“The operation is focused on establishing operational control of the Beaufort Ridge and the Wadi al-Saluki area,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) statement said Sunday, adding that it sought to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure in both areas.
The castle, which was built by the Crusaders on a high cliff overlooking the Litani River some 900 years ago, has long been considered a strategic site in southern Lebanon and has been occupied by Israeli forces during previous conflicts.
“The operation began several days ago, during which a significant number of IDF ground soldiers commenced offensive operations aimed at expanding the Forward Defense Line,” the IDF said.
“From Beaufort Ridge, Hezbollah terrorists managed military and combat activities and carried out numerous attacks,” it said.
On Saturday, the Lebanese state news agency NNA reported Israeli air raids and “intense bombardment” in the area surrounding the castle. Hezbollah also claimed to have destroyed an Israeli tank near the castle.
Three days ago, the Arnoun Municipality denounced Israeli bombing in the area and urged international organizations to protect the castle, NNA reported.
“This is a clear message to our enemies: anyone who threatens Israeli civilians will lose their strategic assets one by one,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday.
And Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would “continue to demand and advance a doctrine of permanent territorial control and exceptional military aggressiveness…For every explosive drone, ten buildings in Beirut must fall.”
The Beaufort Castle has been described by UNESCO as “as one of the best-preserved examples of medieval castles in the Near East.” It was also one of 34 Lebanese cultural properties that UNESCO granted provisional enhanced protection—the highest level of immunity against any attack or usage for military purposes—in late 2024, after Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon.
The castle was the site of intense fighting between the Israeli military and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1982 when Israel occupied southern Lebanon. It sustained “significant damage” during the 18-year occupation before the Israeli military withdrew in 2000, according to UNESCO.
Despite the US-mediated ceasefire agreed by the Israeli and Lebanese governments in April, clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have intensified.
Israel has in recent days expanded its operation, pushing deeper into Lebanese territory, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israeli forces have crossed the Litani River, which runs around 15-20 miles (30 kilometers) north of Israel’s border.
The IDF said it had “expanded its operations against Hezbollah targets north of the river” and in “additional areas,” in its statement on Sunday. It has issued a series of evacuation orders for villages north of the Litani in recent days.
The intensifying combat between Israel and Hezbollah may put at risk any agreement between the United States and Iran, which is insisting that it include a ceasefire in Lebanon. US President Donald Trump told Netanyahu last week that he supported its “freedom of action against threats on all fronts, including Lebanon,” an Israeli official told CNN.
CNN’s Eugenia Yosef, Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister c
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- Pete Buttigieg is becoming a prolific endorser of Democrats, with some clues to his future
Pete Buttigieg is becoming a prolific endorser of Democrats, with some clues to his future
By Patrick Svitek, CNN
(CNN) — Shawn Harris is aware of the political bind he faces in northwest Georgia.
“Because I live in a ruby-red district, I can’t have every nationally known Democrat come here and support me because it doesn’t fit what we’re trying to do,” said Harris, who is running for a congressional district formerly represented by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. President Donald Trump carried the district by more than 30 percentage points in 2024.
But after Pete Buttigieg reached out to Harris ahead of a March special election runoff for the seat, Harris made an exception and welcomed the former transportation secretary to the district. Harris lost in the runoff but significantly overperformed past Democratic margins there. He hopes Buttigieg will return this fall for the general election.
Unlike many potential 2028 contenders, Buttigieg doesn’t hold a government position. He’s instead become one of the most prolific midterm campaigners among possible presidential candidates, backing candidates in more than 30 races and traveling to over a dozen states.
Those endorsements give Buttigieg a record to tout on a potential future debate stage, especially as the party looks for leaders who can break through in Republican territory. Buttigieg is also quietly building a network of allies and working to address a key weakness that ultimately doomed his 2020 White House bid.
In a statement to CNN, Buttigieg said that he wants “to be useful to citizens organizing to fix broken systems, and candidates who represent a better version of our politics.”
He appears to be looking to help Black Democrats in particular, a constituency with whom he struggled mightily in his 2020 presidential campaign. His dearth of support among Black voters was a glaring weakness as he otherwise rose from the mayorship of South Bend, Indiana, to become a top-tier candidate in the 2020 Democratic nominating fight.
Now, he is supporting up-and-coming Black Democrats in the midterms such as Harris, Aaron Ford for Nevada governor and Jasmine Clark for an open House seat east of Atlanta. Buttigieg also supported another Black Democrat, Chedrick Greene, who won a hard-fought special election for Michigan state Senate earlier this month where the party’s majority in the chamber was on the line.
Buttigieg, who passed on a US Senate run last year from Michigan — where he now resides — enjoys more political freedom than most other possible 2028 contenders. Some have focused on the midterms in more targeted ways, such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who led the redrawing of his state’s congressional map to favor Democrats. Others must balance their national ambitions with reelection campaigns in November.
Buttigieg has his own political group, Win the Era, that grew out of his 2020 campaign, but several of his midterm endorsements are also aligning with The Bench, a new group run by some of his former aides, including top 2020 campaign spokesman Andrew Mamo, that says it is “recruiting and supporting the next generation of Democratic leaders.”
Buttigieg has appeared with candidates in more traditionally competitive states such as Pennsylvania, Nevada, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Carolina and Ohio. But he’s also gone to Republican strongholds like Montana and Oklahoma.
Jaime Harrison, a former Democratic National Committee chairman from South Carolina, said Buttigieg has been “extremely active and I think that’s a good thing.” But he also name-checked other potential contenders who he said have be
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- How Costco sells such cheap gas
How Costco sells such cheap gas
By David Goldman, CNN
(CNN) — In its 50-year history, Costco has never seen such demand for gas.
Many of its stations have been so overwhelmed that they’ve had to call in tanker trucks multiple times a day to avoid running dry, Costco said this week during its quarterly earnings call. A growing number of customers are buying just enough to top up their tanks, concerned about what tomorrow’s prices may be.
As prices have surged above $4 nationwide – and above $6 along the West Coast – Costco has become America’s destination for cheap gas. Well, relatively. Costco routinely undercuts local gas stations by around 30 cents a gallon.
That’s an enticing bargain at any time, although long lines sometimes dissuade customers, especially when gas is inexpensive. Not now: A significant number of Costco members filled up for the very first time over the past three months, Costco said on that earnings call.
How – and why – does Costco sell gas for so cheap? It’s all about chickens. Well, kinda.
Not a ‘loss leader’
Costco actually makes a profit on gas – a few cents per gallon. That’s substantially lower than the 25- to 35-cent markup that most gas stations take.
Unlike most gas stations, which are small, independently owned and operated businesses – maybe with an attached convenience store or a repair shop – Costco can rely on its massive scale and membership model to drive profit.
Last year, membership fees accounted for roughly two-thirds of the company’s profit. Costco sells most of its products the same way it sells gasoline: at or just above cost – and sometimes below, like its famous $1.50 hot dog and soda deal.
Competing gas stations need the markup to pay for overhead and repairs. When gas prices rise, customers buy less of it, keeping a relative cap on the amount they’re able to charge.
That’s why, ironically, when gas prices are high, most gas stations struggle to make money.
Costco has a different problem: When gas prices are high, Costco sells more gas. But, because gas is among its lowest-margin products, the company’s overall profit margin gets squeezed. The opposite is true when prices are low.
Last year, when prices spent a considerable amount of time under $3 a gallon on average, gas added about a tenth of a percentage point to the company’s gross margin. Last quarter, gas subtracted two tenths of a point.
Nevertheless, it’s a good problem to have. Costco said it brought in $2.3 billion less in gas sales in 2025 than the year before because prices got cheaper.
Costco has 747 gas stations, which brought in 10% of its overall sales last year.
A chicken driver
Where do the chickens come in?
Costco says about half of its filler-uppers end up walking into a warehouse. As a record number of members visit Costco’s gas stations, foot traffic at stores increased around 5%. And customers are buying more when they shop, too.
“We believe this will drive even greater loyalty with these members in the future as members who use our gas stations typically spend more with us in the warehouse,” said Costco CEO Roland Vachris on a conference call with analysts Thursday, during which gas was mentioned 72 times.
Vachris said customers were stretched this past quarter, because they were allocating a higher percentage of their paychecks to gas. But that gave Costco an advantage: iIts competitive prices.
Among its best-selling how-can-they-sell-it-this-cheap products: rotisserie chickens, which Costco sells for $4.99 – way undercutting local supermarkets. And the
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| 1- Laos cave rescuers investigating ‘knocking response’ as focus shifts to newly discovered cave shaft
Laos cave rescuers investigating ‘knocking response’ as focus shifts to newly discovered cave shaft
By Rebecca Wright, Kocha Olarn, Angie Puranasamriddhi, June Jeong, Laura Sharman, CNN
Vientiane, Laos (CNN) — Rescuers in Laos say they are investigating a possible “knocking response” deep inside a flooded cave network where two men are believed to remain trapped days after one was rescued and four others crawled to freedom.
The development could indicate possible signs of life but rescuers stress they need to investigate further before saying for sure whether the knocks are from the stranded men.
The response sounds came as rescuers rappelled down a newly discovered vertical shaft that may provide a safer entry into a flooded cave and lead to a chamber where the men could be.
“We still cannot confirm that the knocking sounds came from trapped victims. However, we can confirm that there were definite knocking sounds in response to the signals,” Thai specialist cave diver Kengkard Bongkawong told CNN by phone on Monday.
Rescuers have now heard knocking responses on at least two occasions in the last 24 hours.
Thai rescue technician Manat Artmongkron said that the response was heard 70 meters (230 feet) down the shaft.
“The sounds appeared to come from just 5 meters away, raising hopes that the missing individuals may be nearby,” he wrote Monday on Facebook.
The villagers’ ordeal began on May 20 when eight men entered a cave in central Laos in search of gold, but became trapped when heavy rain blocked the exit.
A survivor managed to raise the alarm, triggering a complex operation involving experts who were summoned from around the world to the country’s central Xaisomboun province.
Five men emerged alive from the tunnel on Friday and Saturday, leaving rescuers searching for the remaining two, who entered separately via a different route.
What’s next in the Laos cave rescue?
Attention turned Monday to the vertical cave shaft that plunges more than 100 meters into a dark chamber that rescuers hope will provide a safer entry into a flooded cave.
“It was an amazing find,” Australian diver Josh Richards said in a video clip late Sunday. “It’s also directly in the area we need to be connecting to.”
Rescuers are working with a map drawn with the aid of the five survivors and they hope the shaft will connect to another passage beyond the chamber where they were found.
“From what we know, there is a significant air pocket that is considerably further on – another 100 meters or so, through fairly lethal passage,” Richards said.
He described this stretch as an “even tighter and more unpleasant” passage than anything the divers have traversed so far, and the “only place” where the missing two could be.
Conditions at the cave entrance remain challenging, with the latest rainfall causing flash flooding.
Bounkham Luanglath, president of the Lao People’s Volunteer Association, said Monday that work continues to “pump water out to drain the cave as quickly as possible.”
Other methods include blocking water sources in the area and building more water retention ponds, on top of the existing one, to prevent further flooding.
Of the survivors, one was guided to safety on Friday, while the other four managed to escape unaided the next day after extensive efforts to drain the floodwater from the area.
All five are recovering in hospital after surviving for more than a week on water and sleep to preserve their strength before help arrived.
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- EE.UU. e Irán reanudan el intercambio de fuego mientras Trump pide cambios al acuerdo propuesto para poner fin a la guerra
EE.UU. e Irán reanudan el intercambio de fuego mientras Trump pide cambios al acuerdo propuesto para poner fin a la guerra
Por Kevin Liptak, Logan Schiciano y Kathleen Magramo, CNN
Estados Unidos llevó a cabo ataques en “defensa propia” en Irán durante el fin de semana, mientras el presidente Donald Trump devolvía cambios a una propuesta de acuerdo para extender el alto el fuego existente en la región y reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz.
Los ataques del fin de semana en Irán tuvieron como objetivo radares iraníes y sitios de mando y control, y fueron una respuesta a “acciones agresivas iraníes que incluyeron el derribo de un dron estadounidense MQ-1 que operaba sobre aguas internacionales”, informó el Comando Central de Estados Unidos la noche del domingo.
“Aviones de combate estadounidenses respondieron rápidamente eliminando defensas aéreas iraníes, una estación de control terrestre y dos drones de ataque unidireccionales que representaban amenazas claras para los barcos que transitaban por aguas regionales”, señaló el Comando Central.
Mientras tanto, el Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica de Irán (IRGC, por sus siglas en inglés) afirmó que atacó una base aérea estadounidense presuntamente utilizada para lanzar un ataque contra una torre de telecomunicaciones en la isla Sirik de Irán, según un comunicado difundido por varios medios estatales iraníes.
El comunicado no especificó qué base aérea habría sido atacada, pero el anuncio se produjo después de que Kuwait informara que repelió ataques con drones y misiles.
Irán y Estados Unidos han intercambiado fuego en repetidas ocasiones desde que entró en vigor su frágil alto el fuego a principios de abril, incluyendo la semana pasada, cuando Kuwait también afirmó haber sido atacado por misiles y drones iraníes. Estos enfrentamientos han sacudido a la región, pero hasta ahora no han provocado el colapso del alto el fuego.
En el centro de las conversaciones en curso para poner fin a las hostilidades se encuentra un memorando de entendimiento entre Estados Unidos e Irán que pondría fin a las hostilidades y sentaría las bases para futuras conversaciones sobre cuestiones clave pendientes.
Los últimos cambios propuestos por Trump, que realizó después de reunirse con sus asesores el viernes, ya habían extendido las conversaciones de ida y vuelta por otra semana.
“Irán realmente quiere llegar a un acuerdo, y será bueno para EE.UU. y para quienes están con nosotros”, escribió Trump en una publicación en Truth Social después de que el Comando Central confirmara los últimos ataques.
Los cambios exactos que Trump solicitó no estaban claros de inmediato, pero los funcionarios dijeron que el presidente ha insistido en un lenguaje más estricto en torno a los compromisos nucleares de Irán y su promesa de reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz. Los aliados estadounidenses en el Golfo han sido informados sobre las discusiones. Un funcionario extranjero familiarizado con el asunto dijo a CNN que los cambios no son sustantivos y se centran principalmente en el deseo de Estados Unidos de obtener garantías sobre esos temas.
Trump también ha expresado su preocupación por el alivio financiero que podría proporcionarse a Irán como parte del acuerdo, receloso de las comparaciones con los “palés de dinero en efectivo” que se entregaron bajo el acuerdo nuclear de la era Obama, al que él califica de débil.
Antes de que se anunciaran los últimos ataques en Irán, un funcionario estadounidense dijo a CNN que es poco probable que haya más ataques militares si el acuerdo está cerca, y que los aliados regionales no quieren que se reanuden las operaciones de combate.
La última serie de cambios propuestos llega una semana después de que Trump declarara que el acuerdo estaba “en gran parte finalizado” y señalara que el fin de la guerra era inminente.
Desde entonces, funcionarios estadounidenses han dado señales de avances para alcanzar un acuerdo que pondría fin a las hostilidades, reabriría el estrecho y daría inici
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- Rescatistas de cueva de Laos investigan “respuesta a golpes” mientras centran su atención en pozo recientemente descubierto
Rescatistas de cueva de Laos investigan “respuesta a golpes” mientras centran su atención en pozo recientemente descubierto
Por Junio Jeong y Angie Puranasamriddhi
Los equipos de rescate en Laos afirman estar investigando una posible “respuesta a golpes” en el interior de una red de cuevas inundadas donde se cree que dos hombres permanecen atrapados.
Este suceso podría indicar posibles señales de vida, pero los rescatistas recalcan que necesitan investigar más a fondo antes de poder afirmar con seguridad si los golpes provienen de los hombres atrapados.
Los sonidos de respuesta se produjeron cuando los rescatistas descendieron en rápel por un pozo vertical recién descubierto que podría proporcionar una entrada más segura a una cueva inundada y conducir a una cámara donde podrían encontrarse los hombres.
“Aún no podemos confirmar que los golpes provinieran de víctimas atrapadas. Sin embargo, sí podemos confirmar que se escucharon golpes en respuesta a las señales”, declaró el lunes a CNN por teléfono el buceador tailandés especializado en cuevas, Kengkard Bongkawong.
Los equipos de rescate han escuchado golpes en la puerta en al menos dos ocasiones en las últimas 24 horas.
El técnico de rescate tailandés Manat Artmongkron publicó en Facebook que la respuesta se escuchó a 70 metros (230 pies) de profundidad en el pozo.
“La respuesta se escuchó a tan solo 5 metros de distancia, lo cual es una buena noticia. Pronto les informaremos”, escribió.
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- What we know about the UFC fight at the White House
What we know about the UFC fight at the White House
By Kit Maher, CNN
(CNN) — When President Donald Trump first presented the idea of a UFC fight on the White House South Lawn, some people thought he was joking.
“We’re going to have a UFC fight — think of this — on the grounds of the White House,” Trump said in Iowa last July, teasing special events honoring America’s 250th anniversary.
Fast forward about a year, and the idea is becoming a reality.
Construction crews are building a fight cage on the South Lawn for the June 14 fight, and the White House is now dwarfed by a massive arched lighting grid, which the Ultimate Fighting Championship calls “The Claw.”
When the fighters strap on their gloves and climb into the cage, more than 90,000 people will descend on the White House grounds to watch them battle it out.
‘The Claw’
Construction on “The Claw” came into view in late May over the top of the White House briefing room, where reporters began taking notice. The massive structure is now nearly impossible to miss, even blocks from the White House.
CEO Dana White told “The Jim Rome Show” that UFC found a place in Belgium to create the structure.
“It’s a lighting grid that almost looks like a spaceship, and it goes over the Octagon,” White said, referring to UFC’s signature eight-sided fenced-in fighting arena. “Shipped it from Belgium to Philly. Built it in Philly and tested it. Tore it back down and put it on trucks and shipped it to DC.”
The lead-up to the fight
Several events are programmed in the days leading up to the fight — which falls on Flag Day and Trump’s 80th birthday — including meet and greets with current and former UFC athletes; a Zac Brown Band concert; and a ceremonial weigh-in, all culminating with a watch party on the Ellipse.
Who’s fighting?
The fight card includes the main events between American Justin Gaethje vs. Georgian Ilia Topuria in the lightweight title bout and Brazilian Alex Pereira vs. France’s Ciryl Gane in the heavyweight interim title bout. All the matches are listed on the UFC website with further information about the fighters. There are eight American fighters on the UFC Freedom 250 fight card.
Tickets
All events are free and ticketed. However, the cutoff to request tickets for the “UFC Freedom 250 Fan Fest” was May 22, according to a “last chance” email UFC sent out.
A White House official told CNN last month that people are vying for tickets to the event, a third of which are reserved for military members and their families, a third for White House staff and their familes and another third for VIPs. UFC also has 200 tickets to give out on the South Lawn. White told Fox News in an interview that 4,300 people will be on the actual South lawn for the fight and “most of them will be military.”
Senior Pentagon leaders are putting together lists of uniformed service members who will be offered the chance to attend the fight, but tickets will only be given to those who meet military body composition standards, according to guidance memos reviewed by CNN and sources familiar with the process.
There are about 85,000 tickets allotted for the general public at the Ellipse watch party, as well.
White told TIME magazine in a recent interview that he has invited several professional athletes and celebrities including Tom Brad
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| 2- Restrictions on prediction market bets by US troops part of draft defense bill
Restrictions on prediction market bets by US troops part of draft defense bill
By Davis Winkie, Marshall Cohen, CNN
(CNN) — Members of the US military may soon be barred from using prediction markets to bet on global events if a draft defense policy bill passes Congress and becomes law. The proposal comes after a high-profile case where a US special forces soldier is accused of using classified information to place bets tied to the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
Draft bill text released last week by the House Armed Services Committee includes a requirement that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issue regulations banning members of the armed forces and Pentagon civilian employees from trading on prediction markets where the person has relevant “nonpublic information” or “may reasonably obtain” such info. The provision would also require Hegseth to develop a “range of punishments” for violating the rule.
Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket have exploded in popularity over the past year. They’re treated like commodity futures and regulated by the federal government, but many lawmakers and state officials say the rules haven’t caught up to the realities of the massively growing industry.
Under current federal law, prediction sites for US-based users aren’t allowed to offer markets on war. But Polymarket has a popular offshore site, that Americans can easily access with a virtual private network, with dozens of war-related markets available for trading.
The Maduro trades led in April to the first known federal prosecution for alleged insider trading on prediction markets, with the soldier allegedly making $400,000 on Polymarket. The soldier has pleaded not guilty, and Polymarket issued a statement saying it had “referred the matter to the DOJ” after the platform “identified a user trading on classified government information.”
CNN has a partnership with Kalshi and uses its data to cover major events, but CNN editorial employees aren’t allowed to use prediction markets.
The provision barring troop betting may not survive the monthslong road ahead for the annual defense policy bill, a perennial platform for legislative politicking, but it would mark a change that could trigger stiff penalties for service members who leverage insider information.
Eugene Fidell, a Coast Guard veteran who co-founded the National Institute of Military Justice and teaches military law at Yale Law School, told CNN that the bill “clearly contemplates” criminal punishment under military law for violators. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, disobeying orders or regulations can be prosecuted as a federal crime.
Fidell said that the federal government should address prediction market insider trading issues “as part of an overall strategy rather than piecemeal,” as opposed to singling out service members for more intensive regulation.
Insider trading is already illegal under federal law in situations where the trader had a pre-existing duty to keep the information private, such as military members and classified mission details. But the draft defense bill provision expands on that framework by proscribing trading on “nonpublic information,” a broad category that includes even unclassified info that isn’t publicly available. Trading on unclassified nonpublic information, for example, could include betting on the winner of a major defense contract befor
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- Hackers acceden a la cuenta de Instagram de un alto funcionario de la Fuerza Espacial de EE.UU. y publican propaganda iraní
Hackers acceden a la cuenta de Instagram de un alto funcionario de la Fuerza Espacial de EE.UU. y publican propaganda iraní
Por Sean Lyngaas y Zachary Cohen, CNN
Unos piratas informáticos accedieron este domingo ilegalmente a la cuenta de Instagram de un alto funcionario de la Fuerza Espacial de Estados Unidos y publicaron temporalmente una serie de mensajes de propaganda a favor de Irán y en contra de Estados Unidos, algunos de los cuales hacían referencia a la guerra de Vietnam.
Un video revisado por CNN utilizó audio de “Hanoi Hannah”, una infame propagandista de la guerra de Vietnam, en el que se decía a los soldados estadounidenses que “abandonaran un barco que se hunde”.
El video también incluía imágenes del fallecido funcionario de seguridad iraní Ali Larijani, quien murió semanas después del inicio de la guerra entre Estados Unidos, Israel e Irán.
En una publicación de Facebook el domingo por la noche, el sargento mayor John Bentivegna, el suboficial de mayor rango en la Fuerza Espacial, aconsejó a sus colegas que no hicieran clic en ningún enlace ni interactuaran con los videos que publicaba su cuenta.
“Estamos trabajando con los equipos correspondientes para recuperar el acceso y resolver el problema lo antes posible”, declaró Bentivegna.
Un portavoz de la Fuerza Espacial confirmó el ataque, pero se negó a responder preguntas sobre cuánto tiempo estuvo visible el contenido pirateado en la cuenta de Bentivegna o quién fue el responsable del incidente.
La Fuerza Espacial ha desempeñado un papel importante en las operaciones militares estadounidenses contra Irán.
El jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto, el general Dan Caine, reconoció que la Fuerza Espacial utilizó “efectos no cinéticos” para obstaculizar las defensas de Irán cuando Estados Unidos comenzó a bombardear el país el 28 de febrero.
Los líderes militares estadounidenses han advertido repetidamente a sus tropas que sus teléfonos y cuentas en línea podrían ser objetivos durante la guerra.
El Comando Central de Estados Unidos, que abarca Medio Oriente y más allá y dirige la guerra estadounidense en Irán, informó recientemente a los legisladores que había recibido múltiples informes de amenazas sobre la explotación por parte del adversario de datos de localización comerciales para atacar o vigilar al personal estadounidense en la zona de operaciones.
A finales de abril, varios miembros del Cuerpo de Marines de EE.UU., empleados civiles y sus familias recibieron amenazas, según la Armada, “sin fundamento” a través de mensajes de texto de un grupo de presuntos hackers iraníes.
Uno de los mensajes amenazantes, revisado por CNN, decía: “Nuestras unidades de misiles conocen perfectamente sus identidades y cada uno de sus movimientos está bajo nuestra vigilancia”.
El hackeo de la cuenta de Instagram de Bentivegna es solo el último frente en las batallas propagandísticas que han caracterizado la guerra de Estados Unidos contra Irán.
En marzo, piratas informáticos iraníes accedieron a la cuenta de correo electrónico personal del director del FBI, Kash Patel, y filtraron algunas de sus fotos y correos electrónicos antiguos.
Jóvenes iraníes también han utilizado inteligencia artificial para crear videos virales con temática de Lego que se burlan del presidente Donald Trump, del secretario de Defensa Pete Hegseth y del esfuerzo bélico estadounidense.
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- 94 days of paralysis: The Strait of Hormuz remains choked off
94 days of paralysis: The Strait of Hormuz remains choked off
By Vanessa Yurkevich, Chris Isidore, Matt Egan, CNN
(CNN) — The most powerful shipping executives in the world are gathered in Athens this week for the annual International Shipping Exhibition. The hot topic: the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump has said the strait’s reopening is imminent. Administration officials tout ships getting through the vital chokepoint.
Yet most shipping executives remain unwilling to send their cargo ships through the 21-mile channel until the United States and Iran strike a definitive peace agreement that includes the safe reopening of the strait.
The strait’s closure continues to cut off 20% of the world’s oil supply from global markets, along with liquid natural gas and fertilizer needed for a functioning global economy. After oil prices fell last week on hopes of an agreement to reopen the strait, oil futures shot up Monday following a weekend of renewed fighting in the region and reports Iran had broken off peace negotiations.
According to research firm Kpler, only seven ships on Friday passed through the strait — five entering and two exiting. Over the weekend, just four additional ships left the strait. One hundred cargo-carrying vessels typically move through the waterway daily, according to shipping-data provider Lloyd’s List.
“Traffic still remains exceptionally depleted,” Matt Smith, director of commodity research at Kpler, told CNN. “Barring a handful of tankers crossing each day, the strait remains essentially closed.”
Since current traffic is only a trickle compared to normal, industry officials do not believe it will make a significant difference to global markets.
It will take more than a “limited number of successful transits” to restore confidence, Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, who spent half a decade working for American President Lines in the Middle East, told CNN.
“The larger issue is whether carriers, insurers and vessel operators have enough confidence in the long-term security environment to resume regular service patterns,” said Seroka.
Efforts last month to have the US military guide commercial vessels out of the strait through “Project Freedom” proved to be short-lived.
Despite reports of new naval escorts in recent days, a spokesperson for US Central Command said that had not happened.
“Though US forces are not escorting, we continue to communicate and coordinate with commercial ships seeking to freely and safely transit the Strait of Hormuz,” said Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for the command.
Industry sources confirm it’ll take time for normal traffic to resume.
“Our general sense is that the threat to ships crossing the Strait is still significant, and we will not see a full resumption of traffic through the strait until there is a stronger guarantee of safe passage,” an oil industry source told CNN on Monday.
On Monday, a cargo vessel traveling in the northern Persian Gulf was struck by an unknown projectile, according to a British military-run maritime security organization. There have been 39 vessel strikes in the region and 11 deaths since the war began, according to the International Maritime Organization.
Container ships that typically deliver much of the food and other goods to Gulf states have also been trapped by the strait’s closure. Maersk, one of the world’s largest container shipping firms, has not had a ship leave since mid-May. Six Maersk ships are still trapped in the Gulf.
Shipping industry sources said it is critical that no restrictions or fees be imposed on ships once the strait reopens.
“As shipping comes under increasing pressure from geopolitical events, we must do all we can to work together to always put the safety of seafarers first,” Arseni
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- Here’s why Harry Potter might take some of the credit if the US has a magical World Cup run
Here’s why Harry Potter might take some of the credit if the US has a magical World Cup run
By Don Riddell, CNN
(CNN) — The US Men’s National Team (USMNT) won’t be able to use magic to win the FIFA World Cup, but if they could, Weston McKennie says he’s got a couple of tricks up his sleeve.
“Avada Kedavra – because there would be no more opponents,” McKennie told CNN Sports, referencing one of the darkest spells from the world of Harry Potter. He quickly realizes that might be a little too dark – “Just playing,” he smiles.
“I’d probably say Expecto Patronum because it’s a shielding spell. Someone (an opponent) shoots on goal, I just hit that spell real quick. Doesn’t mean I don’t believe in goalkeepers… just can never be too sure!”
The 27-year-old McKennie says he used to feel like the odd man out. When the American midfield soccer star arrived at Italian giant Juventus in Turin, he was surrounded by world-class players who all had their own unique goal celebrations.
There was Cristiano Ronaldo with his iconic ‘Siu’ – a leap towards the corner flag, a half turn in the air, sticking the landing with a puffed-out chest and his arms thrust down by his sides. Paulo Dybala would put his hand over his face, mimicking a Roman Gladiator style mask, and Leonardo Bonucci would point to his face in celebration.
“I was never a player that really scored a lot,” McKennie told CNN, but whenever he did find the back of the net, “I would just run back to midfield and line up to go again.”
And then the goals started flowing. “I was like, ‘OK, let me try and create a signature celebration for myself. What’s unique for me? What do I really like?’” he said. “I loved Harry Potter since I was young, so I was like, ‘OK, let me just cast a spell.’”
How big a Potter fan is McKennie? “Big enough to have a tattoo of his scar on my finger!”
In January 2021, McKennie scored for Juve in Italy’s Serie A against Bologna, and the first spell was cast, a celebration that featured him rotating his right wrist three times and leaning forward with a pretend wand in his hand.
“I don’t think they really knew what it was or what I was referencing,” he recalled of his teammates’ reactions. “But then, obviously, it stuck – and it was ‘Magic McKennie.’”
Five years later, McKennie says that his celebration has become so iconic that he sees fans doing it in the crowd, and he’s stopped by people in the street, asking to perform the celebration with them in videos.
His foundation, which focuses on the underserved community and in particular children in orphanages, is called McKennie’s Magical Youth Mission, and his Pottermania has also led to a partnership with Harry Potter franchise owner Warner Bros. (like CNN, Warner Bros. is part of the wider Warner Bros. Discovery family).
A normal person with special powers
His bewitching celebration was the very first scene to be featured in the new Tubi documentary series, “Destination World Cup.” McKennie said that he agreed to be featured in the show because he wants to be seen as more than just a soccer player, and he also wanted to dispel some myths about him.
“I think a lot of people forget that we’re just normal people that just happen to be good at playing a sport,” he told CNN Sports. “I feel like it was a good opportunity for me to be able to show everyone that I do like normal things that everyone else likes as well.
“But the one thing I did tell them was, ‘Nothing’s scripted, I’ll give you guys the raw stuff. I’m gonna be myself.’”
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| 3- Why the count will go on in California
Why the count will go on in California
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN
(CNN) — California’s elections are never quite over on Election Day, and this year is no different.
The state’s big population and its universal vote-by-mail system add to the time it takes to count the large volume of ballots counties will receive.
In the 2024 general election, for instance, mail ballots accounted for a little more than 80% of the 16.1 million ballots cast that November. Typically, county election officials first process ballots received before Election Day as they roll in and post those results quickly.
But, under state law, mail ballots can be received at local election offices up to seven days after the election, as long as they are postmarked on or before Election Day. And officials must verify ballots before they can be counted.
It’s typical for mail ballots counted in the days after the election to skew Democratic.
And in this election, Democratic voters appeared to be returning their ballots at a slower pace than in past elections, according to data from Political Data, Inc., a Democratic-aligned data firm, suggesting that the trend could be even more pronounced.
Where things stand
In the California governor’s race, Democratic former US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is in strong position to get one of the two slots in the November election given how votes counted after Election Day in California are typically more Democratic. The other slot is likely to go either Republican former Fox News host Steve Hilton or Democratic billionaire investor Tom Steyer.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advanced to the November election. Republican former reality TV star Spencer Pratt landed in second place behind Bass in the first reports, but later updates found him losing ground to progressive city councilmember Nithya Raman. That trend, coupled with the expected Democratic shift from ballots counted after Election Day, means the second spot remains too early to call.
Gubernatorial candidates have told their supporters to prepare for slow results and less-than-typical trends as the count goes on.
Steyer’s campaign said a larger share of Democratic votes are expected to be counted later in the process than in previous elections. Meanwhile, the Trump-endorsed Hilton said he hasn’t “seen anything” that would raise concerns about the validity of the results but criticized the slow process in California.
In an interview with CNN, Hilton called it “ridiculous” that the state has “a system where it could take days or even weeks to get election results.”
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- Ucrania pone la mira en San Petersburgo mientras comienza el “Davos de Putin”
Ucrania pone la mira en San Petersburgo mientras comienza el “Davos de Putin”
Por Kosta Gak, Anna Chernova y Helen Regan, CNN
Rusia afirmó haber derribado cientos de drones sobre su territorio, incluidos unos 60 sobre la región de San Petersburgo durante la madrugada de este miércoles, en un ataque lanzado por Ucrania mientras se inauguraba un importante foro económico.
El gobernador de San Petersburgo, Aleksandr Beglov, declaró que tres distritos fueron atacados durante un bombardeo nocturno con drones ucranianos que dejó varias personas heridas y daños en infraestructuras.
Según el Ministerio de Defensa ruso, las defensas aéreas interceptaron y destruyeron más de 350 drones ucranianos en territorios cercanos a la frontera, pero también en zonas más alejadas como Moscú, San Petersburgo y Novgorod, en el oeste del país.
En Smolensk, ciudad situada en el oeste de Rusia, cerca de la frontera con Bielorrusia, Ucrania lanzó ataques contra “instalaciones de infraestructura crítica”, declaró el gobernador de Smolensk, Vasiliy Anokhin.
Anokhin declaró que dos bomberos murieron “mientras combatían un incendio provocado por los restos de un dron enemigo derribado”, y añadió que otros dos bomberos y un civil sufrieron heridas leves.
El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, afirmó que los “ataques de largo alcance” alcanzaron “objetivos clave”, entre ellos la terminal petrolera de San Petersburgo, uno de los mayores complejos de transbordo de petróleo del noroeste de Rusia.
Otros objetivos incluían “objetivos militares en la base de Kronstadt”, un puerto naval insular cerca de San Petersburgo, y una instalación en la región de Tambov que, según Ucrania, estaba involucrada en la producción de armas rusas, añadió Zelensky.
Zelensky también publicó imágenes que mostraban explosiones y varios incendios en una instalación rusa, así como una enorme columna de humo negro y denso que se elevaba detrás de un rascacielos.
Ucrania ha desarrollado rápidamente este año sus drones de medio y largo alcance para atacar objetivos rusos, incluidas las instalaciones petroleras de Moscú y otros lugares mucho más allá de las líneas del frente.
“El plan de Ucrania para realizar ataques de largo alcance se está llevando a cabo exactamente como es necesario para acercar la paz”, dijo Zelensky.
Los ataques se produjeron cuando el Foro Económico Internacional de San Petersburgo, o SPIEF, un importante evento empresarial conocido como la versión rusa del Foro de Davos del presidente Vladimir Putin, daba comienzo en la ciudad el miércoles.
El espacio aéreo alrededor del aeropuerto internacional de San Petersburgo fue restringido el miércoles por la mañana, lo que provocó retrasos en alrededor de dos docenas de vuelos, según informó el aeropuerto en un comunicado.
Esto ocurre además un día después de que Rusia lanzara una ofensiva letal contra Ucrania a primera hora del martes, atacando la capital, Kyiv, y la ciudad central de Dnipro en una ofensiva de amplio alcance que infligió uno de los ataques más mortíferos de los últimos meses.
Según las autoridades ucranianas, al menos 23 personas murieron en el ataque nocturno, siete de ellas en Kyiv y otras 16 en Dnipro.
El secretario general de las Naciones Unidas, António Guterres, declaró que condenaba “enérgicamente” los ataques, en los que, según los militares, se dispararon más de 600 drones y decenas de misiles contra Ucrania, alcanzando infraestructuras civiles clave.
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- Supreme Court turns toward an explosive final month with Trump’s priorities at stake
Supreme Court turns toward an explosive final month with Trump’s priorities at stake
By John Fritze, CNN
(CNN) — The Supreme Court is facing an extraordinary showdown with Donald Trump as the justices scramble to finish more than two dozen opinions before the end of the month — with a president who will lash out if any decisions don’t go his way.
Pending decisions on executive power, immigration, mail ballots and the Second Amendment could all have an outsize influence on the next two years of Trump’s presidency. Of the 26 cases the high court is expected to decide before the end of June, the Trump administration took an active role in all but one.
Topping the list is a series of appeals dealing with Trump’s power to fire officials within the executive branch that Congress tried to insulate from presidential control. The court must also rule on the president’s attempt, via an executive order, to end birthright citizenship as it has been understood in the United States for more than a century.
All of it will play out amid an odd political dynamic with the president, who has made clear he will use his bully pulpit to strike out at the court in unusually harsh terms if he loses. When the court tossed out Trump’s emergency global tariffs in February, the president quickly convened a press conference at the White House to claim the justices who voted against him were an “embarrassment to their families.”
Trump is already reacting to an expected loss on birthright citizenship, after making history as the first siting president to attend an oral argument.
“They will be ruling against us on Birthright Citizenship, making us the only Country in the World that practices this unsustainable, unsafe, and incredibly costly DISASTER,” Trump posted on social media in mid-May. “I don’t want loyalty, but I do want and expect it for our Country.”
At the same time, Trump recently invited the court’s conservatives to a state dinner with King Charles III and boasted in May that “two great justices” turned out for the swearing-in of Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh. Justice Clarence Thomas swore in Warsh and Justice Brett Kavanaugh attended.
The final month of the term will represent a test of the court’s spine in dealing with the new administration, but it may also underscore that some of the appeals the president has served up are in line with where the court’s 6-3 conservative majority was moving long before Trump returned to the White House.
“This court has a long-term ideological project and some of these cases are squarely within it,” said Ben Wizner, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, which is opposing the administration in several cases. “But I do think the court has lines. And I think we’ve seen some of those already.”
‘You’re fired’
Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that “The Apprentice” president made firings a central theme of the Supreme Court’s final weeks before recessing for its summer break.
Trump is attempting to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, over allegations that she committed fraud by claiming two properties as her principal residence. Cook has denied wrongdoing.
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- Por qué toma tiempo el recuento de votos en California
Por qué toma tiempo el recuento de votos en California
Por Fredreka Schouten, CNN
Las elecciones en California nunca terminan del todo el día de las elecciones, y este año no es diferente.
La gran población del estado y su sistema universal de voto por correo aumentan el tiempo necesario para contar el gran volumen de papeletas que recibirán los condados.
En las elecciones generales de 2024, por ejemplo, los votos por correo representaron algo más del 80 % de los 16,1 millones de papeletas contadas ese noviembre.
Normalmente, los funcionarios electorales de los condados procesan primero los votos recibidos antes del día de las elecciones a medida que llegan y publican los resultados rápidamente.
Sin embargo, según la ley estatal, las papeletas de voto por correo pueden recibirse en las oficinas electorales locales hasta siete días después de las elecciones, siempre y cuando tengan el matasellos del día de las elecciones o anterior.
Además, los funcionarios deben verificar las papeletas antes de que puedan ser contabilizadas.
Es habitual que los votos por correo que se cuentan en los días posteriores a las elecciones tiendan a favorecer al Partido Demócrata.
En estas elecciones, los votantes demócratas parecían estar devolviendo sus papeletas a un ritmo más lento que en elecciones anteriores, según datos de Political Data, Inc., una empresa de análisis de datos alineada con el Partido Demócrata, lo que sugiere que la tendencia podría ser aún más pronunciada.
En la contienda por la gobernación de California, el demócrata Xavier Becerra, exsecretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU., se encuentra en una posición ventajosa para obtener uno de los dos puestos en las elecciones de noviembre, dado que los votos contabilizados después del día de las elecciones en California suelen favorecer a los demócratas.
El otro puesto probablemente será para el republicano Steve Hilton, expresentador de Fox News, o para el multimillonario inversor demócrata Tom Steyer.
La alcaldesa de Los Ángeles, Karen Bass, avanzó a las elecciones de noviembre. El republicano Spencer Pratt, exestrella de telerrealidad, se ubicó en segundo lugar detrás de Bass en los primeros informes, pero actualizaciones posteriores mostraron que estaba perdiendo terreno frente a la concejala progresista Nithya Raman.
Esta tendencia, sumada al esperado cambio a favor de los demócratas tras el recuento de votos posterior al día de las elecciones, significa que aún es demasiado pronto para determinar el resultado final.
Los candidatos a gobernador han advertido a sus seguidores que se preparen para resultados lentos y tendencias atípicas a medida que avance el recuento.
La campaña de Steyer afirmó que se espera que un mayor porcentaje de votos demócratas se contabilicen más tarde que en elecciones anteriores.
Por su parte, Hilton, respaldado por Trump, declaró no haber visto nada que suscite dudas sobre la validez de los resultados, pero criticó la lentitud del proceso en California.
En una entrevista con CNN, Hilton calificó de “ridículo” que el estado tenga “un sistema en el que se pueden tardar días o incluso semanas en obtener los resultados de las elecciones”.
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- US Marine Corps retires the first fighter jet that didn’t need a runway
US Marine Corps retires the first fighter jet that didn’t need a runway
By Brad Lendon, CNN
(CNN) — Farewell to the “jump jet.”
The United States Marine Corps on Wednesday celebrated the end of service for the AV-8B Harrier II, the vertical takeoff and landing jet that’s been an icon of Marine aviation for 55 years, a favorite of air show spectators and, once, the subject of a controversial Pepsi TV commercial.
“As a platform that has continuously forward deployed across the globe, the Harrier will be remembered for its distinguished combat legacy, legendary Vertical/Short Take Off and Landing (V/STOL) capability, and the Marines and sailors that made the community special,” Lt. Col. John B. Cumbie, commanding officer of Marine Attack Squadron 223, said at a “sundown” ceremony for the last US unit to fly the Harrier.
About 5,000 people at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina watched as the jets showed off the capabilities that made them famous, including the ability to hover, to take off and land vertically.
Harriers are powered by a single turbofan engine, thrust from which is vectored out through four nozzles that can rotate from horizontal to vertical.
That ability enabled the jets to operate from places without runways or from the decks of US Navy amphibious assault ships, meaning they could stay closer to actual combat than other fighter jets operating from air bases or airports with full runways.
“The Harrier didn’t need an airfield,” retired Marine Lt. Col. Mike Rountree, a former Harrier pilot, told the website Task & Purpose.
“All it needed was a Marine flying it” and a few support crew to fill it with gas and load weapons at primitive landing sites, he said.
The jets have six underwing mounts for bombs or rockets as well as a 25-millimeter cannon that can fire 300 rounds, according to the Wings Over the Rockies aviation museum.
“Fully loaded, a Harrier carries more firepower than a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress bomber,” the museum’s website says.
During the 1991 Operation Desert Storm in Iraq, US commander Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf praised the Harrier as one of the seven most critical weapons of the campaign, according to the museum.
The Harrier has seen action in conflicts including Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; the 1999 NATO campaign against the former Yugoslavia; the war in Afghanistan; the war in Iraq; the 2011 intervention in Libya; the fight against ISIS across the Middle East; and most recently in the Caribbean Sea as part of the US flotilla that was operating off Venezuela before the capture of Nicolás Maduro in January.
“Time and again, the Harrier distinguished itself as a lethal, capable and versatile tactical air platform,” a Marine Corps release says.
British design
The AV-8B is the second version of the jump jet.
The first versions, the AV-8A, were developed by Britain’s Hawker Siddeley in the 1960s. The Marines began using the jets in 1971, and had an upgraded version, the AV-8B, built by McDonnell Douglas, beginning 1985, according to a Marines press release.
The jets cost around $23.6 million each in the 1990s, according to a 1996 General Accounting Office report. That’s about $50 million today when adjusted for inflation. The corps once operated around 280 Harriers, according to aviation analysts.
The Harriers are giving way to the F-35B, the vertical takeoff and landing version of the stealth fighter jet, which cost around $110 million each.
F-35Bs are already operating off US amphibious assault ships and have been deployed on the USS Tripoli as it participates in the current war with Iran.
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- Teen killed, 3 wounded in shooting at California high school graduation ceremony
Teen killed, 3 wounded in shooting at California high school graduation ceremony
By Laura Sharman, Diego Mendoza, CNN
(CNN) — A teenager was killed and three people wounded in a shooting following a California high school graduation ceremony Wednesday evening, according to authorities.
Police responded around 7:15 p.m. local time to the shooting in the parking lot of Fairfield High School, around 50 miles northeast of San Francisco, Michelle Belyea, an officer at Fairfield Police Department, told CNN affiliate KCRA.
The youngest of the three wounded was just 11 years old, along with two adults aged 20 and 25, Belyea said.
“There was one additional victim, an 18-year-old, who did succumb to their injuries sustained during this incident,” she said.
“This is a very active incident,” Belyea said, adding an investigation is underway and they have no information to suggest there is “any ongoing threat to the community at this time.”
Authorities have not released any details on the suspect.
CNN has reached out to police and the Solano County Sheriff’s Office for more information.
The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District told CNN law enforcement responded to the shooting at the graduation ceremony for Sem Yeto High School, which shares a campus with Fairfield, according to KCRA.
A man who attended the ceremony told KCRA he heard shots fired as photographs were being taken in the school parking lot.
Amanda Prieto, who lives near the school, said she was on the phone in her backyard when she heard the shots.
“I looked over the fence and people were just screaming and running through the parking lot. It was horrific,” Prieto told KCRA.
Prieto, whose 17-year-old son is a student at the school, said she was “immediately terrified.” Her husband, Luis Prieto, told KCRA emergency services acted swiftly, with patrol vehicles and ambulances on site.
Ilana Israel Samuels, of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, said in a statement to CNN, “Our thoughts are with the individuals affected and as soon as we have more details we will share that with you.”
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| 5- Brendan Banfield, convicted of wife’s murder amid affair with family’s au pair, expected to be sentenced to life in prison
Brendan Banfield, convicted of wife’s murder amid affair with family’s au pair, expected to be sentenced to life in prison
By Nicki Brown, CNN
(CNN) — Brendan Banfield, the Virginia man convicted of murdering his wife and a stranger as part of an elaborate plot with the family’s au pair, is expected to be sentenced Friday after facing his victims’ loved ones in court.
Banfield and the au pair – who were having an affair – lured Joseph Ryan into the family’s home in February 2023 under the pretense of a sexual encounter to frame him for the killing of Banfield’s wife, Christine, prosecutors argued.
Brendan Banfield and the 26-year-old au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, both took the stand during the double-murder trial and offered conflicting accounts about the killings. Banfield maintained his innocence and insisted he shot Ryan after finding the man attacking his wife.
Banfield, 41, is expected to be sentenced to life in prison, the mandatory penalty for aggravated murder in Virginia. He was also convicted of a firearms offense and child endangerment. The latter charge was related to his young daughter, who was in the Herndon, Virginia, home at the time of the murders.
Loved ones of the victims are expected to address the court before Judge Penney S. Azcarate hands down the sentence.
A lifelong friend of Christine Banfield, 37, remembered her as a dedicated pediatric nurse, an advocate for rape victims and a loving mother to her daughter.
“She always carried everything with the most respect and, again, it was just all about helping people and being a person who somebody could go to and trust,” Lucille Priolo told CNN Trial Correspondent Jean Casarez.
Priolo, who grew up with Christine Banfield on Long Island, New York, described her as “one of the kindest people I have ever been in contact with.”
“Through life, every chapter, we were together, we were friends, and she just always made sure she was that person who was at the door, even without being asked,” Priolo said.
Peres Magalhães pleaded guilty in October 2024 to involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting Ryan as part of a plea deal in which she agreed to cooperate with prosecutors against her former paramour.
At her sentencing in February, members of Ryan’s family mourned their beloved “Joe,” who they said loved painting, martial arts and caring for neglected animals.
“What I do hope is that even for a moment, that the world, and you, judge, will say Joe meant more than nothing,” his mother, Deirdre Fisher, said. “That he was someone worthy of dignity and life who didn’t deserved to be used and thrown away, treated as utterly disposable.”
Au pair described the plot to ‘get rid’ of Christine Banfield
Over five days, Fairfax County prosecutors called more than 20 witnesses including Peres Magalhães, who testified for three days about the scheme to “get rid” of Christine Banfield.
The Brazilian au pair said she started living with the Banfields in October 2021 and began having an affair with the defendant the following August.
Banfield wanted to be with her but did not want to pay for a divorce or share custody of the couple’s daughter, Peres Magalhães said, so he hatched a plan to kill his wife.
Using Christine Banfield’s laptop, the pair created a fake email address and an account on a fetish website to find a man willing to carry out a rape fantasy so they could frame him for her murder, the au pair testified.
Posing as his wife online, Brendan Banfield
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- GPS-Guided Robot Helps UCSB Prepare Soccer Fields for Austrian National Team
GPS-Guided Robot Helps UCSB Prepare Soccer Fields for Austrian National Team
UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A small GPS-guided robot is helping transform soccer field maintenance at UC Santa Barbara, offering a glimpse into how technology is changing sports operations.
The robot, made by Turf Tank, is currently being used to paint soccer fields on the UCSB campus with precision and efficiency. Roughly the size of a large microwave, the autonomous machine follows GPS coordinates and paints crisp field lines without requiring a groundskeeper to push a traditional paint cart.
"It's super easy to use," said Jayson Simpson, UCSB's assistant athletic director. "I show up, press a few buttons, and it paints the fields for us."
The robot is controlled through a tablet, allowing staff to customize field layouts and dimensions. Simpson said he can adjust settings based on the specific field and location.
"For the most part, it was preprogrammed with all the zeros and ones," Simpson explained. "But I can add the field onto this location, Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, and then change the dimensions of the field on the tablet."
The technology significantly reduces the amount of labor required to prepare athletic fields. According to Turf Tank, the robot can paint an entire soccer field in about 23 minutes — a task that can otherwise take several hours of work.
"Sometimes I can paint six fields in a day," Simpson said.
The timing is especially important as UCSB prepares to host the Austrian National Team during its World Cup training camp. While the robot already maintains fields for Gauchos athletics, it will now help ensure training surfaces are ready for some of the world's top soccer players.
UCSB first-year student Logan Smith said the technology has proven reliable.
"Man, it's amazing," Smith said. "The problems there are very few. And when there are, you can fix them super quick."
In addition to saving time, the robot uses less paint than traditional field-marking methods and operates using rechargeable batteries.
"It actually requires a lot of batteries," Simpson joked. "There's batteries for this, batteries for the iPad, batteries for the satellite over there."
As automation becomes more common across industries, some may wonder whether technology like this could eventually replace workers. Turf Tank says the goal is not to eliminate jobs but to allow grounds crews to focus on other maintenance tasks.
When asked whether he was concerned that robots could someday replace his role, Simpson laughed.
"We're always going to need a Jason," he said. "In some way, technology is kind of taking over in a lot of ways, but for me personally, right now, this is making my life very easy."
The GPS-guided robot is one of several technological tools being adopted by athletic programs nationwide as schools look for ways to improve efficiency while maintaining professional-quality playing surfaces.
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- Miraculous story of survival high on Everest as Sherpa guide missing for a week found alive
Miraculous story of survival high on Everest as Sherpa guide missing for a week found alive
By Helen Regan, CNN
(CNN) — A Sherpa climbing guide who was believed to have died high on Mount Everest was found crawling back to Base Camp after spending almost a week on the mountain with no food or bottled oxygen.
For six days, there had been no radio contact or sign of Hillary Dawa Sherpa, 52, who was last seen on May 29 resting above Camp 3, which sits at 7,060 meters (23,163 feet).
He became separated from his client and climbing team, who had already descended and were among the last group on Everest before it closed for the season. The ladders across the Khumbu Icefall, which are carefully fixed by Sherpas to help climbers navigate the most treacherous section of the climb, had already been dismantled, according to one mountaineering company.
With Hillary Dawa alone on the world’s tallest mountain in perilous conditions for so long, his family had already begun funeral rites for him.
But tragedy turned to joy on Thursday when a cleaning crew spotted him crawling through the icefall, exhausted and frostbitten, but alive.
“When we first heard about it (the rescue), we could not be sure if that person was indeed our father,” Hillary Dawa’s daughter, Mendo Lhamu, told the Associated Press. “So to be certain we asked for photos to be sent and then only we were sure and very happy.”
He was given food and water, and airlifted to hospital in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, where he was treated for frostbite and other complications, according to Reuters news agency.
Video posted on social media shows Hillary Dawa being carried on the back of another climber as they descended through the rocky terrain. Still in his yellow-and-blue climbing jacket, he can be seen in later video being wheeled on a trolley from the helipad at HAMS hospital in Kathmandu.
Many in the mountaineering community have hailed Hillary Dawa’s survival as miraculous.
“This is nothing short of a miracle surviving so many days on the mountains facing such harsh condition,” Ang Tshering Sherpa, a leading figure in the community, told AP.
The rescue caps off the busiest season ever on Everest with more than 1,000 climbers summiting the mountain’s south side, including a record 274 in a single day on May 20.
Videos of climbers waiting in long queues in an area known as the death zone – where the air is too thin to breathe unaided for long – on their way to the summit have once again made headlines, alongside record-breaking ascents from both Nepali and foreign climbers.
A miraculous story of survival
Hillary Dawa’s remarkable self-rescue has raised questions about why a search team had not been assembled when he was reported missing a week ago.
When search helicopters went looking for him this week, they found no sign of the climber, hiking company Nepal Mount Everest said in a social media post.
Those who found Hillary Dawa were members of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), which sets the routes, ropes and ladders through the Khumbu Icefall at the start of the season, and is in charge of removing waste from the mountain once climbers have left.
Lama Kazi Sherpa, of the SPCC, told Reuters that his team located Hillary Dawa above Base Camp near the icefall and brought him down to safety.
In video posted after his rescue, Hillary Dawa said he had slipped and fallen into a crevasse near Camp 1 at around 6,000 meters (19,800 feet) and spent two days inside the icy fissure before managing to free himself, according to local media.
Hillary Dawa, a high-altitude guide for a small Kathmandu-based company called Himalayan Traverse, and his Polish client were descending Ev
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- Trump administration escalates legal push for medical records of trans minors
Trump administration escalates legal push for medical records of trans minors
By Devan Cole, CNN
(CNN) — The Trump administration’s demands for sensitive medical records of transgender minors are facing fresh scrutiny in court as it ramps up its efforts by using a grand jury in Texas to force providers of gender-affirming care to comply.
The initial use of so-called administrative subpoenas to get the information was shut down in case after case over the last year by jurists appointed by presidents from both parties who said the administration is conducting a baseless fishing expedition into gender-affirming care.
In an apparent bid to overcome those roadblocks, prosecutors in Texas, where a sprawling criminal investigation into gender-affirming treatments has sprung up in recent months, are now seeking some of the records through grand jury subpoenas. In doing so, they’re using a tool that’s historically difficult to challenge to get hold of information that observers say is not necessary for the kind of probe being carried out – alarming advocates and minors who receive the treatments, which is not illegal on the federal level but has been heavily restricted in a slew of GOP-led states.
The only federal judge in Fort Worth, where the probe is being carried out, is Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee whose conservative bona fides have been especially on display in cases over LGBTQ rights.
“This is unusual,” said Abbe Smith, a longtime criminal defense attorney and a professor at Georgetown Law. “I can’t think of an analogous situation.”
Smith said that officials appeared to be using their prosecutorial powers to “coerce people into complying with the Trump administration’s hostility toward trans people.”
Parents of several children who are asking a New York court to block their information from being turned from a hospital said in court papers they’re worried that having their records disclosed could expose them to retaliation by the Trump administration.
“I am afraid about what may result from releasing my child’s identity to an administration that is hostile to the transgender community. I fear that his name may go on a list of transgender people and that he will be investigated simply for receiving medical care,” one parent – identified as Riley Roe – said in their declaration.
President Donald Trump and his administration have made stamping out such care a priority since the earliest days of his second term. When the Justice Department first began issuing more than 20 administrative subpoenas to doctors and clinics last summer, it said its probes were centered around health care fraud and false statements, among other things.
At least two hospitals have said publicly that they’ve received a grand jury subpoena from the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Texas: NYU Langone Hospitals and Stanford University’s Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, both of which have operated programs to provide such care to young people. In announcing its subpoena in early May, NYU said it was among several that had received one.
The subpoena against NYU sought a slew of detailed records from the past six years related to the gender-affirming treatments provided by the institution. Among them are billing records, insurance claims and diagnostic codes.
It asked the hospital to turn over more sensitive information: documents “sufficient to identify every patient who underwent sex-rejecting procedures” and all the records related to those individuals “from initial consultation to the most recent treatment provided.” It also compelled the hospital to produce records pe
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| 6- CNN Sports picks its players to watch at this year’s World Cup
CNN Sports picks its players to watch at this year’s World Cup
By Ben Church, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Aleks Klosok, Emile Nuh, CNN
(CNN) — With less than a week to go until this year’s World Cup, it’s time to start taking a closer look at those who are set to play.
Each of the 48 teams can take a squad of up to 26 players with them, meaning there’ll be well over 1,000 stars hoping to get minutes on the pitch across North America.
In every World Cup, there is always one player who shines brighter than the rest. Think Lionel Messi in 2022, Ronaldo Nazario in 1998 and Diego Maradona in 1986 – tournaments defined by a single player.
With so many to consider for this year’s tournament, we’ve enlisted the help of some CNN Sports’ colleagues who have all chosen their player to watch.
Erling Haaland (Norway)
Ben Church – International Sports Writer
My choice is none other than Norway’s Erling Haaland.
Now, I know this isn’t a niche pick. If Haaland isn’t already the best striker in the world, then I’d argue he’s a very close second. But he’s set to take to the World Cup stage for the first time in his career and I think he might steal the show.
I’ll couch this by saying that I don’t think Norway will win the World Cup; I actually don’t think the Røde, Hvite, Blå will come close, despite winning all eight of their qualification games. But I think they’ve got enough to get out of a difficult group and cause an upset in the knockout rounds. And if they do that, Haaland will almost certainly be at the center of it.
The Manchester City striker is just a pure goal machine. Even if he doesn’t play well, he’ll normally walk off the pitch having scored at least once. Yet again this season, the 25-year-old picked up the Premier League’s Golden Boot award for top goalscorer – the third time he’s won it in the last four years.
And while his size, speed and shooting ability are incredible, I think his personality is what sets him apart. While taking his career super seriously, Haaland is still able to see it in perspective. It’s why he’s able to have fun on the pitch, goading defenders and stamping his personality on a match.
I just feel like he’ll flourish in his debut on the biggest stage and Norway can only benefit from that.
Honorable mention: Nico O’Reilly – The 21-year-old was one of Manchester City’s best players this season and the left-back could have a huge impact on England’s chances this summer. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a defender so comfortable under pressure and he’s such a goal threat as well.
Vinícius Júnior (Brazil)
Patrick Sung – International Sports Editor
Brazil hasn’t done much in the World Cup since winning in 2002. The Seleção has been knocked out in the quarterfinals in four of the last five tournaments and finished fourth in 2014, which featured an obscene 7-1 drubbing against Germany in the semifinal. But you can never count Brazil out, and that is especially true this year because of one man: Vinícius Jr.
Many might say the Real Madrid talisman had a relatively down year compared to his lofty standards. But trust me, as someone who has suffered through countless Madrid matches this year, he has actually been the steady force of a star-laden squad the last few years, even with Kylian Mbappé on his team.
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- Jóvenes trans y sus padres luchan contra los intentos del Gobierno de Trump de obtener sus historiales médicos detallados
Jóvenes trans y sus padres luchan contra los intentos del Gobierno de Trump de obtener sus historiales médicos detallados
Por Devan Cole, CNN
Las exigencias de la adminstración Trump de obtener historiales médicos confidenciales de menores transgénero están siendo objeto de un nuevo escrutinio en los tribunales, a medida que el Gobierno intensifica sus esfuerzos utilizando un jurado investigador en Texas para obligar a los proveedores de atención de afirmación de género a cumplir con dichas exigencias.
El uso inicial de las llamadas citaciones administrativas para obtener la información fue rechazado caso tras caso durante el último año por juristas designados por presidentes de ambos partidos, quienes afirmaron que la administración está llevando a cabo una investigación infundada sobre la atención de afirmación de género.
En un aparente intento por superar esos obstáculos, los fiscales de Texas, donde en los últimos meses ha surgido una extensa investigación criminal sobre tratamientos de afirmación de género, están solicitando algunos de los registros mediante citaciones del jurado investigador.
Al hacerlo, están utilizando una herramienta históricamente difícil de impugnar para obtener información que, según observadores, no es necesaria para el tipo de investigación que se está llevando a cabo, lo que alarma a los defensores y a los menores que reciben estos tratamientos, que no son ilegales a nivel federal, pero que han sido fuertemente restringidos en varios estados gobernados por republicanos.
El único juez federal en Fort Worth, donde se está llevando a cabo la investigación, es Reed O’Connor, nombrado por George W. Bush, cuyas credenciales conservadoras se han puesto especialmente de manifiesto en casos relacionados con los derechos LGBTQ.
“Esto es inusual”, declaró Abbe Smith, abogada penalista con larga trayectoria y profesora de la Facultad de Derecho de Georgetown. “No se me ocurre ninguna situación similar”.
Smith afirmó que los funcionarios parecían estar utilizando sus poderes procesales para “coaccionar a la gente a acatar la hostilidad de la administración Trump hacia las personas transgénero”.
Los padres de varios niños que han solicitado a un tribunal de Nueva York que impida que un hospital divulgue su información personal afirman en documentos judiciales que les preocupa que la divulgación de sus expedientes pueda exponerlos a represalias por parte de la administración Trump.
“Me preocupa lo que pueda resultar de revelar la identidad de mi hijo a una administración hostil hacia la comunidad transgénero. Temo que su nombre aparezca en una lista de personas transgénero y que sea investigado simplemente por recibir atención médica”, declaró uno de los padres, identificado como Riley Roe.
El presidente Donald Trump y su administración han priorizado la erradicación de este tipo de prácticas desde los primeros días de su segundo mandato.
Cuando el Departamento de Justicia comenzó a emitir más de 20 citaciones administrativas a médicos y clínicas el verano pasado, declaró que sus investigaciones se centraban en el fraude en la atención médica y las declaraciones falsas, entre otras cosas.
Al menos dos hospitales han declarado públicamente haber recibido una citación del gran jurado de la Fiscalía del Distrito Norte de Texas: los hospitales NYU Langone y el Hospital Infantil Lucile Salter Packard de la Universidad de Stanford, ambos con programas para brindar este tipo de atención a jóvenes.
Al anunciar su citación a principios de mayo, NYU indicó que figuraba entre varios hospitales que la habían recibido.
La cita
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- Why sky-high ticket prices have sent fans searching for alternative ways to get a World Cup experience
Why sky-high ticket prices have sent fans searching for alternative ways to get a World Cup experience
By Kyle Feldscher, Dianne Gallagher, CNN
Charlotte (CNN) — The World Cup officially kicks off in Mexico on Thursday, but thousands of fans across North America will have already gotten their opportunity to enjoy the world’s biggest sporting festival before a minute of the tournament is played.
With ticket prices – not to mention travel expenses – having been at extreme levels for months, the series of international friendlies (exhibition matches, for the American reader) – played before the tournament begins have become big-time moments for families all around the United States. The accessibility of the games – coming to markets where no World Cup matches will be played, such as Saturday’s match between the USA and Germany in Chicago – and the relative affordability of those tickets has turned meaningless games into priceless memories.
Jay Jhaveri traveled from Long Island outside New York City to North Carolina last weekend to see the US take on Senegal in Charlotte. Jhaveri said he explored going to matches at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, but for his family of five, it made more financial sense to fly to Charlotte, buy fifth-row tickets at Bank of America Stadium and enjoy a weekend away than it did to purchase tickets for the actual tournament a short(er) trip from home.
“It was 10-fold, to be honest with you,” he told CNN Sports, describing how much more expensive it would be to go to a game at MetLife. “With a family of five, it would have been 20-fold. I did the math and I was also planning to go to a New York Knicks championship game, which is also on the schedule, however the cost of that was competing with it.”
He added traveling to Charlotte “was still considerably cheaper because I saw the World Cup ticket prices for the final in New Jersey in the Meadowlands, they start – start – at $15,000 or $20,000 each. And then by the field, it’s about $90k. I mean, that’s a cool three hours, but $90,000 for three hours is like $30,000 an hour. I do that math, I’m just like, ‘Wow, $500 a minute is kind of a lot.’”
That’s made the scene at friendlies around the country so vibrant this week as national teams from around the world flock to North America for warm-up matches.
On Saturday, high-profile friendly matches around the country are expected to fill stadiums. The US and Germany will face off at Soldier Field in Chicago, England and New Zealand face off at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, while Argentina and Honduras play at the 102,000-seat Kyle Field at Texas A&M’s campus in College Station, Texas. On Tuesday, Argentina and Iceland play at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama, which holds more than 88,000 fans.
The scene at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on May 31 was full of color and noise as the red, white and blue of the US matched up against the green of the Senegalese fans that flocked to North Carolina’s biggest city.
The noise from both fan bases echoed around the home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers throughout the game as many East Coast fans got a chance to see their teams for perhaps the only time during the monthlong festival of soccer. In addition to prices keeping many fans away, many USA fans on the eastern seaboard will be thousands of miles away from Team USA’s three group games in Los Angeles (where the Americans play twice) and Seattle.
“It was so close to home and I think it’s a great opportunity for all of the fans who aren’t able to go to the World Cup games to support the team,” said Kim, who lives in Elizabeth City near North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Mo Ndiaye, a Senegal fan, said he and thousands of other Senegalese fans who live within drivi
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- Why sky-high ticket prices have sent fans searching for alternative ways to get a World Cup experience
Why sky-high ticket prices have sent fans searching for alternative ways to get a World Cup experience
CNN
By Kyle Feldscher, Dianne Gallagher, CNN
Charlotte (CNN) — The World Cup officially kicks off in Mexico on Thursday, but thousands of fans across North America will have already gotten their opportunity to enjoy the world’s biggest sporting festival before a minute of the tournament is played.
With ticket prices – not to mention travel expenses – having been at extreme levels for months, the series of international friendlies (exhibition matches, for the American reader) – played before the tournament begins have become big-time moments for families all around the United States. The accessibility of the games – coming to markets where no World Cup matches will be played, such as Saturday’s match between the USA and Germany in Chicago – and the relative affordability of those tickets has turned meaningless games into priceless memories.
Jay Jhaveri traveled from Long Island outside New York City to North Carolina last weekend to see the US take on Senegal in Charlotte. Jhaveri said he explored going to matches at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, but for his family of five, it made more financial sense to fly to Charlotte, buy fifth-row tickets at Bank of America Stadium and enjoy a weekend away than it did to purchase tickets for the actual tournament a short(er) trip from home.
“It was 10-fold, to be honest with you,” he told CNN Sports, describing how much more expensive it would be to go to a game at MetLife. “With a family of five, it would have been 20-fold. I did the math and I was also planning to go to a New York Knicks championship game, which is also on the schedule, however the cost of that was competing with it.”
He added traveling to Charlotte “was still considerably cheaper because I saw the World Cup ticket prices for the final in New Jersey in the Meadowlands, they start – start – at $15,000 or $20,000 each. And then by the field, it’s about $90k. I mean, that’s a cool three hours, but $90,000 for three hours is like $30,000 an hour. I do that math, I’m just like, ‘Wow, $500 a minute is kind of a lot.’”
That’s made the scene at friendlies around the country so vibrant this week as national teams from around the world flock to North America for warm-up matches.
On Saturday, high-profile friendly matches around the country are expected to fill stadiums. The US and Germany will face off at Soldier Field in Chicago, England and New Zealand face off at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, while Argentina and Honduras play at the 102,000-seat Kyle Field at Texas A&M’s campus in College Station, Texas. On Tuesday, Argentina and Iceland play at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama, which holds more than 88,000 fans.
The scene at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on May 31 was full of color and noise as the red, white and blue of the US matched up against the green of the Senegalese fans that flocked to North Carolina’s biggest city.
The noise from both fan bases echoed around the home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers throughout the game as many East Coast fans got a chance to see their teams for perhaps the only time during the monthlong festival of soccer. In addition to prices keeping many fans away, many USA fans on the eastern seaboard will be thousands of miles away from Team USA’s three group games in Los Angeles (where the Americans play twice) and Seattle.
“It was so close t
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7- Los mortales ataques de Ucrania llevan la guerra al hogar de los rusos, y el descontento está surgiendo
Los mortales ataques de Ucrania llevan la guerra al hogar de los rusos, y el descontento está surgiendo
Por Zahra Ullah y Ana Archen, CNN
Cuando Elena Vladimirovna se despertó alrededor de las 4:00 a.m. por el sonido de un fuerte zumbido sobre su apartamento en la región de Moscú, miró por la ventana y vio varios drones sobrevolando.
El ruido se desvaneció rápidamente y pensó que el peligro había pasado. Pero entonces se escuchó una fuerte explosión muy cerca.
“Debajo de nosotros, bajo el balcón, hay un toldo como una cornisa. El dron cayó sobre ese toldo y luego estalló en llamas, empezó a salir humo negro”, recordó. Una habitación de su apartamento en el quinto piso se incendió.
La madre de dos hijos, de 56 años, que prefirió no dar su nombre completo a CNN, dijo que ella y uno de sus hijos corrieron hacia el incendio con cubos y recipientes de agua. Pero cuando escucharon una explosión, se dieron cuenta de que debían tomar al perro y huir. Su edificio en Zelenograd fue solo uno de los muchos afectados en una ola masiva de ataques con drones ucranianos el 17 de mayo.
Los residentes de las ciudades más grandes de Rusia han estado en gran medida protegidos de las realidades diarias de la guerra de Rusia con Ucrania, que ya entra en su quinto año. Pero a medida que Ucrania lanza cada vez más ataques de largo alcance dentro del país, esa situación está cambiando.
Más allá de la amenaza directa que representan los drones, los rusos enfrentan una creciente escasez de combustible, ya que los ataques ucranianos a las refinerías de petróleo limitan el suministro. Los conductores en Crimea, controlada por Rusia, tuvieron que lidiar esta semana con el racionamiento de gasolina después de que los ataques ucranianos restringieran las entregas.
Al mismo tiempo, la economía en contracción, los nuevos límites al acceso a internet, los bloqueos a aplicaciones de mensajería populares y las preocupaciones sobre la vigilancia estatal están contribuyendo a una sensación generalizada de inquietud que ya comienza a reflejarse en los datos de las encuestas.
Drones ucranianos llovieron sobre la segunda ciudad más grande de Rusia, San Petersburgo, ciudad natal del presidente Vladimir Putin, horas antes de que comenzara el foro empresarial y económico insignia del Kremlin (SPIEF) el miércoles. Columnas negras de humo cubrían el cielo mientras miles de participantes llegaban a la ciudad.
Subrayando la capacidad de Ucrania para atacar en lo profundo de Rusia y perturbar la vida cotidiana de los rusos, a los residentes de San Petersburgo se les indicó luego que permanecieran en casa el sábado, el último día del SPIEF, tras un segundo ataque de drones ucranianos en la ciudad y sus alrededores.
Una residente de Kronstadt, una ciudad portuaria cerca de San Petersburgo, dijo a CNN que las paredes de su casa temblaban y vibraban desde las 3:00 a.m. hora local del sábado. Podía oír los drones volando alrededor. “Era imposible dormir. El zumbido era tan fuerte que tenía miedo de que nuestro edificio pudiera ser alcanzado de alguna manera”, dijo, aunque sabía que probablemente los ucranianos estaban apuntando a sitios militares en la zona.
Podía oír los sistemas antimisiles rusos intentando derribar los drones, dijo, pero parecía que fallaban sus objetivos. Kronstadt está ubicada en la isla de Kotlin, a unos 30 kilómetros al oeste de San Petersburgo, y fue fundada como un puesto de defensa marítima para la antigua capital rusa a principios del siglo XVIII.
El 17 de mayo, al menos tres personas mu
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- Remember when David Beckham’s sarong seized a nation?
Remember when David Beckham’s sarong seized a nation?
By Sheena McKenzie, CNN
(CNN) — It’s the kind of celebrity snap you might scroll past on your phone several times a day – a soccer star and his pop singer girlfriend hand-in-hand on an evening out. There’s a sense of summer ease; both are tanned, dressed in casual black tops and trousers, sandals on.
Except the athlete is the world-famous David Beckham, and he’s wearing a patterned sarong around his waist. In 1998 Britain, this was front page news.
“Beckham has got his Posh frock on,” declared The Sun newspaper, alongside a full-page photo of the England player and Victoria “Posh Spice” Adams, as she was known at the time, in France for the World Cup.
This wasn’t just any frock, mind you. This was a Jean Paul Gaultier wrap that challenged traditional notions of how a top male soccer player should appear, sending the British tabloids into a hysterical spin.
Almost three decades on, and on the eve of the 2026 World Cup, “sarong-gate” as it has come to be known, is also a vivid snapshot of late-1990s British culture in flux. Here was a new kind of “metrosexual” (remember that?) man and his famous fiancée, overlapping with soccer’s hyper-masculine lad culture. The ruthless tabloid press was quick to stir up controversy.
‘Wild West’ tabloid landscape
The photo had been taken a year after Princess Diana’s death. “Suddenly we had a new royal family step in, and it was the Beckhams,” said Stephen Doig, men’s style editor at the Telegraph newspaper who has interviewed David several times over the years. In this “Wild West” tabloid landscape, there was “a public appetite like we’ve never seen before for the two of them feeding this machine,” added Doig.
“To see a man like that blurring with gender boundaries as part of this new metrosexual movement was quite shocking and exciting for people,” said Doig. The tabloid coverage of Beckham’s World Cup date night said a lot about British “blokey” culture at the time. A culture that would absolutely raise its brows at a man in a skirt.
From junior games on pitches every weekend, to crowds piling into pubs to watch England play the World Cup, football, as it is called outside of the United States, is deeply ingrained in the British national psyche. With it, comes a public sense of ownership of its most important characters.
It seemed everyone – spanning national newspapers to regional publications – had thoughts on the sarong, and age was no barrier to a hot take. “I just don’t like men in skirts. I’m used to them wearing trousers,” said an eight-year-old Alex Tong in The York Press.
“For a long time, young boys looked up to these superstars as who they want to be when they grow up; they’re these icons of masculinity, of what it looks like to be a man,” said Lauren Cochrane, senior fashion writer at the Guardian newspaper. “Anything that messes with those gender roles within a football context is huge. It’s seismic. But it also shows how false those things are, they’re constructs, essentially.”
Brand Beckham
The 23-year-old Beckham seemed to take the media frenzy in good humor. “You haven’t seen nothing yet,” he said with an awkward chuckle when reporters asked him about it at the time, in a resurfaced clip for his recent Netflix documentary. At least his father, Ted, was positive: “I like that,” he recalled telling his son in the show. “You look smart in that.”
Over the years, Beckham doubled down on having no regrets over the sarong, insisting past fashion choices were entirely his own. If anything, the incident has become part of brand Beckham mythology; an early indication of David and Victoria’s fashion-forwardness and media savvy that has morphed into today’s multimillion-dollar sport, beauty and business empire.
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- El orgullo multicultural aumenta en Canadá a medida que se acerca la Copa del Mundo
El orgullo multicultural aumenta en Canadá a medida que se acerca la Copa del Mundo
Por Paula Newton, CNN
Era el tipo de noche perfecta con la que sueñan los jugadores de fútbol amateur y sus padres durante todo el invierno. Meses de clima brutal y abrasador dieron paso al desenfreno futbolístico en el césped, mientras dos de los mejores equipos juveniles de Ottawa se enfrentaban bajo la luz del sol.
Observando desde la banda estaba Nathaniel Salhani, un niño de 8 años obsesionado con el fútbol que no podía esperar para decirlo cuando le preguntaron si estaba emocionado por que Canadá fuera anfitrión de la Copa del Mundo.
“¡Voy a ir al partido de fútbol entre Canadá e Irlanda!”, exclamó radiante.
Su madre también sonreía de oreja a oreja.
“Nos lo merecemos, que finalmente se nos reconozca como una nación futbolera”, dijo la madre de Nathaniel, Nathalie Salhani, y agregó: “Honestamente, es que Canadá finalmente sea reconocido como un país que puede jugar al fútbol”.
Y jugar, juegan. El sentimiento de Salhani representa a los millones de jugadores, entrenadores y padres dedicados al fútbol amateur en Canadá.
El Gobierno canadiense declara que el fútbol, y no el hockey, es el deporte más popular entre los niños canadienses.
Puede que Canadá no tenga la devoción casi religiosa que México muestra por el deporte, ni las altas expectativas de Estados Unidos, pero la alegría sublime de simplemente poder ser anfitrión de una Copa del Mundo está comenzando a sentirse.
Los titulares sobre la Copa del Mundo en Canadá presentan las mismas quejas y el mismo cinismo acerca de los altos precios de las entradas, la falta de un impulso turístico, problemas con los estadios y el transporte, pero para muchos jugadores y aficionados en Canadá, esta Copa del Mundo se vive de manera diferente.
“Creo que para nosotros, el simple hecho de tener la oportunidad de hacer esto es genial porque no lo hemos tenido y ahora vamos a aprovechar la oportunidad”, dijo Salhani.
Vancouver y Toronto comparten las responsabilidades de ser anfitrionas y ambas ciudades están decoradas para las festividades de los aficionados.
Vancouver ha transformado su horizonte y sus calles. El Science World de la ciudad ha presentado “The Beautiful Dome”, un enorme balón de fútbol ubicado en la costa. Es una recreación de 360 grados y 40 metros de diámetro del Adidas Trionda, el balón oficial de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026.
El distrito de Yaletown de la ciudad ha sido cubierto con murales del “Beautiful Game” a lo largo de paredes y terrazas, mostrando los momentos más icónicos del deporte protagonizados por leyendas como Lionel Messi, Pelé y Alphonso Davies, de Canadá.
“El mural celebra más de 70 años de historia del fútbol a través de jugadores icónicos en momentos clave del juego, pero también refleja la propia identidad de Vancouver en la Copa del Mundo”, dijo Sarah Vallely, directora ejecutiva de la Asociación para la Mejora de Negocios de Yaletown, que encargó la obra, a CNN en una entrevista telefónica esta semana.
La ciudad se está preparando para lo que llama una oportunidad única en una generación para residentes, visitantes y negocios locales de docenas de orígenes culturales. Vallely lo ve como algo más grande que el Super Bowl o los Juegos Olímpicos, dado el extraordinario nivel de audiencia y participación de los fanáticos de todo el mundo.
“Creo que lo que realmente están viendo es una celebración del deporte mundial y eso era muy importante para nosotros”, dijo Vallely.
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- Who are the World Cup favorites?
Who are the World Cup favorites?
By Esteban Campanela, CNN
(CNN) — Predictions about who will be the next World Cup champion often miss the mark. The pressure at this tournament is as intense as it gets for any player, and the margins are so fine that even a powerhouse can be knocked out.
Still, only eight countries in history have ever won the Beautiful Game’s most coveted trophy.
With a week to go before the World Cup begins, six national teams top analysts’ lists and the betting markets: Spain, France, Argentina, England, Portugal and Brazil.
Spain
Spain is one of the top two favorites. In the four years since Qatar 2022, Spain has won the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, Euro 2024 and the men’s soccer tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics. In European qualifying, it advanced comfortably, finishing unbeaten atop its group. La Roja is ranked No. 2 in the global FIFA standings.
Spain is a high-scoring, attack-minded team. It has added speed and directness to the possession-based style that led it to the 2010 title. La Selección now plays faster and more aggressively. Its strengths are one-on-one ability out wide and relentless pressing after losing the ball. Its weaknesses? A squad that is perhaps too young and an attacking emphasis that can leave it exposed at the back.
Its standout star is Lamine Yamal, an 18-year-old phenomenon who, on the strength of his record-breaking rise and his Barcelona ties, is already beginning to be seen as the great Lionel Messi’s heir. Yamal, though, faces a race to recover from injury to be ready in time for the first group game.
There is also Nico Williams, a winger whose speed lights up the left flank, and Pedri, the conductor of Spain’s midfield. Spain also has a deep squad with options across the field – though Barça star Fermín López is set to miss the World Cup with a foot fracture suffered on May 17.
Coach Luis de la Fuente has gotten the most out of the individual talent in this new golden generation.
France
The 2022 World Cup runner-up arrives as the other leading contender. Les Bleus have reached the past two finals, beating Croatia at Russia 2018 and losing to Argentina in a penalty shootout at Qatar 2022. A third straight final would mark something not seen since Korea/Japan 2002, when Brazil won the title after finishing runner-up in 1998 and champion in 1994. West Germany also did it, reaching the finals in 1982, 1986 and 1990.
France has one of the most fearsome attacks in the tournament. There is so much talent that it can sometimes afford to leave Ousmane Dembélé, the current men’s Ballon d’Or, on the bench. Kylian Mbappé is untouchable: He has been France’s leading star since Russia 2018. Mbappé scored a hattrick in the final at Qatar 2022 and is one of Real Madrid’s top players.
Dembélé won the 2025 UEFA Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain and is back in the final again, and while injuries in the second half of 2025 kept him out of European qualifying, he appears to have regained form. Michael Olise is Bayern Munich’s right winger and one of France’s most dangerous options, though he often plays in a central attacking role behind Mbappé with the national team.
France is not exclusively dependent on possession and is often comfortable playing on the counterattack, taking advantage of the blistering speed of its forwards. It also has a dynamic midfield and a top-level defense.
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| 8- La negociación de rehenes definitiva: ¿por qué las conversaciones con Irán están estancadas?
La negociación de rehenes definitiva: ¿por qué las conversaciones con Irán están estancadas?
Análisis por Brett H. McGurk, CNN
Mientras el presidente Donald Trump busca una manera de reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz y frenar las ambiciones nucleares de Irán, Washington y Teherán parecen estar involucrados en una negociación estándar.
En realidad, pueden estar participando en dos negociaciones completamente diferentes.
Washington tiende a ver las negociaciones con Irán a través del prisma del poder. Teherán las ve a través del prisma de la posesión.
Washington busca forzar a Irán a ceder ante sus demandas mediante presión económica y sanciones. Teherán busca forzar a Estados Unidos a ceder después de adquirir algo valioso y negarse a devolverlo.
Aprendí esa lección de primera mano.
En dos ocasiones durante la última década, participé en largas negociaciones con Irán para la liberación de rehenes estadounidenses retenidos en la notoria prisión de Evin en Teherán.
Las negociaciones de rehenes eliminan las ventajas de poder. Irán lo entiende. Por eso, desde la revolución de 1979, Teherán ha utilizado repetidamente a los rehenes como moneda de cambio con Estados Unidos.
Como diplomático que representaba al país más poderoso del mundo, no tenía nada en mis manos para superar el desequilibrio en la mesa. Mis contrapartes poseían algo que nosotros queríamos (personas), y lo retendrían hasta que estuviéramos dispuestos a pagar un precio suficiente.
El poder importaba menos que la posesión.
Salvo una operación de rescate de rehenes, Washington no podía hacer nada más que pagar el precio acordado.
El tiempo favorecía a los iraníes. Sentían poca urgencia. Su estrategia era esperar mientras los rehenes sufrían y aumentaba la presión sobre Washington para asegurar su liberación.
De esta manera, el poder de negociación de Irán aumentaba con el tiempo; y ellos lo sabían.
En septiembre de 2023, Estados Unidos llegó a un acuerdo con Irán para la liberación de cinco estadounidenses detenidos injustamente en la prisión de Evin. Las negociaciones habían durado meses. El avance se produjo después de que Estados Unidos aceptara liberar a varios iraníes detenidos —tras el debido proceso y condenas— en prisiones estadounidenses, junto con la transferencia de US$ 6.000 millones de Corea del Sur a Qatar.
Los US$ 6.000 millones estaban en cuentas restringidas, disponibles para Irán solo para transacciones humanitarias no sancionadas. Irán insistió en que los fondos se trasladaran de Seúl a Doha, donde serían más fáciles de acceder. Como parte del acuerdo, Estados Unidos estableció mecanismos de supervisión a través del Departamento del Tesoro para garantizar que no hubiera desvíos y que el gasto fuera solo en bienes no sancionados.
Como parte del equipo que coordinó este complejo arreglo, expliqué sus méritos en ese momento en una entrevista con el periodista del diario The Washington Post, Jason Rezaian. Jason fue otro exrehén que logramos liberar diez años antes, tras un año de prolongadas negociaciones.
Tres semanas después, el 7 de octubre de 2023, Hamas masacró a 1.200 israelíes y secuestró a 251 rehenes. El líder supremo de Irán elogió públicamente los ataques mientras se desarrollaban. Washington respondió negando nuevamente el acceso a los fondos de Qatar, una situación que se mantiene hasta hoy.
Hoy, Irán parece estar aplicando una lógica similar a una escala mucho mayor. Su rehén ya no es un ciudadano estadounidense. Es una de las arterias económicas más importantes del mundo.
El estrecho de Ormuz maneja aproximadamente una quinta parte del comercio mundial de petróleo. Irán lo controla efectivamente mediante amenazas y el uso de la fuerza —misiles y drones— y el establecimiento de lo que dice es una nueva autoridad liderada por Irán para regular el acceso de entrada y salida.
Para Irán, esto es posesión. Ahora tiene algo que Estados Unidos (y, en ese caso, el resto d
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- El líder chino Xi Jinping llega a Corea del Norte para una inusual cumbre con Kim Jong Un
El líder chino Xi Jinping llega a Corea del Norte para una inusual cumbre con Kim Jong Un
Por Simone McCarthy y Yoonjung Seo, CNN
El líder chino Xi Jinping recibió una bienvenida llena de pompa al llegar a Corea del Norte este lunes para su primera visita a la nación aislada en siete años.
El líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un y la primera dama Ri Sol Ju recibieron a Xi en el aeropuerto de Pyongyang, con imágenes oficiales mostrando a la pareja aplaudiendo mientras aterrizaba el avión de Xi, dando inicio a su visita de Estado de dos días.
Xi y su esposa Peng Liyuan fueron “calurosamente” recibidos por Kim y recibieron ramos de flores de niños norcoreanos, informó la emisora estatal china CCTV.
En una ceremonia de bienvenida en la Plaza Kim Il Sung, una escolta de caballería montada se alineó para recibir a los invitados, mientras multitudes cuidadosamente coreografiadas agitaban flores y banderas bajo enormes retratos de Xi y Kim instalados sobre la plaza, según mostraron imágenes de los medios estatales.
Tras una salva de 21 cañonazos, los dos líderes pasaron revista a la guardia de honor, cuyos miembros gritaron en coreano: “Deseamos al camarada Xi Jinping buena salud”, según CCTV.
La visita es el primer viaje al extranjero de Xi este año y se produce apenas unas semanas después de que recibiera por separado al líder ruso Vladimir Putin y al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, en la capital china.
El momento favorece los esfuerzos de Beijing por presentar a China como un mediador global versátil en un momento de intensa agitación geopolítica.
El viaje es también una oportunidad para que Xi reafirme los estrechos y antiguos lazos de su país con Pyongyang, un gesto claro de Beijing que, incluso cuando Kim y Putin han fortalecido sus relaciones en los últimos años, China sigue siendo el sostén económico más importante y el socio diplomático más crucial de Corea del Norte.
En una carta habitual dirigida a los medios norcoreanos antes del viaje, Xi escribió que “no importa cómo cambien los tiempos o cómo evolucione la situación internacional, la amistad tradicional entre China y Corea del Norte sigue siendo irrompible, perdurable y constantemente irradia vitalidad”.
Para Corea del Norte, la visita de Xi marca otro capítulo en su prolongado acto de equilibrio entre Rusia y China, mientras busca beneficios militares y económicos de ambos, evitando una dependencia excesiva de cualquiera de los dos.
Un día antes de la llegada de Xi, los medios estatales norcoreanos informaron que Kim inspeccionó una importante empresa de municiones, donde recibió información sobre la “ampliación de la capacidad para producir diversos misiles balísticos y de crucero”.
La semana pasada, Kim visitó una nueva planta que fabrica material nuclear apto para armas, afirmando que Pyongyang planea “reforzar las fuerzas nucleares de nuestro Estado a un ritmo exponencial”, según informaron los medios estatales.
No está claro en qué medida el programa ilegal de armas nucleares de Corea del Norte formará parte de las conversaciones entre los dos autócratas.
Se considera ampliamente que Beijing es cauteloso respecto a ese programa, que tradicionalmente ha incrementado la atención estadounidense en la región y representa riesgos de inestabilidad que podrían afectar a China, que comparte frontera con Corea del Norte.
Pero el liderazgo chino también considera a Pyongyang como parte de un nexo más amplio de actores alineados con Beijing que actúan como contrapeso al poder estadounidense.
Los medios estatales chinos enmarcaron el viaje como una oportunidad para “diseñar un nuevo plan para el desarrollo de las relaciones entre los dos partidos y los dos países” y “contribuir de manera novedosa a
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- This could be Tim Cook’s last big moment as Apple’s CEO
This could be Tim Cook’s last big moment as Apple’s CEO
By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN
(CNN) — For one of his final major public moments as Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook may give Wall Street something it’s long been waiting for: answers about the company’s artificial intelligence strategy.
Apple is expected to reveal an all-new version of Siri on Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference, potentially bringing the roughly 15-year-old virtual assistant up to speed with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.
The tech giant will also announce software updates that will impact the billions of iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches around the world. But the new Siri could be the biggest indication yet of how Apple is revamping its products as more people use chatbots and AI agents for everyday tasks. Many will be looking to see whether Apple’s history of turning nascent technologies into popular products will apply to AI.
Apple has fallen behind in the AI race; its Siri overhaul has faced delays, and some features that were announced in 2024 still haven’t arrived. And its current AI tools for iPhones, iPads and Macs, called Apple Intelligence, aren’t distinctive enough to stand out from the competition.
Apple has rolled out features for translating speech, helping users search for content displayed on their iPhone’s screen and generating custom emojis. But companies like Google and OpenAI are launching AI agents they say can handle entire tasks on a user’s behalf.
“(Apple hasn’t) done anything that really blows people away,” said Gene Munster, cofounder and managing partner of tech investment firm Deepwater Asset Management.
The upgraded Siri could help Apple catch up. Apple’s digital helper may soon be able to handle multiple tasks with a single command and get a dedicated app with a chatbot-style interface among other changes, according to Bloomberg.
Apple is partnering with Google on the models that will power its new Siri, the companies announced in January, which could significantly improve the digital assistant’s performance, according to Anurag Rana, senior equity analyst for software and IT services at Bloomberg Intelligence.
“Gemini models have been just on a tear,” Rana said. “They have been doing really well right now.”
Investors and analysts have grilled Apple about its AI strategy on earnings calls over the past year. Although iPhone sales have been thriving, Wall Street wants to know how AI plays into the company’s long-term vision.
It will soon be up to incoming Apple CEO John Ternus, who currently oversees Apple’s hardware engineering and will take over as chief executive in September. Cook will transition into a new role as executive chairman of the board of directors.
But Apple’s large market share – more than 2.5 billion Apple devices are in use globally – could give it an edge.
That could be Apple’s big opportunity. More than half of iPhones in use globally, or about 1 billion iPhones, don’t support Apple Intelligence since the technology is only available on the iPhon
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| 9- Japanese city closes nearly 100 schools after bear sightings as post-hibernation attacks rise
Japanese city closes nearly 100 schools after bear sightings as post-hibernation attacks rise
By Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura, CNN
(CNN) — One Japanese city is taking no chances after a series of bear sightings this week, closing nearly 100 schools as officials scour the town, and as attacks take place elsewhere in the country.
Utsunomiya City, home to about half a million residents north of Tokyo, recorded its first recent bear sighting on Saturday, according to the city’s Wildlife Management Group.
A day later, a bear was spotted on the grounds of a junior high school, and one was captured on security cameras in a downtown shopping district that night.
Since then, there have been sightings at various locations across the city, the wildlife group said – with police officers reportedly confirming a bear’s presence again on Monday night.
All public elementary and junior high schools in the city were closed starting Monday, according to the city board of education. It’s not yet clear whether they will reopen later in the week.
Police officers and members of the local hunting association are now patrolling the city and preparing to capture the bear, or bears, on the loose. It’s not yet known whether all the sightings are of one bear, or if there are more in the vicinity.
Meanwhile, officials have urged residents to take precautions such as locking their doors and windows to prevent bears entering their homes, and to avoid putting their trash out at night.
Japan has long been battling a growing bear problem with deadly attacks reached record levels last fall. It became a national emergency, prompting authorities to send military troops to hard-hit areas, and international governments to issue travel advisories for Japan. Videos went viral of bears rummaging through supermarket aisles and roaming school grounds, setting local communities on edge.
The surge in attacks has been fueled by several factors. The bear population has skyrocketed amid a decline in hunting; climate change has caused poor harvests, pushing bears to seek food elsewhere; and the dwindling number of people living in rural towns allow bears to enter human-inhabited areas more easily.
After peaking toward the end of the year, cases of reported attacks dropped in early 2026 during hibernation season. But with the weather warming as Japan has entered summer, the bears have emerged from their slumber – and are heading back into cities and towns. Just last week on June 2, a bear attack injured four people at a steel factory in Fukushima, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) from Utsunomiya.
Three people were killed and 20 more people were attacked by bears across at least nine prefectures between April and June 2, according to public broadcaster NHK. Several of the incidents took place in the mountains, with some people injured while out foraging for wild plants and vegetables.
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- Trump afirma que “los pilotos están bien” tras informe de que un helicóptero Apache se estrelló cerca del estrecho de Ormuz
Trump afirma que “los pilotos están bien” tras informe de que un helicóptero Apache se estrelló cerca del estrecho de Ormuz
Por Kathleen Magramo y Todd Symons, CNN
El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, aseguró que “los pilotos están bien” cuando le preguntaron sobre un informe de que un helicóptero de las fuerzas militares estadounidenses se estrelló cerca del estrecho de Ormuz.
Según informó The New York Times, un helicóptero de ataque Apache estadounidense se precipitó cerca del estrecho el lunes y dos miembros de la tripulación tuvieron que ser rescatados.
“Los pilotos están bien, nadie resultó herido”, declaró Trump a los periodistas en Nueva York tras asistir al partido de las finales de la NBA del lunes por la noche.
El presidente no proporcionó más información sobre lo sucedido, pero afirmó que se publicaría un informe “mañana”. El New York Times informó que no estaba claro qué había provocado la caída del helicóptero.
La aparente pérdida del avión se produjo después de que las hostilidades en la región se intensificaran durante el fin de semana, con Irán e Israel intercambiando sus primeros ataques directos en meses a última hora del domingo.
CNN ha solicitado comentarios al Comando Central de Estados Unidos, la rama militar responsable de las operaciones en Medio Oriente.
Aunque no está claro qué hacía el Apache en ese momento, anteriormente se ha utilizado para atacar pequeñas embarcaciones iraníes como parte del bloqueo estadounidense de los puertos iraníes.
Según la página web del Comando Central, los helicópteros Apache se utilizan principalmente para ataques de precisión, apoyo aéreo cercano y reconocimiento aéreo.
De confirmarse, sería la primera pérdida de un helicóptero Apache desde que comenzó el conflicto con Irán.
Según un informe del Servicio de Investigación del Congreso publicado en mayo, el ejército estadounidense ha perdido decenas de aeronaves —entre ellas, al menos cinco aviones de combate, siete aviones cisterna Stratotanker, un helicóptero de búsqueda y rescate y más de dos docenas de drones— desde que comenzó la guerra con Irán a finales de febrero.
A principios de abril, las fuerzas estadounidenses tuvieron que lanzar una arriesgada operación para rescatar a uno de los pilotos de un F-15E Strike Eagle derribado en territorio iraní.
Durante la misión encubierta, en la que participaron cientos de militares y personal de inteligencia estadounidenses, incluyendo miembros de las fuerzas especiales, las fuerzas estadounidenses tuvieron que destruir dos de sus propios aviones de operaciones especiales en tierra en Irán.
En marzo, un avión cisterna KC-135 Stratotanker se estrelló en el oeste de Iraq, causando la muerte de sus seis tripulantes. Días antes, tres cazas F-15 estadounidenses fueron derribados por error por las defensas aéreas kuwaitíes, aunque todos los tripulantes lograron eyectarse a salvo.
Varias aeronaves resultaron dañadas en ataques iraníes contra una base aérea estadounidense en Arabia Saudita, mientras que otras sufrieron daños tras ser atacadas por fuego iraní mientras estaban en el aire.
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- The Strait of Hormuz is ‘leaking’ oil
The Strait of Hormuz is ‘leaking’ oil
By Matt Egan, CNN
New York (CNN) — One of the biggest mysteries of the global economy is why the oil market has remained so calm during one of the greatest supply shocks in history.
The Strait of Hormuz has been paralyzed by three months of war — a nightmare scenario that few thought was possible before the war with Iran started. Visible traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains sparse, estimated at just 15% of pre-war levels, according to JPMorgan.
Yet oil futures have not skyrocketed to the dangerous levels forecasters feared — at least not yet.
One theory is that a surprisingly large amount of crude is escaping the double blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, helping the global energy system absorb the historic shock. Tankers carrying these so-called “clandestine flows” may be dodging the blockade by turning off transponders to avoid detection, experts told CNN.
JPMorgan estimated that clandestine flows amounted to about 2.1 million barrels per day over the final two weeks of May. That would represent a small but notable chunk of the 15.6 million barrels that flowed through the Strait of Hormuz per day before the war.
“Despite the ongoing naval blockade and the steep decline in commercial traffic, surprising volumes of crude and petroleum products still appear to be transiting the Strait,” Natasha Kaneva, JPMorgan’s head of global commodities strategy, wrote in a client note last week.
‘Ghost’ transits
Bob McNally, founder and president of Rapidan Energy Group, told CNN he agrees that clandestine flows may have delayed or somewhat mitigated the crisis.
“We assume Hormuz traffic has been 0% to 10% of prewar flows, but with this leakage it could be a little higher,” McNally said. “It’s not nearly enough to avoid big and bullish inventory draws, but it does take some of the edge off.”
Jan Stuart, global energy economist and strategist at investment bank Piper Sandler, estimates that about 2.9 million barrels per day of crude made it out of the Strait of Hormuz in May. That estimate includes about 2.1 million barrels on vessels that appeared to pay tolls to Iranian entities.
The rest is about 900,000 barrels of “ghost” transits, vessels that went through the waterway in the dark with transponders off.
“The ghosts, or clandestine flows, help,” Stuart told CNN. “There has been far better mitigating of the crisis than I would have thought possible.”
China slashes imports
Brent oil futures, the international benchmark, dropped to $93 a barrel on Friday. That’s well above pre-war levels of around $70 but also safely below the recent peak of $114.
But clandestine flows aren’t the biggest factor behind the market calm.
Piper Sandler estimates that about 4.5 million barrels of crude per day have left the Persian Gulf through other means, mostly via the East-West Pipeline that connects Saudi oilfields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.
And even more importantly, China has slashed its crude imports, turning instead to massive stockpiles.
Lower demand from China, one of the world’s biggest consumers of energy, has helped ease the supply crunch.
JPMorgan’s Kaneva argued other factors include deeper-than-recognized demand losses and larger-than-reported inventories.
“Taken together, these adjustments help explain why prices near $100 are not signaling that the disruption is small,” Kaneva wrote. “Rather, they are signaling that the market has found ways — albeit costly ones — to absorb it.”
‘Things are going to get worse’
Some oil veterans worry the market, lulled by these workarounds, is underestimating the real-w
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- Santa Barbara Zoo Joins Effort to Protect Whales from Ship Strikes Along California Coast
Santa Barbara Zoo Joins Effort to Protect Whales from Ship Strikes Along California Coast
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Santa Barbara Zoo is taking part in a new effort to help protect endangered whales that migrate through the Santa Barbara Channel.
The Zoo recently became the first accredited zoo in the nation to join the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies program, an initiative that works with shipping companies to reduce the risk of whale strikes and improve air quality along California's coast.
The announcement comes as conservation groups continue to raise concerns about the impact of commercial shipping traffic on marine mammals.
"About 40% of all imports come through California ports. And unfortunately that shipping traffic is also overlapping with very important whale habitat," said Becca Tucker, director of corporate engagement for the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies program.
Blue, fin and humpback whales migrate through the Santa Barbara Channel each year, sharing the waters with some of the world's largest cargo vessels.
According to Tucker, ship strikes remain one of the biggest threats facing whales along the West Coast.
"Off the U.S. West Coast alone, about 80 whales a year are fatally struck," Tucker said.
The program encourages shipping companies to voluntarily reduce their speed to 10 knots or less in designated whale habitats. Program leaders say slowing vessels can reduce the risk of fatal whale strikes by approximately 40 percent while also decreasing underwater noise pollution.
"These ships are very loud," Tucker said. "When the ships slow down to that 10 knots or less, it gives whales more time to hopefully avoid that collision."
The Santa Barbara Zoo's role as an ambassador is tied in part to its purchasing practices. Zoo officials say some of its vendors already use shipping companies that participate in the voluntary vessel speed reduction program.
Estelle Sandhaus, vice president of conservation and science at the Zoo, said the partnership highlights the connection between everyday consumer choices and wildlife conservation.
"Thinking about where our purchasing comes from can help save whales and help us have a healthier community," Sandhaus said.
The Zoo also hopes to educate visitors about the environmental impacts of global shipping. With nearly 500,000 annual visitors, officials say the Zoo can help raise awareness about how commerce and conservation intersect.
The program's benefits extend beyond whale protection. Organizers say slower vessel speeds can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve regional air quality and lessen underwater noise that can interfere with whales' ability to communicate, navigate and feed.
Since launching in 2014, the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies program has partnered with more than 76 shipping companies. Those companies have voluntarily reduced speeds across more than two million nautical miles of California waters, creating what organizers describe as safer conditions for whales migrating along the coast.
The Santa Barbara Zoo hopes its involvement will encourage more public awareness and support for efforts to protect marine wildlife in the Santa Barbara Channel and beyond.
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| 10- Bill Gates to face congressional investigators about ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Bill Gates to face congressional investigators about ties to Jeffrey Epstein
By Annie Grayer, Andrew Kaczynski, MJ Lee, CNN
(CNN) — Bill Gates will testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill on Wednesday after the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files this year raised questions about the billionaire’s ties to the late convicted sex offender — marking one of the most high-profile appearances before congressional investigators to date.
The House Oversight Committee sought Gates’ voluntary cooperation after a tranche of documents released by the Department of Justice revealed a series of graphic, unverified allegations, as well as a degree of philanthropic coordination between Gates and Epstein that was more detailed than previously known. Marking the committee’s 15th interview, Gates is expected to face questions from Republicans and Democrats alike about the extent of his relationship with the late financier.
Gates is among the many powerful figures in Epstein’s orbit — from Howard Lutnick to Bill Clinton—– who have appeared in video or photos released by the Justice Department from its case files.
As CNN previously reported, the most explosive elements of the earlier document release involved two draft emails Epstein appears to have written himself in July 2013. In these stream-of-consciousness notes, riddled with typos and vitriol, Epstein appears to claim he facilitated sexual encounters for Gates and helped him obtain medication to hide a sexually transmitted infection from his wife.
It’s not clear who wrote the draft messages from 2013 saved in Epstein’s email account or whether they were ever sent, but they are addressed from Epstein to himself. Though the emails suggest at the time some sort of break in their friendship, meetings and email exchanges continued during this time.
Epstein claimed in one email he helped Gates get drugs “in order to deal with consequences of sex with russian girls” and “illicit trysts, with married women.” The email also references Gates asking Epstein to provide Adderall for bridge tournaments.
The other draft email alleges that Gates tearfully asked Epstein to delete messages referencing an STD, “your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda,” and to delete explicit personal details about his penis.
The allegations contained in the draft email are unverified and uncorroborated. There is no indication the message was ever shared with Gates or anyone else, and the Microsoft co-founder has not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing related to Epstein.
Gates has strongly denied the claims and a representative of Gates previously told CNN: “These claims are absolutely absurd and completely false. The only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein’s frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame. While Mr. Gates acknowledges that meeting with Epstein was a serious error in judgment, he unequivocally denies any improper conduct related to Epstein and the horrible activities in which Epstein was involved. Mr. Gates never visited Epstein’s island, never attended parties with him, and had no involvement in any illegal activities associated with Epstein.”
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- Inflation set to top 4% for first time in three years on Iran war price shock
Inflation set to top 4% for first time in three years on Iran war price shock
By Alicia Wallace, CNN
(CNN) — Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, is expected to run above 4% for the first time in three years because of the Iran war’s oil price shock.
Fast-rising gas prices are expected in May to once again have an outsized effect on overall inflation, pushing up prices at a similar pace as that seen in 2021 and 2022, when inflation was headed for a four-decade high of 9.1%.
Economists expect that inflation rose 0.5% in May and 4.2% from a year ago, according to FactSet estimates. That would put the three-month average at just under 0.7%, the fastest since the April to June 2022 period (when it was 0.8%).
That’s an unsettling throwback; however, economists say that this bout of inflation isn’t expected to be as bad as the last one – current projections have CPI topping out in the range of 4.5% to 5% this year.
However, price levels are another matter. The latest inflation shock is adding another layer of fast-rising prices: Common goods and services are significantly more expensive than they were before the pandemic.
Affordability pressures are building, and Americans are having a harder time keeping up.
Fast-rising prices are already outstripping Americans’ paychecks, and that gap is widening. If CPI rises 4.2% in May, it will mean that real (inflation-adjusted) wages are declining at an annual rate of 0.8%.
The ripple effects from the war-driven energy price shock could become even more evident in May’s data, although it’s expected to be a slow boil: Categories such as airfares, transportation, food and apparel could see further increases.
In April, prices of fruits and vegetables, which are often transported by refrigerated diesel trucks, rose by 2.3%, the highest monthly increase for that category since 2010. Tomato prices have risen by more than 15% for two months in a row.
Outside of food and energy, price hikes are expected to be more muted. Economists are expecting that “core” inflation rose by 0.3% in May and that the annual rate ticked up to 2.9% from 2.8% the month before.
This story will be updated when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its CPI report for May at 8:30 a.m. ET.
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- La boda de Taylor Swift y Travis Kelce se planifica como una operación secreta
La boda de Taylor Swift y Travis Kelce se planifica como una operación secreta
Por Alli Rosenbloom, CNN
La boda de Taylor Swift y Travis Kelce se ha convertido fácilmente en uno de los eventos de la cultura pop más esperados desde la boda real del príncipe Guillermo con Kate Middleton en 2011, excepto que, a diferencia de los británicos —quienes invitaron a casi 2.000 pobladores de la zona—, probablemente tú no estás invitado.
Eso es lo único que realmente se sabe con certeza, considerando lo poca información que hay sobre sus inminentes nupcias, aparte del hecho de que Swift y Kelce sí se van a casar… en algún momento… en algún lugar. ¿Quizás incluso en el Madison Square Garden? (Para que conste, ni el Garden ni un representante de Swift respondieron a las solicitudes de comentarios sobre si la boda de la década se celebraría en una arena gris y aburrida en el centro de Manhattan).
La estrategia de planificación secreta es totalmente intencionada, según el organizador de bodas de lujo Colin Cowie, quien no está involucrado en la boda de Swift y Kelce pero ha planeado bodas para Jennifer Lopez y Ben Affleck, así como para Don Henley y Sharon Summerall, entre otros.
“Todos van a querer saber cómo sería estar en primera fila en esta boda”, dijo Cowie. “Va a ser una tarea enorme mantener esto en secreto”.
Eso no cambia el hecho de que una gran parte del público consumidor de la cultura pop tiene una necesidad insaciable de saberlo todo sobre la unión de la mayor estrella pop de Estados Unidos y su prometido, que probablemente será miembro del Salón de la Fama de la NFL, por una infinidad de razones.
Primero, esta relación se ha desarrollado públicamente durante los años profesionales más visibles tanto de Swift como de Kelce. Segundo, está la relación intensamente personal que Swift ha cultivado con su sólida base de fans.
Muchas de esas personas han crecido junto a ella, así que su interés en el hito matrimonial de Swift, según la psicóloga de la cultura pop Rachel Kowert, es personal.
“Sienten que ella es una vieja amiga”, dijo Kowert. “Y creo que esa afinidad y simplemente el deseo de que tenga un final feliz es mayor que lo que hemos visto en otras conversaciones”.
Antes de que Kelce siquiera apareciera en escena, los fans de Swift ya sentían una conexión profundamente personal con ella, una relación parasocial intensificada por su composición autobiográfica y su conocida promoción de la música a través de búsquedas de “huevos de Pascua” lideradas por los fans.
Ya sea que Swift lo haya hecho intencionalmente o no, sus interacciones con los fans han magnificado “la sensación que tenemos de esta relación que mantenemos con esta personalidad mediática, aunque definitivamente todavía no sepan quiénes somos”, dijo Kowert.
Desde que Swift fue a su primer partido de los Kansas City Chiefs en 2023 —cuando ella y Kelce ya eran pareja— el fervor fue inmediatamente obsesivo.
La pareja alimentó el interés público a medida que pasaba el tiempo. Fueron capturados compartiendo un beso posterior al Super Bowl en el campo después de la victoria de los Chiefs en el Super Bowl de 2024, un momento que generó imágenes vistas solo en exitosas comedias románticas, y Kelce hizo una aparición sorpresa en el escenario en uno de los shows de la gira Eras de Swift en Londres más tarde ese año.
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- Inflación en EE.UU. superaría el 4 % por primera vez en tres años debido al fuerte aumento de precios por la guerra con Irán
Inflación en EE.UU. superaría el 4 % por primera vez en tres años debido al fuerte aumento de precios por la guerra con Irán
Por Alicia Wallace, CNN
Se prevé que la inflación, medida por el Índice de Precios al Consumidor, supere el 4 % por primera vez en tres años en EE.UU. debido al impacto en los precios del petróleo provocado por la guerra con Irán.
Se estima que el rápido aumento de la gasolina en mayo vuelva a tener un efecto desproporcionado en el costo de los bienes en general, elevando los precios a un ritmo similar al observado en 2021 y 2022, cuando este indicador se encaminaba a un máximo de cuatro décadas del 9,1 %.
Según las estimaciones de FactSet, los economistas prevén que la inflación subió un 0,5 % en mayo y un 4,2 % interanual.
Esto situaría el promedio trimestral en poco menos del 0,7 %, el más alto desde el período de abril a junio de 2022 (cuando fue del 0,8 %).
Se trata de un retroceso inquietante. Sin embargo, los economistas afirman que no se espera que este repunte de la inflación sea tan grave como el anterior: las proyecciones actuales sitúan el IPC en un máximo de entre el 4,5 % y el 5 % este año.
Sin embargo, los niveles de precios son otra cuestión. El reciente impacto inflacionario está añadiendo otra capa de costos en rápido aumento: los bienes y servicios básicos son significativamente más caros que antes de la pandemia.
La presión sobre la asequibilidad va en aumento y a los estadounidenses les resulta cada vez más difícil hacer frente a ella.
El rápido aumento de los precios ya está superando los salarios de los estadounidenses, y esa brecha se está ampliando. Si el IPC sube un 4,2 % en mayo, significará que los salarios reales (ajustados a la inflación) están disminuyendo a una tasa anual del 0,8 %.
Los efectos en cadena de la crisis energética provocada por la guerra podrían hacerse aún más evidentes en los datos de mayo, aunque se espera que sea un fenómeno gradual: categorías como los billetes de avión, el transporte, los alimentos y la ropa podrían experimentar nuevos aumentos.
En abril, los precios de las frutas y verduras, que a menudo se transportan en camiones frigoríficos diésel, subieron un 2,3 %, el mayor incremento mensual para esa categoría desde 2010.
Los precios del tomate han aumentado más del 15 % durante dos meses consecutivos.
Fuera de los sectores de alimentos y energía, se prevé que las subidas de precios sean más moderadas. Los economistas esperan que la inflación subyacente aumentara un 0,3 % en mayo y que la tasa anual subiera al 2,9 % desde el 2,8 % del mes anterior.
Esta noticia se actualizará cuando la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales publique su informe del IPC de mayo a las 8:30 a.m. (hora de Miami).
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| 11- El Mundial necesita urgentemente un cambio de aires. Los partidos han llegado justo a tiempo
El Mundial necesita urgentemente un cambio de aires. Los partidos han llegado justo a tiempo
Análisis por Kyle Feldscher, CNN
El mundo no era tan diferente el 13 de junio de 2018, cuando Estados Unidos, México y Canadá obtuvieron el derecho a organizar conjuntamente la Copa Mundial de 2026.
Donald Trump era presidente. Estaba vigente una prohibición de viajar a Estados Unidos para ciudadanos de países mayoritariamente musulmanes.
Las naciones aliadas estaban consternadas por la errática política exterior del Gobierno estadounidense.
Pero existía la esperanza de que la llegada del mundo a Estados Unidos pudiera traer consigo la unidad y la alegría propias de grandes eventos deportivos como la Copa del Mundo.
Casi ocho años después, ¡por fin llegó el día! El primero de los 104 partidos de esta Copa del Mundo, la más grande de la historia, arranca a las 3:00 p.m., hora de Miami, en la Ciudad de México, cuando Sudáfrica se enfrente a México en el histórico Estadio Azteca.
Se puede afirmar que el torneo no ha generado precisamente la buena voluntad que los estadounidenses esperaban aquel día de junio de 2018, justo después de que Trump se reuniera con el líder de Corea del Norte, Kim Jong Un, en Singapur.
De hecho, las políticas de la administración Trump han ensombrecido este Mundial desde que retomó la Casa Blanca en enero de 2025 y comenzó a implementar las estrictas medidas inmigratorias que prometió durante la campaña electoral.
Muchos de los titulares en torno a la antesala de este gran festival deportivo se han centrado en los peores aspectos del Mundial: los precios desorbitados de las entradas, las acusaciones de especulación en el transporte público, la negativa a admitir a un árbitro somalí en Estados Unidos, la tensión en torno a la participación de Irán en medio de la guerra entre Estados Unidos e Irán y los problemas de visado para aficionados, jugadores y personal en los días previos al inicio de los encuentros.
Y luego están las disputas en línea, ya que estadounidenses y europeos en las redes sociales no parecen poder dejar de atacarse mutuamente por todo, desde el clima hasta la calidad de los estadios de cada uno.
Todo esto ha generado un ambiente muy tenso en torno al mayor evento deportivo del mundo. Pero cuando suene el silbato esta tarde en la capital mexicana, la magia del Mundial por fin podrá comenzar.
Se trata de un torneo de proporciones norteamericanas, que abarca miles de kilómetros, cuatro zonas horarias y decenas de climas y culturas deportivas diferentes.
El año pasado, la FIFA y la administración Trump estimaron que más de 8 millones de personas viajarían internacionalmente para la Copa del Mundo y, si bien las políticas de inmigración de Trump han hecho que viajar a Estados Unidos sea menos atractivo para muchos, esas personas están comenzando a llegar a Norteamérica ahora.
El torneo ha puesto de manifiesto su brillantez, con aficionados de todo el mundo que se vuelven virales al descubrir las delicias del aderezo ranch, toparse con Buc-ee’s o descender el río Chattahoochee en flotador mientras viajan por el sureste.
En México, los surcoreanos celebran con los lugareños y las bandas de mariachis reciben a los equipos en sus hoteles.
Muchos más tendrán sus propios recuerdos de via
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| 12- Un muerto tras el paso de tornados y fuertes tormentas por el centro de Estados Unidos
Un muerto tras el paso de tornados y fuertes tormentas por el centro de Estados Unidos
Por Maria Gilbert y Chris Dolce, meteorólogos de CNN
Otra serie de fuertes tormentas eléctricas azotó este jueves partes del centro de Estados Unidos, incluyendo áreas que habían sufrido ráfagas de viento huracanadas, tornados y granizo en los últimos días.
El jueves por la mañana, tormentas con ráfagas de viento de entre 110 y 145 km/h azotaron Iowa en la primera de las dos rondas previstas para ese día.
Según un comunicado de prensa de la policía local, las tormentas causaron la muerte de un hombre de 54 años al ser golpeado por un árbol en Des Moines, Iowa.
El árbol se partió y cayó en un campamento de personas sin hogar mientras las tormentas azotaban la ciudad. La policía está trabajando para confirmar la identidad del hombre.
La segunda ronda de tormentas severas se desató a última hora de la tarde y continuó durante la noche, generando tornados en el Medio Oeste.
Se emitió una alerta de emergencia por tornado, el nivel más alto de advertencia, a las 5:11 p.m. (hora de Chicago) para el condado de Marshall, Illinois.
A unos 48 kilómetros al este, los equipos de emergencia evaluaban los daños en la ciudad de Streator, Illinois, después de que un tornado azotara la zona el jueves por la noche.
Un video grabado por un fotoperiodista que recorría la ciudad muestra a un hombre siendo rescatado de una casa que había quedado reducida a escombros.
“Creo que tiene la pierna rota”, se oye decir a una mujer fuera de cámara mientras el fotoperiodista y los agentes de policía retiran los escombros para liberar al hombre.
Al menos cuatro personas fueron trasladadas a un hospital local con heridas leves, declaró la alcaldesa de Streator, Tara Bedei, a CNN.
“Hasta el momento, no se han reportado víctimas mortales, y estamos sumamente agradecidos por la seguridad de nuestros residentes y la rápida actuación del personal de emergencia, tanto en Streator como en la región”, indicó Bedei en un comunicado.
Se emitieron dos alertas por tornado para más de 20 millones de personas en partes de Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan y Ohio. Chicago; South Bend y Fort Wayne, Indiana; Grand Rapids y Kalamazoo, Michigan; y Davenport, Iowa, fueron algunas de las ciudades incluidas.
Según Poweroutage.us, el número de hogares y negocios sin electricidad en el Medio Oeste y el Noreste se disparó a más de 650.000 a última hora del jueves por la noche, a medida que las tormentas avanzaban hacia el este.
La amenaza del jueves fue el último episodio de una intensa racha de tormentas que ha producido más de 1.000 informes de granizo, vientos fuertes y tornados en la región desde el domingo.
Se preveían ráfagas de viento dañinas de 120 km/h o más durante la madrugada del viernes en tormentas que se extienden desde el Medio Oeste hasta la región de los Grandes Lagos.
Vientos de esta intensidad podrían dañar fácilmente árboles y líneas eléctricas, además de lanzar escombros por los aires.
Es posible que algunas tormentas sigan activas el viernes por la mañana mientras avanzan hacia los Apalaches.
El patrón de tormentas también ha incrementado el riesgo de inundaciones repentinas, especialmente en el Medio Oeste.
Según el Centro de Predicción Meteorológica, se registró un riesgo de inundaciones de nivel 2 (de 4) entre el jueves y la mañana del viernes en algunas zonas de Illinois (incluida Chicago), Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri y Minnesota.
Se esperaba que las precipitaciones durante las tormentas del jueves alcanzaran los 5 centímetros por hora en algunos momentos.
Esto es más que suficiente para provocar inundaciones, sobre todo porque la lluvia caería sobre terreno ya saturado. Las zonas urbanas y aquellas con drenaje deficiente también eran particularmente vulnerables a estas lluvias torrenciales.
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- War-wary Hill Republicans question Trump’s Iran strategy with control of Congress at stake
War-wary Hill Republicans question Trump’s Iran strategy with control of Congress at stake
By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN
(CNN) — A growing number of Hill Republicans say they are frustrated with President Donald Trump’s ever-changing strategy in Iran — dangling a ground invasion one day, touting progress in peace talks the next — in a conflict many fear will cost them their majority this fall.
Hours after Trump’s latest threat to seize a key Iranian oil hub, several key Republicans — from centrists to leadership allies to MAGA loyalists — told CNN on Thursday they were deeply uncomfortable with the president’s threat to deepen the conflict without a clear strategy. And with gas prices and inflation again spiking, they fear the war will become the defining issue of an already-tough midterm election.
“I think people are really feeling it,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican, said in an interview. “It’s not just gas prices, food prices, and other things, and I think there’s a level of frustration. … So I think the pressure is for the president to reach a peace solution and move on.”
“Get it done. Get out,” said Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a centrist from New Jersey who stressed he supports the ultimate goal of defanging Iran’s nuclear powers. “We need an exit strategy.”
Angst over the war has been spiking for weeks among Hill Republicans. A growing chorus of lawmakers are now bluntly warning about the economic toll of the Iran war, fearing voter blowback over rising prices and calling for a swift end to the conflict. Trump’s main response so far has been a push to temporarily freeze the federal gas tax — a measure widely panned by Republicans who say it amounts to little savings back home. And they say the White House isn’t doing any favors with his recent anti-weaponization fund or ballroom security effort — not to mention his “I love the inflation” remarks just a day earlier.
“Makes absolutely no sense to me,” GOP Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said of Trump’s remarks, voicing concern about the party’s midterm message heading into November. “The fact that we’re not talking about or focused on the things that most people care about at election time, kitchen table issues, I think, is a problem.”
It all amounts to a rising sense of unease among Hill Republicans, including party leaders, about how to navigate the politics of the war, spiking inflation and voter anger alongside a president who demands their full loyalty. On Iran, they’re also worried about how they can deliver Trump’s massive Pentagon funding request — as much as $350 billion, the president has suggested — sometime by August, amid widespread discontentment in their party over military strategy.
Several top lawmakers, including the House GOP’s top spending leader, Rep. Tom Cole, have complained that they’ve been in the dark about how much the war will cost. Others have lamented that Trump has yet to lay out a convincing case to the American public — or to them personally. And some, like Rep. Nick LaLota of New York, are not ruling out backing a vote to formally authorize the conflict, against party leaders’ wishes, to assert Congress’ authority in the monthslong war.
“I think we can lay out the case right, but we haven’t done a good job at it,” retiring Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska said of the administration’s ability to make the case for the conflict.
If Trump does decide to escalate the war in Iran — after retracting threats of new strikes earlier Thursday — he will need to make a clearer case to some in his own party.
Congressional Republicans are broadly skeptical of any move to put US troops on the ground and prolong the war. That includes Trump’s threat ear
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- The tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma, are hitting bottom. The oil market is about to hit a tipping point
The tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma, are hitting bottom. The oil market is about to hit a tipping point
By David Goldman, CNN
(CNN) — Cushing, Oklahoma, dubs itself the pipeline crossroads of the world. The tagline is emblazoned on a giant roadside sign fashioned out of pipes on the corner of Main Street and South Stiles Road. It has a valve and everything.
But it’s not just a slogan.
In 1912, Tom Slick (his real name) was passing through what’s now Drumright, Oklahoma, when he smelled oil. He bought the land for $1 an acre and started digging, uncovering what was then Oklahoma’s biggest oil well.
Today, neighboring Cushing is the hub of America’s energy market. It literally provides the oil plumbing for the United States. It’s where America’s benchmark West Texas Intermediate oil is priced and warehoused. From there, it’s piped to refineries around the country.
In normal times, Cushing stores around 40 million barrels of oil with capacity of up to 75 million.
These are not normal times.
Why Cushing is running out of oil
Cushing’s current inventory is 21.6 million barrels, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
That’s dangerously close to operational stress levels, the tipping point at which Cushing struggles to supply all of its customers with the oil they demand.
When Cushing’s reserves get below 20 million, they effectively hit empty, scraping the bottom of the barrel of what is largely unusable sludge.
And when Cushing runs empty, strange things happen to the oil market.
Unless the Strait of Hormuz opens soon – very soon – we’re probably just weeks away from finding out what that looks like.
Cushing is running out of oil because America has become the supplier of last resort for regions of the world that typically get their oil and fuel from the Middle East. Demand for US oil surged to a record high during the Iran war, and crude has flowed out of Cushing faster than America’s oil drillers can refill it.
But it’s not just a Cushing problem.
US diesel stocks recently hit their lowest level since 2003. Gas inventories have been falling, too – about 5% below where they were a year ago. Other US commercial crude storage facilities outside of Cushing are also getting drained fast – by 7.2 million barrels last week alone.
What happens when tanks run dry
It certainly doesn’t feel like the US oil market is in any real trouble.
Despite the largest crude supply shock the world has ever seen, US oil and gas prices still haven’t hit record highs during the three-plus months of war with Iran. And they’ve been sliding – sometimes sharply – in recent weeks.
That’s largely because the world was historically oversupplied with oil going into the crisis. Those stockpiles have acted as a global shock absorber.
But commercial oil inventories are rapidly dwindling. Oil stockpiles in the world’s wealthiest nations are falling by 6.3 million barrels per day and are sitting at just 2.6 billion barrels, according to the US Energy Information Administration. That’s just 100 million barrels above operational stress levels, said David Oxley, chief climate and commodities economist at Capital Economics.
The oil market can’t run down to the last drop, like your car can. Below a certain threshold, pipelines can’t maintain pressure and refineries can’t deliver all the various fuel grades their customers demand.
“Like blood pressure in the human body, the issue is circulation,” said Natasha Kaneva, head of commodities strategy at JPMorgan. “The system does not fail because oil disappears, it fails because the circulation network no longer has enough working volume.”
At this rate, the world’s oil market could enter the danger zone within a month.
That means the market could easily go into panic mode because of a minor problem. Prices could become extraordinarily volatile day to day, an
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- 1 dead as tornadoes and severe storms again batter central US
1 dead as tornadoes and severe storms again batter central US
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By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, CNN
(CNN) — Another barrage of severe thunderstorms barreled through parts of the central US Thursday, including areas that had endured hurricane-force wind gusts, tornadoes and hail in recent days.
Storms with 70 to 90 mph wind gusts hit Iowa Thursday morning in the first of two rounds expected on the day. The storms killed a 54-year old man after he was struck by a tree in Des Moines, Iowa, according to a city police news release. The tree broke apart and fell in a homeless encampment as storms moved through the city. The police are working to confirm the man’s identity.
The second round of severe storms fired up late in the afternoon and continued into the evening, producing tornadoes in the Midwest. There were over a dozen tornado reports Thursday, nearly all in Illinois and Indiana. A tornado emergency, the highest-level tornado warning, was issued at 5:11 p.m. CT for Marshall County, in north central Illinois.
About 30 miles east, emergency crews were assessing damage in the city of Streator, Illinois, after a tornado moved through the area Thursday evening. Drone video shows significant damage to multiple houses, some with their roofs entirely torn off.
Video taken by a photojournalist walking through the city shows a man being rescued from a leveled home.
“I think his leg is broken,” a woman is heard saying off camera as the photojournalist and police officers move debris to free the man.
At least four people were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, Streator Mayor Tara Bedei told CNN.
“At this time, there are no reported fatalities, and we are incredibly grateful for the safety of our residents and the quick action of emergency personnel, both in Streator and regionally,” Bedei said in a statement.
A tornado was also reported farther south, near Ipava, Illinois, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Drone footage from the area appeared to capture a tornado ripping through a field of solar panels.
Tornadoes were also reported in multiple counties in the northwest of neighboring Indiana. The National Weather Service warned of a “confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado” near the town of Hebron in Porter County around 8 p.m. Hours later officials said they were responding to calls and working to clear fallen trees from roadways, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
About 15 miles north, a Catholic high school in Merrillville, Indiana, sustained heavy damage, but no one was injured as the campus was empty when the storm hit, Andrean High School said in a Facebook post. Classes are suspended and school officials asked community members to stay away while the full impact is assessed, pointing to “active power lines, downed trees, broken glass, significant roof damage, etc that make it unsafe.”
Two tornado watches were issued for more than 20 million people in parts of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin,
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- El avión del papa León XIV fue inmovilizado en tierra. Entonces el rey de España intervino para ayudar
El avión del papa León XIV fue inmovilizado en tierra. Entonces el rey de España intervino para ayudar
Por Christopher Lamb, CNN
A bordo del vuelo de Iberia que transportaba al papa León XIV desde Tenerife a Roma, el capitán hizo un anuncio. Se había detectado un problema técnico y el avión no podía despegar. Instantes después, el pontífice y parte de su séquito abandonaron la aeronave.
Yo era uno de los aproximadamente 80 periodistas que viajaban a bordo con el papa durante su visita a España del 6 al 12 de junio, y volábamos de regreso a Roma en un vuelo de Iberia.
Cuando viaja, el papa utiliza un avión privado y vuela a la ida en un avión de ITA, mientras que el país anfitrión suele proporcionar el avión para el viaje de vuelta.
Los periodistas que viajan con el pontífice se sientan en la parte trasera del avión, mientras que el papa, los cardenales, los obispos y el personal del Vaticano se sientan en la parte delantera.
Los informadores pagamos tarifas de clase ejecutiva por asientos de clase económica, pero a cambio tenemos la oportunidad de conocer al papa a la ida y de que ofrezca una rueda de prensa a los periodistas a la vuelta.
La comida es mucho mejor en los vuelos papales, con menús especiales impresos con el escudo de armas del papa, que también adorna los reposacabezas.
Los aviones papales han tenido problemas técnicos en el pasado, pero que un avión que transporta al papa no pueda despegar es algo inaudito.
Para las aerolíneas locales, transportar al papa es un honor, y ya sea Aereo Dili en Timor Oriental o Emirates en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, los vuelos suelen transcurrir sin contratiempos.
Por eso, cuando el capitán de Iberia hizo el anuncio, se desató el caos entre la prensa que lo acompañaba.
Finalmente, nos indicaron que desembarcáramos y entonces se supo que al papa le habían ofrecido el avión privado del Rey de España para regresar a Roma.
Observé cómo el León XIV caminaba por la pista para abordar, mientras los periodistas nos quedamos esperando otro avión que nos llevara a Roma.
Esto marcó un final caótico para la histórica visita del papa León XIV a España.
El primer pontífice estadounidense, que habla español con fluidez, congregó a multitudes en Madrid, incluyendo cerca de 1,2 millones de personas para la misa y la procesión.
Se convirtió en el primer pontífice en dirigirse al Parlamento español, recibiendo una ovación de siete minutos por parte de representantes de todo el espectro político, profundamente polarizado, del país.
La gran afluencia de público fue una sorpresa, y el papa declaró a CNN durante el vuelo que sabía que competía con el rapero puertorriqueño Bad Bunny, quien tenía un concierto en Madrid la noche de la llegada de León XIV.
Tras muchas especulaciones sobre una posible vinculación de Bad Bunny con un evento papal, el Vaticano confirmó que ambos mantuvieron una breve reunión a puerta cerrada, aunque no se publicaron fotografías.
Pero el momento culminante del viaje tuvo lugar en la basílica de la Sagrada Familia de Barcelona.
Cien años después de la muerte de Antoni Gaudí, el arquitecto visionario detrás del edificio, el papa celebró una misa en la basílica y bendijo la torre de Jesucristo, convirtiéndola en la iglesia más alta del mundo.
Los coristas del coro más antiguo de Europa cantaron mientras la basílica se iluminaba con un espectáculo de luces y fuegos artificiales. Luego, un ejército de drones proyectaron el rostro de Gaudí en el cielo nocturno.
El Papa León XIV viaja en el papamóvil antes de la Santa Misa en la Basílica de la Sagrada Familia, durante su viaje apostólico, en Barcelona, España, el 10 de junio.
Además de los grandes eventos, el papa dedicó tiempo a momentos más íntimos.
Se reunió con migrantes en el campamento de Las Raíces, en Santa Cruz de Tenerife, donde puso de relieve la difícil situación de quienes arriesgan sus vidas en embarcaciones de madera pa
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- A rare collection of Chinese cheongsams tells a story of personal style and cultural connection in 20th-century America
A rare collection of Chinese cheongsams tells a story of personal style and cultural connection in 20th-century America
By Stephy Chung, CNN
(CNN) — Susan Mah knew exactly what she wanted for her version of a “little black dress.” It was the late 1940s in California, and after years of commissioning some of the finest tailors back home in Shanghai and Hong Kong, she had learned a thing or two about making clothes herself.
That’s how one of the most surprising pieces of her wardrobe came to be: a cheongsam, or qipao, with a typical Mandarin collar, short sleeves and knee-length, form-fitting silhouette, but cut from — instead of a sumptuous textile featuring Chinese motifs — a bold print of lime green, Mayan-inspired symbols.
“I think, had she stayed in China… she would have had to dress very conservatively,” speculates her daughter-in-law Chere Lai Mah, 78, who in the decades since Susan’s passing has studied the hundreds of personal garments she left behind, building a picture from oral stories and details she has collected from family members, and even the wearer. “But in Fresno, California she wanted to be interestingly dressed, inspired by Irene Dunne and Barbara Stanwyck, so she started to design these hybrid Chinese American cheongsam,” said Lai Mah, adding that she would go shopping for the “craziest American novelty fabrics.”
Susan, a first generation Chinese American, was a busy mother of 12 children who also helped with the bookkeeping at her family’s record business. Yet she still found time to sew.
“There’s another one with French aristocrats dancing, clowns and roses and polka dots, stripes. She did dozens of these dresses. They are humorous. They are dashing,” said Lai Mah. They were a means of creative expression.
The Mayan revival cheongsam is one of over 70 stunning examples of early- to mid-20th century Chinese clothing displayed in “Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity,” an exhibition opening Sunday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The majority of items on show are from a collection that Lai Mah donated to the museum in 2022 comprising mostly of dresses belonging to Susan, as well as some pieces from her own mother, Li Zhang Huifang, who was a good friend of Susan’s.
“The collection documents this period of incredible change that women are experiencing,” said the show’s guest curator, Michaela Hansen, referring to social liberation and mobility many women experienced following the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.
Given her relative wealth by the time she was in her mid-30s, Susan, who was born into poverty in Guangdong province, was able to bring all her clothes with her when she left Hong Kong in 1938, amid the Japanese invasion of China. Many other migrants would have struggled to do so — making it even rarer to have such a large cheongsam collection hailing from a single owner (the garments are also exceptionally well-preserved, as “luckily the weather here is perfect, in the Bay Area, without having a fancy air-conditioned storage area,” Lai Mah said).
Hansen said that when Lai Mah approached LACMA, she had “provenance, and she had the stories, she knew who wore what, where they wore it, and that’s very unusual in fashion history, and very unusual for an American institution to have access to Chinese fashion with that story.” Typically, the curator added, museums show Qing dynasty period court dress, contemporary Chinese designers or Western fashion inspired by Chinese design, rather than the wardrobes of everyday women.
“This fills the gap of something that’s hard to collect — and important to collect,” Hansen said.
A Chinese American story
Lai Mah, an artist who has studied textiles in-depth and authored a book about her family’s history, remembers the first cheongsam Susan gave her in 1971.
The turquoise piece, featuring ornate gold motifs over a silk brocade, was “charming and cozy,” Lai Mah said. But she never wore it, instead using it as the inspira
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14- La abrumadora ventaja de Rusia en tropas frente a Ucrania está empezando a disminuir
La abrumadora ventaja de Rusia en tropas frente a Ucrania está empezando a disminuir
Por Lauren Kent, CNN
¿Qué harías con un bono de US$ 80.000, más de cuatro veces el salario anual promedio? ¿O con US$ 140.000 en alivio de deudas?
Esas son las preguntas que se les plantean a los hombres en Rusia, mientras las fuerzas armadas anuncian incentivos de varios millones de rublos para luchar en Ucrania.
Anuncios pegados en vallas publicitarias al borde de la carretera e insertados en los feeds de redes sociales de los jóvenes ofrecen sumas asombrosas —más de lo que muchas personas ganan en años— junto con promesas de convertirse en un “héroe” o de obtener la ciudadanía rusa de manera acelerada.
Y aun así, el reclutamiento militar disminuyó un 20 % en el primer trimestre de este año en comparación con 2025, y hay señales de que sigue tambaleándose, según el experto en economía rusa Janis Kluge.
La estrategia del Kremlin ha sido durante mucho tiempo resistir más que Ucrania en una guerra de desgaste, aprovechando su inmensa población y su gran industria militar que puede sostener una campaña lenta y agotadora. Y ahora, con la guerra en Ucrania en su quinto año, los fondos de guerra del presidente Vladimir Putin están recibiendo un impulso muy necesario gracias a que la guerra en Irán ha incrementado los precios del petróleo.
¿El problema?
“Los rublos no luchan guerras”, dijo Nigel Gould-Davies, investigador principal para Rusia y Eurasia en el Instituto Internacional de Estudios Estratégicos (IISS). Señaló que esta es la primera guerra en la historia de Rusia en la que el Estado paga a los ciudadanos para luchar en lugar de obligarlos, y eso está generando tensiones económicas y problemas de mano de obra.
“Hay señales de que este incentivo puede que ya no esté funcionando de manera efectiva, y que Rusia ha comenzado a perder más tropas de las que puede reclutar”, dijo Gould-Davies en un informe reciente.
Los analistas dicen que Moscú está recurriendo a medidas cada vez más desesperadas para reforzar sus fuerzas, y es probable que Putin se vea obligado a tomar decisiones aún más impopulares este año si quiere continuar su invasión de Ucrania.
Después de todo, si un posible recluta militar no estuvo dispuesto a aceptar un generoso bono de firma el año pasado, no está claro qué podría hacerle cambiar de opinión ahora, especialmente dado los informes sobre el mal trato en las líneas del frente y de soldados que sobornan a sus oficiales para evitar ser enviados a misiones terrestres de muerte segura.
Rusia ya ha enviado a decenas de miles de exprisioneros al frente, ha sido reforzada por tres oleadas separadas de soldados norcoreanos e incentivado a inmigrantes para que se unan a sus fuerzas armadas. El Gobierno anunció recientemente otra campaña de reclutamiento, ofreciendo pagar deudas de hasta US$ 140.000 a los hombres que se inscriban y que de otro modo podrían enfrentar sanciones por incumplimiento.
Y el agotamiento de hombres en edad de luchar debido al conflicto ha tenido repercusiones en el resto de la economía rusa, que ahora enfrenta una crisis laboral más amplia.
“No solo están luchando por encontrar personas para enviar al frente… están luchando por encontrar personas para emplear”, dijo Gould-Davies a CNN.
Para la industria de defensa específicamente, hay señales de que ya está operando a máxima capacidad, con fábricas trabajando las 24 horas del día. Eso significa que es difícil para Rusia aumentar aún más la producción militar, mientras que la demand
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- UK intercepts Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker for first time
UK intercepts Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker for first time
By Tim Lister, Oliver Sherwood and Satish Cheney
(CNN) — The UK military has intercepted an oil tanker linked to Russia’s shadow fleet in the English Channel, according to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the first such operation by British forces.
“In the early hours of this morning, I directed our Armed Forces to intercept a shadow fleet oil tanker attempting to pass through the English Channel,” Starmer said in a post on X.
“This successful operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fueling Putin’s war in Ukraine that we will not let them hide.”
France has previously intercepted several vessels linked to Russia’s shadow fleet, which carries Russian oil in defiance of international sanctions.
The tanker seized Sunday is the Cameroon-flagged Smyrtos, which was sanctioned last year by the UK for its involvement in shipping Russian oil.
Commandos and the UK’s National Crime Agency were involved in boarding the ship in the English Channel.
Ship tracking data shows that the Smyrtos was in the Russian port of Luga Bay on June 5 and left the Baltic six days later. Its destination was given as Port Said in Egypt.
The interception of the Smyrtos occurred just days after the PM appointed a new Defense Secretary, Dan Jarvis, following the resignation of John Healey from Starmer’s fragile government in a dispute over military budgets.
“Russia relies on its shadow fleet to fund their conflict in Ukraine and our interdiction delivers a blow to Putin’s illegal war,” Jarvis said.
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- He overcame his criminal past to help stop violence on Baltimore’s streets. His arrest reveals the job’s fragile balance
He overcame his criminal past to help stop violence on Baltimore’s streets. His arrest reveals the job’s fragile balance
By Emma Tucker, CNN
(CNN) — Antoine Burton was highly respected in his Baltimore community, even before he became what is known as a violence interrupter – a job in which he mediated numerous conflicts and connected people with resources to address what are often the root causes of violence.
He came strongly recommended to Safe Streets, a community-led violence interruption program for the city, as someone who had the credibility among his peers to steer those at the highest risk of involvement in violence, just like he once was, toward a better path, said a city official who oversees the municipally-funded program.
But last week, Burton was accused of being on the other side of the violence he worked so hard to prevent. He was arrested on first-degree attempted murder and gun charges in connection with shooting another man – who is in stable condition – while being prohibited from possessing a firearm due to past convictions, police said.
Burton was ordered to be held without bond the following day and has a preliminary hearing scheduled on July 8, court records show
He was part of a workforce that has been credited with contributing to Baltimore’s historic declines in violent crime in recent years and the lowest number of homicides recorded in nearly 50 years in 2025, city data shows.
There had been no red flags leading up to the alleged shooting that indicated he was at risk of possible violence, which both shocked and devastated city officials and community members who worked with him closely, they told CNN.
But his case underscores the delicate balancing act of being a “credible messenger”: someone who is deeply rooted in the communities they serve, whose job is to intervene in volatile and sometimes dangerous situations to reduce violence. Drawing on shared life experiences to build trust with those at risk of violence, many workers like Burton navigate a thin line between facing circumstances that could trigger past traumas and maintaining their own stability, said city officials and community leaders.
The accusations against Burton have raised questions about his criminal background and the vetting process city officials use before hiring someone for Safe Streets. The initiative has faced criticism for not disclosing the identities of its workers, including from city officials like the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City Ivan Bates who has scrutinized the “lack of transparency” around the program.
The mayor and the director of his office that oversees the program, however, say the case is an outlier and does not represent a program that is proven to be effective in reducing violent crime. Still, the incident may be a setback to the reputation of Safe Streets by seemingly confirming misconceived notions that all workers are at risk of being accused of a violent incident.
CNN has reached out to the public defender’s office for comment on Burton’s behalf.
How violence interrupters balance recovery and triggers
Sean “Weezy” Wees, who is the director of a Safe Streets site in the south Baltimore neighborhood of Brooklyn, knows firsthand the mental battle violence interrupters face every day they go into the field.
They never know how a person will react when approaching them in the middle of a conflict. Not everyone is going to want to listen when emotions reach a boiling point, and violence interrupters have to “be able to accept and tolerate disrespect,” he said.
“That’s where the work comes in. That could be triggering for you because you used to be a man that didn’t tolerate no disrespect from nobody,” he said o
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- Steven Spielberg’s career has been an alien crusade culminating in ‘Disclosure Day’
Steven Spielberg’s career has been an alien crusade culminating in ‘Disclosure Day’
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN
(CNN) — Whether he meant to or not, Steven Spielberg has been trying to convince the world of alien existence for over 40 years. He’s donated money to research programs. He’s discussed the issue with presidents. And now, with “Disclosure Day,” his first directorial offering in four years, which is expected to bring in more than $90 million globally in its opening weekend, he’s made yet another pitch to the moviegoing public.
“I always had a core belief that we are not alone in the universe,” Spielberg said in an interview about the film. “I came into this world really believing that it would be impossible to think – and rather conceited to think – that we are the only intelligent life in the universe.”
“Disclosure Day” takes that idea and runs with it — literally — in a breathless sci-fi thriller about the day the world learns that a government entity has had decades-long contact with extraterrestrial beings. Josh O’Connor and Colman Domingo play whistleblowers who try to outrun those who aim to keep the secret. Emily Blunt stars as a local meteorologist who finds herself at the center of the action.
In the process of filming, some of its stars were even convinced of Spielberg’s point of view, including Domingo, who told CNN he’s fully on board.
“I feel like it’s kind of a beautiful belief for me, the idea that there’s more out there than just us,” Domingo said. “I look up into the stars every night and I hope that there’s more out there, that someone’s looking out at me as I’m looking back at them.”
“Disclosure Day” lands in a country rife with conspiracy theories, including ones about aliens after the White House released decades-worth of video footage and declassified files outlining various investigations of reported UFO sightings. On Friday, the day the movie was released, the Department of War dropped its third tranche of UFO-related files. Some tin foil hat-wearing believers were even convinced that the release of “Disclosure Day” was part of a larger plan for alien lifeforms to reveal themselves for the first time to humans on Earth, and that Spielberg was in on it. Google it. Or don’t.
“Disclosure Day” showcases a modern presentation of classic Spielberg ideas: We’re not alone, and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. In fact, there’s maybe a lot we can learn about our own faith and human nature by embracing the unknown.
Setting a standard
Spielberg revolutionized the way Americans think about alien life.
Prior to 1977’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” alien encounters were largely represented as hostile experiences, mirroring the Cold War dynamics of the time. From the original “War of the Worlds” to “Five Million Years to Earth” and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” stories about evil alien invaders dominated the genre.
All that changed in the late 1970s, according to Ray Morton, a film historian and author of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg’s Classic Film.”
“Spielberg was the first one to do fiction in which the possibility of encountering life from another planet could be a positive experience,” Morton told CNN. “Now, that’s kind of standard in a lot of pop culture stuff.”
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| 15- Lamine Yamal ‘had what other kids didn’t,’ says his former Barcelona youth team coach
Lamine Yamal ‘had what other kids didn’t,’ says his former Barcelona youth team coach
By Ben Church, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN
(CNN) — At just 18, soccer superstar Lamine Yamal has won more than most players ever do in their entire careers. He’s already a three-time La Liga winner for Barcelona, a European champion with Spain and now, if you ask the bookmakers, he’s highly-tipped to add a World Cup to his trophy cabinet this summer.
It’s an incredible success rate for a player who is set to turn 19 just six days before the final in New Jersey, and it’s a rise through the ranks that’s surprised even those who were first to see the youngster’s talent.
Speaking to CNN Sports, Barcelona youth team coach Marc Serra explained what stood out about the prodigy during a trial game he watched over a decade ago, which was organized by Barça to identify the best talent in the country.
“He came here, and in that very first time of meeting, we saw that he had things that made him stand out from the others, and we decided to bring him in,” Serra says.
“What we saw was that he did things uniquely or differently and, more importantly, it looked like no one had taught him any of that. He basically had just started playing and he was just born with it.
“It was in his genes, or he learned it in the streets, but – whatever it was – he had what other kids didn’t.”
Yamal first arrived at the Catalan giant aged 7, having previously played for his local club La Torreta. He was one of several young boys who joined the club’s famed La Masía academy – a soccer school which has raised some of the best players in recent times, including Lionel Messi.
Serra, who is now Barcelona’s under-7s coordinator, was Yamal’s coach when he was around 10 or 11.
He saw firsthand how much magic the young kid had in his boots, but never predicted he would ever take the sport by storm at such a young age.
In 2023, eight years on from that trial match, Yamal made his debut for the Barcelona first team aged just 15 years, 9 months and 16 days – becoming the youngest player to represent the club in over a century.
But he didn’t just turn up once, he took the opportunity by the scruff of the neck and ran with it. He quickly became the focal point for the team’s attack and made an equally large splash with the national team.
He has since become one of the best players on the planet, able to dominate games with his pace, his trickery and an eye for the spectacular. His passing, in addition to his long-range shooting ability, is possibly his greatest strength. He’s able to create chances out of seemingly nothing, a trait he possessed from the very start of his career.
“He did things on the pitch that to me, as a coach, it was very difficult to believe a 10 or 11-year-old could do,” Serra says, distinctly remembering Yamal’s ability to pass with the outside of his boot.
“Passes that you wouldn’t see, plays that you wouldn’t think of. In the end, he knew more than you. He dreams up things that the rest of us can’t.”
But the fact that he’s been able to translate that ability onto the senior stage, against seasoned professionals, is remarkable even for Serra. Yamal has such a presence on the pitch that it’s easy to forget he’s just a teenager. And he’s so well established that it’s barely believable that he’s still got time to get better.
Bravery combined with skill
Serra puts Yamal’s ra
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- El evento de peleas de la UFC en la Casa Blanca termina con gran sorpresa
El evento de peleas de la UFC en la Casa Blanca termina con gran sorpresa
Por Andrew McNicol, Alejandra Jaramillo, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn y Kit Maher, CNN
El presidente Donald Trump organizó una noche de peleas de UFC en los terrenos de la Casa Blanca el domingo como parte de la programación para el 250 aniversario de América. Trump vio los combates desde un asiento al lado del octágono de combate en el Jardín Sur, sentado entre la primera dama Melania Trump y el CEO de UFC, Dana White. Toda la familia inmediata del magnatario estuvo presente.
También asistieron al evento varios líderes empresariales de alto perfil y funcionarios de la administración. La noche de peleas generó entusiasmo entre los seguidores de Trump, pero recibió críticas de opositores y escepticismo de algunos republicanos. Manifestantes se reunieron afuera de la Casa Blanca, mientras que los asistentes se agolpaban en las zonas de aficionados.
El evento coincidió con el 80° cumpleaños del presidente, quien hizo un anuncio sorpresa, al confirmar que EE.UU. había alcanzado un acuerdo con Irán. Se espera que el magnatario se dirija a la cumbre del G7 en Francia inmediatamente después de las peleas.
A pesar del aumento de la vigilancia y los protocolos de seguridad fuera de la jaula, los fanáticos de las peleas disfrutaron de una noche de salvajes nocauts dentro de ella, culminando en dos sorprendentes sorpresas en las peleas coestelares.
El estadounidense Justin Gaethje fue coronado como el nuevo campeón de peso ligero tras destronar a Ilia Topuria: la esquina del español-georgiano detuvo la pelea después del cuarto asalto debido a las lesiones. Gaethje rompió el récord profesional invicto de Topuria de 17-0 en lo que el comentarista de UFC Joe Rogan calificó como “una de las mayores sorpresas en la historia del deporte”.
Gaethje estrechó la mano del presidente Donald Trump momentos después de ganar la pelea. Trump calificó el evento como “más allá de cualquier cosa que alguien haya visto en los deportes” mientras se dirigía al interior de la Casa Blanca poco después.
Hubo otra sorpresa en la anterior pelea coestelar, cuando el francés Ciryl Gane noqueó a una de las mayores estrellas de la UFC, el excampeón de dos divisiones Alex Pereira de Brasil, para capturar el cinturón interino de peso pesado.
Los nocauts en los primeros asaltos fueron una constante en la cartelera previa, con el favorito de los fanáticos Sean O’Malley, luciendo sus inconfundibles rastas teñidas de rosa neón, poniendo fin a la racha de siete victorias consecutivas del canadiense Aiemann Zahabi con un devastador nocaut en el segundo asalto.
El peso pesado estadounidense Josh Hokit terminó con su compatriota Derrick Lewis en el segundo asalto para extender su récord profesional invicto a 10-0. El veterano de la UFC Lewis ha sido considerado durante mucho tiempo como uno de los peleadores favoritos de Trump.
En otros combates, el brasileño Mauricio Ruffy despachó al estadounidense Michael Chandler en el primer asalto de su pelea de peso ligero; Bo Nickal noqueó a su compatriota estadounidense Kyle Daukaus justo cuando Trump tomaba asiento; y el brasileño Diego Lopes protagonizó una impresionante remontada para vencer al estadounidense Steve Garcia en la apertura del evento.
Entre las celebridades presentes en el evento de la UFC estuvo el comediante Shane Gillis, el músico Kid Rock; Alexis Ohanian, cofundador de Reddit y esposo de Serena Williams; David Ellison, CEO de Paramount Skydance; y Mark Zuckerbeg, CEO de Meta; entre otros.
Toda la familia inmediata del presidente Trump asistió al evento. La primera dama Melania Trump estuvo sentada junto al magnatario durante todas las peleas mientras se desarrollaba el megaevento.
Donald Trump Jr. y su nueva esposa Bettina Trump, Eric Trump y Lara Trump, Ivanka Trump y su esposo Jared Kushner, y T
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- The next mayor of DC will have to navigate its most famous resident: President Donald Trump
The next mayor of DC will have to navigate its most famous resident: President Donald Trump
By Arit John, CNN
(CNN) — Janeese Lewis George, a Washington, DC, councilmember and leading candidate for mayor, was knocking on doors when her team got word that President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t “put up with it” if the democratic socialist wins her Tuesday primary.
“Maybe we’ll take back Washington, run it on the federal basis,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday.
Her team paused its canvassing, huddled together and within a few hours released a response.
“Threatening home rule because you don’t like how residents are voting is an attack on democracy itself,” Lewis George said in a video, referencing DC’s right to self-governance. “The people of DC elect their mayor, and they want someone who’s going to stand up to Donald Trump.”
The comments from the president underscored a debate at the center of the DC mayor’s race over what kind of leader Democrats in the district want standing between them and an administration threatening their autonomy.
It’s a question that’s dominated Democratic primaries across the country this election cycle, endangering incumbents who some voters say aren’t doing enough to push back on the Trump administration. But the deliberations over how to fight a president whose party controls both chambers of Congress have uniquely high stakes in DC, where thousands of National Guard troops still patrol the streets and the threat of federal interference is ever present.
Both Lewis George and her main primary opponent, the more moderate former DC councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, have vowed to take on the president, build bridges with members of Congress and fight to protect home rule.
McDuffie, who spent 13 years on the DC council before resigning earlier this year, said he has the experience to “wage a smart fight” against the president. He argued the president’s comments about Lewis George show he would use her as an effective foil if she’s elected.
“If you believe Donald Trump is a threat to DC’s local autonomy, then the last thing we should do is elect someone whose agenda would make it easier for him to justify federal intervention,” McDuffie told CNN. “My message is simple: don’t give Donald Trump what he wants.”
Lewis George, meanwhile, has been more critical of outgoing Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser, the longtime incumbent who has sought to find a middle ground between working with the administration and asserting DC’s rights. She’s also won the support of groups like Free DC, which formed last year to advocate for DC home rule and statehood.
Lewis George, who was elected to the DC Council in 2020, has pushed back on the suggestion that her election would give the president cover to interfere in the district’s affairs.
“Kenyan McDuffie has not figured out what the rest of us have. You don’t stop Donald Trump by fearing him,” Lewis George said in a statement to CNN. “I’m a daughter of the District, and I’ve been fighting for DC statehood my entire life. I’m not going to take a lecture from Kenyan McDuffie on Home Rule.”
When asked for more information about Trump’s threat to exert federal control over DC, the White House referred CNN to the president’s Oval Office remarks.
Taking up Bowser’s balancing act
Phil Mendelson, the chairman of the DC council, said that while candidates talk about fighting Trump on the campaign trail, “being in office is different.”
“I would describe it, in a word or two, as a balancing act,” he said. “That’s what Mayor Bowser has been attempting for the last couple of years. I think in the eyes of the residents she has not done a good enough job at that.”
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- La verdadera prueba del acuerdo de Trump con Irán llegará solo si cesan los combates
La verdadera prueba del acuerdo de Trump con Irán llegará solo si cesan los combates
Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN
Las peleas de artes marciales mixtas en la fiesta de cumpleaños número 80 del presidente Donald Trump mostraron el poder de la dominación y las victorias inequívocas.
El evento en la Casa Blanca, bajo cielos tormentosos, formó un telón de fondo extraordinario para un anuncio de Trump de que había asegurado un memorando de entendimiento para poner fin a la guerra con Irán.
Pero cualquier paralelo que Trump estuviera trazando con su propio estilo cinético de política solo llegaba hasta cierto punto, ya que el estancamiento en Medio Oriente entre la superpotencia estadounidense y su rival más débil carece de la claridad de los golpes de nocaut que se vieron en el octágono en el jardín sur de la Casa Blanca.
El acuerdo detendría los combates durante 60 días, liberaría el control de Irán sobre las rutas de envío de petróleo en el estrecho de Ormuz y pondría fin al bloqueo naval estadounidense. Está previsto que entre en vigor después de una ceremonia de firma en Suiza este viernes.
El vicepresidente J. D. Vance dijo a Fox News que el acuerdo contiene una garantía de que Irán nunca producirá, adquirirá ni comprará un arma nuclear.
La noticia alimenta las esperanzas de que una crisis energética causada por la guerra, que tuvo consecuencias económicas globales devastadoras, pueda disiparse y aliviar la presión sobre los consumidores.
Cualquier acuerdo para poner fin al conflicto —especialmente uno que sacudió la economía global, mató a 13 miembros del servicio estadounidense, a un número desconocido de civiles iraníes y revivió la sombría situación de Líbano de verse atrapado en guerras ajenas— es un avance bienvenido.
Pero la escasez de detalles y los términos que se conocen dejaron a Trump enfrentando tres preguntas inmediatas que dictarán el futuro equilibrio estratégico de Medio Oriente; el lugar de la guerra en la historia; y cómo todo esto afecta el legado presidencial de Trump:
- ¿Señalan la apertura del estrecho y el fin del bloqueo solo un regreso al statu quo anterior a la guerra, ya que la cuestión nuclear crítica sigue sin resolverse?
- ¿Está Trump más cerca de asegurar un acuerdo nuclear superior al pacto respaldado y supervisado internacionalmente que negoció la administración Obama, con el que Irán estaba cumpliendo hasta que Trump lo rompió en su primer mandato?
- Y, más fundamentalmente, más allá de una reducción de la capacidad militar convencional de Irán, ¿logró una guerra que la mayoría de los estadounidenses no quería y que provocó enormes dificultades globales algún resultado que justifique su costo?
También se vislumbran implicaciones a largo plazo —si el memorando se mantiene—, incluyendo cómo Irán utilizará en el futuro su demostrada influencia sobre el estrecho y si buscará monetizar ese poder.
El fracaso de Estados Unidos e Israel, tras dar muerte en un ataque al anterior líder supremo de Irán, Alí Jamenei, para destruir el régimen iraní —que se define por su hostilidad hacia Estados Unidos y busca erradicar el Estado judío— también parece augurar futuras tensiones que podrían reiniciar la guerra.
Dentro de Irán, si las condiciones de guerra se suavizan, la atención se centrará en si el régimen remanente ha quedado críticamente debilitado por la guerra y el bloqueo estadounidense o si, por el contrario, ha sido fortalecido por su supervivencia y está preparado para una nueva era de represión.
En términos más generales, las secuelas de la guerra mostrarán si el intento de Trump de imponer su poderío militar fue efectivo o si condujo a otra humillación estadounidense en Medio Oriente que alimentará la percepción, especialmente en China, de
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| 16- Supervivientes presionan a presidente de Comisión del Congreso de EE.UU. para que investigue pistas en archivos de Epstein
Supervivientes presionan a presidente de Comisión del Congreso de EE.UU. para que investigue pistas en archivos de Epstein
Por Jake Tapper y Annie Grayer, CNN
En una reunión privada la semana pasada, un grupo de supervivientes de los abusos de Jeffrey Epstein y familiares de la fallecida Virginia Giuffre señalaron al presidente de la Comisión de Supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes, James Comer, las acusaciones que figuran en los archivos de Epstein del Departamento de Justicia para que se investiguen más a fondo, argumentando que la sugerencia del secretario de Justicia interino, Todd Blanche, de que no hay más pistas que seguir en el caso no es cierta.
El grupo aportó documentos de los archivos de Epstein —un correo electrónico que detalla una lista de hombres del círculo del fallecido delincuente sexual convicto, así como el testimonio de Giuffre ante los investigadores en 2015— para ayudar al presidente republicano a perfeccionar su propia investigación y argumentar que existen acusaciones contra hombres poderosos que el Departamento de Justicia podría investigar.
La reunión privada entre los supervivientes y la Comisión de Supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes ofrece una nueva perspectiva sobre las negociaciones secretas entre los dos grupos y la presión que ejercen las víctimas para exigir responsabilidades, ya que la investigación sobre el fallecido delincuente sexual convicto y su entorno se ha estancado en gran medida bajo el mandato de Blanche.
Los supervivientes presentaron a Comer un conjunto de correos electrónicos parcialmente censurados de julio de 2025 que demostraban que los funcionarios del FBI estaban al tanto de un correo electrónico en el que se hablaba de elaborar una hoja de cálculo con acusaciones contra más de una docena de hombres.
“Toma estos nombres y crea una nueva hoja de cálculo con toda la información negativa que contienen”, dice una persona cuya identidad se ha ocultado en uno de los correos electrónicos de la cadena, refiriéndose a la lista de 14 hombres.
Esa lista incluye a algunos que ya han testificado ante la Comisión, como Bill Clinton y Les Wexner, y a otras figuras destacadas, como Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor y el presidente Donald Trump, que no han comparecido ante el panel.
Un análisis de CNN de los archivos públicos de Epstein reveló que los agentes comenzaron a recopilar acusaciones contra cada uno de los 14 hombres mencionados ese mismo día.
Clinton y Wexner, quienes comparecieron ante la Comisión para ser entrevistados mediante grabaciones en video y transcripciones, negaron rotundamente haber cometido irregularidad alguna y tener conocimiento de los crímenes de Epstein.
CNN se comunicó con Mountbatten-Windsor, quien también negó categóricamente haber cometido cualquier irregularidad en sus tratos con Epstein.
Trump ha negado sistemáticamente haber cometido irregularidades relacionadas con Epstein, y la portavoz de la Casa Blanca, Abigail Jackson, declaró el lunes a CNN que “tal como ha afirmado el presidente Trump, ha sido totalmente exonerado de todo lo relacionado con Epstein. Al publicar miles de páginas de documentos, cooperar con la solicitud de citación de la Comisión de Supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes, firmar la Ley de Transparencia de los Archivos de Epstein y exigir más investigaciones sobre los amigos demócratas de Epstein, el presidente Trump ha hecho más por las víctimas de Epstein que nadie antes que él”.
Los archivos no aclaraban de inmediato qué medidas tomaron el FBI y el Departamento de Justicia para investigar las acusaciones presentadas contra los 14 hombres.
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- What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and Washington, DC
What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and Washington, DC
By Eric Bradner, CNN
(CNN) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp survived President Donald Trump’s bid to oust him in a Republican primary four years ago. Kemp’s hand-picked candidate in a Senate primary on Tuesday might not be as lucky.
Peach State voters are casting their ballots Tuesday in two key Republican primary runoffs: choosing who will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in what will be one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races in November, and picking a nominee in the governor’s race, where Trump and term-limited Kemp are aligned.
The state is the focal point on a day in which voters in Washington, DC, will effectively choose their next mayor, those in deep-red Alabama and Oklahoma will pick nominees in major races and one California congressional district could fill a vacancy.
Here’s what to watch in Tuesday’s primaries.
Georgia’s Trump vs. Kemp proxy battle
In the Georgia GOP Senate primary runoff to take on Ossoff, who is widely seen as a potential 2028 presidential contender, Trump on Sunday endorsed Rep. Mike Collins, while Kemp has backed former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley.
It’s turned the contest into a proxy battle between Trump and Kemp, whose political rivalry dates to the governor’s refusal to back Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud in Georgia during the 2020 presidential election. Trump tried, but failed, to defeat Kemp in the 2022 primary by recruiting former Sen. David Perdue to challenge the GOP incumbent.
The Senate primary features an ideological split. Collins has aligned himself with Trump’s brand, while Dooley says he did not vote in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Collins is seen as the frontrunner after winning more than 40% of the vote in the May 19 primary to Dooley’s 30%. Key to the outcome will be conservative voters in rural southeastern Georgia, where a third candidate — Rep. Buddy Carter — ran strongest in the primary, though he fell short of making the runoff.
Georgia Republican voters are choosing their nominee to replace Kemp, as well. Both Trump and Kemp have endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. But he faces a stiff challenge from businessman Rick Jackson, who trailed Jones by about six percentage points in the primary. That race featured a geographic split, with Jackson turning in his best performance in urban and suburban areas and Jones proving strongest in rural counties.
The GOP winner in that race will take on Democratic former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in November.
DC picks a new mayor
After three terms as mayor of Washington, DC, Muriel Bowser is not seeking reelection — leaving the city’s overwhelmingly Democratic voters to choose Tuesday between seven candidates in a ranked-choice primary to replace her.
The best-known contenders are Ward 4 Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George and former At-Large Councilman Kenyan McDuffie. The city will use ranked choice voting for the first time if no candidate tops 50%, potentially delaying the results by several days.
McDuffie is seen as the more moderate contender whose list of supporters includes two former mayors and two former Democratic National Comm
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- El último truco del mago: por qué Messi todavía puede definir un Mundial
El último truco del mago: por qué Messi todavía puede definir un Mundial
Por Esteban Campanela, CNN en Español
Algo en su gesto había cambiado. Se lo veía pleno, relajado, feliz. Atrás quedaban todos los fantasmas que lo habían acosado durante años. Había conseguido el título más importante de todos, el que se le escapó por poco en 2014. Pensar que, unos años antes, había renunciado a la selección argentina tras otra final perdida.
Abandonar, sin embargo, no está en su ADN. Volvió sin haberse ido y ganó todo. Buscó a su familia en la tribuna del estadio Lusail. “Ya está, ya está”, les dijo, desde lejos. Era la imagen de un veterano al que ya no le quedaban desafíos.
Seis meses después de esa final dijo en una entrevista al medio chino Titan Sports: “Este fue mi último Mundial”. En julio de 2023 dejó las competitivas ligas europeas para jugar en el Inter Miami. Quería un lugar más tranquilo para disfrutar de su familia, y ya no tenía nada que probar. Las dudas habían sido despejadas y un amplio consenso empezaba a afianzarse: es el mejor jugador de fútbol de todos los tiempos.
Sin embargo, quienes lo daban por retirado olvidaron algo muy importante. No solo es el mejor por su talento descomunal. También los es por su inacabable sed de gloria. Necesita competir y necesita ganar. Messi es adicto a ganar.
Tan solo tres meses después de esa primera declaración, en una conversación con el medio Olga planteó la duda sobre si iba a disputar otra Copa del Mundo: “No lo pienso todavía porque está lejos. […] Después de la Copa América se verá, depende cómo me encuentre yo”. Y, así las cosas, con 38 años (y 39 que cumplirá el 24 de junio) va a jugar su sexto Mundial. Y no va a Norteamérica de paseo. Messi siempre juega para ser campeón.
Desde que sonó el silbatazo final en Qatar 2022 hasta el Mundial de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Messi jugó 153 partidos, convirtió 118 goles y brindó 68 asistencias. Consiguió seis títulos: la Ligue 1 y el Trofeo de Campeones con el PSG, la Copa América 2024 con Argentina y la Leagues Cup, Supporters’ Shield y la MLS con el Inter Miami. Además, su selección finalizó primera en las eliminatorias sudamericanas.
Si bien la MLS es una liga de menor nivel que las europeas, cada vez que le tocó disputar un encuentro ante jugadores de élite, ratificó su nivel. Tanto en la Copa América como en la clasificatoria mundialista, fue clave para Argentina. Y con Inter Miami no sólo disputó el Mundial de Clubes, sino que logró una sorpresiva clasificación a octavos de final.
Su vigencia es innegable. En el último partido que disputó, el amistoso ante Islandia, ingresó a los 70 minutos desde el banco de suplentes y segundos después brindó un pase mágico para dejar a Lautaro Martínez cara a cara con el arquero, que lo derribó dentro del área. A los 72 minutos, Messi convirtió ese penal. Es decir, en 120 segundos de juego dio una asistencia e hizo un gol. Así de determinante sigue siendo. De paso, rompió otro récord: se convirtió en el jugador más veterano en anotar con la selección argentina.
En la final de la Copa América 2024 ante Colombia se vivió un momento dramático. El capitán argentino se derrumbó en pleno partido, hizo un gesto hacia el banco de suplentes y dejó el campo de juego. El planeta se estremeció con la imagen de Messi llorando desconsolado, como si fuese su primera final. O como si fuese una final en su barrio natal de Rosario. Así vive el fútbol. A pesar de ya haber sido campeón de América y del mundo, Messi quería ganar. Lloraba de bronca por no poder terminar el partido.
Sus compañeros le devolvieron la sonrisa al derrotar al conjunto cafetero y demostraron que Argentina es un equipo con mucho talento, que mejora mucho con su capitán, pero que no depende exclusivamente de él. Esa lesión en el tobillo lo mantuvo 59 días afuera de las canchas: fue la tercera más grave de su carrera.
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| 17- 19-year-old would-be attacker of UFC event sought to use drones and was referred to police by his parents, FBI says
19-year-old would-be attacker of UFC event sought to use drones and was referred to police by his parents, FBI says
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By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Kaanita Iyer, CNN
(CNN) — Federal officials have charged multiple people who they claim discussed plots to attack the UFC fight night event at the White House, including by using drones and a gunman.
A team including the Secret Service and FBI uncovered messages discussing the plot between multiple individuals, according to criminal complaints against five people unsealed Tuesday.
According to a criminal complaint against one of the alleged plotters, the mother of one of the defendants — 19-year-old Tycen Proper — called local police on June 10, saying she was “was concerned about her son” because of his recent conduct, which included buying guns and communicating with a group of radicals online.
Proper’s mother had also seen her son researching mapping locations in Washington, DC, near the White House, according to the complaint, and told officers that her son had said the group was looking at multiple locations for “recon” and “hit and run missions.”
According to court documents, the group Proper joined was focused on some form of accelerationism — an ideology that believes the collapse of society should be expedited in order to form a better world.
Some members said in the chats they didn’t want people connected to Jeffrey Epstein running the country, according to the complaint, while Proper was also focused on targeting lawmakers who were pro-Israel.
Other members expressed vehement antisemitism as well as the belief the government is run by the elites who sacrifice babies and are being protected by President Donald Trump.
An affidavit from an FBI agent says Proper later admitted to planning with others in the group to attack the US government during the UFC fight at the White House. Proper had also allegedly shared images of members of Congress who supported Israel as potential targets.
The 19-year-old has been charged with several counts including conspiracy to commit an offense against the US and attempted murder of any officer or employee of the United States. He has not entered a plea. CNN has reached out to an attorney listed for Proper.
Law enforcement later searched Proper’s home and found a chat with detailed imagery of DC, which highlighted sniper locations and “potential drone launch locations, and other detailed tactical planning.”
Proper’s father, meanwhile, told officers his son had been planning to leave to meet up with the individuals over the weekend of the UFC fight and had also recently amassed “gear, food, ballistic plates, a new shotgun, a rifle, ‘lots’ of ammunition, extra magazines, and plate carriers” with his recent graduation money, the complaint against Proper states.
The firearms included an AR-15 style rifle and a bullpup rifle – which houses certain mechanisms like the magazine behind the gun’s trigger – painted with an American flag.
Proper was taken into a local hospital by police that night “based on homicidal ideations,” the complaint says.
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- Colombia vs. Uzbekistán, por el Grupo K del Mundial 2026: previa, alineaciones, hora y cómo ver por TV e internet
Colombia vs. Uzbekistán, por el Grupo K del Mundial 2026: previa, alineaciones, hora y cómo ver por TV e internet
Por Federico Leiva, CNN en Español
Colombia tendrá su tan esperado estreno en el Mundial 2026 con un partido que representa un alto riesgo. Es cierto que Uzbekistán es una debutante absoluta de la cual se sabe muy poco, pero en el banco tendrá a una leyenda que sabe lo que es jugar y ganar una Copa del Mundo, por lo que los asiáticos están más que preparados para salir a competir.
Colombia llega al debut con varios interrogantes y la sensación de que el mejor momento de la era de Néstor Lorenzo como entrenador ya pasó, pero con todo el talento que tienen los cafeteros, nadie le quitará la ilusión a su afición.
Luis Díaz llevará la bandera futbolística después de un primer año fantástico en el Bayern Munich, donde cerró la temporada con 26 goles y 23 asistencias en 51 partidos, números de un jugador fuera de serie. Además, volverá a decir presente el máximo goleador histórico de Colombia en la Copa del Mundo, James Rodríguez, de no tan buen año, aunque es difícil olvidar el nivel al que llegó en la Copa América 2024.
Precisamente, el torneo continental pareció marcar un punto de inflexión en el seleccionado, que perdió la final ante Argentina y luego pareció que nunca volvió a recuperar esa versión ofensiva y segura de sí misma. Después de la Copa América inició un recorrido vertiginoso con cuatro derrotas y cuatro empates en 12 partidos en las eliminatorias, que la obligó a hacer cuentas hasta la última doble fecha de partidos.
De allí en más, cosechó buenos resultados en los amistosos previos al Mundial, con triunfos ante Jordania, Costa Rica, Australia, Nueva Zelandia y México, y un empate ante Canadá. Pero la realidad marca que cuando enfrentó a selecciones más poderosas, como Croacia y Francia, mordió el polvo.
Enfrente estará Uzbekistán, que cerró las eliminatorias con apenas una derrota en 16 partidos. Sin embargo, en el camino al Mundial perdió a los dos entrenadores que la guiaron en ese proceso, Srecko Katanec y Timur Kapadze. La federación no tuvo mejor idea que apostar por un entrenador que ya sabe de Mundiales, el italiano Fabio Cannavaro.
La era del campeón del mundo como DT uzbeko lleva ya ocho partidos (todos amistosos), con tres triunfos (uno de ellos ante Egipto), dos empates y tres derrotas (estas ante Países Bajos, Uruguay y Canadá). Suele apostar por una defensa de tres hombres, que cuando el equipo se repliega pasa a tener cinco, y un mediocampo poblado de futbolistas, con lo que Colombia necesitará saltear líneas con frecuencia.
Dos nombres resaltan dentro la nómina asiática: Abdukodir Khusanov, defensor del Manchester City, y Eldor Shomurodov, el capitán y hombre del Basaksehir FK de Turquía, quien le aporta gol: lleva 44 en 92 partidos con la selección.
Será un partido clave, porque ambas selecciones comparten grupo con Portugal, candidata a pelear por el título, y la República Democrática del Congo, a priori la más accesible. Si hay empate y luego se dan resultados lógicos, los cafeteros luego tendrán que hacer cuentas de goles con Uzbekistán, mientras que una derrota condenará al perdedor a tener que buscar algún punto ante Cristiano Ronaldo y compañía.
Colombia: Camilo Vargas; Daniel Muñoz, Jhon Lucumí, Davinson Sánchez, Johan Mojica; Jefferson Lerma, Gustavo Puerta; Jhon Arias, James Rodríguez, Luis Díaz; Luis Javier Suárez. DT: Néstor Lorenzo.
Uzbekistán: Abduvokhid Nematov; Abdukodir Khusanov, Rustam Ashurmatov, Abdulla Abdullaev; Sherzod Nasrullaev, Otabek Shukurov, Odiljon Khamrobekov, Farrukh Sayfiev; Abbosek Fayzullaev, Oston Urunov; Eldor Shomurodov. DT: Fabio Cannavaro.
- 10 p.m. de Miami.
- 7 p.m. de Los Ángeles.
- 8 p.m. de Ciudad de México
- 9 p.m. de Bogotá.
- 11 p.m. de Buenos Aires.
- 4 a.m. (ya jueves) de Madrid.
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- Bystanders rush to rescue passengers after small plane crashes on Texas highway
Bystanders rush to rescue passengers after small plane crashes on Texas highway
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By Diego Mendoza, Martin Goillandeau, CNN
(CNN) — A small jet carrying six people crashed on a highway in South Texas Tuesday evening, with bystanders jumping in to assist emergency services in rescuing passengers from the fiery wreckage.
One person was killed after the plane crashed on Laredo’s Loop 20 highway, shutting down traffic in both directions and strewing debris across multiple lanes. The others on board were transported to a hospital for treatment, Laredo Police Public Information Officer Jose Baeza told CNN.
Video shared by a witness from the scene showed emergency responders attempting to crack open the plane’s windshield as authorities and bystanders assisted several people out of the burning aircraft. Some were seen walking away after escaping the aircraft.
The plane, a NetJets-operated Cessna Citation Latitude business jet, had departed San José del Cabo, Mexico, at around 6:18 p.m. local time and was bound for Austin, Texas, before diverting toward Laredo, along the US-Mexico border, according to flight data from FlightRadar24.
Authorities responded to the scene shortly before 10 p.m. local time after receiving a call from the local airport tower after the plane reported mechanical issues, Baeza told reporters. The plane lost contact with air traffic controllers before it crashed the highway, hitting a moving vehicle on its descent, he said.
FlightRadar24 data shows a steady, controlled descent into Laredo International Airport, until the signal cut out at around 600 feet, roughly two and a half miles short of the runway, at about 9:58 p.m. local time.
Laredo International Airport Director Gilberto Sanchez also told CNN affiliate KGNS the aircraft experienced a mechanical failure before crashing.
CNN has reached out to Laredo International Airport and NetJets.
Police did not reveal the identities of the six on board, how many were injured or their conditions.
“Regrettably and tragically there is one deceased involved in this crash,” Baeza told reporters, without giving further details as the victim’s family is being notified.
It’s unknown if anyone in the vehicle struck by the plane was injured. Five officers responding to the crash site were also transported to a local hospital for treatment related to injuries sustained during the rescue operation, Laredo Police Public Information Officer Jose Espinoza told CNN.
Federal agencies, including the National Transportation Security Board and the Federal Aviation Administration, have been notified and officers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation are already on-site, Baeza said.
CNN has reached out to the NTSB, FAA and FBI for more information.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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- Lionel Messi envía un mensaje con su triplete en el Mundial: sigue siendo el rey aquí
Lionel Messi envía un mensaje con su triplete en el Mundial: sigue siendo el rey aquí
Análisis por Kyle Feldscher, CNN
En una noche en la que parecía que las jóvenes estrellas en la plenitud de su carrera estaban dejando clara su intención, un momento en el que el cambio de guardia en el fútbol mundial parecía inminente, Lionel Messi envió un mensaje en Kansas City.
Para ser el mejor, tienes que vencerlo.
Y en este juego, en este escenario, en este deporte, Messi sigue siendo “la figura” 20 años después de su primera aparición en el centro de atención de la Copa del Mundo.
Horas después de que el francés Kylian Mbappé lo superara en la lista histórica de goleadores de la Copa del Mundo y Erling Haaland anunciara su llegada al escenario mundialista con dos goles contra Iraq, la narrativa parecía definida: los jóvenes talentos (Mbappé tiene 27 años y Haaland 25) estaban listos para asumir el papel de las mayores estrellas del fútbol mundial, en detrimento del relativamente veterano Messi, que cumplirá 39 años la semana que viene, y del veterano Cristiano Ronaldo, de 41 años, cuya Copa del Mundo comienza el miércoles.
Al final de la noche, Messi volvió a superar a Mbappé en la lista de máximos goleadores de todos los tiempos. Y continuó su racha, anotando su primer triplete en un Mundial y empatando con Miroslav Klose en el primer puesto con 16 goles en su trayectoria en Copas del Mundo.
Además, es ahora, sorprendentemente, el goleador más joven y el más veterano de Argentina en la historia de los Mundiales.
Cuando fue sustituido en el minuto 79, recibió una ovación de pie del público del Arrowhead Stadium: decenas de miles de personas que habían esperado en terribles atascos antes del partido para poder ver a este hombre, a este genio, jugar bajo los focos más brillantes del deporte mundial.
Esa espera, que duró apenas seis minutos, valió la pena, aunque no contara.
Lautaro Martínez recibió un pase en la frontal del área, de espaldas a la portería, controlando el balón con el pecho hasta sus pies.
A su izquierda, Messi avanzaba hacia el área y Martínez le dio un pase magistral. Como tantas veces, la zurda del astro del Inter Miami pareció tener el balón pegado al pie mientras recortaba hacia la portería antes de enviarlo al fondo de la red.
Lamentablemente, Messi estaba en fuera de juego. De no ser así, tendría el récord de goles en la Copa del Mundo en solitario.
A Messi le bastaron poco más de 10 minutos para marcar un golazo que sí contaba, y fue un auténtico fenómeno que sin duda figurará en los mejores momentos de este torneo.
Tras recibir un pase en profundidad por el centro del campo, Messi regateó hacia el área, dio un paso a su izquierda mientras cinco —CINCO— defensores argelinos se le acercaban, y disparó con fuerza. El potente disparo desde 20 metros se desvió en la punta de los dedos del portero Luca Zidane y se coló en la red.
Fue un clásico. Fue algo de otra época. Fue la magia de Messi.
Su segundo gol, 15 minutos después del descanso, mostró la faceta de goleador del exjugador del Barcelona.
Con un potente disparo desde fuera del área, el balón de Alexis Mac Allister fue directo a las manos del portero argelino. El tiro fue demasiado fuerte y el guardameta no pudo controlarlo. Messi aprovechó el rebote.
Tras un despiste de un defensor argelino, Messi, con el balón suelto en posición reglamentaria, envió el balón al fondo de la red y puso a Argentina en ventaja de 2-0.
Fue pragmático. Fue sencillo. Era el objetivo de una leyenda veterana que hoy en día juega tanto con la mente como con las piernas.
La tercera fue consecuencia de las dos primeras. La defensa argelina parecía derrotada, desmoralizada y abatida por Messi y sus compañeros, y agotada por el calor de Kansas City.
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| 18- Knicks parade to be secured by a record number of NYPD officers
Knicks parade to be secured by a record number of NYPD officers
By Mark Morales, Alex Stambaugh, CNN
(CNN) — New Yorkers are preparing to celebrate the Knicks’ first championship parade, with jubilant fans expected to flood the streets of Lower Manhattan as the NYPD deploys its largest number of officers to a planned event in the city’s history.
More than 10,000 officers will be assigned for the ticker-tape victory parade Thursday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said, as authorities brace for potentially record-setting crowds along the parade’s route, held on a stretch of Broadway Street known as the Canyon of Heroes.
“We are preparing for enormous crowds in Lower Manhattan with attendance expected to be in the millions,” Tisch told reporters Wednesday at a briefing about the event.
The deployment is nearly as large as one-third of its total uniformed force and exceeds the number of officers deployed at prior major events, including New Year’s Eve in Times Square and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Police have implemented an elevated security operation in response to the heightened threat environment, where lone wolf attacks against the parade and associated events continue to be the primary threat, according to an assessment shared with authorities and reviewed by a law enforcement official who spoke to CNN.
The assessment, which was based on disruptions, incidents, and violent extremist propaganda, says the potentially enormous crowds make the parade a high priority for lone wolf attackers, the official said.
Social media postings reviewed by intelligence officials show isolated instances of hostility toward the Knicks organization and New York City since the beginning of the playoffs and through the NBA Finals, which saw the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs to win their first championship in more than 50 years.
The bulletin also warns law enforcement that violent extremist attackers could target areas outside of the parade’s main viewing area, such as nearby plazas, transportation hubs, bars and restaurants.
The assessment comes during a heightened threat environment where attackers continue to encourage and inspire plots using vehicle ramming, improvised explosive and incendiary devices along with weapons such as knives, firearms, blunt objects, chemical splashes, spray attacks or arson, according to the assessment reviewed by the official. It also warns of small groups looking to attack using multi-tactic assaults and drones, such as the recent thwarted plot to attack the UFC event at the White House.
‘No tolerance for violence’
The massive security operation Thursday will include heavy weapons teams, K9 units, explosive detection, transportation, transit, and highway units at the parade, while intelligence and counterterrorism teams will be out in full force, Tisch said.
“There will be no tolerance for violence or disorder. Anyone who breaks the law should expect swift enforcement action and immediate consequences,” Tisch said.
During the NBA Finals, Knicks fans were often seen crowding intersections and climbing on light poles as celebrations turned chaotic and, at times, violent. After last Saturday’s win, five school buses were set ablaze in Times Square, five police cars were damaged and a 17-year-old boy was injured after being shot in the foot during the festivities, police said.
A total of 63 people were arrested last weekend in connection to the game, the NYPD said at the time, with charges including assault on a police officer, criminal possession of a weapon, and disorderly conduct. Ten NYPD officers were also injured, including one who was punched in the face and another struck with a glass bottle, the department said.
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- ¿El entendimiento de Trump con Irán puede considerarse un “acuerdo”?
¿El entendimiento de Trump con Irán puede considerarse un “acuerdo”?
Por Harmeet Kaur, CNN
El domingo, horas antes de que tuviera lugar una velada de boxeo de la UFC en el jardín de la Casa Blanca, el presidente Donald Trump anunció que la guerra con Irán concluía con un “acuerdo”.
“El acuerdo con la República Islámica de Irán ya está completo”, escribió en una publicación en Truth Social. “¡Felicitaciones a todos!”
¿Cuál era el verdadero significado del supuesto “acuerdo”? En las horas y días siguientes, quedó claro que los términos y la naturaleza de lo que Trump había anunciado eran bastante confusos.
Ambas partes ofrecieron versiones contradictorias sobre cuestiones fundamentales como el restablecimiento del libre tránsito por el estrecho de Ormuz y la disposición del material nuclear iraní.
Tras semanas en las que Trump declaró repetidamente que el fin de la guerra era inminente, tanto los líderes mundiales como la prensa adoptaron una postura cautelosa a la hora de definir lo que se había hecho o estaba en proceso de hacerse.
Los medios de comunicación estadounidenses se han referido al pacto indistintamente como un “acuerdo”, un “acuerdo preliminar”, un “marco” y un “acuerdo marco”.
El primer ministro de Pakistán, Shehbaz Sharif, mediador clave en el proceso, utilizó la expresión “acuerdo de paz”. Sin embargo, algunos analistas han señalado que no se trata ni de un acuerdo de paz ni de un acuerdo nuclear.
Funcionarios estadounidenses e iraníes se han referido a las negociaciones como un “memorando de entendimiento”. El primer ministro de Qatar, con un lenguaje ambiguo, elogió el “acuerdo alcanzado en el Memorando de Entendimiento”.
El término “acuerdo” no se utiliza formalmente en las negociaciones diplomáticas.
No figura en el “Diccionario Palgrave Macmillan de Diplomacia” ni en la enciclopedia diplomática del Museo Nacional de la Diplomacia Estadounidense.
Proveniente del inglés antiguo “dǽl”, que significa parte de un todo, la palabra comenzó a aplicarse alrededor del siglo XIX a transacciones comerciales y acuerdos, y más tarde, a convenios privados mutuamente beneficiosos en el comercio o la política.
“Charleston no ha sido tomada, la guerra se prolonga y hay pocas posibilidades de que termine hasta que lleguemos a un nuevo acuerdo”, escribió el senador John Sherman en una carta de 1863 a su hermano, el general del Ejército de la Unión William Tecumseh Sherman, expresando su frustración por el progreso de las campañas del Ejército de la Unión durante la Guerra Civil Estadounidense.
Aunque su significado pueda resultar ambiguo, la palabra “trato” es una de las favoritas del presidente.
Trump ha construido su imagen pública en torno a su habilidad para cerrar acuerdos, plasmando su visión del mundo y su filosofía empresarial en el libro de 1987 “Trump: El arte de la negociación”.
Cuando se postuló por primera vez a la presidencia, se presentó ante el público estadounidense como un consumado negociador capaz de cambiar el mundo: “El problema con Washington es que no cierran acuerdos”, declaró a Fox News en 2016. “Todo es un estancamiento. Y luego tienes un presidente que firma decretos ejecutivos porque no puede lograr nada. Yo reuniré a todos”.
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| 19- More than 1 billion barrels of oil have gone missing
More than 1 billion barrels of oil have gone missing
By David Goldman, CNN
(CNN) — The good news: The Strait of Hormuz is open again, after Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding this week.
The bad news: It may be too late.
Oil hasn’t been coming out of the Middle East for nearly four months. All told, the world lost 1.15 billion barrels of oil supply during the war, according to analytics firm Kpler.
That has left the oil market in a precarious state, and it’s rapidly approaching a breaking point. The International Energy Administration’s strategic petroleum reserves are at their lowest levels since 1990. The American emergency reserve is at a 43-year low. And commercial inventories have hit operational stress levels.
“You want to see bedlam?” President Donald Trump said at the G7 in Versailles Wednesday. “We run out of reserves in about four weeks.”
Trump is right. But reopening the strait this week may not get oil out of the Persian Gulf fast enough to prevent crude inventories from effectively running to empty.
Oil prices may have to go higher again.
The tipping point
The oil market certainly believes Trump’s timing is impeccable. Prices have, as he predicted, fallen like a rock in recent days as the memorandum of understanding with Iran took shape and went into effect.
Brent crude prices began falling after the mid-April ceasefire announcement, sinking from a wartime peak of $126.41 to below $80 a barrel today.
Underpinning oil’s decline was the historic oversaturation of crude going into the war that effectively cushioned the world from its biggest-ever supply shock. But that oversupply has evaporated and rapidly turned into a concerning deficit.
The world’s oil stockpiles have fallen – sharply – by 190 million barrels over the past several months. A critical oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, which pipes fuel all around the United States, just hit its operational stress level – the equivalent of when the coffee drops below the spigot, and you need to tip the urn to get the last bits of sludge into your mug. Much of what collects at the bottom of an oil tank is unusable gunk, making it hard to maintain pressure in the pipes to get oil out to customers.
It’s not only happening in Cushing – storage facilities around the world are nearing a tipping point.
“There would be a time when you wouldn’t be able to get it (oil),” Trump said Wednesday, warning of a looming “economic catastrophe” had the strait not reopened. He said that would have brought him comparisons to Herbert Hoover, the former president who oversaw the beginning of the Great Depression.
Higher prices
Reopening the strait won’t immediately solve the world’s inventory problem. It will only start the process of getting oil to flow normally again.
The strait will need to be de-mined, empty tankers will need to start coming back into the area, production will need to restart and oil will need to start the slow journey to its destination. None of that will happen quickly – it’s a process that the oil industry believes could take months before the flow of oil returns to something approaching “normal.”
Until the oil market truly returns back to something approaching normal, the system will continue to rely on those stockpiles.
That’s why a number of industry analysts believe oil prices have moved too low, and the market is underpricing the risk of effectively running out of oil before the tanks can be replenished.
“The market has jumped 7 steps ahead of where we are now,” said Helima Croft, head of global commodity strategy at
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- Miles de crías de foca murieron en dos remotas islas subantárticas. Los científicos ahora creen saber por qué
Miles de crías de foca murieron en dos remotas islas subantárticas. Los científicos ahora creen saber por qué
Por Kathleen Magramo, CNN
Una cepa mortal de gripe aviar que se está propagando por islas remotas cercanas a la Antártida ha devastado la población de fauna autóctona, causando la muerte de aproximadamente 13.000 crías de foca, así como de pingüinos y aves marinas, según los investigadores.
Los estudios con drones realizados por el Programa Antártico Australiano en octubre y enero revelaron imágenes “desoladoras” de cadáveres de crías de foca esparcidos por las costas volcánicas grisáceas de las islas Heard y McDonald, declaró Jarrod Hodgson, científico investigador sénior de la organización.
Las islas, situadas a unos 4.000 kilómetros al suroeste de la Australia continental, han sido durante mucho tiempo un santuario aislado para la reproducción de aves y mamíferos marinos.
Según el programa, la mortalidad de las crías de elefante marino del sur se estimó en un 76 % en una población de 17.000 crías nacidas en las islas. En una zona en particular, la tasa de mortalidad se concentró en un 97 %.
“Lo que desconocemos a partir de nuestros estudios hasta el momento es cuál fue el impacto en la población adulta reproductora de elefantes marinos del sur”, declaró Hodgson.
Los datos recopilados en enero también revelaron que varios cientos de pingüinos rey adultos en la isla Heard han muerto, y los científicos señalaron que la mortalidad estaba por encima de los niveles normales.
“Estas observaciones de la gripe aviar H5 en la isla Heard y la isla McDonald constituyen la primera detección en un territorio externo australiano y demuestran el continuo desplazamiento del virus hacia el este en la zona subantártica”, declaró la bióloga especializada en vida silvestre Julie McInnes.
“Nuestros resultados muestran un patrón similar al de otras islas subantárticas, como Georgia del Sur, donde los elefantes marinos se han visto más afectados”, añadió McInnes, quien también es el autor principal del estudio del grupo.
Hasta febrero, ni la Australia continental ni Nueva Zelanda registraban casos de la cepa H5N1, que se ha propagado entre las aves de todo el mundo y ha afectado a algunos mamíferos.
El análisis de los datos genéticos sugiere que la gripe aviar H5 probablemente llegó a las islas a través de la fauna silvestre procedente de las islas subantárticas francesas de Crozet, situadas a 1.800 km de distancia, y que probablemente se produjo alrededor de agosto de 2025.
Los resultados se han publicado en la revista científica BioRxiv, pero aún no han sido revisados por pares.
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- ‘If You Can Walk, You Can Dance’: Performers Get Ready for Summer Solstice Parade
‘If You Can Walk, You Can Dance’: Performers Get Ready for Summer Solstice Parade
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—The costumes, music and movement are all coming together as Santa Barbara prepares for one of its most colorful traditions.
While the floats often steal the spotlight, the performers who dance alongside them spend weeks — and sometimes months — preparing for their moment in the Summer Solstice Parade.
Members of La Boheme have been hard at work rehearsing ahead of Saturday’s parade, practicing choreography and building the stamina needed to dance the entire mile-long route.
“We keep them pumped up, ” said La Boheme Director and professional dancer Teresa Kuskey Oshay.
“I tell all my dancers, when you see that crowd, just show them your smile and your love, and they show you the love right back,” she said.
Organizers say the dance groups are a major part of what makes the Summer Solstice Celebration unlike any other event in Santa Barbara.
“It’s like the street is electric,” said La Boheme dancer Carolyn Strong. “It literally is a wave of momentum and movement of 110 dancers. You feel a wonderful bond. It’s not the one, it’s the many. It’s the whole.”
The parade features a wide variety of performances, from African drumming and cultural folk dances to disco and samba.
Student volunteer and dancer Annalisa Zaccardelli said she will be embracing the spirit of the event in full costume.
“I’m going to be wearing a samba costume, so I got the feathers, the whole thing,” she said.
Performers spend weeks learning routines, designing costumes and preparing physically for the non-stop procession.
“We dance the whole way,” Kuskey Oshay said. “Yes, we have water breaks, but our music is still going. I even have kids dancing in front of us.”
Zaccardelli said one of the things she loves most about La Boheme is that anyone can participate.
“If you can walk, you can dance, so it’s for everybody,” she said.
The Summer Solstice Parade is one of Santa Barbara’s largest community events, drawing thousands of spectators each year. Crowds will line Santa Barbara Street to Alameda Park to watch perf
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- Analysis: What the missing center has meant for the Supreme Court
Analysis: What the missing center has meant for the Supreme Court
By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst
(CNN) — For more than a half century, the Supreme Court was anchored by a series of conservative centrists who controlled the most anticipated end-of-term rulings in June, pragmatic justices like Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy.
O’Connor, a former state senator with keen political instincts, also created a social glue by encouraging lunch together after oral arguments, arranging bridge parties and occasionally organizing trips to meet with foreign judges. She believed in keeping the justices together even when they feuded on the law.
Today’s justices are ruptured in multiple ways, most importantly in their intractable views. They are split 6-3 along ideological lines, and even within the six-justice conservative bloc, the justices divide over how far to upset precedent and roll back past cases.
A particularly defining characteristic of today’s bench is the absence of a pragmatic middle. The consequences have been building for years, but they have crystallized both in recent decisions and the way the justices are working together.
The Louisiana and Alabama voting-rights cases this spring that make it nearly impossible to remedy intentional race discrimination in redistricting demonstrate the historic change underway.
Those rulings did more than topple legal precedents. Coming in the middle of the country’s current midterm primaries-cycle, they have disrupted electoral practices across the country in a way that mostly benefits Republicans.
They fit a pattern that, along with reversal of Roe v. Wade and the end of racial affirmative action in higher education, reflects a mindset the opposite of the pragmatic considerations Kennedy, O’Connor, and before them, Justice Lewis Powell, held. All three were appointed by Republican presidents.
When O’Connor and Kennedy voted in 1992 to preserve the 1973 right to abortion in Roe, they said they could not dismiss the cost of reversal to “people who have ordered their thinking and living around that case.”
They cast the court’s dilemma in broader societal terms: “Some of us as individuals find abortion offensive to our most basic principles of morality, but that cannot control our decision. Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code.”
A decade earlier, when Powell cast the key fifth vote to ensure a right to public education for children of undocumented immigrants, he wrote, “It hardly can be argued rationally that anyone benefits from the creation within our borders of a subclass of illiterate persons.”
Unlike today’s majority under Chief Justice John Roberts, neither Powell, nor O’Connor and Kennedy, set out to wholly remake the country’s laws.
“Both Justices Kennedy and O’Connor cared about what the country as a whole thought about the court,” said University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman, a former Kennedy clerk. “They provided a middle to the court because they cared about the middle, median views in the country and didn’t want the Supreme Court to stray too far from that. And rightfully so – it doesn’t work to have an apex, unelected court that’s catering to a smaller and smaller minority section of the country.”
The disappearance of a constructive center likely contributes to the current testiness in written opinions and apparent difficulties in resolving cases. With about 10 days to go in the current 2025-26 session, the justices have 17 cases left, several concerning the boundaries of President Donald Trump’
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| 20- China hace balance de sus logros en la guerra de EE.UU. con Irán
China hace balance de sus logros en la guerra de EE.UU. con Irán
Análisis de Simone McCarthy, CNN
Cuando las bombas estadounidenses e israelíes comenzaron a caer por primera vez sobre Irán, a finales de febrero, los líderes de China contemplaban la posibilidad muy real de que otro régimen amigo fuera descabezado, tal como había ocurrido con Venezuela apenas unas semanas antes.
La perspectiva es bastante diferente casi cuatro meses después: Estados Unidos e Irán han alcanzado un acuerdo provisional tras semanas de conversaciones de paz, pero el régimen en Teherán sigue en pie y se considera ampliamente que la guerra ha dejado al descubierto los límites del poder estadounidense.
Mientras tanto, la propia influencia diplomática de Beijing parece haber aumentado: ha recibido a un desfile de líderes extranjeros y se ha presentado como un defensor de la paz, incluso ganándose elogios reiterados del presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, por su respuesta a la guerra.
La segunda economía más grande del mundo también ha resistido la histórica crisis energética desencadenada por el conflicto mejor que muchos de sus vecinos, en particular gracias a sus abundantes reservas estratégicas de petróleo y a su apuesta por la tecnología verde y los vehículos eléctricos.
El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de China acogió con satisfacción el anuncio de un acuerdo entre Estados Unidos e Irán en comentarios esta semana, y un portavoz afirmó que Beijing “está dispuesta” a desempeñar un papel activo en “restaurar la paz y la tranquilidad” en Medio Oriente.
Cuando se le preguntó si China había tenido algo que ver en el acuerdo, el portavoz, Lin Jian, no confirmó ningún papel específico. Pero tampoco dudó en señalar los esfuerzos “incansables” de su país por poner fin a la guerra, incluso mediante la publicación por parte del líder Xi Jinping de una propuesta de paz de cuatro puntos en abril.
Y esos elogios no provenían solo de Beijing.
“Quiero dar las gracias a China, al presidente Xi… se mantuvo neutral, totalmente neutral, y lo aprecio”, dijo Trump en una rueda de prensa del G7, en Francia el miércoles, señalando cómo el líder chino no utilizó el poder naval de su país para desafiar el bloqueo estadounidense a los puertos iraníes.
“No hicieron eso. El presidente Xi me ayudó. Intentó ayudar, y creo que probablemente ayudó a que se resolviera”, añadió Trump.
China siguió una cuidadosa línea diplomática durante el conflicto. Condenó el ataque estadounidense e israelí contra Irán y continuó comprando petróleo iraní, desafiando las sanciones estadounidenses. Pero también mantuvo abiertas las comunicaciones con actores de ambos bandos.
Numerosos líderes extranjeros han viajado a Beijing a medida que el conflicto se prolongaba, incluido Trump el mes pasado, el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores iraní, Abbas Araghchi, unos días antes, y los líderes de Pakistán, el principal mediador del conflicto.
Al inicio de las negociaciones, Teherán estaba ansioso por asegurarse el respaldo de China como garante en un acuerdo de paz, pero Beijing ha mostrado poco interés en desempeñar un papel tan formal —y potencialmente espinoso—.
El miércoles, el principal diplomático de China, Wang Yi, habló por teléfono con Araghchi y pidió que la navegación en el estrecho de Ormuz se “gestionara adecuadamente”.
“Ha surgido el amanecer de la paz. La clave del siguiente paso es que todas las partes implementen verdaderamente sus compromisos y eliminen las interferencias de todos los lados”, dijo Wang.
No está claro si o en qué medida Beijing utilizó su peso diplomático para abrir canales discretos hacia el último acuerdo, un memorando de entendimiento firmado formalmente el miércoles, que activó un período de 60 días para negociar los términos finales de un acuerdo.
Pero para Beijing, estas visitas tan públicas amplificaron su mensaje de que, mientras otros hacen la guerra, es una potencia global responsab
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- Santa Barbara fans pack watch parties to cheer on Team USA during World Cup match against Australia
Santa Barbara fans pack watch parties to cheer on Team USA during World Cup match against Australia
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Soccer fever swept across Santa Barbara Friday as fans gathered at restaurants, sports bars and breweries to cheer on Team USA during its World Cup matchup against Australia.
Clad in red, white and blue, supporters filled venues across the city, creating an atmosphere that rivaled the excitement inside the stadium.
Cheers erupted with every scoring chance and chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” echoed throughout packed watch parties as fans watched the Americans take on the Socceroos.
Of course, there were several Australian fans as well.
For many, the experience was about more than just the game.
“It’s just different watching it with everyone else,” said one fan. “When the U.S. scores, the whole place erupts.”
The World Cup has turned local gathering spots into community hubs, bringing together families, friends and soccer fans of all ages.
“You feel connected to everyone here, even people you don’t know,” another supporter said. “It’s a really cool experience.”
Local businesses have also benefited from the excitement, with crowds arriving early and filling tables throughout the afternoon.
Watch parties have been popping up throughout Santa Barbara County as the world’s biggest sporting event captures the attention of the Central Coast.
Fans say the shared experience is what makes the tournament special.
From every cheer to every goal, supporters say watching together creates memories that go far beyond the final score.
The World Cup continues in the coming days, with fans expected to gather once again to cheer on Team USA as the tournament moves deeper into group play.
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- Inside Trump’s mad dash to sign an agreement with Iran
Inside Trump’s mad dash to sign an agreement with Iran
By Kevin Liptak, CNN
(CNN) — President Donald Trump was about to sit down for dinner at Versailles on Wednesday when he surprised both his host, French President Emmanuel Macron, and some of his own aides with a demand: he wanted to sign his agreement with Iran then and there.
Trump’s top diplomat had received word on the way to the palace that the document had been finalized. But there was already a signing ceremony scheduled for two days later at an ultra-exclusive mountainside retreat overlooking Lake Lucerne. Vice President JD Vance, the top American negotiator of the accord, was supposed to head to Switzerland to ink the memorandum of understanding and begin the next round of technical talks with Iran.
Trump, however, was adamant the agreement take effect immediately. He insisted he sign it that night. Macron advised them he could arrange it quickly, according to officials familiar with the events.
As the two presidents strolled the Hall of Mirrors, inspecting the frescoed ceilings glorifying the early reign of Louis XIV, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was with the French foreign minister, finding a printer to spit out the memo. If anyone had concerns over Versailles’ haunted history as the host of peace signings — namely the one that ended WWI but gave rise to another — they didn’t raise them.
As it turned out, Friday’s event in Lucerne never happened. Vance delayed his trip after Iran pulled out of the gathering amid a flareup in violence between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The parties had agreed to a renewed ceasefire as of Friday morning. But the Iran agreement, only days after Trump signed it, appeared more fragile than ever.
Trump and Vance have every reason to get started on the next phase of the agreement, which is intended to nail down commitments from Iran on curtailing its nuclear program. Each man has come under withering criticism even from their supporters, who see the agreement as a capitulation that offers concessions to Tehran while extracting little in return.
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, for example, said Thursday that a $300 billion reconstruction fund included in the sixth paragraph of the memo makes the payments in the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal “look like a pittance.”
Trump has grown defensive, insisting it was US military dominance that brought Iran to negotiations in the first place. “We didn’t meet out of desperation, Iran did. They are FINISHED!” he wrote on social media Friday. “We’ll play out the 60 days. They get no money, not ten cents!”
Still, after months of war, the 14-point memorandum of understanding clearly came as a relief to a president who’d long been ready for the conflict to end. Advisers had warned that global oil stockpiles were shrinking. Republican anxiety about the upcoming midterm elections was fevered.
Trump acknowledged himself this week that it was economic concerns that led him to sign the agreement, telling reporters he feared being compared to Herbert Hoover, the American president who presided over a market crash that began the Great Depression.
“I didn’t want to see economic catastrophe,” he said Wednesday at the Hôtel Royal in Évian-les-Bains as he concluded a Group of 7 summit.
A few hours later, just after 11 p.m., Trump was in the Lower Gallery of Versailles putting Sharpie to paper at a
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- ‘The Godfather’ landed in this Sicilian village in 1971. Life was never the same again
‘The Godfather’ landed in this Sicilian village in 1971. Life was never the same again
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN
(CNN) — In our roundup of travel news and features this week, the real-life filming locations for “The Godfather” and “The White Lotus,” audacious underground mega tunnels in Europe, plus a big overhaul on the way for US air traffic control.
An offer they couldn’t refuse
When the cast and crew of Francis Ford Coppola’s seminal 1972 film “The Godfather” descended on Savoca, Sicily, more than 50 years ago, it was a tiny village with unpaved roads, fewer than 100 residents and no running water.
“The movie was a total godsend,” says Vincenzo Pasquale, 72, who at age 18 was cast as an extra in the movie. Of the Sicilian locations that are featured in the legendary blockbuster, Savoca is still the most visited.
“Since the cruisers arrived some 20 years ago, the tourists are overwhelming,” says Pasquale. “On some days, they cram the streets, and I need to honk the horn to drive through.”
‘The White Lotus’ on the French Riviera
Filming is currently underway for the fourth season of HBO comedy-drama “The White Lotus,” which previously immortalized such impossibly chic, intimidatingly luxe properties as the Four Seasons’ San Domenico Palace in Taormina, Sicily and the Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui in Thailand.
The French Riviera is the setting this time, with Château de la Messardière, a 19th-century palatial home turned sprawling Côte d’Azur resort, taking center stage. CNN visited last month, exploring the 32 acres of verdant delights, poolside terraces and sunlit opulence, while also meeting with the real-life guests living the glamorous dream.
Wine and dine
The James Beard Awards, among the highest accolades in the American culinary industry, were announced Monday night, turning winning restaurants into must-visit destinations. Eateries in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Texas and Oregon all got the nod: Check out the list for any near you.
The United States had its best-ever year at one of the most prestigious wine events globally, the Decanter World Wine Awards, which were announced Wednesday. “We are in a golden era,” said a judge, praising tipples from Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania and more.
Over in Beijing, King’s Joy is the only Chinese restaurant in the world to have earned both three Michelin stars and Michelin’s Green Star for sustainable practices. But while it’s the city’s hottest ticket for the wealthy and famous, there is one group said to be banned from visiting: Chinese officials.
The joys of long — and short — distance trains
Egypt’s Cairo Monorail, which launched last month, is Africa’s first driverless monorail network and, when completed, it could be the longe
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21- Se sospecha que hackers están detrás de la alerta no autorizada enviada a teléfonos celulares en todo Brasil
Se sospecha que hackers están detrás de la alerta no autorizada enviada a teléfonos celulares en todo Brasil
Por Mariana Catacci, CNN Brasil
Una alerta no autorizada con un mensaje misterioso que fue enviada a teléfonos celulares en varios estados de Brasil la mañana del sábado se sospecha que es obra de hackers, informó el Gobierno brasileño.
Los dispositivos se encendieron con la palabra “misantropi4”, una escritura alfanumérica de la palabra portuguesa “misantropia”, que en inglés se traduce como “misanthropy” (misantrópico). La última letra “a” fue sustituida por el número “4”, una práctica utilizada frecuentemente por hackers y conocida como “leetspeak”.
La alerta, categorizada como “extrema”, fue recibida inicialmente en el estado sureño de Paraná, pero una segunda advertencia se activó pocos minutos después para teléfonos celulares en las principales ciudades de Sao Paulo y Río de Janeiro.
Las autoridades brasileñas informaron que la plataforma de alertas de la Defensa Civil Nacional fue desactivada tras ser blanco de un probable ataque de hackers, y el Gobierno está trabajando para restablecer la herramienta una vez que se reestablezcan todas las condiciones de seguridad.
Según un comunicado de la Defensa Civil Nacional de Brasil, la falsa alerta fue activada de forma remota por alguien que no forma parte del Sistema Nacional de Protección y Defensa Civil.
“El mensaje enviado era del tipo ‘alerta extrema’ y contenía la palabra ‘misantropía’, que significa odio hacia la humanidad. Probablemente se trata de un ataque de hackers”, indicó el comunicado del organismo.
La Defensa Civil de Sao Paulo señaló en un comunicado que la alerta no fue enviada por ninguno de sus agentes y, hasta el momento, no hay registro de ningún incidente que justifique la emisión de una alerta extrema relacionada con el contenido reportado.
El comunicado también señaló que la herramienta Cellbroadcast, que se utiliza para enviar alertas graves y extremas, es gestionada por Anatel (Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) y ha sido desactivada temporalmente. La Defensa Civil de Sao Paulo informó que se ha puesto en contacto con Anatel y otras instituciones involucradas en la operación del sistema para investigar el origen del mensaje.
CNN Brasil contactó a Anatel y aún no ha recibido respuesta.
Además de la alerta a través de la plataforma Cellbroadcast, los residentes de la ciudad de Sao Paulo también informaron haber recibido un mensaje con el mismo contenido vía SMS.
En Paraná, el Gobierno estatal dijo que la alerta no fue activada por la Defensa Civil del estado y que no hay eventos graves pronosticados para Curitiba. El estado indicó que se puso en contacto con la Defensa Civil Nacional y Anatel sobre el caso.
Mientras tanto, la Defensa Civil de Río de Janeiro confirmó que no se emitió ninguna alerta oficial y dijo que el mensaje recibido por los usuarios “resulta de la inestabilidad en el sistema de envío de alertas IDAP/Cellbroadcast, una plataforma bajo la responsabilidad de la Defensa Civil Nacional, vinculada al Gobierno Federal”.
La agencia también dijo que no hay una situación de riesgo relacionada con desastres naturales que justifique emitir una alerta a la población de Río de Janeiro y que continúan monitoreando la situación. Los residentes de Río también informaron haber recibido un mensaje SMS relacionado con la alerta.
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- Cómo los malos hábitos de España quedaron expuestos en el resultado contra Cabo Verde; y por qué es una señal de advertencia
Cómo los malos hábitos de España quedaron expuestos en el resultado contra Cabo Verde; y por qué es una señal de advertencia
Análisis por Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN
A medida que el tiempo se agotaba al final del partido entre España y Cabo Verde, los nervios alcanzaron comprensiblemente su punto máximo. Los gigantes del deporte intentaron forzar la situación y presionaron ansiosamente por lo que sentían que les correspondía por derecho, mientras que los valientes desvalidos defendían con valentía como si sus vidas dependieran de ello.
Cuando el árbitro Adham Makhadmeh pitó confirmando el sorprendente empate 0-0, el estadio Mercedes-Benz estalló de júbilo ante el éxito de Cabo Verde: los pequeños lo lograron. David había herido a Goliat. Todo el mundo pareció celebrar el momento, todos excepto La Roja y sus aficionados.
Lo que seguramente será uno de los grandes momentos de este Mundial fue el resultado de un poco de suerte y mucha defensa heroica, claro, pero gran parte de la culpa —o el mérito, dependiendo de dónde se mire— recae sobre el contingente español.
España tiene talento de sobra en la plantilla para vencer a Cabo Verde, y a pesar de la ausencia de dos de sus mejores jugadores, el equipo debería haber salido victorioso. Pero una serie de problemas acabó costándole a La Roja los tres puntos y, lo que es más preocupante, apunta a algunos hábitos potencialmente peligrosos que podrían costarle a este equipo la oportunidad de levantar su segunda Copa del Mundo.
Para dejarlo claro: el empate en sí definitivamente no es el fin del mundo. De hecho, como resultado, tampoco es especialmente preocupante. Si España gana sus próximos dos partidos, lo más probable es que sea la ganadora del grupo.
Además, hay precedentes de que uno o dos tropiezos tempranos no significan mucho en los grandes torneos recientes. Argentina ganó el último Mundial tras perder su debut ante la modesta Arabia Saudita, Portugal ganó la Eurocopa 2016 tras colarse en las eliminatorias después de tres empates en la fase de grupos y España ganó el Mundial 2010 tras perder su primer partido contra Suiza.
El problema, si eres aficionado de La Roja, es prácticamente todo menos el resultado.
El equipo que ganó la Euro 2024 fue dinámico, fluido y orientado al ataque, con un mediocampo muy fuerte y mucho enfoque en el increíble juego por las bandas: particularmente de las jóvenes estrellas Lamine Yamal y Nico Williams. La ausencia en la alineación titular contra Cabo Verde de Yamal, quien está siendo reincorporado poco a poco a la rotación tras una lesión en el muslo que puso fin a su temporada de club a finales de abril, y de Williams –quien también sufrió una lesión en el muslo al final de la campaña– se sintió profundamente, ya que estos dos jóvenes jugadores aportan el dinamismo y la amplitud sobre la que se construye este equipo.
En su lugar, el seleccionador español Luis de la Fuente alineó de manera algo desconcertante al dúo del Barcelona Ferrán Torres y Gavi como sus reemplazos.
Torres suele ser delantero centro y solo jugó 158 minutos en cuatro partidos (de un total de 47) como extremo derecho en todas las competiciones esta temporada. Gavi regresó recientemente de una rotura de menisco que lo tuvo fuera por más de seis meses. Además, suele ser utilizado principalmente como mediocampista cen
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- What the Iran war cost the Pentagon, the economy — and Trump
What the Iran war cost the Pentagon, the economy — and Trump
By Zachary B. Wolf, David Goldman, Kaanita Iyer, CNN
(CNN) — With an agreement signed and further talks set to commence, the US war with Iran is at a halt, at least for now, and President Donald Trump is telling Americans they have won.
“’YOU’RE WELCOME!” Trump wrote on Thursday in a post on his social media platform, where he also ticked through benefits of his memorandum of understanding to keep negotiating with Iran for the next 60 days.
“OIL IS FLOWING, IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON (THE WORLD WILL BE SAFE!), THE STOCK MARKETS ARE ROARING, JOBS ARE AT RECORDS, AND PRICES ARE DROPPING (AFFORDABILITY!). OUR COUNTRY IS STRONG, SAFE, AND RESPECTED LIKE NEVER BEFORE,” Trump said.
But an objective analysis of what has changed after more than 100 days of the conflict, in which 13 American service members lost their lives along with more than 7,500 civilians in the region, suggests a more nuanced story than the one Trump put in all caps.
Here are some of the big numbers and trends that draw a fuller picture of how the war affected the US:
The sticker price of the war is around $40 billion, but the total price is much higher
The conflict cost the Department of Defense is about $40 billion, according to preliminary numbers from an upcoming analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The figure includes cost of munitions, destroyed equipment and damage to bases, but does not incorporate operational costs that were already factored into the department’s more than $1 trillion fiscal year 2026 budget, Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at CSIS, told CNN.
The Pentagon has submitted a request for $80 billion in supplemental funding, two US government sources told CNN. Less than $20 billion of that total request is related to immediate needs from the Iran war, according to one source, who added that the figure does not include costs like repairs to facilities and US basing in the region.
That includes around $26 billion spent on munitions
Munitions were the largest expenditure, Cancian said, adding that there was a “high use” of weapons that were long-range, highly sophisticated and expensive.
For example, a Tomahawk missile costs around $2.5 million, and the US used about a thousand of them, according to Cancian.
The war put a strain on the US’ stockpile of weapons
Experts and officials tell CNN that the military used significant portions of key missile inventory. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act earlier in June to force defense companies to manufacture more weapons.
The daily cost of the war waned as it went on with less frequent strikes and decreased use of expensive weapons, according to CSIS, which estimated that the first 100 hours of the war cost $3.7 billion. On day 12, the cumulative cost was around $16.5 billion, the think tank found.
While the Defense Department bore the brunt of the expenses, the conflict cost other agencies, such as Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, $1 billion, according to CSIS’ preliminary numbers. Approximately $165 million of that was related to “higher fuel prices,” Cancian said.
Gas prices are still up
The war drove the price of gas up, a bitter pill for Trump, who has made reliance on fossil fuels drilling a key part of his agenda. But while the US has been the top oil and gas producer for years, the market is complex and worldwide. Gas prices rose from an average of less than $3 per gallon around the country to well more than $4 during much of the war
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- Colombia flirts with the right as Trump-backed candidate ‘the Tiger’ leads into runoff
Colombia flirts with the right as Trump-backed candidate ‘the Tiger’ leads into runoff
By Max Feliu, CNN
(CNN) — Colombians return to the polls Sunday for a presidential runoff between a far-right firebrand who calls himself “the Tiger” and a left-wing senator from the ruling party, in a contest that reflects sharply different visions for the country and could redefine Bogotá’s relationship with the United States.
Sunday’s election comes after the strong showing by the far-right outsider, Abelardo de la Espriella, in the first round of voting in May, where he won 43.74% of the vote. The leftist candidate Iván Cepeda from ruling Historic Pact coalition, who is backed by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, came in second place with just under 41% of the ballots.
Neither gained the majority needed to win outright and are facing each other in the second-round vote.
Shortly after the election, Donald Trump gave his “complete and total” backing to de la Espriella, due to his “tremendous accomplishments in life, and his political support for me, personally,” the US president wrote on Truth Social.
The election comes at a moment of mounting political tension and polarization in the country, hastened by the collapse of the political center and a rise in political violence, experts say.
Who are the candidates?
De la Espriella has run a campaign built on spectacle. He has recorded music, marketed his own rum brand, and has relied on AI-generated content to connect with audiences on social media. Political analyst Miguel Luján told CNN that de la Espriella’s showmanship was undoubtedly a factor in his lead in the first-round vote.
A dual Colombian-US citizen, de la Espriella espouses an “iron fist” approach to crime and corruption. He’s spoken favorably of Trump’s policies and vowed to build mega prisons for Colombia’s criminal leaders in a similar vein to El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. His campaign also advocates for a free-market economic agenda, casting a smaller state, lower taxes and resource extraction as the route to restoring order and growth.
Before entering politics, he was a high-profile criminal defense lawyer who built his career defending several controversial clients, including Alex Saab, the alleged financier and close ally of Venezuela’s ousted strongman Nicolas Maduro.
The 47-year-old has never held elected office and qualified for the ballot through citizen signatures rather than a major party.
De la Espriella has run on a culture war platform, casting himself as a defender of the “traditional family,” while his campaign has opposed abortion, adoption by same-sex couples, and “gender-ideology.” He has also said he would govern through emergency decrees to act fast against crime.
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| 22- Wondered why there are so many pink cleats at the World Cup? You’re not alone
Wondered why there are so many pink cleats at the World Cup? You’re not alone
By Jack Bantock, CNN
(CNN) — Shortly before the World Cup trophy is placed into the hands of one team’s triumphant captain at MetLife Stadium on July 19, a gleaming Golden Boot award will be presented to the tournament’s top scorer.
Only, based on the evidence so far, it should really be pink.
The US, Canada and Mexico have inadvertently played host to the Fuschia World Cup this summer, as varying shades of bright pink have adorned scores of cleats across the opening round of fixtures.
It was a tone set right from the off, as the curtain raiser between Mexico and South Africa saw all but three of the 22 starting players from both sides step onto the hallowed emerald turf of the Estadio Azteca in some form of pink footwear.
The trend has only continued since, driven as much by the tournament’s biggest stars – be it Kylian Mbappé or Erling Haaland – as its smallest nations, with swathes of the squads for both Cape Verde and Curaçao similarly stepping into the same palette.
Booting up a brand
For those with their ear to the ground in the soccer apparel world, the writing was on the wall before a ball had been kicked.
Adidas, Nike, Puma, New Balance and Skechers – who only launched their first range of soccer shoes in 2023 and are fronted by England striker Harry Kane – all unveiled new lines of cleats ahead of the tournament.
The names for each hue varied by brand, from Adidas’ “Solar Turbo” to Puma’s “Poison Pink,” but the similarities were striking. Just why so many of the game’s manufacturers have all pledged to pink simultaneously is a little less obvious, explains New Balance head of product for soccer Rob Sheldon.
For starters, bright colors inject visibility – not merely for players looking to find each other amid the chaos of a World Cup match, but also for brands looking to draw the gazes of millions of onlooking fans towards their logo.
Yet modern soccer stars are also their own personal brands. With five of New Balance’s own ambassadorial roster that are featuring at the tournament – Eberechi Eze (England), Bukayo Saka (England), Endrick (Brazil), Timothy Weah (US) and Yan Diomande (Ivory Coast) – boasting a combined 32 million Instagram followers, expressing confidence and personality is now an integral consideration of cleat design.
“What you’re seeing at this World Cup is the convergence of two trends,” Sheldon told CNN Sports.
“Athletes (are) demanding the most advanced performance footwear available and increasingly wanting products that reflect their individuality.”
New Balance’s methodology is echoed by their rivals at Nike, who say there has been an increased demand for bolder colors from athletes and consumers alike.
“The way we approached it was focusing on what are some of the brightest colors, what are those colors that are really amplifying that confidence, and pink is one of those,” Nike Football Footwear Director of Product Management Odinga Nimako told The Athletic.
“What we always hear from our consumers and athletes is when you wear a color like pink that is so loud and so bright it is like… you need to be really good to wear these (colors) as well. At the same time, there’s also been a level of acceptance with pink that makes it not too niche for people, it speaks to a broad audience.”
Sheldon maintains, though, that style will never t
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- A crash with a sheriff’s deputy while running errands before their wedding changed everything for this couple
A crash with a sheriff’s deputy while running errands before their wedding changed everything for this couple
By Alaa Elassar, CNN
(CNN) — The lives of a young couple just weeks away from their wedding were shattered when an on-duty California sheriff’s deputy sped through a red light and slammed into their car as they ran errands, a lawsuit alleges.
Nine months later, the deputy involved has been charged in connection with the September crash in Beaumont that killed 21-year-old Gavin Hinkley and left his fiancée, 20-year-old Madeline Fox, with severe, life-altering injuries.
The charges come after investigators found the deputy was responding to a shots-fired call even though, moments before the collision, dispatchers appeared to have confirmed deputies were already at the scene, the suspect vehicle had left and no injuries had been reported.
Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Glynn Wilburn, 42, has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and felony reckless driving causing serious injury, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release Thursday. Prosecutors are also seeking a more serious punishment due to the extent of injuries the victims suffered.
Wilburn has been placed on administrative leave, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to CNN. A spokesperson for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said Friday a warrant had been issued for his arrest.
CNN has reached out to the deputy and his attorney for comment and has not received responses.
“Wilburn was responding with lights and sirens from Beaumont to reports of shots fired in Calimesa,” the district attorney’s office said. “While traveling on Cherry Valley Boulevard at speeds of approximately 100 mph, Wilburn entered an intersection and collided with a civilian vehicle at approximately 71 mph.”
“Moments before the collision, dispatch had confirmed there were no reported injuries, the suspect vehicle had left the scene, and deputies had already arrived at the location of the reported shooting,” the district attorney’s office said.
Prosecutors allege Wilburn drove with gross negligence, caused the death of one person, and inflicted great bodily injury on another person, which “caused the victim to become comatose due to brain injury or to suffer paralysis of a permanent nature,” according to the felony complaint filed by the district attorney’s office.
Hinkley was killed, and Fox survived with serious injuries in the incident, according to a report from the California Highway Patrol.
Wilburn had activated his emergency lights and siren when he ran a red light and sideswiped Fox and Hinkley’s Tesla, according to the CHP’s report on the incident, which analyzed the crash site and the vehicles. The deputy was not wearing a seat belt and suffered injuries including “abrasions to the top of his head, swelling to the base of his neck, and complaint of pain to his left arm and left knee,” CHP said Wilburn told them in a statement.
In the final seconds before impact, investigators found Wilburn was attempting to avoid the collision but was unable to stop before the red light. Data from his patrol vehicle showed he turned the steering wheel to the right, took his foot off the accelerator and applied the brakes, slowing from about 98 mph to roughly 76 mph in the moments before the crash.
CHP investigators concluded Wilburn caused the crash by driving his Ford west on Cherry Valley Boulevard and failing to stop before entering the intersection against a red traffic signal.
“The negligence of Deputy Wilburn was the proximate cause of the death of Driver Hinkley and the injuries to Passenger Fox and himself,” the report said.
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- What to know about the New World screwworm
What to know about the New World screwworm
By Jen Christensen, CNN
(CNN) — Earlier this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told residents to brace themselves for an “extraordinarily challenging summer.” A flesh-eating parasite that did hundreds of millions of dollars of damage across the state in the 1960s and ’70s, one that had been considered eradicated from the US for decades, has come back and poses a serious threat to cattle, wildlife and pets.
The first case of New World screwworm in this latest outbreak was confirmed June 3 in a 3-week-old calf in South Texas that has since recovered. But despite enhanced surveillance and restrictions on movement, cases continue to turn up hundreds of miles beyond the southern border.
If the parasite’s advance can’t be halted by the state and federal governments’ stepped-up surveillance, containment and treatment efforts, experts say, the outbreak could cost the southwestern United States alone billions of dollars.
The larvae of the parasitic fly feed on the tissue of any warm-blooded animal, even humans, but officials say the risk to people is low. While it’s not a direct food safety issue, the infestation could raise the cost of beef at a time when Americans are already paying record high prices.
Screwworm by the numbers
The latest outbreak started in Central America in 2023 and has been extensive, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been more than 185,000 animal cases and 2,100-plus human cases reported in Mexico and Central America.
In the US, there have been 15 cases identified as of Sunday, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Cattle have been affected most so far. Other animals that have been infested include sheep, goats and a dog. Texas, the largest beef producer in the country that produces the most beef in the world, has had the majority of cases. The dog lives in New Mexico.
No human cases have been reported as part of this outbreak. The last case in the US was a travel-related one in Maryland in 2025.
The CDC has designated the outbreak a Level 3 public health emergency, its lowest level, which means the CDC is actively monitoring the situation and using its experts to manage the event. The agency has also been urging doctors to be on the lookout and report any cases.
What is a New World screwworm?
The name of the pest may confuse people, said livestock entomology and parasitology expert Dr. Jonathan Cammack. It’s a fly, not a worm. It’s not even a contagious disease that spreads from animal to animal; it’s an infestation.
It’s called a screwworm because, unlike many fly larvae that feed on dead or decaying flesh, New World screwworm larvae screw into the flesh of warm-blooded animals to feed.
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- Anuncia presidenta de México sustitución de postes de energía
Anuncia presidenta de México sustitución de postes de energía
Carolina Garcia
Mexicali, BC (t3).- Durante su visita por Baja California, la mañana del domingo, la presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, inauguró la Central de Ciclo Combinado de González Ortega, planta que inició su construcción en el 2022 con una inversión superior a los 73 mil millones de pesos.
“El alto consumo a veces con aires acondicionados que no son tan eficientes, pues genera un consumo muy alto. Entonces el que haya una planta tiene la virtud de garantizar el servicio eléctrico para Mexicali tanto para las empresas locales de esta zona como para las personas”, dijo la presidenta de México en su discurso en la planta.
Además, se anunció la instalación de 4 mil postes que suplirán los postes de madera que actualmente se encuentran en la ciudad, una solicitud constante por la sociedad y el sector empresarial ante los constantes “apagones” que se registran en la ciudad ante los meses más críticos del calor.
“Aquí todavía hay postes de madera, entonces se va a sustituir prácticamente todos los postes lo que va a permitir que disminuye las interrupciones, entonces es un gran día para Baja California y extraordinario día particularmente para Mexicali”.
La presidenta de México, estuvo en diversos municipios de Baja California, incluso un día antes realizó un recorrido por la construcción del Hospital de San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, donde estuvo presente el gobernador de aquel estado y parte de su gabinete.
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| 23- EE.UU. y sus socios de inteligencia advierten que la IA podría vulnerar las defensas de Gobiernos y empresas en apenas meses
EE.UU. y sus socios de inteligencia advierten que la IA podría vulnerar las defensas de Gobiernos y empresas en apenas meses
Por Helen Regan, CNN
Los modelos de IA están a meses de distancia, no años, de ser capaces de lanzar ciberataques importantes que podrían desbordar las defensas de Gobiernos y empresas, advirtió una alianza internacional de agencias de inteligencia en un comunicado conjunto.
El grupo de los Cinco Ojos, integrado por Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Canadá, Australia y Nueva Zelandia, instó a los Gobiernos y a los líderes empresariales a “actuar ahora” para mejorar sus defensas contra las sofisticadas amenazas cibernéticas.
Este inusual llamamiento a la acción se produce después de que la administración Trump ordenara al gigante de la IA Anthropic que suspendiera el uso de sus modelos más avanzados por parte de ciudadanos extranjeros, y pone de relieve la creciente inquietud entre las naciones occidentales sobre las capacidades emergentes de esta tecnología.
“Se prevé que los modelos de IA de vanguardia superen las expectativas actuales de la industria, transformando radicalmente las capacidades cibernéticas tanto ofensivas como defensivas. El plazo no es de años, sino de meses”, declaró el grupo de agencias de espionaje en un comunicado el lunes.
“El panorama cambiante de la inteligencia artificial (IA) está transformando rápidamente el riesgo cibernético, y debemos actuar con rapidez para mantenernos a la vanguardia”, agregó.
Investigadores y ejecutivos de IA han expresado diversas preocupaciones de seguridad sobre el avance de esta tecnología, que los líderes de los Cinco Ojos describieron como capaz de reducir “las barreras para los actores maliciosos y aumentar la velocidad y la complejidad de los ataques”.
Los expertos en IA afirmaron que el mensaje es “realmente contundente” y podría tener implicaciones preocupantes, no solo para los Gobiernos y las corporaciones, sino también para las pequeñas y medianas empresas de todo el mundo.
“Lo que se quería decir es que, en la era de la IA, se producirán brechas de seguridad. No es cuestión de si ocurrirán, sino de cuándo, por lo que es importante prepararse desde ahora”, declaró a CNN Olivia Shen, directora del Programa de Tecnologías Estratégicas del Centro de Estudios de Estados Unidos de la Universidad de Sídney.
La directiva general del Gobierno estadounidense contra los modelos Mythos 5 y Fable 5 de Anthropic fue una de las acciones de mayor alcance que un ejecutivo ha tomado en respuesta a las capacidades avanzadas de un modelo de IA.
Mythos había generado gran preocupación en materia de ciberseguridad, ya que la empresa afirmaba ser extremadamente hábil para detectar fallos de seguridad. S
in embargo, Anthropic declaró que creía que el Gobierno estadounidense había descubierto un método para vulnerar su modelo público Fable, es decir, para sortear sus medidas de seguridad internas. Anthropic y la administración se han reunido para intentar resolver el problema.
“La lección clave es que las capacidades de la IA están evolucionando con una rapidez increíble”, comentó Shen, y agregó que, aunque la atención del mundo está actualmente centrada en Anthropic, alguien más podría crear la próxima IA altamente capaz.
Para contrarrestar la amenaza, las empresas y los líderes deberían invertir en ciberseguridad, actualizar los sistemas antiguos o corregir el software defectuoso, y limitar quién tiene acceso a los sistemas críticos, alertaron los líderes de los Cinco Ojos.
Y aunque los adversarios utilizan la IA para “actuar con mayor rapidez y eficacia”, también forma parte de la solución, añadieron.
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- Exclusive: Downed US pilot reported seeing Iranian drones swarm in ‘jellyfish’ formation
Exclusive: Downed US pilot reported seeing Iranian drones swarm in ‘jellyfish’ formation
By Zachary Cohen, Katie Bo Lillis, CNN
(CNN) — A US fighter jet pilot rescued by special forces after being shot down over Iran in April described a shocking sight before ejecting from his aircraft: multiple Iranian drones hovering in the air, moving as one, in a formation that resembled a jellyfish, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
The account, which has not been previously reported, was shared by the F-15 pilot with intelligence officials during a debriefing after the incident. It immediately set off a firestorm of debate within the US intelligence community that has yet to be resolved.
If the airman really saw what he described — a formation moving in unison — it would be an alarming advance in Iranian drone capabilities.
“Multiple drones interconnected and moving as one with smaller drones below the bigger drones like legs,” one of the sources familiar with the pilot’s witness account told CNN. “Real alien sh*t.”
Another source told CNN the pilot described witnessing a “minefield of drones” in the air.
While the exact cause of the F-15 downing is still being investigated, initial reports indicated that it was possible the drone formation had in some way enabled Iran to shoot down the American jet, according to two of the sources.
The F-15 carried a crew of two — a pilot and a weapons system officer. US forces immediately launched search and rescue efforts, CNN previously reported.
The downing of the F-15 fighter jet marked the first time a US aircraft has been shot down over Iran during the conflict.
The pilot was rescued hours after ejecting from the aircraft, while the weapons systems officer evaded Iranian capture in the mountains for more than a day before also being rescued. It is not clear if the weapons systems officer also saw the drone formation.
A second aircraft, an A-10, was downed during the rescue effort but that pilot managed to eject safely outside of Iranian airspace.
US intelligence officials disagreed on how to interpret what the F-15 pilot described, and whether the pilot could recount the incident clearly.
For one thing, he was concussed in the crash. It was his second time being shot out of the sky during the Iran war: he had also been among the pilots downed in a friendly fire incident by Kuwaiti forces early in the conflict, according to two of the sources.
Had he witnessed a mature capability that US intelligence wasn’t aware of? A beta test? A mirage in the desert?
The intelligence officials conducting the debrief said something to the effect of: “Are you sure you saw what you are saying you saw?” another one of the sources said.
The US Air Force directed queries to US Central Command, which did not directly address questions from CNN. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not reply to a request for comment.
The questions about Iran’s drone program come as the US and Tehran negotiate a deal that would end the Iran war, having begun a 60-day window for talks as part of a ceasefire last week. Those talks are expected to focus on Iran’s nuclear program, though a wide range of issues have been raised by both parties.
While the specific drone capability described by the pilot was not something that US intelligence agencies had previously assessed Iran possessed, there is a trail of reports indicating that Iran had been receiving assistance in developing its drone technology from China and Russia, according to two sources fa
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- El representante Dan Goldman responde a cafetería de Brooklyn que rechazó su entrada por sus opiniones a favor de Israel
El representante Dan Goldman responde a cafetería de Brooklyn que rechazó su entrada por sus opiniones a favor de Israel
Por Nomaan Merchant, CNN
El representante Dan Goldman calificó de “triste” que una cafetería de Brooklyn aparentemente rechazó su visita a través de una publicación viral en las redes sociales, en medio de unas acaloradas elecciones primarias demócratas que se han centrado en gran medida en la política de la guerra entre Israel y Gaza.
En declaraciones a Laura Coates de CNN el lunes, Goldman habló sobre su experiencia en Poetica Coffee, que utilizó su cuenta oficial en redes sociales para publicar una foto de Goldman y un recibo de reembolso el domingo, según capturas de pantalla de las publicaciones de la cafetería que se compartieron ampliamente ese mismo día.
Poetica Coffee eliminó posteriormente su página de Instagram.
“Tuve una interacción muy agradable con la barista de la cafetería”, contó Goldman. “Llevaba un hiyab, no la conocía, pero fue muy amable y permitió que mi hija fuera al baño. Sinceramente, le agradecí tanto su amabilidad que sentí que debía invitarla a un café, así que lo hice y le di una buena propina”.
“Creo que es un reflejo de una situación lamentable que, sin conocerme, hubiéramos podido tener una interacción tan agradable”, continuó Goldman.
La publicación de Poetica Coffee, que posteriormente fue eliminada, hacía referencia a AIPAC y le decía a Goldman: “No necesitamos tu dinero (de todas formas, probablemente provenga de AIPAC)”.
“Hola, congresista Dan Goldman, vemos que hoy pasó por nuestra cafetería a tomar un café”, dice la publicación eliminada. “¿Ve cómo no sabe a jugo de genocidio? ¿O todavía le cuesta distinguir la diferencia?”.
CNN se ha puesto en contacto con Poetica Coffee para obtener comentarios al respecto.
Goldman se enfrenta el martes a un duro desafío en las primarias por parte del excontralor de la ciudad, Brad Lander, quien cuenta con el respaldo del alcalde Zohran Mamdani y destacó el apoyo que Goldman recibió en el pasado del Comité de Asuntos Públicos Estadounidense-Israelí (AIPAC).
Lander se ha referido a la ofensiva de Israel en Gaza tras los ataques de Hamas del 7 de octubre de 2023 como un genocidio —acusaciones que el Gobierno israelí niega— y ha acusado a Goldman de estar supeditado a AIPAC.
El ataque de Hamas el 7 de octubre dejó alrededor de 1.200 muertos y la toma de más de 250 rehenes. Más de 70.000 personas han muerto en Gaza desde que comenzó la guerra tras la acción de Hamas.
En declaraciones realizadas el lunes, Goldman acusó a Lander de utilizar a AIPAC “como una señal encubierta” y afirmó que se “negaría a ceder ante ese tipo de retórica y esa tendencia a la división”.
“Tengo muchos desacuerdos con el primer ministro (Benjamin) Netanyahu, pero el hecho de que apoye la existencia de Israel como Estado judío, como el único Estado judío, no significa en absoluto que apoye todo lo que hace ese Gobierno”, declaró Goldman. “De hecho, no lo apoyo y he sido muy claro al respecto”.
Lander emitió un comunicado a The New York Times denunciando la publicación de la cafetería.
“Hay muchas maneras de presionar a los funcionarios electos y expresar indignación por las votaciones que han realizado sin convertir las cafeterías en lugares donde la gente no se sienta bienvenida”, indicó Lander.
Goldman también respondió al anuncio de Harmeet Dhillon, jefa de derechos civiles del Departamento de Justicia, de que su división había abierto una investigación sobre la cafetería.
“Preferiría que dedicaran su tiempo y recursos a investigar el antisemitismo contra personas que no tienen la misma influencia que yo, que no son funcionarios electos y que, en cierto modo
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- Tetanus cases are rising. How to prevent getting this potentially fatal disease
Tetanus cases are rising. How to prevent getting this potentially fatal disease
By Faye Chiu, CNN
(CNN) — Tetanus may sound like a disease from another era, but experts are warning that it remains a serious threat.
Two recent reports from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found hundreds of tetanus cases and dozens of deaths over 15 years, along with four cases in children in 2024 alone. At the same time, vaccination rates have declined, worrying experts that more people could become vulnerable to this potentially deadly but preventable infection.
To help us understand what tetanus is, why it remains dangerous and how people can protect themselves, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. Wen is an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University. She previously served as Baltimore’s health commissioner.
CNN: What exactly is tetanus? Is it true that people get it from stepping on a rusty nail?
Dr. Leana Wen: Tetanus is caused by a bacterium called Clostridium tetani. The bacteria produce spores that are extremely common in the environment. The spores can be found in soil, dust and animal manure. Tetanus occurs when the spores enter the body through an injury. Once inside, the bacteria can produce a potent toxin that attacks the nervous system.
As for that rusty nail, the rust itself is not the problem. Nails and other objects are a concern because they may be contaminated with these bacterial spores, especially if they have been outdoors.
Many kinds of injuries can lead to tetanus. Puncture wounds are a classic example, but lacerations, fractures that break the skin, burns, crush injuries and even relatively minor cuts can also pose a risk if they are contaminated with dirt or debris. In a recent CDC case series involving infections in four children, injuries included an ankle fracture sustained while riding an electric scooter, a puncture wound and a foot injury.
CNN: If someone gets a cut or other injury, when should they worry about tetanus?
Wen: People should seek medical attention if they have a deep puncture wound, a wound contaminated with dirt or animal feces, a crush injury, a burn, a frostbite injury, or a wound containing debris that cannot easily be cleaned. The clinician will not only clean the wound but also determine whether additional tetanus protection is needed.
It’s essential to seek care right away. Tetanus can often be prevented after an injury through proper wound care, administration of a tetanus-containing vaccine and, in some cases, tetanus immune globulin, which contains antibodies that provide immediate protection.
CNN: What are the symptoms of tetanus, and why can it become so dangerous?
Wen: Symptoms often begin several days to weeks after an injury. Many people have heard the term “lockjaw,” and that’s one of the classic symptoms. Patients may initially experience jaw stiffness, neck pain, back pain or difficulty swallowing.
As the disease progresses, muscles throughout the body can become rigid and go into painful spasms. The disease can quickly become life-threatening. Muscles involved in breathing may stop functioning properly. Some patients develop spasms of the vocal cords that obstruct the airway. Others develop dangerous fluctuations in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms because the autonomic nervous system becomes affected. Recovery can take weeks or months, and even with excellent medical care, the disease can be fata
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| 24- ‘Exploding oil?!’ The Middle East is about to find out
‘Exploding oil?!’ The Middle East is about to find out
By David Goldman, CNN
(CNN) — The moment of truth is just about here.
The Strait of Hormuz has reopened, for now, and Middle Eastern countries that shut off their oil wells during the war (the term is actually “shut in”) are about to turn those valves back the other way and find out what they’ve got.
It could be a gusher. Or, if President Donald Trump’s predictions were accurate, a series of underground explosions could cause the oil wells to deliver a trickle.
That’s highly unlikely. But, as with most of Trump’s sensational claims, there’s at least a kernel of truth to it.
Box of chocolates
Shortly after Iran effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz to foreign tankers, local energy producers ran out of places to store the accumulating oil and gas. Many neighboring Middle Eastern wells had shut in their production. The threat of drone attacks forced several Saudi, Emirati and Iraqi facilities to shut in during the war, too.
Iran had to shut in its own wells this month after the United States started blockading the strait.
Shut-ins are not like flipping off a light switch. They represent a complex engineering challenge that involves serious physics and meticulous planning over the course of days or even weeks.
When oil wells are shut in, the pressure underground can become imbalanced, deforming the underlying structure. Those changes can damage reservoirs, which can create similar problems for nearby wells, too. Water can seep in, reducing the well’s potential output.
“The worry is what happens when you turn things back on,” said Vikas Dwivedi, global oil and gas strategist at Macquarie Group. “It’s like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get.”
Extended downtime can also damage equipment. Pumps and lift systems can easily become corroded. Sand and debris can settle in. Concrete casing and tubing – used to seal and extract oil – can lose integrity, causing leaks and potential hazardous gas releases.
And, yes, in rare cases, explosions.
Exploding oil?
A couple months ago, Trump wouldn’t stop talking about the possibility.
- April 23, Oval Office: “If they don’t get their oil moving, their whole oil infrastructure is going to explode. You know what that means? Because they have no place to store it and because they have no place to store it, if they have to stop it … something happens underground that essentially renders it in very poor shape and you never recover fully.”
- April 26, Fox News: “When you have, you know, lines of vast amounts of oil pouring through your system, if for any reason that line is closed because you can’t continue to put it into containers or ships, which has happened to them (they have no ships because of the blockade), what happens is that line explodes from within, both mechanically and in the earth.”
- May 4, Hugh Hewitt Show: “You know, their oil, when you turn off the oil, underground, and the mechanical too, but underground has a tendency in like almost 100% of the cases, to literally explode and just destroy everything around it. And you can never get that oil again.”
But the way Trump described it isn’t moored in reality. Serious damage – let alone an explosion – almost certainly didn’t happen during the course of the war, oil industry analysts agree.
“A key question is whether prolonged shut-ins could translate into permanent production losses,” said Natasha Kaneva, head of global commodities strategy for JPMorgan. “These risks are likely overstated.”
Wells have been shut in for extended periods before, including in Iran.
During the
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- Chinese supercomputer powered by homegrown chips tops US models in global ranking
Chinese supercomputer powered by homegrown chips tops US models in global ranking
By John Liu, CNN
Hong Kong (CNN) — China has clinched the top spot on a list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, overtaking the United States for the first time since 2017 with a model powered by homegrown chips amid an intense race for tech supremacy between the two superpowers.
The LineShine machine, housed at the National Supercomputing Center in China’s tech hub of Shenzhen, replaced the American titleholder El Capitan in the latest biannual TOP500 ranking, which tracks the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
The ranking released on Tuesday showed the LineShine achieved a computing speed 20% faster than El Capitan, which is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
Supercomputers, designed for complex computations at unmatched speeds, are often used to discover and develop new drugs, forecast weather, train AI models and conduct a wide range of simulations.
The success of the LineShine comes as the US and China ratchet up their tech rivalry and Washington attempts to curb Beijing’s access to frontier technologies from AI to chips that could power its military.
Since President Donald Trump’s first term, the US has ramped up export controls and restrictions aiming to slow China’s advancement in these technologies.
China’s National Supercomputing Center said in an online statement that the LineShine is the “result of breakthroughs across a series of core technological bottlenecks.”
LineShine’s achievements “mark a historic leap for China’s supercomputing sector in overcoming foreign technology restrictions and building an independently controlled hardware and software ecosystem,” it said.
Notably, the LineShine relies entirely on CPUs – conventional computing chips often found in consumer electronics – instead of specialized GPUs – the highly sought-after chips that power most of the supercomputers today and are dominated by American suppliers like Nvidia.
Through a series of measures starting in 2022, Washington has cut off China’s access to the cutting-edge GPUs, throttling Chinese companies’ efforts in competing for the top AI models with US tech giants.
The moves forced Chinese companies to innovate around the restrictions. Last year, China-based AI startup DeepSeek released a model that delivered near industry-leading performance with far fewer advanced chips, surprising Silicon Valley and the wider industry.
Speaking at the TOP500 award ceremony in Hamburg, Germany, LineShine chief designer Lu Yutong said the machine broke through from the conventional hybrid architecture of using both CPUs and GPUs for supercomputers.
The system leverages domestically developed, full-stack computing infrastructure, including CPUs and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), for purposes of scientific, engineering and AI workloads, Lu said, according to the statement from China’s National Supercomputing Center.
Since the launch of LineShine, the supercomputer has been used for applications ranging from climate modeling and engineering simulations to drug discovery, neuroscience and AI, the center said.
Despite the milestone, experts caution against overinterpreting the new ranking as a measure of a country’s AI capabilities.
“It’s an impressive technical achievement,” said Andrew Rohl, director at the National Computational Infrastructure in Australia. “It’s not relevant if you’re asking the question, ‘who’s got the best AI capability?’ or ‘who’s got the best infrastructure to do AI well?’ The TOP500 is
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- Bill Gates asegura que no fue testigo de los crímenes de Epstein, pero que pudo haber coincidido con alguna de sus víctimas
Bill Gates asegura que no fue testigo de los crímenes de Epstein, pero que pudo haber coincidido con alguna de sus víctimas
Por Annie Grayer y Aleena Fayaz, CNN
El multimillonario Bill Gates testificó que nunca interactuó con las víctimas de Jeffrey Epstein, pero reconoció que pudo haber estado en presencia de algunas, según la transcripción de su entrevista a puerta cerrada con la Comisión de Supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes, publicada este martes.
El cofundador de Microsoft sostuvo en la entrevista voluntaria, que tuvo lugar en el Capitolio a principios de este mes, que su relación de tres años con el delincuente sexual convicto fue estrictamente profesional y que nunca presenció ni participó en ninguna conducta sexual inapropiada.
Pero el representante demócrata Robert Garcia señaló que la investigación del panel ha demostrado que algunos de los empleados de Epstein también fueron víctimas de abusos por parte del difunto financiero, lo que dificulta que Gates descarte el hecho de que nunca estuvo cerca de ninguna de las víctimas de Epstein.
“Ese es un punto muy importante”, declaró Gates, quien reconoció haber visto a algunas de las empleadas de Epstein en uno de sus aviones al final de una reunión. Añadió: “Es posible que haya estado en presencia de víctimas”.
Como parte de la investigación en curso de la Comisión de Supervisión, el panel solicitó el testimonio de Gates después de que la publicación este año de archivos adicionales sobre Epstein por parte del Departamento de Justicia planteara dudas sobre sus vínculos con el fallecido delincuente sexual convicto.
El martes, el panel también publicó la transcripción de la declaración de Lesley Groff, asistente de Epstein durante muchos años, quien describió a su antiguo jefe como un “maestro de la manipulación” y afirmó desconocer sus crímenes.
Groff reveló que comunicó telefónicamente a Epstein con el entonces presidente Donald Trump, quien era un ciudadano privado, en varias ocasiones a lo largo de 10 años, pero aseguró desconocer el contenido de esas conversaciones.
Trump siempre ha negado cualquier irregularidad relacionada con Epstein, así como cualquier acusación de conducta sexual inapropiada.
CNN se ha puesto en contacto con los representantes de Gates y Groff para obtener comentarios al respecto.
En su entrevista, Gates explicó cómo Epstein intentó utilizar información sobre la vida personal del cofundador de Microsoft —incluido el hecho de que había sido infiel en su matrimonio— para presionarlo.
Tras romper relaciones con Epstein en 2014, Gates recordó un incidente en el que Epstein le envió un correo electrónico pidiéndole el “reembolso” de los gastos que había pagado relacionados con una mujer con la que Gates había tenido una aventura.
“Le comuniqué a mi persona clave, la persona de mayor rango en Gates Ventures, Larry Cohen, que nunca íbamos a pagar nada”, declaró Gates.
Gates conoció a Epstein en 2011 a través de uno de sus empleados de mayor confianza, el Dr. Boris Nikolic, quien, según Gates, le reveló a Epstein dos de sus aventuras extramatrimoniales.
A puerta cerrada, los investigadores interrogaron a Gates sobre otras posibles relaciones, argumentando que era relevante para determinar si Gates tenía algún otro vínculo con el delincuente sexual convicto.
Pero Gates y su equipo legal contraatacaron. El multimillonario tecnológico señaló específicamente los borradores de correos electrónicos que Epstein parece haberse escrito a sí mismo en 2013, los cuales incluyen una serie de acusaciones gráficas y no verificadas contra Gates, y argumentó que Epstein habr
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- Trump is growing tired of hearing ‘no’ from Thune. GOP senators are lining up behind the majority leader
Trump is growing tired of hearing ‘no’ from Thune. GOP senators are lining up behind the majority leader
By Lauren Fox, Adam Cancryn, CNN
(CNN) — President Donald Trump may be the head of the Republican Party, but when it comes to the Senate, Majority Leader John Thune is still in charge.
Trump, who will attend lunch with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol on Wednesday, is growing tired of hearing “no” from the Senate leader as he pushes certain controversial priorities, according to people familiar with his thinking. But Thune is sitting on as much support as any leader could with less than five months until the midterms, and is surrounded by some emboldened colleagues who are more willing than they have been in years to take on the Republican administration.
In more than a dozen interviews with Senate staff and members, Thune’s GOP colleagues contend it’s been a precarious stretch for the majority leader as he has been forced to disarm one Trump-devised political grenade after another. But if Trump is frustrated that Thune doesn’t follow orders, many of the South Dakota lawmaker’s colleagues are grateful the majority leader is willing to risk his own political future with the president to ensure the party has a fighting chance at holding its majority.
For the next several months, Thune must continue walking that tightrope between loyalty to a president who demands it and protection of an institution and colleagues who are facing their own political headwinds.
“The president is creating terms that will never ever be satisfied, so why are we walking into a boxed canyon? That’s what John is confronted with,” retiring Sen. Thom Tillis said. “John Thune is an extraordinary leader. He has the patience of Job.”
The North Carolina Republican added, “I could not do his job.”
Trump has fumed for months over Thune’s refusal to jam through a sweeping federal elections overhaul bill ahead of November’s midterms — a measure the president has argued is critical enough to warrant eliminating the filibuster if necessary. In private conversations with allies, Trump has vented that Thune is not fighting hard enough for his priorities, people familiar with the discussions say, and complained that he’s tired of hearing the majority leader give him reasons why the narrowly divided Senate can’t carry out his demands.
Thune has made clear publicly and privately that the votes are not there to pass the president’s voting bill, even as he agreed to bring it up repeatedly, most recently as part of the Senate’s marathon voting session this month to pass an immigration enforcement funding package. Thune has declined Trump’s calls to fire the parliamentarian — the Senate’s nonpartisan rules referee — or to kill the filibuster to jam it through.
“It’s not good. I mean, the president depends on the majority leader to get his agenda passed,” Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican who recently lost a primary to a Trump-backed challenger, told reporters about the state of Trump and Thune’s relationship. “As far as I can tell, John Thune is guilty of nothing except telling the president the truth, which is there are not the votes.”
The rift between Trump and Thune reflects a broader divide over how the GOP should spend the crucial months ahead of midterm elections that could cost the party its congressional majority and bring the White House’s agenda to a halt.
The lunch on Wednesday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville said, is a chance for a “day of reckoning” to iron out some of those differences.
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| 25- Los dos devastadores terremotos en Venezuela representan un duro golpe para una economía que ya se encuentra de rodillas
Los dos devastadores terremotos en Venezuela representan un duro golpe para una economía que ya se encuentra de rodillas
Análisis por John Liu, CNN
El terremoto más fuerte que ha azotado Venezuela en más de un siglo no podría haber llegado en peor momento para el país.
La otrora pujante economía de esta nación latinoamericana ya se encontraba debilitada por años de sanciones lideradas por Estados Unidos, hiperinflación, corrupción gubernamental y mala gestión del sector petrolero, a pesar de poseer las mayores reservas de petróleo del mundo.
El PIB de Venezuela se ha contraído aproximadamente un 80 % desde 2013.
Luego, en enero, Estados Unidos derrocó al expresidente Nicolás Maduro.
En su lugar, la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez ha estado liberalizando la economía con cautela y cortejando a las compañías petroleras extranjeras, al tiempo que busca congraciarse con Washington de manera pragmática y obtener alivio de las aplastantes sanciones.
Pero a pesar de que Estados Unidos ha suavizado las sanciones y la producción de petróleo ha aumentado gradualmente, la inflación sigue siendo alta y los ciudadanos de a pie continúan sufriendo bajos salarios.
En 2025, casi 8 millones de personas, aproximadamente un tercio de la población, necesitaron asistencia humanitaria, según la ONU.
En Venezuela, acceder a servicios y bienes básicos, desde llenar el tanque de gasolina hasta comprar medicamentos genéricos en la farmacia, puede resultar difícil debido a la escasez crónica de artículos de primera necesidad.
La emergencia humanitaria provocada por los dos terremotos ejercerá aún más presión sobre la ya precaria cadena de suministro.
Mientras tanto, la crucial industria petrolera del país necesita miles de millones de dólares de inversión para siquiera acercarse a los tiempos dorados de finales de la década de 1990, cuando la producción estaba en su punto máximo.
Un desastre natural de esta magnitud mermará gravemente las frágiles esperanzas de reactivar la economía, por no hablar del potencial de miles de víctimas y daños generalizados.
Tras años de devastación económica y falta de inversión en servicios públicos, la infraestructura del país, desde los hospitales hasta la electricidad y el agua, no está preparada para afrontar una crisis como esta.
Hasta el momento, al menos 32 personas han muerto y 700 han resultado heridas, y se espera que el número de víctimas aumente, declaró Rodríguez.
Las primeras estimaciones del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos prevén pérdidas económicas de entre US$ 10.000 y US$ 100.000 millones. La cifra superior equivale aproximadamente al tamaño de toda la economía venezolana.
Además de los edificios derrumbados, los fuertes temblores provocados por los terremotos también podrían provocar incendios al romperse las tuberías de gas o dañar los sistemas eléctricos, dijo la Dra. Lucy Jones, sismóloga del Instituto Tecnológico de California.
Estos efectos en cadena pueden agravar el desastre, y los incendios a veces duplican las pérdidas económicas provocadas por un gran terremoto, añadió.
Pero con una economía en crisis, no hay una manera clara para que el Gobierno apoye un sistema de salud que pronto podría verse desbordado, o cubra los costos de la reconstrucción, todo mientras Caracas negocia los términos básicos de su regreso a la economía global.
Para una población que ya padece pobreza, estos dos fuertes terremotos han golpeado en el peor momento posible.
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- Olivia Rodrigo’s wardrobe isn’t rage bait. It’s researched
Olivia Rodrigo’s wardrobe isn’t rage bait. It’s researched
By Chelsey Sanchez
It’s never easy for pop stars to introduce their next era. If they cling too closely to what has been done in the past, critics may grumble over a lack of innovation. If they veer too far from what fans know and expect, they risk losing the base that gave them a platform in the first place. For Olivia Rodrigo, the new “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl so in Love” era has mostly relied on — as she sings in the lead single, “drop dead” — her own feminine intuition.
The 23-year-old’s third studio album, released this month, ushers in perhaps the most exciting phase of her career yet, one where both her style and sound are maturing in tandem.
The 13-track record chronicles the lifespan of a relationship, from the exuberance of initial infatuation to the whiplash of begging for affection from a partner that was once so easily enamored. It’s already earned Rodrigo her third consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. She kept the momentum going Monday with the announcement of Daisy Chain Fields, a new music festival featuring an all-women lineup — including Chappell Roan, Doechii, Bikini Kill and Katseye — with proceeds going towards women advocacy organizations. The event takes after Lilith Fair, the groundbreaking ‘90s feminist festival founded by Sarah McLachlan, who will also make a special guest appearance, along with Stevie Nicks and Karen O.
Rodrigo’s previous two albums,“Sour” (2021) and “Guts” (2023), were industry-shakers in their own right. Songs like “Drivers License” and “Vampire” demonstrated her talent for writing breakup ballads, while hits like “Good 4 U” and “Get Him Back” showcased her proficiency in ‘90s punk rock — an arena of music which has become her signature sonic playground. Up until now, Rodrigo’s style reflected that musical predilection, with the singer’s rotation of plaid miniskirts and platform boots often landing as a hybrid mix between Gwen Stefani and Cher Horowitz. Rodrigo’s eras have clearly defined color palettes too; her first two albums were synonymous with a spunky purple hue, while “You Seem Pretty Sad” has subtly shifted to a definitively girly powdery pink.
If the job of a debut album is to introduce an artist to the world, while a sophomore album reinforces their reputation, then a third album offers a channel for artists to expand beyond the familiar tricks and peculiarities that shot them to fame in the first place. In Rodrigo’s case, “You Seem Pretty Sad” mostly ditches the pop punk and alt-rock references and, instead, borrows sounds that defined the ‘80s. Think New Order, or post-punk flourishes from The Cure (the English band’s frontman, Robert Smith, even makes an appearance on the album’s B-side track, “What’s Wrong with Me”). Rodrigo’s wardrobe naturally followed suit.
Her deft use of fashion during the “You Seem Pretty Sad” rollout does more than allow Rodrigo to play dress up — it also functions as a vehicle for her artistry. Gone are the Mary Jane Dr. Martens and schoolgirl plaid skirts. Working with sister stylist duo Chloe and Chenelle Delgadillo, Rodrigo has reconstructed her signature looks to feel softer and more grown-up, with outfits drawing from fashion references just as diverse as her musical taste.
Anatomy of a new era
The new album “ends up pulling a little bit from ‘80s new wave, but her look isn’t really going ‘80s new wave,” said music journalist Brittany Spanos of Rodrigo’s evolving sound and style. “Whereas she’s been pulling from grungier ‘90s looks for her last two album cycles, this one she expanded more into the hyper femme versions of it.”
To shape this era’s “femme palette,” Rodrigo has worn a mix of shift dresses reminiscent
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| 26- Ships took advantage of an opening in the Strait of Hormuz. But it may be closing
Ships took advantage of an opening in the Strait of Hormuz. But it may be closing
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN
(CNN) — The Strait of Hormuz has seen more traffic in the last week than it has in the past three months. But that could slow down as a critical evacuation plan is put on hold.
Seventy vessels transited the critical waterway on Wednesday, the highest number since the war with Iran began in late February, according to Marine Traffic. That’s a 105% increase – about double – from Tuesday.
The spike in traffic comes after the United States lifted sanctions on Iranian oil earlier this week, part of the ceasefire agreement between the two countries. The United Nations and the International Maritime Organization, or IMO, also launched a humanitarian effort to get 11,000 stranded seafarers and 500 vessels out of the strait.
“What we’re seeing are the ships that were sitting in the Gulf for this elongated period of time starting to move out with a focus on humanitarian aid to get the seafarers out and then a couple of chosen tankers when sanctions were lifted,” said Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, who spent half a decade working for a major shipping line the Middle East. “So, this is not just a full-fledged green flag, everybody start running through the strait.”
Before the war, experts estimate 110 to 160 vessels used to sail through the passage between Iran and Oman daily. Since the fighting choked off the strait, an average of fewer than ten vessels per day have transited the 21-mile passageway.
Ship traffic first started to pick up over the weekend as shipping companies became more confident that talks between the US and Iran were progressing. Then on Wednesday, the IMO along with Iran and Oman created two new shipping lanes – one along the northern part of the strait near Iran, and a second in the southern part of the strait, closer to Oman – that were safe from mines and other dangers. Ships were contacted by the (relevant) agencies directly when it was their turn to move.
The idea was to move vessel traffic out of the region gradually and under tight controls. However, the IMO paused its evacuation plans Thursday after a vessel was struck in the Gulf of Oman. A US official told CNN the ship was hit in an Iranian drone attack but did not provide further details. Iran has not claimed responsibility.
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said in a statement he took the precaution even though the vessel that was attacked “did not transit under IMO’s evacuation framework.”
For months, shipping companies have been in wait and see mode, carefully calculating the risk of moving ships through the strait. To date, there have been at least 46 strikes on vessels and 14 deaths, according to the IMO.
Companies have been hesitant to move cargo and personnel through mine-laden waters under threat of missile strikes. Insurers have dropped coverage on ships because of wartime clauses. Several major shipping companies, like Hapag-Lloyd, have used US naval guides to move through the strait – but that offer has not been consistent.
“The ships actually transiting Hormuz this week are still mostly Iranian-flagged and some (Taiwanese) Evergreen ships. The major global carriers haven’t returned yet, so it’s closer to status quo than a real shift,” said Sanne Manders, president of Flexport, a global shipping logistics company.
Manders and Seroka expect traffic levels to drop in the coming days during the pause in IMO’s evacuation effort.
The IMO plans to “reconfirm that the necessary safety guarantees continue to be in place for the ships on our evacuation list and all those in the region,” Dominguez said.
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- Los barcos aprovecharon una apertura en el estrecho de Ormuz. Pero puede que se esté cerrando
Los barcos aprovecharon una apertura en el estrecho de Ormuz. Pero puede que se esté cerrando
Por Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN
El estrecho de Ormuz ha registrado más tráfico marítimo en la última semana que en los tres meses previos. Sin embargo, este tránsito podría disminuir debido a la suspensión de un plan de evacuación crucial.
El miércoles, setenta embarcaciones navegaron por esta vía marítima crucial, la cifra más alta desde que comenzó la guerra con Irán a finales de febrero, según Marine Traffic. Esto representa un aumento del 105 %, casi el doble, con respecto al martes.
El aumento del tráfico marítimo se produce después de que Estados Unidos levantara las sanciones al petróleo iraní a principios de esta semana, como parte del acuerdo de alto el fuego entre ambos países.
Las Naciones Unidas y la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) también pusieron en marcha una operación humanitaria para evacuar a 11.000 marineros y 500 embarcaciones que se encontraban varados en el estrecho.
“Lo que estamos viendo es que los barcos que estuvieron parados en el Golfo durante este largo período de tiempo comienzan a zarpar, centrándose en la ayuda humanitaria para evacuar a los marineros, y luego un par de buques cisterna seleccionados cuando se levantaron las sanciones”, declaró Gene Seroka, director ejecutivo del Puerto de Los Ángeles, quien trabajó durante cinco años para una importante naviera en Medio Oriente.
“Así que no se trata simplemente de una bandera verde en toda regla, de que todo el mundo empiece a transitar por el estrecho”, indicó.
Antes de la guerra, los expertos estiman que entre 110 y 160 embarcaciones solían navegar diariamente por el paso entre Irán y Omán. Desde que los combates bloquearon el estrecho, un promedio de menos de diez embarcaciones por día transitan por este paso de 21 millas.
El tráfico marítimo comenzó a repuntar durante el fin de semana, a medida que las navieras ganaban confianza en el progreso de las conversaciones entre Estados Unidos e Irán.
El miércoles, la OMI, junto con Irán y Omán, creó dos nuevas rutas marítimas: una en la parte norte del estrecho, cerca de Irán, y otra en la parte sur, más cerca de Omán, libres de minas y otros peligros.
Los buques fueron contactados directamente por las agencias pertinentes cuando les llegó el turno de navegar.
La idea era desviar el tráfico marítimo de la región gradualmente y bajo estrictos controles. Sin embargo, la OMI suspendió sus planes de evacuación el jueves después de que un buque fuera alcanzado en el Golfo de Omán.
Un funcionario estadounidense declaró a CNN que el barco fue impactado por un ataque con dron iraní, pero no proporcionó más detalles. Irán no se ha atribuido la responsabilidad.
El secretario general de la OMI, Arsenio Domínguez, declaró que tomó esa precaución a pesar de que el buque atacado “no transitaba bajo el marco de evacuación de la OMI”.
Durante meses, las navieras han mantenido una actitud de cautela, calculando cuidadosamente el riesgo de que sus buques transiten por el estrecho. Hasta la fecha, se han registrado al menos 46 colisiones con barcos y 14 muertes, según la OMI.
Las empresas se han mostrado reacias a transportar carga y personal a través de aguas minadas ante la amenaza de ataques con misiles. Las aseguradoras han cancelado la cobertura de los buques debido a las cláusulas de guerra.
Varias navieras importantes, como Hapag-Lloyd, han utilizado guías navales estadounidenses para transitar por el estrecho, pero esta práctica no ha sido constante.
“Los barcos que transitan por el estrecho de Ormuz esta semana siguen siendo en su mayoría de bandera iraní y algunos de la compañía taiwanesa Evergreen. Las principales navieras mundiales aún no han regresado, por lo que se trata más de mantener el statu quo que de un cambio re
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- A letter from a Georgia man convicted of murder led prosecutors to reexamine his case – and right their 20-year wrong
A letter from a Georgia man convicted of murder led prosecutors to reexamine his case – and right their 20-year wrong
By Andy Rose, CNN
(CNN) — After two decades behind bars and with few options left, Marquez Powell sat down several years ago and wrote a letter from a rural Georgia prison more than 100 miles from his Atlanta home. It would eventually help win his freedom.
After being prosecuted at the age of 20, Powell, now 41, was released after a judge overturned his sentence of life plus five years on murder charges in the death of his best friend, Shah Walton – charges that prosecutors later agreed were unfounded.
“After reviewing the entire case, the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office Conviction Integrity Unit determined there was not enough evidence to stand by Powell’s conviction,” the DA’s office said in a filing with a court in Atlanta, as all charges against Powell were dismissed on June 18.
Powell’s first taste of freedom came after years of appeals and denials, a grueling climb that turned when prosecutors took a fresh look and concluded they had made a grave mistake.
“That was definitely the first time where a prosecutor has brought us a case,” attorney Christina Cribbs with the Georgia Innocence Project told CNN.
Powell convicted of murdering friend he had known since middle school
For Marquez Powell, everything changed on April 18, 2005. He met up with Walton in Atlanta to drive around for the evening, according to testimony, visiting a girl’s house, stopping by a music store and selling marijuana.
When his friend Shah pulled up, another person was already in the passenger seat – a man he said he knew from their neighborhood named Jacques Shockley. While Powell was outside the car making a drug sale, Shockley pulled out a gun and shot Walton, who was still sitting in the driver’s seat.
Police discovered one of Shockley’s pants pockets had been pulled inside-out after the shooting, leading them to believe he had been robbed.
“Fearful of retaliation – or being charged himself if he came forward about what he saw – Powell fled the scene,” his attorney wrote later in a court filing.
With the case still unsolved, Powell came forward to police a month later, but tried to minimize his connection, initially saying he wasn’t even in the car. Later he admitted to being at the scene of the crime, saying he had only witnessed it and hid in the bushes until he saw Shockley run away.
With thin evidence, jury is told Powell conspired to kill his friend
By that point, Shockley had fled the state, testimony later showed. Although the lead investigator did not believe he had pulled the trigger, prosecutors later said, Powell was arrested on multiple charges, including murder, on the assumption he had conspired with Shockley to rob his best friend, making him a “party to the crimes.”
“One reasonably might infer from the evidence that Powell and Shockley shared a criminal intent with respect to the shooting,” the Georgia Supreme Court said in a unanimous ruling affirming Powell’s conviction in 2012.
Police later caught up to Shockley at his father’s home in New Jersey, and he was arrested and convicted of murder. By that point, Powell had already been convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Shockley is serving a life sentence of his own at Hays State Prison, a high-security facility in rural northwest Georgia.
Powell, who was indigent and could not afford an attorney, wrote his own motions to the court six times in the ensuing years, trying multiple routes to overturn his conviction or at least reduce his prison time. All of them were denied, with judges saying they could not reconsider the case without any new evidence to consider.
“Marquez really was his own best advocate,” Cribbs said. “He has been out there since he was convicted, trying to get someone to listen and understand that he was innocent and never should h
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- Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 26 de junio
Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 26 de junio
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Venezuela vivió su noche más oscura tras los sismos que golpearon al país. ¿Qué servicios están suspendidos tras los terremotos en Venezuela? Un sistema de salud que queda a prueba tras años en crisis. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad.
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Los terremotos del miércoles pondrán a prueba hasta dónde está dispuesto a llegar Estados Unidos para apoyar a Venezuela, un país que, según el presidente Donald Trump, pasó a estar bajo un Gobierno aliado de Washington tras el derrocamiento de Nicolás Maduro en enero. El Departamento de Estado dijo que proporcionará US$ 150 millones en ayuda para Venezuela.
Tras los terremotos, miles de venezolanos pasaron la noche en las calles por temor a réplicas y al colapso de edificios dañados. Testimonios describen el pánico, la evacuación improvisada y la incertidumbre sobre si podrán volver a sus hogares, especialmente en zonas como Chacao.
La emergencia sanitaria en Venezuela por los terremotos del miércoles golpea un sistema de salud que arrastra una larga crisis por años de deterioro y falta de inversión, un panorama que no se modificó sustancialmente en los últimos meses con los cambios en el Gobierno y la asistencia enviada por Estados Unidos y vuelve a ser puesto a prueba con otro desastre natural.
Desde la noche del miércoles, varios servicios públicos se encuentran suspendidos para facilitar las tareas de recuperación y rescate; al igual que las actividades consideradas no esenciales. Este es un repaso por las actividades, accesos y servicios que no están operativos debido a la emergencia.
El sismo de magnitud 7,5 fue el más fuerte registrado en Venezuela en más de un siglo. El único de mayor magnitud fue un terremoto de magnitud 7,7 ocurrido en octubre de 1900. El más reciente terremoto con alto saldo de víctimas fue en Read more
| 27- Trump publica una nueva imagen de su pasaporte, que incluye una memorable foto suya
Trump publica una nueva imagen de su pasaporte, que incluye una memorable foto suya
Por Donald Judd y Jennifer Hansler, CNN
El presidente Donald Trump presentó el viernes una nueva imagen de un pasaporte estadounidense conmemorativo especial que lleva su imagen, estrenando así un documento de edición limitada para conmemorar el 250 aniversario de Estados Unidos este año.
“El nuevo pasaporte de Estados Unidos, que dice: ‘¡Bienvenidos, pero pórtate bien!’”, publicó Trump en Truth Social.
Incluyó una página de pasaporte de muestra con una foto suya frente al Escritorio, el texto de la Declaración de Independencia original de fondo y su firma en la parte inferior. La página opuesta muestra una imagen del cuadro “La Declaración de Independencia” de John Trumbull.
El nuevo pasaporte parece presentar una imagen de Trump basada en el retrato del presidente que se encuentra en la Galería Nacional de Retratos del Smithsonian en Washington, y difiere de las publicadas por el Departamento de Estado a principios de este año, que mostraban una imagen diferente del presidente.
Más tarde, el viernes, la cuenta oficial de la Casa Blanca publicó una foto con la misma ilustración de la publicación de Truth Social, con el título “Nuevo pasaporte estadounidense para conmemorar el 250 aniversario de Estados Unidos”.
La Casa Blanca remitió las preguntas al Departamento de Estado cuando se le preguntó si la última imagen era la representación oficial de los pasaportes conmemorativos. CNN se ha puesto en contacto con el Departamento de Estado para obtener comentarios.
El nuevo documento de viaje de edición limitada se anunció por primera vez en abril como parte de la celebración del 250 aniversario de la nación.
Se presentó como “un pasaporte estadounidense de edición limitada para conmemorar la histórica ocasión del 250 aniversario de Estados Unidos”, con “ilustraciones personalizadas e imágenes mejoradas en la portada, el reverso y la cubierta interior”.
En declaraciones a CNN en aquel momento, un funcionario afirmó que el documento “será el pasaporte predeterminado emitido por la Agencia de Pasaportes de Washington cuando esté disponible” para quienes renueven sus pasaportes en persona en esa oficina.
“Las opciones en línea u otros lugares mantendrán el diseño actual del pasaporte”, declaró el funcionario.
Actualmente, la contraportada interior de los pasaportes estadounidenses muestra una imagen del cuadro de Percy Moran que retrata a Francis Scott Key la mañana después del bombardeo de Fort McHenry.
Esa batalla inspiró a Key a escribir lo que se convertiría en el himno nacional de Estados Unidos. Fragmentos del himno también aparecen impresos en la contraportada.
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- This designer will do anything for his village
This designer will do anything for his village
By Leah Dolan, CNN
Paris (CNN) — Fashion designer Willy Chavaria ranks well against all the typical measures of success within the fashion industry: he has a dedicated celebrity client roster, hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers, partnerships with global stockists and he’s launched collaborations with mainstream brands like Adidas, Zara and just teased another with Ugg. But he’s also built a village, a community as they say in the biz, of people who root for him — outside of simply buying his clothes — and he’ll do just about anything for them.
Since launching his menswear brand in 2015, the Mexican American designer casts the same key models repeatedly, such as Shaid Anaya, who takes breaks from his regular job as a construction workers to walk his shows. (This season, Chavarria re-cast Romeo Beckham after working together in Fall-Winter 2027, and enlisted friend and fellow fashion designer Bella Freud to walk.) His clothes, which are usually a homage, nod or reclamation of Chicano style, are not only celebrated in fashion circles but have managed to permeate the wider culture: There is an essay in the Harvard Review of Latin America dedicated to the emotional impact of Chavarria’s designs, where UC Santa Barbara professor Aída Hurtado writes that the first time she saw one of his shows online she “cried for a day.” And as of this year, the town of Huron, California, where the designer grew up, even named a day in his honor.
But as the saying goes, to have a village you must be a villager. This part of the deal appears to come naturally to Chavarria, who returned to Paris on Friday afternoon for his fourth season at the Men’s Fashion Week. In the days leading up to his show, Chavarria and his team were hard at work in his make-shift studio in the 6th arrondissement. So much so that it’s tough to pin him down for our scheduled interview. Each room we walk into offers up a new stimulus: a model’s shirt needs adjusting, which then must be tested with a quick strut; or a VIP’s outfit needs selecting, which, surprisingly, Chavarria sees to personally. There are hellos and photos and hugs. At one point right before we sit down to talk, the US rapper and show guest SAINt JHN voices concern over his look’s cream chino shorts. Might something in a darker color work better? Before I knew it, Chavarria was slipping off his own new season navy cotton cut-offs and handing them over, leaving himself standing diminutively in his oversized shirt and underwear. If you’re one of the ‘Willy Boys,’ the term he and his team use for his recurring models-turned-friends, he’ll happily give you the shirt off his back — or the shorts off his thighs, apparently.
It makes sense then that his Spring-Summer 2027 collection is titled “Comunión,” a word that translates to the coming together of people, either secularly or as part of a religious tradition. “Comunión is a belief that we are more whole together than apart, that the beauty of a person is sacred, and that the beauty of many gathered is holy,” read the show notes.
“I really spend a lot of time thinking about how people feel,” Chavarria said in his studio, now back in his shorts. “Like the global mentality of the time, and what it is we want to wear and who we want to be in this moment.” What he came up with was an offering of fun and whimsy — “positivity,” he summarized.
Friday’s runway inside the modernist Espace Niemeyer, the space-age HQ of the French Communist Party, began with a guided meditation reminding frazzled and heat-scorched show guests to relax their jaws, their shoulders, their necks and let any negative thoughts float away. Once the crowd was somatically present, Chavarria sent out a cooling parade of ice-cream colored outfits. There were sexy
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- Vinieron por el fútbol. Se enamoraron del aderezo ranch
Vinieron por el fútbol. Se enamoraron del aderezo ranch
Por Amy Gunia, CNN
Mucho antes de que la cultura surcoreana se globalizara, la Copa Mundial de 2002, coorganizada por la nación asiática, dio a conocer al mundo su crujiente pollo frito.
Los viajeros que visitaron Sudáfrica para el torneo de 2010 probaron su biltong, una especie de cecina. Y cuando Brasil fue sede cuatro años después, el cóctel helado caipiriña acaparó toda la atención.
La Copa del Mundo siempre ha sido un escaparate para la cultura culinaria del país anfitrión. Y este año no es diferente.
El aderezo ranch, una salsa hecha principalmente con suero de leche, aceite vegetal y especias, está conquistando a los turistas que descubren la gastronomía y la cultura estadounidenses por primera vez.
“El aderezo ranch debería ser un derecho humano”, escribió un usuario de Reddit , que se identificó como turista europeo, en un hilo sobre las opiniones de los visitantes del Mundial sobre el país.
Los fanáticos están tan entusiasmados con la salsa que la Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte (TSA), que gestiona el control de pasajeros en los aeropuertos, comentó sobre esta tendencia.
“Sí, pues tu equipaje de mano no estaba hecho para *revisa sus notas* 4 botellas de aderezo ranch…” dijo la TSA en una publicación de Instagram la semana pasada.
Una botella estándar de aderezo ranchero tiene 16 onzas (473 mililitros), mientras que la TSA exige que los líquidos en el equipaje de mano sean de 3.4 onzas (100 mililitros) o menos.
“Si nos visitas para un evento deportivo muy importante y descubres RANCH mientras estás aquí… por favor, llévatelo en tu equipaje facturado de camino a casa”, continuaba la publicación.
Actualmente, el aderezo ranch es el más popular del país para ensaladas, un puesto que ha ocupado durante décadas, según la Asociación de Aderezos y Salsas.
Esta salsa también es popular como acompañamiento para todo tipo de platos, desde alitas de pollo hasta pizza.
Fue inventado en la década de 1950 por un fontanero que trabajaba en Alaska y que necesitaba una forma creativa de hacer que las comidas que preparaba para sus compañeros fueran más interesantes.
Cuando se retiró a un rancho turístico en California, un lugar donde los turistas pueden experimentar la vida en el campo, comenzó a vender kits de especias para preparar en casa por correo.
Eso llamó la atención de Clorox, que compró Hidden Valley Ranch en 1972. La compañía creó una versión embotellada de larga duración, y así nació el aderezo ranch moderno.
Actualmente, innumerables marcas producen aderezo ranch en todo el país. Según datos proporcionados por Hidden Valley Ranch, las ventas ascendieron a unos US$ 1.500 millones el año pasado.
Incluso esta reportera de CNN, una estadounidense que se mudó a Hong Kong hace más de 15 años, tiene en su refrigerador una botella de 1,2 litros (40 onzas líquidas) de Hidden Valley Ranch, adquirida en una tienda especializada que importa productos estadounidenses.
El Gobierno estadounidense afirma que hasta 10 millones de turistas internacionales visitarán Estados Unidos con motivo del Mundial, asistiendo a partidos en 11 ciudades sede, desde Los Ángeles hasta Boston.
Una encuesta realizada por el Centro de Investigación Pew en 36 países y publicada esta semana reveló que el 57 %
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- National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences inducts Jeff Martin into Silver Circle
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences inducts Jeff Martin into Silver Circle
LA JOLLA, Calif. (KEYT) The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Pacific Southwest Region, inducted Jeff Martin into the Silver Circle.
The Silver Circle is a prestigious honor roll that recognizes individuals who began their television careers at least 25 years ago and those who have contributed to their community and the NATAS PSW chapter.
Martin plays a central role in the Unity Telethon, Old Spanish Days, public service announcements and more.
"It took a lot of people in my life to remind me, like Jeff this is a big deal, it is a really big deal, so it is finally sinking in, like wow, wow, and then when you look back at your video and your own history you're like didn't we just start doing this and here we are," said Martin."
Martin credits his mother for inspiring him to pursue his television career.
He grew up in Montana where he turned his childhood closet into a broadcast studio.
At 17 he told people at a TV station in Missoula that they needed to hire him and they did.
His next stop was an NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City.
For the past 42 years KEYT-TV has been his television home.
Kenny Loggins said he crossed paths with Jeff in 1986 when the Loggins created the Unity Telethon.
"Back then Jeff was just a skinny kid pushing buttons in a production truck, now he produces the whole live TV event, and we have worked together on many live performances over the years, along with my friend Mike McDonald, Olivia Newton-John, Clint Black, Brad Paisley, Jeff Bridges, Rob Lowe, so many more," said Loggins, "the thing that stands out the most for me is that, like myself, Jeff has a deep sense of care and commitment to the community in every project he touches."
The recognition does not mean Martin is retiring, he is still going strong behind the scenes.
Congratulations Jeff.
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28- Peruanos dicen que les prometieron trabajos en Rusia, pero terminaron en el frente en Ucrania
Peruanos dicen que les prometieron trabajos en Rusia, pero terminaron en el frente en Ucrania
Por Magdalena Sofia Vitores Moreno, Max Saltman, Jimena De La Quintana y Katharina Krebs, CNN
La última vez que Norma vio a su hijo fue a finales de enero, cuando lo dejó en un aeropuerto en Lima, la capital de Perú. Él le dijo que había encontrado un trabajo como cocinero para el Ejército ruso anunciado en las redes sociales, asegurándole que estaría lejos de la guerra en Ucrania, ganaría buen dinero e incluso tendría la oportunidad de obtener la ciudadanía rusa.
Norma sospechó de inmediato. Su hijo, de 31 años, nunca había salido de Perú antes y ni siquiera había sostenido un arma. (CNN no publica el nombre completo de Norma ni el de su hijo para protegerlos de represalias).
“Quería encerrarlo en la casa, pero él ya había tomado una decisión”, dijo Norma a CNN. Incluso consideró llamar a la Policía. “Él me dijo: ‘Mamá, por favor, entiende, solo voy como cocinero’. Pero el corazón de una madre sabe, si no, no me habría sentido tan ansiosa”.
Cuando lo dejó en el aeropuerto, Norma vio que había otros esperando para volar a Rusia también. Intentó interrogarlos, pero se negaron a hablar con ella.
“Mi hijo me pidió que no lo avergonzara, que tenía que creer en él, que solo iba a trabajar como cocinero”, dijo ella. “Me dejó con el corazón roto. Algo me decía que había algo mal. Me despedí, y esa fue la última vez que lo vi”.
Sus instintos eran correctos. Pronto, Norma recibió videos de su hijo que mostraban la verdadera naturaleza del trabajo. Él se había unido a las filas de cientos de hombres peruanos que, supuestamente, fueron atraídos a las fuerzas armadas rusas por reclutadores locales y anuncios en redes sociales con promesas de empleo lucrativo en Rusia, solo para encontrarse luchando en las líneas del frente de la guerra en Ucrania.
Poco después de que el hijo de Norma se uniera, le envió a su madre imágenes de sí mismo con equipo de combate, cavando trincheras y construyendo refugios de madera de pino con otros combatientes extranjeros en un bosque ucraniano, videos que ella compartió con CNN.
En las llamadas esporádicas que Norma tenía con su hijo y en los mensajes de video que él enviaba, podía escuchar drones explotando de fondo, aunque él le aseguraba que estaban lejos.
Los videos pronto dejaron de llegar a principios de abril, cuando el hijo de Norma dijo que estaba siendo “castigado” por un comandante debido a un mal comportamiento.
“Le dije ‘Eso es mentira, vas a pelear en la línea del frente’”, recordó ella. “Él me dijo que me calmara. Y desde ese día no he vuelto a saber de él”.
“Tengo esta luz de esperanza de que está en algún lugar, escondido en una trinchera, pero realmente no lo sé”.
A medida que la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania se prolonga, las fuerzas armadas rusas han hecho grandes esfuerzos para aumentar sus filas, incluso reclutando combatientes extranjeros de países en desarrollo con promesas de altos salarios y bonificaciones.
En febrero, CNN informó que numerosos hombres de países africanos habían sido obligados a prestar servicio militar en Rusia después de que se les ofrecieran trabajos civiles bien remunerados como conductores o guardias de seguridad. Una decena de hombres que hablaron con CNN dijeron que, poco después de llegar a Rusia, se vieron obligados a firmar contratos en ruso, recibieron una formación mínima y fueron enviados al combate.
Varios países han protestado por el reclutamiento ruso. El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Kenya viajó a Moscú en marzo para exigir que Rusia dejara de reclutar kenyanos, describiendo la red que lleva ciudadanos kenyanos a Rusia como una
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- Monarch Butterfly Report earns Patricia Martellotti Regional Emmy
Monarch Butterfly Report earns Patricia Martellotti Regional Emmy
LA JOLLA, Calif. (KEYT) News Channel reporter Patricia Martellotti's coverage of a monarch butterfly research project that tracks them with tiny transmitters received a regional Emmy.
"Hopefully with this new technology this will help us to help the buttery survive," said Martellotti.
Martellotti appeared speechless as she accepted the award, but she soon recovered and had the audience in stitches when she thanked her father for picking up the $500 tab for the hotel room at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines.
This is her first Emmy and she thanked her fellow nominees in the Environment / Science News category.
Martellotti's report entitled "Echoes of Flight" can be watched on https://keyt.com
"This is a dream come true and I thank my dad for paying for the hotel expenses, but more importantly I thank my dad ,my family and friends for their support and encouragement and my focus is on getting better at what I'm doing," said Martellotti.
News Channel's Tracy Lehr co-chaired the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Pacific Southwest 52 Annual Emmy Awards.
Some of KEYT's News Press Gazette (NPG) affiliates also earned regional Emmys.
Congratulations!
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- Venezuelans search for a future as well as survivors after twin quakes pile disaster on years of crisis
Venezuelans search for a future as well as survivors after twin quakes pile disaster on years of crisis
Written by Flora Charner from reporting by Osmary Hernández and Camille Rodríguez Montilla, CNN
Caracas and La Guaira, Venezuela (CNN) — Venezuelans are grappling with a stark question: after years of economic and political strife and now devastating twin earthquakes, can their country recover, or are the cracks just too deep?
Rescue teams and neighbors are still searching for survivors as the scale of the disaster comes into sharper focus — more than 1,400 are dead and thousands more remain missing.
“Some very tough days are coming,” said Caracas resident Neida Pernilla. Her apartment in the Venezuelan capital was destroyed in Wednesday’s 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that came within seconds of each other. But she says she is among the more fortunate — she and her relatives survived.
“I think we have to learn from everything we’re going through. That life is fleeting — just a moment. We have to thank God, the Virgin Mary, whatever we have faith in, for the fact that we’re alive, and we need to be more human, more cooperative, more humble.”
The quakes have hit the rich and the poor, millions of people, especially in the north of the country. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez told Venezuelans they were not alone. But decades of economic mismanagement have made it harder for the government to respond to the natural disaster on top of the long-running humanitarian crisis.
Residents have turned to taking essential supplies from stores in the port city of La Guaira, among the worst-hit areas.
Food and clean water have become scarce in the city, which is only about 20 miles from the capital but is largely isolated now because of collapsed roadways and damaged bridges.
“It’s been us, the families, trying to dig through debris to find our relatives,” said Mileidy Duque, 43. “My 82-year-old mother, my brother, my daughter and her boyfriend are still missing.”
Her family lived on the second floor of the Luisa Caceres de Arismendi building, government housing that was inaugurated by ousted President Nicolás Maduro in 2015.
“This situation is so sad, not just for me, but for all of Venezuela. I have no words to explain how it feels to fear that your family is trapped in there,” Duque told CNN. “I feel like my hands are tied, it’s very difficult.”
Lindomar Milla’s sister and brother-in-law are among the known dead from the Playa Los Cocos neighborhood in La Guaira.
“I’m heartbroken, but I thank God that I know where they are,” Milla told CNN, sitting outside the morgue in Caracas where their remains had been taken. “There are families from all over the country who still don’t know if their relatives are dead or alive. It’s so painful.”
Many in La Guaira remember a previous tragedy, when the city was hit by massive landslides after torrential rain in December 1999. An official death toll was never published, but researchers at the Central University of Venezuela estimated nearly 15,000 people died.
“This was much worse than the mudslides,” Milla said. “So many people are still looking for their loved ones. There are people who traveled to La Guaira and found buildings that no longer exist.”
A fog of grief and tension
Hundreds of aftershocks have rattled buildings and nerves, as the seconds ticked away in the so-called 72-hour golden window, when it is most likely to find victims alive in the rubble.
Cheers ring out when survivors are rescued – moments
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- The Trump administration fought to change a national park slavery exhibit. Here’s why Philadelphia vows to keep fighting back
The Trump administration fought to change a national park slavery exhibit. Here’s why Philadelphia vows to keep fighting back
By Danny Freeman, CNN
Philadelphia (CNN) — Just days away from America’s 250th birthday — and steps away from where the country itself was born — visitors to the City of Brotherly Love are met with an unusual sight: an incomplete national park.
“It’s a living historical moment,” said Mijuel Johnson, a local guide with a group called The Black Journey, who spends much of his working days giving tours around Philadelphia’s historic district.
Right next to some of the most recognizable landmarks in the United States — including where the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence — a months-long legal battle between the City of Philadelphia and the Trump administration over an exhibit on slavery has paralyzed a portion of Independence National Historic Park.
The fight is just one part of the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with the president’s political directives, supported by an executive order “restoring truth and sanity” to American history.
But in this case, the result has been physical missing pieces, a legal entanglement spanning multiple courts and parties, and a city galvanized to keep the history of slavery alive.
However, it’s unclear if the site will be restored, removed or replaced anytime soon. The next move is up to the federal government.
“Hopefully when all of this is put back up, we might be able to add something talking about this part of the history of the memorial,” Johnson told CNN, referring to the battle over the exhibit, as tourists passed through the site.
The conflict itself over how to represent slavery, Johnson argued, should eventually be memorialized too.
The past
The dispute surrounds the President’s House, a perhaps lesser-known open-air part of the Philadelphia national park, which includes the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Presidents George Washington and John Adams lived at the house.
For more than a decade, the President’s House has honored the lives of nine men and women enslaved by George Washington in one of the homes he resided in while president. The exhibit, which was created as a collaboration between the City of Philadelphia and the National Park Service, also featured a historical timeline of American slavery.
But as part of President Donald Trump’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order and his administration’s nationwide effort to remove content in cultural institutions that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living,” the Department of Interior targeted the site for change.
In January, video from CNN affiliate WPVI showed work crews dismantling large display panels at the site with crowbars.
The City of Philadelphia sued to stop the federal government from changing the exhibit and initially won in court.
“…this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims — to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts,” wrote US District Court Judge Cynthia Rufe in a February opinion.
“It does not,” stated Rufe.
The original exhibits started to go back up.
But the Trump administration appealed, and the restoration stopped. The Department of Interior later proposed its own new e
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| 29- Ola de calor peligrosa y potencialmente récord abrasará a millones este 4 de julio en EE.UU.
Ola de calor peligrosa y potencialmente récord abrasará a millones este 4 de julio en EE.UU.
Por Briana Waxman, meteoróloga de CNN
Millones de estadounidenses en la mitad oriental de Estados Unidos se enfrentan a un periodo prolongado de calor peligroso y potencialmente récord, justo cuando los estadounidenses se preparan para salir al aire libre y celebrar el 250º Día de la Independencia del país.
El calor y la humedad opresivos se mantendrán sobre el Medio Oeste a principios de esta semana, luego se desplazarán hacia el Atlántico medio y el Noreste para este miércoles. La extensa cúpula de calor persistirá sobre el este, especialmente en el corredor de la I-95, y alcanzará su punto máximo este viernes, justo a tiempo para el largo fin de semana del 4 de julio.
Muchas zonas soportarán varios días consecutivos con temperaturas cercanas o superiores a los 38 °C, mientras que la humedad hará que los índices de calor, o temperaturas de “sensación térmica”, lleguen a los 43 °C o más.
Las olas de calor en todo el mundo se están volviendo más intensas y frecuentes debido al calentamiento causado por el ser humano a partir de la contaminación por combustibles fósiles. Las olas de calor récord en Europa la semana pasada y en el oeste de Estados Unidos en marzo son dos ejemplos recientes.
El calor también es el tipo de clima más mortal en Estados Unidos, con un promedio anual de muertes mayor que el de tornados, huracanes y rayos combinados, según las estadísticas del servicio meteorológico.
La mayor preocupación no es solo cuán calurosas se vuelven las tardes, sino también que el calor no se detendrá cuando se ponga el sol. La combinación de varios días consecutivos de calor y noches excepcionalmente cálidas en una vasta área geográfica representa una grave amenaza para la salud.
Más de 100 récords diarios de temperaturas máximas podrían igualarse o superarse, pero más de 250 récords de temperaturas mínimas nocturnas cálidas podrían ser desafiados solo esta semana.
El mensaje del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional ha sido consistente: esta ola de calor es diferente. En el este de Virginia, el servicio meteorológico dice que esta podría ser la ola de calor más significativa de la región desde julio de 2012, que resultó en una decena de muertes en el estado, entre más de 30 fallecimientos relacionados con el calor en cuatro estados. Otras oficinas de pronóstico desde el Atlántico medio hasta Nueva Inglaterra advierten de que varios días de calor peligroso y noches inusualmente cálidas crearán un riesgo elevado de enfermedades relacionadas con el calor.
Se pronostica que Richmond, Virginia, superará los 38 °C durante tres días consecutivos, lo que podría romper récords diarios cada día y acercarse a las temperaturas más altas registradas en julio en la ciudad.
En Carolina del Norte, no se espera que Raleigh desafíe su récord histórico de temperatura máxima de 41 °C, pero las temperaturas mínimas nocturnas a finales de esta semana podrían acercarse al récord histórico de temperatura mínima nocturna más cálida de la ciudad, de 27 °C.
En la ciudad de Washington, máximas de 38 °C el jueves y 39,4 °C el viernes romperían récords diarios si se confirma el pronóstico, mientras que las temperaturas nocturnas podrían mantenerse por encima de los 27 °C, amenazando los récords de mínimas cálidas. La ciudad de Nueva York podría igualar tanto su récord diario de temperatura máxima el jueves como su récord de temperatura mínima nocturna más cálida la noche del jueves.
La próxima ola de calor también tendrá un alcance masivo. Más de 100 millones de personas se encuentran en un nivel 3 de 4 de riesgo de calor “mayor” o nivel
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- Futbolista argentino pierde a su esposa y dos hijos en terremotos de Venezuela
Futbolista argentino pierde a su esposa y dos hijos en terremotos de Venezuela
Por Anabella González, Ione Molinares y Laura Sharman, CNN
Un futbolista argentino de un equipo de la segunda división venezolana perdió a su esposa y a sus dos hijos tras los terremotos de la semana pasada, los más fuertes que han sacudido Venezuela en más de un siglo.
Lucas Trejo, quien juega para el Club Sport Marítimo La Guaira, pasó gran parte de los últimos tres días buscando entre los escombros y buscando señales de su esposa Yanina y sus hijos Aarón y Ainhoa.
El cuñado de Trejo, Ricardo Ardiles, dijo a CNN Español el viernes que el futbolista estaba “emocionalmente abrumado” y que “absolutamente nada” quedaba de la casa familiar frente al mar en La Guaira, una de las zonas más afectadas.
Más de 1.400 personas murieron y miles más están desaparecidas en Venezuela, informaron las autoridades el domingo.
Trejo, de 38 años, se encontraba en un campo de entrenamiento del equipo en Caracas cuando ocurrieron los dos terremotos, informó CNN Español. Inmediatamente se apresuró a llegar a su casa en La Guaira, a 18 millas al norte de la capital.
“Lo que encontró fue una escena horrible”, dijo Ardiles. “No encontró absolutamente nada de lo que había sido el edificio. Nuestra esperanza es que no estuvieran allí”.
Trejo revisó los escombros y buscó pistas en la zona, pidiendo ayuda que requería maquinaria pesada, según CNN Español.
Amigos y compañeros de equipo también habían hecho un video suplicando por más maquinaria.
“En este momento solo tenemos una máquina, pero no es suficiente”, dijo Robert Garcés, quien juega para el Metropolitanos F.C. de Venezuela.
Sin embargo, la búsqueda llegó a un final desgarrador.
El domingo, el Club Sport Marítimo La Guaira dijo que “lamenta profundamente la irreparable pérdida” de la familia de Trejo en una publicación en redes sociales, compartiendo una foto de los cuatro juntos; Trejo con una mano sobre el hombro de su hija y la otra alrededor de su esposa.
“Lucas, no estás solo. Tu familia en Marítimo La Guaira está contigo”, decía la publicación.
El desastre de la semana pasada, que el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos calificó como un raro “doblete”, con dos grandes terremotos ocurriendo con solo 39 segundos de diferencia, también ha matado y afectado a varios futbolistas en el país.
Yimvert Berroterán, un joven talento prometedor, estuvo entre las cientos de personas que murieron, dijeron el viernes la selección nacional de Venezuela y la Federación Venezolana de Fútbol (FVF).
El joven de 18 años jugó en la Copa Mundial Sub-17 en Doha hace unos meses y recientemente para la selección nacional Sub-20.
El sismo también cobró la vida de los jóvenes jugadores Víctor Palacios y Razan Sijaa, según la FVF y sus respectivos clubes.
La pareja de otro jugador, Héctor Bello, murió mientras protegía a su hija pequeña, dijo Bello el sábado en redes sociales.
“Me aseguraré de recordarle a nuestra niña lo maravillosa que eras y cuánto la amabas”, escribió Bello en una publicación en Instagram.
Entre los fallecidos también hay turistas y residentes extranjeros, incluidos ocho ciudadanos chinos, según informaron el domingo medios estatales chinos.
El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de España informó que al menos nueve ciudadanos españoles han muerto y más de 100 están desaparecidos.
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- After 40 years in Congress, Nancy Pelosi to help create institute to train leaders of the future
After 40 years in Congress, Nancy Pelosi to help create institute to train leaders of the future
By Dana Bash, CNN
(CNN) — For the first time in 40 years, retiring Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California will not be returning to Congress in January.
CNN has learned where she will direct her legendary energy — at the University of California, Berkeley, which is creating the Nancy Pelosi Institute. The institute, dedicated to research, learning and civic engagement, is slated to open in January 2027.
“I think all of us in public service who have an opportunity to do so, want to use our experience to train leaders for the future,” Pelosi said in a phone interview.
“I viewed this as a liberation for me from the political, not politics, but partisanship. Because you’re going to an academic institution. It’s about what our founders had in mind with our Constitution, and it’s a beautiful story to tell,” she said.
The former House speaker said a group of administrators and about eight professors at Berkeley approached her almost a year ago with the idea of the Nancy Pelosi Institute. She said she was complimented and, even, “dazzled” by the proposal, but also surprised — so much so that she took some time before agreeing to go forward.
What intrigued Pelosi the most, she said, was the notion of a bipartisan academic center at Berkeley, “the epitome of public education,” with a concentration on issues she spent her decadeslong political career focused on.
“I loved it because they talked about human rights in the US and in the world, talking about and addressing the challenges to our democracy, talking about challenges of the climate and economic income inequity,” Pelosi, 86, said.
After hearing their ideas, Pelosi agreed to raise $25 million before the announcement, which the famously prodigious fundraiser said she did “quite easily.” The university said in a press release that this is a $50 million campaign.
Unlike other academic institutes or eponymous endeavors, Pelosi said this will not be a “brick-and-mortar thing” but rather “programmatic.”
She was asked: You won’t see “Nancy Pelosi Institute” on a building?
“I hope not,” she replied with a laugh.
“They have classrooms, they have auditoriums, they have theaters,” she added.
While Pelosi’s papers from her time as speaker of the House are at the Library of Congress, she said the institute will display of some of the awards she received, the legislation she helped pass, and, maybe, even some “personal effects” to make it “fun and interesting to get people there.” This exhibit is slated to open in spring of 2027.
“It’s about technology. Anything you wany to convey, you can convey technologically. It doesn’t mean you don’t want physical evidence so that people have excitement about seeing the original … but people want to know how these things happened more than what they were exactly,” Pelsoi said.
The California congresswoman said she will bring high-profile people from both parties to visit and lecture at Berkeley, and that she will even co-teach a class with professor Eric Schickler, a leading scholar on Congress.
“If you’re trying to engage another generation to prepare them for the future, you must listen to them. That’s the exciting part of it.” Pelosi said.
To be sure, the two-time House speaker still has this November’s elections on her mind, saying, unsolicited, that “we’re going to win the House,”
“I’m so proud of what I leave behind, and how they go on to what’s next,” Pelosi said.
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- Alex Murdaugh expected to be in court for first time since his murder convictions were overturned
Alex Murdaugh expected to be in court for first time since his murder convictions were overturned
By Dianne Gallagher, Eric Levenson, CNN
(CNN) — Alex Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and son, is expected to appear in court Monday in what will be his first hearing since his murder convictions were overturned on appeal.
Murdaugh, 58, is due in court for a status and scheduling conference on Monday at 10 a.m. in Lexington before Circuit Court Judge Debra McCaslin, who will now oversee the case. The hearing is expected to be on camera.
Murdaugh’s attorneys filed several pretrial motions last week, including requests for a change of venue, for further independent testing of DNA evidence and for Murdaugh to get access to a computer behind bars.
It is possible, but unlikely, the judge will rule on all of the motions from the bench Monday. Instead, both parties will likely learn more about the timeframe for the next steps in the potentially lengthy legal re-do.
Separate from the murder case, Murdaugh pleaded guilty to dozens of financial crimes and remains behind bars on concurrent state and federal sentences of 27 and 40 years. He is expected to be in shackles when he comes to court Monday, the result of an intriguing legal back-and-forth with prosecutors.
The hearing marks the start of the road to retrial for Murdaugh in a sprawling saga that has already had enough twists to fill multiple true-crime documentaries, dramatized shows and best-selling books.
The case stems from the June 2021 fatal shootings of Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, outside their family home in Islandton, a small community in South Carolina’s Lowcountry.
Murdaugh was a partner at a powerful law firm with his name on it, and his father, grandfather and great-grandfather served as the local prosecutor consecutively from 1920 to 2006.
But that prominence belied underlying issues, and the alleged killings of his wife and son were followed by accusations of misappropriated funds, his resignation, a bizarre alleged suicide-for-hire and insurance scam plot, a stint in rehab for drug addiction, dozens of financial crimes, his disbarment and, ultimately, the murder charges.
In 2023, Murdaugh was found guilty of the murders after a six-week trial that featured testimony about his years of embezzlement and theft as an attorney, video placing him at the crime scene and his dramatic admission on the stand that he had repeatedly lied to investigators. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the convictions, saying the trial was tainted by the county clerk Becky Hill’s inappropriate comments to jurors implying his guilt. Hill later pleaded guilty to criminal charges connected to the case, though she has never been charged with jury tampering.
Last month, the state Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions and ordered a new trial, saying his previous trial was marred by Hill’s “improper” influence.
Defense’s pretrial motions
The defense’s pretrial motions focus on issues related to venue and evidence as well as Murdaugh’s preparation for court and appearance.
Murdaugh’s attorneys argued that their client cannot receive “the fair and impartial trial guaranteed to him” in the Fourteenth Circuit, which includes Colleton County, where his 2023 double-murder trial was held.
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| 30- Manhunt underway after bomb explosion wounds three at Monaco residence
Manhunt underway after bomb explosion wounds three at Monaco residence
By Lex Harvey, CNN
(CNN) — Authorities in the wealthy city-state of Monaco have launched a manhunt that’s stretched across the border into France after several people were wounded in an explosion caused by a bomb that was planted in a residential building.
The bomb exploded shortly before 9 p.m. local time Monday, with the wounded, including a child, transported to hospital in Nice in neighboring France, according to the Monaco government.
A man was caught on camera fleeing to Beausoleil, a French town which borders Monaco, the town’s mayor Gérard Spinelli said in a press conference, according to the Associated Press.
About 40 French soldiers and two helicopters have been deployed to assist with the chase, according to CNN-affiliate BFMTV.
Violent crime is virtually nonexistent in Monaco, a city state located on the Mediterranean Sea, home to roughly 40,000 people and known as a playground for the wealthy.
Monaco’s Prince Albert II said in a statement that “all the relevant State services are currently mobilized, in close cooperation with the French authorities.”
“We trust them to establish the circumstances of this tragedy as swiftly as possible, to identify those responsible and to provide every necessary response, at every level.”
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- A soccer star’s Birkin collection is turning heads at the World Cup
A soccer star’s Birkin collection is turning heads at the World Cup
By Teddy Brown, CNN
(CNN) — Norwegian striker Erling Haaland is used to attention. He’s six foot five inches with shoulder-length blonde hair that loudly gestures towards his Viking pedigree. He is also among the best soccer players in the world and has led his country’s men’s team to its first FIFA World Cup appearance in nearly three decades. But a couple of weeks ago, stylist and TikToker Jack Savoie pointed to something else Haaland is known for: his collection of Hermès bags.
“Have you seen Erling Haaland’s custom Birkins?” Savoie said in a video that quickly went viral. “Baby, buckle up.”
“OK the first thing I should say is that they’re not all Birkins,” Savoie said in a phone interview. Many of Haaland’s bags are actually Haut à Courroies (HAC), the model that the Birkin is based off, but with a slightly taller and narrower profile. That doesn’t do anything to dull the impact of Haaland’s collection, though.
In the video, with over 10 million views, Savoie spends several minutes breaking down the soccer star’s collection. There’s the special edition “Endless Road” HAC that he carried as he deplaned in North Carolina ahead of the World Cup. The bone colored bag is decorated with a patchwork of blue and gray leather that creates a mountain highway scene. There’s a moss-colored canvas HAC and a black-and-orange checkerboard HAC, and he was even spotted with his girlfriend Isabel Haugseng Johansen’s Birkin 25 tucked inside his HAC 50. “He was doubled up on Birkins, it was so chic,” Savoie said.
Haaland isn’t the only soccer player with a taste for Hermès: Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi has a pocket-festooned cargo HAC 40 he travels with, and Dutch defender and fashion aficionado Virgil van Dijk has a putty gray leather one. David Beckham seemingly has a small collection of XL-sized bags as well.
Fancy bags of all kinds are being seen at the World Cup. The French men’s national team — one of the favorites to win the entire tournament — arrived with HACs, as well as bags from Chanel and Louis Vuitton. French forward Marcus Thuram carried a bright green suede maxi flap bag from a Chanel collaboration with Pharrell Williams, while Rayan Cherki carried an oversized Hermès Kelly Maxi.
But Haaland’s enviable collection has triggered another round of discussion about men and the innocent handbag. The juxtaposition of the apex masculinity of the professional athlete with traditionally feminine signifiers of the luxury handbag does seem to short circuit something in the wider culture.
Photos of Haaland on the tarmac posted to social media were riddled with homophobia and comments questioning the striker’s masculinity. “I will never understand why a grown man wants to carry a handbag,” one Instagram user wrote.
Others were more supportive. “So this is how I find out Haaland is a baddie???” another commented.
“I think for so long people have been told what they can and can’t wear, but there’s this shift where people are saying, ‘I don’t care,’” said Savoie. “If it makes me happy, I’m going to wear this in the way I want to wear it.” He points to the increasing number of male athletes wearing high-end jewelry like Van Cleef & Arpels on the playing field, even if the specific pieces have more feminine associations.
The specific irony of something like an Hermès HAC being categorized as hyperfeminine is that the bag was created in the late 19th century as a carryall for horse riding equipment, much like the rest of the brand’s offerings at the time. The brand wouldn’t introduce
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- Lanzan operación de búsqueda tras la explosión de una bomba que dejó tres heridos en una residencia de Mónaco
Lanzan operación de búsqueda tras la explosión de una bomba que dejó tres heridos en una residencia de Mónaco
Por Lex Harvey, CNN
Las autoridades de la acaudalada ciudad-estado de Mónaco han puesto en marcha una operación de búsqueda que se ha extendido hasta Francia, después de que varias personas resultaran heridas en una explosión provocada por una bomba colocada en un edificio residencial.
La bomba explotó poco antes de las 9:00 de la noche, hora local, del lunes, y los heridos, entre ellos un niño, fueron trasladados a un hospital en Niza, en la vecina Francia, según el gobierno de Mónaco.
Un hombre fue captado por las cámaras huyendo hacia Beausoleil, una ciudad francesa que limita con Mónaco, declaró el alcalde de la ciudad, Gérard Spinelli, en una rueda de prensa, de acuerdo con la agencia Associated Press.
Según BFMTV, filial de CNN, unos 40 soldados franceses y dos helicópteros han sido desplegados para ayudar en la persecución.
Los delitos violentos son prácticamente inexistentes en Mónaco, una ciudad-estado situada en el mar Mediterráneo, hogar de aproximadamente 40.000 personas y conocida como un lugar de recreo para los ricos.
El príncipe Alberto II de Mónaco declaró en un comunicado que “todos los servicios estatales pertinentes están actualmente movilizados, en estrecha colaboración con las autoridades francesas”.
“Confiamos en que esclarezcan las circunstancias de esta tragedia lo más rápidamente posible, identifiquen a los responsables y proporcionen toda la respuesta necesaria, a todos los niveles”, apuntó.
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- Inside the SpaceX trading frenzy
Inside the SpaceX trading frenzy
By John Towfighi, CNN
New York (CNN) — SpaceX was expected to be one of the hottest stocks on Wall Street this year – and it has quickly delivered on that promise, shattering trading volume records while companies race to launch new products tied to the stock.
Both the size of the IPO and the hype around it – and CEO Elon Musk – have ignited outsized interest from investors.
“I don’t recall seeing one stock dominate our customers’ activity in this manner,” Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, said in a note.
SpaceX stock by the numbers:
- IPO: Priced at $135 a share
- June 12: Stock debuts at $150 – and closes at roughly $161
- June 16: Stock rockets to an intraday high of almost $226 before closing at $202
- June 23: Stocks hits intraday low of $147 before closing at $156
- June 26: Stock end the week at $153, down 17% on the week
- June 29: Stocks closes at $164, up 7.15% on the day
Trading frenzy
Charles Schwab, which has been offering trading services for more than 50 years, told CNN that SpaceX’s IPO day was in the top five most active trading days in Schwab’s history.
At Citadel Securities, a market maker, SpaceX’s IPO was the largest single day of net buying from retail investors in the firm’s history, outpacing the previous record by 50%, a company spokesperson said.
The stock’s initial post-IPO surge briefly lifted SpaceX’s market value above Amazon and Microsoft. At $150 a share – its debut price – SpaceX still has a larger market value than either Meta or Tesla.
Investors who bought and held are experiencing volatility. SpaceX shares soared 15% in their first week of trading before falling 17% in their second week. But it hasn’t dissuaded people from getting involved.
“Investors who chased the first-week rally got hurt,” Luke Lango, technology analyst and publisher of Innovation Investor, said in an email. “That’s the oldest IPO story in the book.”
“But the underlying business — dominant launch monopoly, profitable Starlink, xAI embedded at the core — is a decade-long story, not a two-week story,” he added.
On trading platform Interactive Brokers, SpaceX has consistently been in the top two most traded stocks every day since its IPO. The one stock that has overtaken SpaceX on Interactive Brokers: Micron Technology (MU). Micron has soared as part of the chipmaker boom.
“SpaceX has captured the imagination of a lot of traders who are normally very active in Tesla, and they’ve moved their focus toward SpaceX,” Sosnick at Interactive Brokers told CNN in a phone interview.
Jay Ritters, professor emeritus at the University of Florida, told CNN that IPOs with the most volatility tend to be highly valued growth companies.
“These companies are almost always growing rapidly, but with a lot of uncertainty about how big and how profitable they will become,” Ritter said. “SpaceX certainly fits into this category.”
SpaceX has enormous business ambitions, including data centers in space and perfecting its rocket launch capabilities. But SpaceX is burning cash on its AI businesses, and investors are making a bet that the company will be able to reach profitability in the future.
“I expect that the stock will continue to be volatile for many years,” Ritter said.
Wall Street and ETFs
SpaceX won’t be a part of the S&P 500 for at least a year, but it’s set to become a part of other popular indexes. SpaceX has officially joined the Russell 1000 and will join the Nasdaq 100 in Ju
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- The price tag behind Taylor Swift’s rumored wedding bash at Madison Square Garden
The price tag behind Taylor Swift’s rumored wedding bash at Madison Square Garden
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN
New York (CNN) — It’s a cruel summer for anyone who wants details on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s impending wedding celebration. But one thing is for certain: If the nuptials do happen at Madison Square Garden, the newly minted billionaire and three-time NFL champion can afford to go all out.
Here’s what we know so far: Sources told CNN on Tuesday that the Garden is set to host two events related to their union this week: a rehearsal on Thursday evening and a larger celebration for 1,000 people the next day. Reporters confirmed a street permit in the area. And Stevie Nicks is rumored to perform?
MSG, known as “the world’s most famous arena,” can hold a dual meaning for the couple.
“The significance of it being a venue that’s in the city that she has a home in, and because it’s a venue that caters to both music and to sports, (it) is a perfect fit for their union,” Tracy Taylor Ward, a luxury wedding designer, told CNN.
But one does not casually tie the knot at an arena in bustling midtown. Regardless of whether the wedding will take place at the Garden, it underscores the star power – and fat wallet – of the couple.
One luxury wedding planner, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing the privacy expectations of her clientele, estimated a luxury wedding at the Garden could cost from $15 million to $20 million. Another luxury wedding planner, Jason Rhee, estimated it could be “$10 million.”
Here’s what it could take to get married at the arena.
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Every couple knows that the biggest expense in a wedding is the venue (an average of $12,900 in 2026 for us mortals, according to The Knot). The price significantly jacks up at a venue that just hosted courtside NBA championship seats for $220,000.
Rhee estimated venue costs could go into the millions, including the days needed to load and unload décor and materials. TMZ reported booking MSG costs $1 million a night.
CNN has reached out to Madison Square Garden to confirm its rental costs and labor policy.
The cost of the extras
Ira Levy said he has handled the lighting and sound for weddings of high-profile clientele including the Ambani family in India and Ivanka Trump. At a venue like Madison Square Garden, lighting could start at $650,000 for an event and go up to “almost a million dollars,” Levy said.
For context, lighting for large-scale weddings in luxury tents are usually between $150,000 to $300,000 for the entire event, he said.
The anonymous wedding planner said that while they have seen people spend up to $500,000 on flowers and decor, Swift could easily hit $1 million or more based on the arena’s size.
And then there’s the people behind the scenes.
It’s a production – which Swift is well-equipped in dealing with after the Eras Tour – from stagehands to riggers, who are the tradespeople responsible for hanging equipment from ceilings. It’s already pricey, but at Madison Square Garden, much of this labor is unionized. That means costs are higher than they would be in many other parts of the US.
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- Entran en vigor los cambios radicales de Trump en los préstamos estudiantiles. Esto es lo que significan
Entran en vigor los cambios radicales de Trump en los préstamos estudiantiles. Esto es lo que significan
Por Tami Luhby, CNN
Atención, beneficiarios de préstamos estudiantiles federales: Se avecinan cambios importantes a partir de este miércoles.
Es entonces cuando entran en vigor muchas de las disposiciones contenidas en la ambiciosa Ley “One Big Beautiful Bill” del presidente Donald Trump.
Algunos prestatarios, sobre todo los de bajos ingresos, se verán afectados por cuotas mensuales más altas.
Los nuevos estudiantes de posgrado y profesionales tendrán que lidiar con límites de préstamo más estrictos.
Los padres también se enfrentarán a límites más estrictos en la cantidad que pueden pedir prestada para ayudar a sus hijos.
El Departamento de Educación de EE.UU. afirma que las reformas implementan límites de préstamos sensatos, simplifican las opciones de pago y mejoran la salud del sistema federal de préstamos estudiantiles.
Sin embargo, los críticos temen que estos cambios dificulten y encarezcan la financiación de la educación y el posterior pago de los préstamos para los estudiantes.
Los préstamos estudiantiles federales son fundamentales para que muchos estadounidenses puedan ir a la universidad o a la escuela de posgrado.
Casi 43 millones de beneficiarios tienen préstamos estudiantiles, por un total de US$ 1,7 billones, a marzo, según la Oficina de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes.
Esto es lo que los prestatarios deben saber.
La ley que Trump promulgó el pasado mes de julio creó un nuevo plan de reembolso estándar escalonado y un nuevo Plan de Asistencia para el Reembolso, conocido como RAP.
Según el plan estándar, los prestatarios tendrán entre 10 y 25 años para pagar sus préstamos, dependiendo del monto solicitado.
Quienes tengan saldos más altos dispondrán de más tiempo para amortizar sus préstamos, lo que se traducirá en cuotas mensuales más bajas.
En el plan RAP, los pagos mensuales de los prestatarios oscilarán entre el 1 % y el 10 % de sus ingresos, según sus ganancias, aunque deberán pagar al menos US$ 10 al mes.
Los beneficiarios recibirán una reducción de US$ 50 en sus pagos mensuales por cada dependiente, y los saldos restantes se cancelarán después de 30 años de pagos.
Según expertos en préstamos estudiantiles, algunos prestatarios pagarán más con el programa RAP que con las opciones de reembolso actuales basadas en los ingresos, debido a la forma en que están estructurados los nuevos programas.
Es importante destacar que estas nuevas opciones de planes de reembolso solo se aplican a los estudiantes que soliciten nuevos préstamos, al menos durante los próximos dos años.
Los prestatarios que actualmente están pagando sus préstamos no notarán cambios inmediatos.
Sin embargo, la mayoría de los planes de pago existentes, incluidos el Plan de Pago Contingente a los Ingresos (ICR) y el Plan de Pago Según Ingresos (PAYE), se eliminarán a partir de julio de 2028.
En ese momento, los prestatarios deberán cambiarse al nuevo plan de pago estándar escalonado, RAP, o al Plan de Pago Basado en los Ingresos.
Quienes participan en el plan Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE), un plan de reembolso basado en los ingresos implementado durante la administración Biden y bloqueado por tribunales federales, están siendo notificados de que deben cambiarse a un plan alternativo en un plazo de 90 días.
Según los expertos, pagarán considerablemente más con el plan RAP.
Los nuevos graduados de 2026 tienen la opción de elegir el nuevo plan de reembolso RAP o los planes de reembolso estándar escalonados, pero también tienen acceso a las opciones de reembolso existentes hasta julio de 2028.
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- How a new super PAC formed to counter AIPAC is fueling democratic socialists’ wins
How a new super PAC formed to counter AIPAC is fueling democratic socialists’ wins
By Patrick Svitek, CNN
(CNN) — Two years ago, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spent millions of dollars through its super PAC to defeat two vocal critics of Israel, Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York.
“AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down,” Bush vowed in her concession speech.
Now AIPAC’s opponents believe that they are on the offensive – and a new group called American Priorities has a lot to do with it.
The super PAC, which started just six months ago, has quickly emerged as an influential force in House Democratic primaries, spending at least $5.6 million to boost Democrats who are fiercely critical of Israel, its war in Gaza and AIPAC’s influence in Democratic primaries. American Priorities helped two democratic socialists – Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez – pull off wins in the recent New York primaries and also chipped in to help a third, Melat Kiros, defeat Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette on Tuesday.
The group’s spending is still dwarfed by that of AIPAC’s super PAC, the United Democracy Project, which has spent at least $34 million this election cycle. The two sides have not gone head-to-head in many primaries yet, picking their fights more pragmatically. But to progressives who had gotten used to being vastly outspent, American Priorities has become something of an unexpected savior.
The 2024 election year was a “bruising cycle for us, but it was a real building cycle,” said Usamah Andrabi, a spokesperson for Justice Democrats, a progressive group that is often aligned with American Priorities in primaries. “We are seeing this cycle the fruits of this labor.”
A spokesperson for American Priorities said the group was created out of a belief that there was “nothing close to a countervailing force” to AIPAC in primaries.
“The idea was to build a spending force that would back people who speak plainly about what most Democratic voters – and indeed most Americans – already believe, so that telling the truth stops being the thing that gets you outspent three to one,” the spokesperson, Greg Krieg, said in a statement.
American Priorities poses an ideological test for progressives who have long denounced not just AIPAC’s spending, but also all big money in politics. So far, that has been the basis of AIPAC’s response to American Priorities.
“The same scrutiny that’s applied to the AIPAC super PAC should be applied to anti-Israel dark money as well,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesman for United Democracy Project, told CNN in response to requests for comment for this story.
Asked whether American Priorities was having an impact on AIPAC’s strategy in primaries, Dorton said the super PAC makes “our own independent decisions based on evaluating each race.”
Bush, who is making a comeback bid for her old seat in an August primary, told CNN recently that she does not know much about American Priorities but that AIPAC’s opponents now know they “need to go full force” to combat its influence.
“I truly believe that we need to get the big money out of politics,” Bush said. “But right now, having a counterweight to AIPAC and … the big cryptocurrency folks and big real estate, big pharma, the war profiteers, ICE contractors … will be useful to us because often one of the issues we have is we are grassroots.”
The group’s impact
American Priorities has raised $5.5 million as of June 3, according to its filings with the Federal Election Commission. That’s a modest sum compared to the eight-figure funding of AIPAC’s super PAC, which spent nearly $6 million alone in one recent House primary in Maryland in which its preferred candidate won.
But American Priorities’ willingness to spend upwards of $1 million in individual races – and to spend at critical junctures in campaigns – represents a new capacity for the anti-AIPAC left. Oper
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| 2- El vertiginoso aumento de los ingresos en Mar-a-Lago muestra los lazos entre los intereses comerciales y políticos de Trump
El vertiginoso aumento de los ingresos en Mar-a-Lago muestra los lazos entre los intereses comerciales y políticos de Trump
Por Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman y Kevin Liptak, CNN
Desde que el presidente Donald Trump retomó el cargo, su fortuna se ha disparado. Una nueva declaración financiera muestra que sus dos principales complejos turísticos de Florida también han registrado aumentos récord en sus ingresos, una clara muestra de cómo se superponen los negocios personales de Trump y su política presidencial.
Trump ha visitado las propiedades de Mar-a-Lago y Trump National Doral más de dos docenas de veces desde principios del año pasado, organizando cenas de recaudación de fondos con un coste de un millón de dólares por cubierto, agasajando a dignatarios extranjeros y dando la bienvenida a galas republicanas.
Líderes de la industria y grupos políticos también se han apresurado a reservar allí también sus propios eventos.
Trump también ha impulsado enormemente los ingresos de Mar-a-Lago al elevar la cuota de inscripción a un millón de dólares poco antes de su reelección.
El lujoso complejo propicia conversaciones improvisadas con el presidente, quien suele cenar en el patio por las noches, según fuentes cercanas al club.
Algunos expertos en ética describieron la confluencia de política y lucro como una oportunidad descarada para que los intereses especiales obtuvieran una línea directa con Trump.
“La gente va a Mar-a-Lago porque quiere estar cerca del presidente”, declaró Robert Weissman, copresidente de Public Citizen, un grupo de defensa de los derechos del consumidor. “Un simple susurro al oído del presidente vale muchísimo, más que lo que pagan para entrar”.
Anna Kelly, portavoz de la Casa Blanca, declaró que “ni el presidente ni su familia han participado jamás, ni participarán jamás, en conflictos de intereses”, y añadió que “todas las acciones del presidente Trump y su administración se realizan en beneficio del pueblo estadounidense”.
Antes de retomar el cargo, Trump se comprometió a no involucrarse en la gestión de su empresa homónima y transfirió sus activos a un fideicomiso administrado por sus hijos, tal como ocurrió durante su primer mandato.
La fortuna personal de Trump se ha disparado durante su mandato como nunca antes, reveló la declaración anual publicada el martes por la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental.
Incrementó significativamente los ingresos que recibió de sus propiedades en Florida, obteniendo casi US$ 77,5 millones de Mar-a-Lago, más del 50 % más que el año anterior y el triple de lo que ganó con el complejo turístico en 2020.
La información revelada también muestra que los complejos turísticos están siendo eclipsados en la cartera del presidente por más de US$ 1.400 millones en ingresos provenientes de sus lucrativas nuevas empresas de criptomonedas, incluyendo la criptomoneda meme $TRUMP y World Liberty Financial, una empresa cofundada por los hijos de Trump.
En total, Trump declaró el año pasado ingresos por criptomonedas casi tres veces superiores a los que obtuvo de su imperio de clubes de golf, hoteles y complejos turísticos.
Trump también declaró ingresos de casi US$ 60 millones procedentes de acuerdos de licencia con empresas inmobiliarias extranjeras para utilizar el nombre Trump en hoteles, campos de golf, rascacielos y otros proyectos inmobiliarios en lugares como Vietnam e India.
En declaraciones a los periodistas el miércoles, Trump atribuyó su inesperada ganancia del año pasado en parte a la subida del mercado de valores, que, según él, también fue beneficiosa para muchos otros.
“¿Saben por qué estoy ganando dinero? Porque la bolsa está subiendo. Todo el mundo está ganando dinero”, declaró Trump. Añ
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- Santa Barbara City Council votes to keep State Street closed to regular vehicle traffic
Santa Barbara City Council votes to keep State Street closed to regular vehicle traffic
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — After years of debate over the future of downtown Santa Barbara, the City Council has voted to keep State Street closed to regular vehicle traffic, preserving the pedestrian promenade while officials continue planning the corridor's long-term future.
The council approved the measure Tuesday night in a 5-2 vote following hours of public comment from residents, business owners and community members who shared differing opinions about the future of the city's main downtown street.
The vote means the current car-free promenade will remain in place as the city continues developing its long-term vision for State Street.
Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez said he supported extending the promenade because it has become an important gathering place for the community.
"It's hard for people to find a space, like a third space where they could feel at home and welcome to," Gutierrez said. "State Street's become that for a lot of the community members. So I wanted to continue honoring that until we come up or approve the master plan."
Not everyone on the council agreed.
Councilmember Eric Friedman said he opposed extending the closure after hearing concerns from businesses in the northern portion of State Street.
"I've been talking with a lot of the businesses that are in the northern part, you know, the 800, 900, 1000 block of State Street, and they are really struggling right now," Friedman said.
Reaction from people on State Street Wednesday was mixed, though many News Channel spoke with supported keeping the street pedestrian-friendly.
"I like it without the cars," said visitor Sofia Chicote.
Another supporter pointed to the availability of nearby parking, saying reopening the street to vehicles would not necessarily improve business.
"There's already parking lots every half block off State Street that they can park and walk on State Street," the supporter said. "It's just imaginary to think that somehow, magically, if people drive on State Street, business is going to get better."
Others said they believe businesses have suffered since the street closed to vehicles.
"I don't come here anymore. I used to love to come down here," said Santa Barbara resident Bonnie Carroll. "It's sad that there's no place to shop."
Bonnie Hyra, who was visiting from Laguna Beach, said she prefers the current setup.
"It's better. We're not breathing gas fumes," Hyra said.
Some community members also suggested a middle-ground approach, including bringing back a trolley to help people travel up and down State Street without reopening it to regular vehicle traffic.
During Tuesday night's discussion, councilmembers also acknowledged ongoing concerns about safety along the promenade, including speeding e-bikes, conflicts between cyclists and pedestrians, and improving accessibility for people with disabilities.
While the vote keeps the existing promenade in place for now, city leaders emphasized it does not determine the final design of State Street. Work on the city's long-term master plan for the downtown corridor will continue before any permanent changes are made.
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Santa Barbara City Council votes to keep State Street closed to regular vehicle traffic
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — After years of debate over the future of downtown Santa Barbara, the City Council has voted to keep State Street closed to regular vehicle traffic, preserving the pedestrian promenade while officials continue planning the corridor's long-term future.
The council approved the measure Tuesday night in a 5-2 vote following hours of public comment from residents, business owners and community members who shared differing opinions about the future of the city's main downtown street.
The vote means the current car-free promenade will remain in place as the city continues developing its long-term vision for State Street.
Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez said he supported extending the promenade because it has become an important gathering place for the community.
"It's hard for people to find a space, like a third space where they could feel at home and welcome to," Gutierrez said. "State Street's become that for a lot of the community members. So I wanted to continue honoring that until we come up or approve the master plan."
Not everyone on the council agreed.
Councilmember Eric Friedman said he opposed extending the closure after hearing concerns from businesses in the northern portion of State Street.
"I've been talking with a lot of the businesses that are in the northern part, you know, the 800, 900, 1000 block of State Street, and they are really struggling right now," Friedman said.
Reaction from people on State Street Wednesday was mixed, though many News Channel spoke with supported keeping the street pedestrian-friendly.
"I like it without the cars," said visitor Sofia Chicote.
Another supporter pointed to the availability of nearby parking, saying reopening the street to vehicles would not necessarily improve business.
"There's already parking lots every half block off State Street that they can park and walk on State Street," the supporter said. "It's just imaginary to think that somehow, magically, if people drive on State Street, business is going to get better."
Others said they believe businesses h
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- Breakaway Catholic group excommunicated after defying warnings from Pope Leo
Breakaway Catholic group excommunicated after defying warnings from Pope Leo
By Christopher Lamb, CNN
Rome (CNN) — The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a breakaway Catholic group that ordained four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV’s wishes are in schism and excommunicated.
The Society of Saint Pius X, an ultra-traditionalist group, went ahead with the ordinations on Wednesday without papal approval and despite appeals from Leo to reverse the decision.
In response, the Vatican’s doctrinal office on Thursday published a decree saying that the four bishops are excommunicated, along with the two bishops who participated in the ordination ceremony. Excommunication means they are excluded from the sacraments of the church.
It added in an explanatory note that priests belonging to the society and lay members who “formally adhere” to the group are also in schism and excommunicated.
The decree warns all “clerics and the lay faithful” not to formally follow the society as they will automatically incur the penalty of excommunication.
In a final appeal to the group Monday, Leo had warned that the ordinations would be a “schismatic” act and a “sin of extreme gravity,” and the ruling by the Vatican is wide-ranging in clamping down on the group.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, expressed his “deep sorrow” on Wednesday about the ordinations, saying they “break the unity of the Church and incur very specific sanctions – fundamentally, excommunication.”
Leo has not commented publicly since the ordinations were carried out.
The society, known as the SSPX, was founded in 1970 in Switzerland by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a French prelate, but five years later was officially suppressed by the Bishop of Fribourg. In 1988 the group ordained four bishops without papal approval, which led to their excommunication.
The latest action from the Vatican goes further than the sanctions in 1988, which were limited to the bishops. And while Pope Francis had allowed the society to administer the sacraments of marriage and confession, the latest Vatican ruling states that any marriage or confession offered by the group will be considered “invalid.”
The note does say, however, that “the Church, as a caring mother, will welcome with sincere affection and active care all those who wish to return to full communion.”
At the heart of the splintering from the mainstream church was Lefebvre and his followers’ opposition to church reforms introduced in the 1960s by the Second Vatican Council.
The “Lefebvrists” do not accept what the council taught on religious freedom, on ecumenism (teaching on other Christian denominations and religions) and reforms to Catholic worship, such as celebrating Mass in languages other than Latin. One of the major reforms at the council was a condemnation of all forms of antisemitism.
During his pontificate, Leo XIV has made church unity a priority, with a foundation stone of that unity being the link between the pope and bishop.
On June 16, the pope pointed out to journalists that the Lefebvrists “refuse to accept certain fundamental elements of the Church, beginning with several points of the Second Vatican Council.” On the planned ordinations, he said: “If that is the choice they make, I am sorry, but we must move forward.”
The group has an active presence in the United States, with a headquarters in Missouri and a seminary for training priests in Dillwyn, Virginia. One of the bishops newly ordained on Wednesday is Father Michael Goldade, who leads that seminary.
“The ‘modernist church’ is a desert that kills everything that it touches,” Goldade said at a service after the ordinations.
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| 3- What it takes to be chosen as a World Cup referee – and how to ref the final
What it takes to be chosen as a World Cup referee – and how to ref the final
By Reagan Yip, CNN
(CNN) — As 48 nations battle for World Cup glory, another group has endured a similarly grueling path to soccer’s biggest stage: the referees.
This year, 52 referees, 88 assistant referees and 30 video assistant referees (VARs) have been selected. The 170-strong contingent is the largest in World Cup history, with the expanded format now featuring a record 48 teams and 104 matches.
The officials come from 50 FIFA member nations across all continental confederations, with eight representing the United States. Among them are also six women, following FIFA’s historic move to include female referees at the last edition in Qatar.
It’s a role that has been unexpectedly thrust into the limelight. A Somali referee slated for the showpiece was denied entry to the US due to “vetting concerns.” A record three red cards were brandished in the opening game. In China, fans are rallying behind one referee as the country’s sole representative after the national team failed to qualify.
“It was my first World Cup game – and South Korea’s first World Cup game ever (at home), too. We had 50,000 spectators all in red jerseys. The noise was incredible,” Leif Lindberg, one of the two assistant referees at the 2002 final between Brazil and Germany, tells CNN Sports of his World Cup debut on June 4, 2002.
“Every one of us was dreaming about officiating the World Cup.”
But turning that aspiration into reality demands more than intense training and an unblemished on-field record. For many, juggling match duties alongside a full-time job comes at a heavy personal cost.
“Most referees have been through at least one divorce,” says Lindberg, who is retired and on his second marriage. “Many sacrifice family life in one way or another.”
How referees are picked
The selection process for this World Cup began immediately after Qatar 2022, according to FIFA.
Candidates were required to attend seminars, undergo fitness tests and have prior FIFA tournament experience. Their performances in domestic and international competitions were also monitored over the past three years, before a committee finalized the lineup.
“In every important match ahead of the World Cup, we have one or two observers,” former assistant referee Renato Faverani explains to CNN Sports, adding referees at the elite level are assigned to the same officiating teams across international games and assessed as a group.
“Afterwards, you receive an evaluation, which is then compared with other referee teams,” says the Italian, who worked four matches at the 2014 World Cup, including the final between Germany and Argentina.
Even being considered is no small feat, since only those active in top-level fixtures are in contention. Before earning his appointment, for example, Faverani had built an extensive resume across the UEFA Champions League (even officiating the 2013 final), the European Championship and Serie A, among others.
Once chosen for a World Cup – as the tournament progresses – referees are appointed three to four days
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- This heat wave would be ‘virtually impossible’ if not for fossil fuel pollution, study says
This heat wave would be ‘virtually impossible’ if not for fossil fuel pollution, study says
By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, with Kate Petersen reporting
(CNN) — The dangerous, multi-day heat wave is tightening its grip on the eastern US, shattering records, straining the electric grid and raising the risk for millions of people preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July outdoors. And human-caused climate change is making the familiar summer weather pattern far more dangerous.
The heat wave was triggered by the strong heat dome parked over the Northeast — a stagnant area of high pressure that traps and enhances hot, humid air.
But the intensity of the heat and humidity combined this week would have been “virtually impossible” without the effects of fossil fuel pollution. The finding was published early Friday from World Weather Attribution, a scientific network which analyzes the role of climate change in driving extreme weather events.
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“When a historic 4th of July celebration is disrupted, and World Cup matches are played in conditions that are unsafe for players and fans, it shouldn’t take another scientific study to wake people up,” said Friederike Otto, a professor of climate science at Imperial College London. “Climate change is here, it’s already impacting the things we enjoy in our everyday lives, and it will continue to get worse the longer we drag out the inevitable transition to net zero emissions.”
The worst of the heat is here Friday, after at least 20 locations broke or tied daily temperature records Thursday. As homes and businesses crank up air conditioning to stay cool, demand for electricity is surging in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, where heat and humidity are pushing conditions into dangerous territory.
Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston are all forecast to see highs near or above 100 degrees Friday. The combination of heat and humidity will make conditions feel even hotter, with heat index values — what the air actually “feels like” to the body — forecast to climb as high as 107 degrees in Washington and New York City, 110 in Philadelphia and 106 in Boston.
The brutal heat continues Saturday for DC, which is forecast to remain near 103 degrees with a heat index up to 108. Philadelphia could reach 101 with a heat index up to 106. New York City is expected to hit 97 and Boston is forecast to top out near 95 degrees Saturday.
Heat is the deadliest weather hazard in the US, and the high humidity increases the risk, keeping temperatures elevated and preventing sweat from evaporating efficiently, making it harder for the body to cool itself. Overnight lows are also hotter now than they were decades ago, making it harder for people to get respite and rest.
The risk can build quickly, especially for older adults, children, outdoor workers and people without reliable access to air conditioning. Anyone heading outside for the holiday weekend should plan for frequent breaks indoors or at least in the shade. Drink water often, avoid intense activities and never leave children or pets in parked cars.
Heat strains power grid
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- How Empire State Building climbers pulled off death-defying stunt: ‘Security always has a blindspot’
How Empire State Building climbers pulled off death-defying stunt: ‘Security always has a blindspot’
By Ray Sanchez, John Miller, CNN
New York (CNN) — Extreme climber Angelina Nikolau, in the trailer for the 2024 Netflix documentary, “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” said: “Love is like heights. The fear never goes away. You just get better at facing it.”
On Wednesday, Nikolau, 33, who goes by Angela, and Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, who goes by Ivan Beerkus, elevated their romance to a height of about 1,450 feet above the sweltering city, ascending the needle of the Empire State Building, unfurling a black banner that read “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” and getting engaged. A day later, they were arraigned on felony charges and released under court supervision.
Many New Yorkers and observers from afar are likely asking how the two trespassing daredevils managed to breach security at one of New York City’s most iconic landmarks – and how they did it amid a heightened NYPD presence for World Cup matches, the expected wedding celebration for pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, and festivities commemorating America’s 250th birthday.
On Instagram, Nikolau posted photos and video from the climb, along with a shot of her glittering engagement ring with the city in the background.
After their precious moment ended in handcuffs, Kuznetsov later told the NYPD he wanted to “do something special for his engagement,” according to prosecutors.
Of course, he could have booked a $1,000 per couple “Happily Ever Empire Proposal Package” from the Empire State Building, popping the question in the “iconic 86th Floor Observation Deck, in a designated, semi-private corner with stunning open-air views of New York City reserved for your special moment.”
But this couple went beyond the observation deck. As Nikolau said in the documentary trailer, “Security always has a blindspot.”
The pair are well-known social media influencers who engage in extreme risk-taking behavior, including breaking into restricted areas of commercial buildings, hanging from rooftops and free-climbing skyscrapers, according to prosecutors with the Manhattan DA’s office.
Couple hid in maintenance room overnight
Nikolau and Kuznetsov entered the Empire State Building as visitors the night before their stunt and hid inside after closing, according to a law enforcement official. They purchased tickets to the open-air observatory on the 86th floor at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, about two hours before access to ticket holders is cut off, the official said.
Like the more than 2.5 million visitors each year, the pair likely waited in line with people from around the globe who flood the building’s ornate lobby, with a grand staircase and hulking two-story model of the Art Deco icon.
In the lobby, visitors must pass through an airport-style security screening area with bag checks and X-ray machines. Nikolau and Kuznetsov both went through security screening, the official said.
An enhanced ticket gives visitors access to the enclosed, climate-controlled 102nd-floor observation deck with floor-to-ceiling windows. The deck, which sits at the base of the needle atop the building, is reached via a glass elevator, according to the building’s website. It’s unclear whether the couple purchased enhanced tickets.
Security camera footage showed Nikolau
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How Empire State Building climbers pulled off death-defying stunt: ‘Security always has a blindspot’
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By Ray Sanchez, John Miller, CNN
New York (CNN) — Extreme climber Angelina Nikolau, in the trailer for the 2024 Netflix documentary, “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” said: “Love is like heights. The fear never goes away. You just get better at facing it.”
On Wednesday, Nikolau, 33, who goes by Angela, and Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, who goes by Ivan Beerkus, elevated their romance to a height of about 1,450 feet above the sweltering city, ascending the needle of the Empire State Building, unfurling a black banner that read “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” and getting engaged. A day later, they were arraigned on felony charges and released under court supervision.
Many New Yorkers and observers from afar are likely asking how the two trespassing daredevils managed to breach security at one of New York City’s most iconic landmarks – and how they did it amid a heightened NYPD presence for World Cup matches, the expected wedding celebration for pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, and festivities commemorating America’s 250th birthday.
On Instagram, Nikolau posted photos and video from the climb, along with a shot of her glittering engagement ring with the city in the background.
After their precious moment ended in handcuffs, Kuznetsov later told the NYPD he wanted to “do something special for his engagement,” according to prosecutors.
Of course, he could have booked a $1,000 per couple “Happily Ever Empire Proposal Package” from the Empire State Building, popping the question in the “iconic 86th Floor Observation Deck, in a designated, semi-private corner with stunning open-air views of New York City reserved for your special moment.”
But this couple went beyond the observation deck. As Nikolau said in the documentary trailer, “Security always has a blindspot.”
The pair are well-known social media influencers who engage in extreme risk-taking behavior, including breaking into restricted areas of commercial buildings, hanging from rooftops and free-climbing skyscrapers, according to prosecutors with the Manhattan DA’s office.
Couple hid in maintenance room overnight
Nikolau and Kuznetsov entered the Empire State Building as visitors the night before their stunt and hid inside after closing, according to a law enforcement official. They purchased tickets to the open-air observatory on the 86th floor at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, about two hours before access to ticket holders is cut off, the official said.
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- Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding was the spectacle you expected it to be
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding was the spectacle you expected it to be
By Alli Rosenbloom, Zoe Sottile, CNN
(CNN) — In the end, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s marriage was announced to the world like something out of one of her music videos: Billboards outside of Madison Square Garden lit up in purple with the message “JUST&T MARRIED” announcing the news to those on the streets of Midtown Manhattan and the entire globe.
A few blocks over, the Empire State Building was lit up in blue in their honor, a nod to the age-old wedding rhyme. Then, a rainstorm began.
The milestone marks a new era for the couple, whose romance played out in the public eye, until they threw a wedding shrouded in secrecy thanks to what were said to be ironclad non-disclosure agreements and TSA-level security.
Leading up to the big day, which began Thursday evening with what was described as a rehearsal event for about 100 attendees, few guests would even confirm they were invited and even fewer confirmed they would be attending.
Watching the arrivals at Madison Square Garden, where Swift has performed eight times in her 20-year career, wasn’t just like any celebrity-packed red carpet. It was like watching the arrivals at the Grammys, Oscars and ESPY Awards combined. Everyone from Ed Sheeran to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell were spotted, as were several Kansas City Chiefs players, many of whom were captured loading into blacked out sprinter vans from a swanky hotel that media and some fans staked out.
Social media was flooded with images and footage of guests making the pilgrimage to MSG. “Law & Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay, whose character inspired one of Swift’s cat’s names, lowered her window and greeted onlookers.
It all took place amid a sweltering, scalding heatwave that saw temperatures reach triple digits, tough scene for those outside without an invite.
Little we know, much we don’t
So – what really happened inside MSG last night?
Instead of opting for a traditional bridal party, Swift’s brother Austin served as her “man of honor” and Kelce’s brother Jason acted as his “best man,” according to an emailed statement from Swift’s representative, issued in tandem with the billboard messages.
The bride and groom both wore custom Christian Dior looks designed by Jonathan Anderson, who’s known for elaborate, mischievous designs.
The couple’s friend Sandler, who gave Kelce a cameo in “Happy Gilmore 2” last year, served as their officiant.
Stevie Nicks was reportedly among the performers, a person with knowledge of the event told the New York Times. Page Six was the first to report Nicks’ expected performance.
The 1,000-person guest list was impressive, expansive and, occasionally, befuddling.
There was the Hollywood contingent, including Steven Spielberg, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper, Dakota Johnson, Eric Stonestreet and Hugh Grant. Kansas City native and Chiefs fan Jason Sudeikis was also there, as well as self-professed Swiftie Nikki Glaser. Jennifer Lopez, Graham Norton, Jimmy Fallon and Zoe Kravitz were also spotted among the arrivals.
Then you had the sports figures, like New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and sportscaster Erin Andrews.
And, of course, the music industry was heavily represented with artists including Gwen Stefani, Fergie, the Chainsmokers, Miranda Lambert, Camila Cabello, Benson Boone and more.
Writer and filmmaker Lena Dunham, a longtime friend of Swift, was seen arriving at the Garden for Swift and Kelce’s big day. Swift had previously served as a bridesmaid at Dunham’s 2021 wedding to Luis Felber. Supermodel Karlie Kloss also attended, seemingly putting to rest any rumors of a rift between her and Swift.
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” author Jenny Han and celebrity chef Alison Roman, who Swift is a known fan of, were also among those who scored invites, as well as Jessica Alba and
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Beyoncé lanza nueva música en medio de las celebraciones del 4 de julio
Por Lisa Respers France, CNN
Los estadounidenses que celebraban el 4 de julio el sábado despertaron con la noticia más grande de todas: nueva música de Beyoncé.
La superestrella lanzó un sencillo titulado “Morning Dew (Donk)”, su primera música desde el álbum de 2024 “Act II: Cowboy Carter”.
El sencillo “inicia una cuenta regresiva de 60 días hasta su próximo cumpleaños, y la reedición de ‘B’DAY’, su innovador segundo álbum que fue lanzado hace dos décadas, el 4 de septiembre de 2006”, según un comunicado de prensa.
La Beyhive, como se conoce a la base de fans de Beyoncé, ha estado esperando ansiosamente su proyecto “Act III”, que durante mucho tiempo se ha especulado que será un tributo a la música rock, así como “Act I: Renaissance” de 2022 rindió homenaje al disco, club, house y funk, mientras que “Act II: Cowboy Carter” de 2024 fue su carta de amor al country, la música sureña y sus raíces tejanas.
Beyoncé ha dejado pistas para avivar la especulación.
Se disfrazó de la ícono del rock/funk Betty Davis para Halloween 2024, participó en la campaña “Denim Cowboy” de Levi’s el año pasado que terminó con ella conduciendo una motocicleta y publicó una serie de fotos en abril vestida de púrpura que muchos fans interpretaron como un guiño al fallecido rockero Prince, quien murió en abril de 2016.
“Morning Dew (Donk)” probablemente reforzará la teoría, ya que en las líneas iniciales Beyoncé menciona la legendaria película de Prince de 1984 “Purple Rain”, que inspiró un exitoso sencillo y una banda sonora del mismo nombre.
La nueva canción, escrita por Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream y Darius Dixon, y producida por Beyoncé y Pharrell Williams, será incluida en la edición del 20º aniversario de “B’Day”.
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- Putin and Trump held ‘businesslike’ 90-minute July 4 call, Moscow says
Putin and Trump held ‘businesslike’ 90-minute July 4 call, Moscow says
By Tim Lister and Daria Tarasova Markina, CNN
(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump for nearly 90 minutes on July 4 in which the US leader again offered to help end the Ukraine war, according to the Russian foreign ministry.
Putin personally congratulated Trump “and the entire American people on this significant holiday” — the 250th anniversary of the US declaration of independence — the foreign ministry said.
The conversation was their fourth this year and “businesslike and highly constructive,” the ministry said, adding that Trump had “reaffirmed his readiness to facilitate the earliest possible cessation of hostilities” in the Ukrainian conflict.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment on the conversation.
“The Russian side once again emphasized the preference for a political and diplomatic resolution to the conflict,” according to the foreign ministry, while claiming that “Kyiv and its European sponsors are banking on prolonging and even escalating the conflict.”
“Our president has outlined the reality of the situation on the battlefield, where the Russian Armed Forces are advancing confidently,” the ministry said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had also had a “very good call” with Trump on Saturday.
“There is a real prospect to put an end to this war, and America’s resolve is decisive,” Zelensky said.
Russia meanwhile has claimed that its forces now control the important town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
“It is just another Russian lie, an attempt to generate some kind of a news story,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday.
The Ukrainian military said Saturday that small groups of Russian soldiers had infiltrated the town, but counter-sabotage operations were ongoing.
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- El recién liberado fundador de una de las mayores iglesias clandestinas de China se reúne con su familia en EE.UU.
El recién liberado fundador de una de las mayores iglesias clandestinas de China se reúne con su familia en EE.UU.
Por Chris Lau y Jessie Yeung, CNN
Un pastor que fundó una de las iglesias clandestinas más prominentes de China fue liberado de prisión y reunido con su familia en Estados Unidos, según informó su hija a CNN.
Ezra Jin, el fundador de la Iglesia Zion, fue uno de los numerosos feligreses atrapados en una amplia represión por parte de las autoridades chinas a finales del año pasado.
Las autoridades chinas han visto durante mucho tiempo al cristianismo como una influencia extranjera indeseada y una amenaza para el control gubernamental. La práctica religiosa es legal pero está estrictamente controlada y vigilada por el Gobierno, que registra iglesias “oficiales” autorizadas por el Estado.
La liberación de Jin se produjo después de que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, planteara su caso al líder chino Xi Jinping durante una visita a Beijing en mayo.
“Nos sentimos abrumados de alegría. Damos gracias a Dios por este tremendo milagro”, dijo su hija Grace Jin Drexel en una declaración familiar a CNN.
“También agradecemos al presidente Trump y a su administración por su inmenso liderazgo”, añadió, diciendo que esto no podría haber sucedido “sin la intervención directa del presidente Xi Jinping”.
Drexel dijo que esperaban que la liberación de Jin fuera “una señal de un giro positivo para las personas de fe en China y para las relaciones entre nuestras dos naciones”.
CNN ha contactado al Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de China, así como a la Casa Blanca y al Departamento de Estado de EE.UU., para obtener comentarios.
Jin fundó la Iglesia Zion en Beijing en 2007. Pero a medida que la represión contra las iglesias no registradas se intensificó en 2018, él y su familia se mudaron a Estados Unidos, con la esperanza de apaciguar a las autoridades chinas.
Mientras su familia permanecía en Estados Unidos, Jin regresó a China mientras las autoridades continuaban hostigando a los miembros de la iglesia. Posteriormente, se le prohibió salir del país.
Su hija dijo anteriormente que perdieron contacto con Jin en octubre del año pasado, lo que provocó llamados de Drexel, un miembro del personal en el Senado de los EE.UU., para que la administración Trump ayudara a asegurar la liberación de su padre.
Los grupos de derechos humanos celebraron el regreso de Jin pero pidieron a la administración Trump que hiciera más, mientras instaban a las autoridades chinas a liberar a otros miembros de la iglesia que permanecen detenidos.
“Aunque su liberación traerá el tan necesario consuelo a su familia, amigos y muchos simpatizantes, no podemos olvidar a los líderes y miembros de la Iglesia Zion que siguen detenidos, y a otros asociados con la iglesia que aún enfrentan cargos penales graves”, dijo Brian Tronic, director del programa Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners de Freedom House.
El reverendo Dr. Bob Fu, presidente de ChinaAid, un grupo de defensa que promueve la libertad religiosa en China, calificó la liberación de Jin como “una victoria inmensa”, pero dijo que aún queda trabajo “hasta que cada prisionero de fe sea libre”.
“Hacemos un llamado respetuoso al presidente Trump y a su administración para que continúen haciendo de la libertad religiosa y la liberación de todos los prisioneros de fe una prioridad máxima en cada encuentro con Beijing”, dijo.
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- Workers claim unsafe conditions at a restaurant owned by the South Park creators. They have Brooke Shields on their side
Workers claim unsafe conditions at a restaurant owned by the South Park creators. They have Brooke Shields on their side
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN
New York (CNN) — This March, actress Brooke Shields made a reservation at a Mexican restaurant in Denver, Colorado called Casa Bonita under a fake name – but not to avoid paparazzi
It was so the restaurant’s management team and owners Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who are also the creators of South Park, wouldn’t know she was coming.
“The place is so big it took a while for management to realize we were there,” Shields told CNN. “And then word got out because, you know, I didn’t have a hat on and mustache or anything,” she said.
She was there to deliver a letter asking for better wages for Casa Bonita’s performers. The restaurant doesn’t just serve Mexican cuisine; performers provide entertainment from breakfast to dinner. Cliff divers jump and twirl into a blue lagoon, puppeteers put on tableside shows and magicians make the rounds. The live entertainment is why so many people know Casa Bonita.
But in April 2024, for the first time, Casa Bonita’s performers unionized, with about 80 of them represented by Actor’s Equity, led by Shields.
Shields said she’s escalating after prolonged negotiations over not just pay, but fundamental safety issues.
“It was slightly an ambush… you try doing things respectfully, and then you’re not met with equal respect… so you have to resort to other tactics,” said Brooke Shields, of her visit to Casa Bonita.
Since April of last year, Shields and Casa Bonita performers have been locked in negotiations with management. The group is asking for better protections for performers who say they got hypothermia and chlorine toxicity from the diving pool, as well as security for costumed performers who say they’ve been grabbed sexually by patrons. The group is also asking for a raise to bring them more in line with the servers, who they say make more. The union says it’s already made concessions at the bargaining table but with little offered in return to improve current conditions and wages.
Casa Bonita’s management said in a statement to CNN that “we value all of our team members and their well-being. As a policy we do not comment on ongoing labor negotiations.”
Parker and Stone did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Casa Bonita has been a Denver institution for more than 50 years. Set in a strip mall, it has a palatial bubblegum pink exterior with a jungle-esque interior.
Up to 3500 patrons dine on Mexican cuisine daily, but a large part of the appeal is the show. Every twenty minutes cliff divers, costumed characters, and magicians put on performances and interact with diners.
Five years ago, the restaurant was saved from the brink of bankruptcy and closure by Stone and Parker, the team who created South Park and the Broadway show Book of Mormon. Stone and Parker grew up in the Denver area and have been going to the restaurant since they were kids. They loved the restaurant so much that it was featured as the crux of a South Park episode in 2003, and they named their offices “Casa Bonita,” too.
“You could see what this place was in the 70’s when they built it. They were trying to make a little Disneyland here,” Trey Parker told NBC’s “The Today Show,” in 2023.
Parker and Stone have frequented the restaurant recently but have not attended one of the 14 bargaining sessions with Actor’s Equity, according to Shields. She says performers are paid between $21 and $26 an hour, about $10 per hour less than servers who also get tips and who were given a raise shortly after the restaurant reopened.
Shields and union performers tell CNN they lack protections, as there is no active shooter policy, no emergency action plan and no security for performers who interact with patrons.
And while the union has already made concessions on paid time off, holiday pay, extra pay, and wages, management has offered a less t
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| 6- Suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing due to appear in court for multiday hearing that will preview prosecutors’ evidence
Suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing due to appear in court for multiday hearing that will preview prosecutors’ evidence
By Nicki Brown, Andi Babineau, CNN
(CNN) — Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will appear in court this week for a multiday hearing where Utah prosecutors are poised to preview some of their evidence in the case, including a videotaped statement by Robinson’s former roommate, a key witness.
The roommate – who has been described in court documents as Robinson’s romantic partner – is expected to offer insight into messages the pair purportedly exchanged after the fatal shooting last September, including what investigators allege is a confession by Robinson.
Kirk’s parents and his widow, Erika Kirk, will attend this week’s hearing, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.
The recorded statement is just one piece of evidence the Utah County Attorney’s Office has said it plans to present during the preliminary hearing, which is scheduled to last several days. Prosecutors intend to call a handful of law enforcement officials to testify, they said in court filings, as well as display physical evidence – including surveillance footage, photos of the alleged murder weapon, ballistics evidence and the messages between Robinson and his roommate.
The defense team said it plans to call three forensic experts to testify.
The hearing comes about ten months after Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative firebrand and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot as he addressed a crowd of roughly 3,000 people during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem. News of his death – one example of the political violence roiling America in recent years – quickly went global, with graphic videos flooding social media and politicians on both sides of the aisle swiftly condemning the killing.
The day after the shooting, Robinson surrendered to police.
Prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty against Robinson, who is charged with aggravated murder, felony use of a firearm, committing a violent offense in the presence of a child and obstruction of justice. He is also charged with witness tampering related to some of his alleged communications with his roommate.
Robinson has not yet entered pleas: In Utah, a preliminary hearing is used to determine whether there’s probable cause to support the filed charges. If the judge finds there is sufficient evidence to proceed to trial, Robinson will be arraigned and enter pleas.
News cameras will be allowed to record and broadcast much of the hearing, the judge ruled last week over the objections of Robinson’s attorneys.
His defense team has repeatedly raised concerns about news coverage of the high-profile proceedings, arguing in court filings it could impair his right to a fair trial and turn his case into “a reality TV show,” while prosecutors have said having cameras in court is the best way to combat rampant misinformation and conspiracy theories.
The defense had argued to delay the hearing, saying in court filings this spring the high volume of discovery meant Robinson’s attorneys would be unable to adequately prepare.
They also previously argued they had not been given the opportunity to review the full scope of forensic evidence, again limiting their ability to respond to the state’s case. The defense has since received the full evidentiary reports it sought.
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- China conducts rare submarine-launched ballistic missile test, angering Pacific neighbors
China conducts rare submarine-launched ballistic missile test, angering Pacific neighbors
By Brad Lendon, CNN
(CNN) — China on Monday conducted a rare test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile in the Pacific Ocean, sparking criticism from New Zealand and Australia for actions that they said threatened peace and stability in the region.
A People’s Liberation Army Navy submarine “launched a strategic missile carrying a dummy warhead toward relevant high seas of the Pacific Ocean, which landed precisely within the designated waters,” said a statement from Senior Capt. Wang Xuemeng, a spokesperson for the PLA Navy.
“This test launch was a routine part of China’s annual military training schedule,” said Wang, who added that “relevant nations” were informed in advance about the test.
“The operation was in accordance with international law and practice, targeting no specific country or objective,” Wang said.
CNN has asked China’s Defense Ministry for comment on the test.
Beijing did not say what type of missile was tested.
The PLA Navy operates two types of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, the JL-2 and the JL-3. The latter has sufficient range to reach the continental United States from waters off the coast of China, including the South China Sea, according to missile experts.
China’s main ballistic-missile submarine is the Type 094, also known as the Jin class, of which it operates six vessels.
Beijing rarely reports its missile tests, but according to the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the JL-3 was first tested in 2018 and then once more a year later.
‘Unwelcome and concerning’
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters said China fired the missile on Monday into waters of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, established in 1986 by the Treaty of Rarotonga. China signed protocols II and III of the pact in 1987.
Protocol II calls on signatories not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against other nations or their territories within the zone; protocol III bans nuclear testing in the zone.
“Earlier today, China informed us of its plans to launch a long-range ballistic missile into the South Pacific,” Peters said.
“New Zealand considers this an unwelcome and concerning development. We, like our neighbors in other Pacific countries, have no interest in China using the South Pacific as a testing site for missile capability,” Peters said.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Monday called the test “destabilizing to the region.”
The test must be viewed “in the context of a rapid military build-up by China, which is lacking in the transparency and reassurance as to intent that the region expects,” Wong said, adding that she would leave it up to China to “speak to its intent.”
New Zealand’s Peters said the Chinese test brought back memories of 2024, when the PLA test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in the region.
“We as a region should not sit by and allow such tests to become normalized or routine,” Peters said.
But missile tests are routine for nuclear powers.
For instance, the US Navy last September conducted four tests of its Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile off Florida, according to a press release.
India tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile in December, and Russia test-launched an SLBM last October.
China has been building up its nuclear-powered sub fleet as part of an overall boost to its nuclear forces.
China last tested an ICBM launched into the Pacific in September 2024, firing a DF-31B nuclear-capable missile from Hainan Island in the South China Sea into the open Pacific near French Polynesia. It was China’s first test of an ICBM int
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- What the Guadalupe River left behind
What the Guadalupe River left behind
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN
(CNN) — When the Guadalupe River surged through Texas Hill Country last summer, Elida Sierra Lutz and her three children were swept into the deadly flooding like debris in the current.
The family fought for three hours last July Fourth to stay alive after more than a summer’s worth of rain fell overnight on bone-dry soil, pushing the waterway from about 3 feet to 30 feet in just 45 minutes.
It wasn’t long after they were rescued that they realized everything they’d brought camping with them was gone: the black zippered hoodie Elida’s 18-year-old son was rarely seen without, plus his wallet, glasses and cell phone; her daughter’s Nintendo devices, lifejacket and a pair of white Crocs for which the 10-year-old had handpicked charms; even their travel trailer.
About 10 miles away at Heart O’ the Hills, a girl’s summer camp along the river, program director Bailey McEachern returned from a scheduled break between sessions to a similar scene – amid shock the flood had killed the camp’s cherished director and co-owner.
The ferocious waters had swallowed key pieces of the camp’s rich history: cabin signs; 1950s-era sterling-silver necklaces with thunderbird and crossed-arrow pedants worn by each sisterhood’s Firelighter leader; a trophy known as The Cup, awarded at the end of each term.
Also missing were slats of crown molding from Director Jane Ragsdale’s office spelling out on weathered red wood the camp’s Eight Traits, among them courage, trust and faith.
Whisked away. Taken. Gone.
The survivors, of course, were grateful just to be alive, knowing the surging water that rose without much warning had claimed the lives of at least 136 people, including dozens of children at other sleepaway camps, a doting grandmother, a heroic father and a beloved coach.
And, yet, they wondered about their possessions: Where had they landed? Would they turn up? Would they ever be returned? Though it all was replaceable, those items had been pieces of their lives – and now also were symbols, in a way, of their harrowing survival.
As it turned out, an army of strangers with an unlikely leader soon would launch a mission to reunite them – and many, many others – with the things the river stole.
‘I would want my things’
Soon after the flood receded, recovery efforts ramped up. Dondi Voigt Persyn, a mother of three and grandmother of four from Boerne, Texas – on a hill above the Guadalupe River about 35 miles from the disaster zone – joined as a volunteer.
A perfume maker with a background in pathology, Dondi didn’t know it was the start of an enormous project she would come to describe as a calling.
On that first day alone, she found a handful of mixed-metal necklaces, a photograph of a small child, some clothing and a bag full of stuff – all items that once belonged to someone. She quickly realized flood survivors, who’d just experienced such horror, would now have to face the notion of their personal belongings strewn across the Cent
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- México despierta del sueño que fue el Mundial 2026 entre truenos, cánticos, banderas, lágrimas y súplicas
México despierta del sueño que fue el Mundial 2026 entre truenos, cánticos, banderas, lágrimas y súplicas
Por Andrea Saint Martin, CNN en Español
La selección mexicana de fútbol llegó este domingo al tan esperado quinto partido del Mundial 2026 con la frase “¿Y si sí?” repetida entre sus aficionados como si se tratara del mantra que les permitió soñar, por primera vez, en cosas tan grandes como ganar su primer título.
Desafortunadamente, toda una nación que ya se veía viajando a Miami para enfrentar a Noruega se vio obligada a despertar de golpe tras caer 3-2 ante Inglaterra en el último duelo que el Estadio Ciudad de México —conocido popularmente como Estadio Azteca— albergó del torneo.
México es coanfitrión de esta Copa del Mundo con Estados Unidos y Canadá, por lo que el Coloso de Santa Úrsula no verá rodar el balón ni un minuto más, aunque se podría argumentar que podría ser la sede ideal para la final. Momentos legendarios en la historia del fútbol como el “Partido del Siglo”, “la mano de Dios” y los campeonatos de Pelé y Maradona en 1970 y 1986, respectivamente, lo avalan.
“Creo que el país, en general, ha demostrado que fuimos la mejor sede y es una lástima que se termine la Copa del Mundo para México, pero ni hablar”, dijo a CNN en Español Fernando, aficionado mexicano de Monterrey, Nuevo León, que junto a un grupo de amigos se uniformó con un traje sastre verde y un sombrero ranchero para ir a todos los partidos del Tri este Mundial.
Jesús, de la Ciudad de México, está de acuerdo, aunque no tenía boleto para el partido. “Hay mucha gente que no vamos a entrar y estamos aquí conviviendo y disfrutando todo el ambiente”.
Ese es el mismo caso de Lucía, también de la capital del país, quien decidió llevar a sus hijos, Alberto y Andrea, a las afueras del recinto para que vivieran la experiencia y tuvieran recuerdos similares a los que ella vivió en México 1986.
“Tenía como 9 años y es increíble cómo el fútbol te hace soñar”, aseguró a CNN en Español, agregando que, aunque han pasado 40 años, “para los aficionados del fútbol, no hay diferencia porque lo disfrutamos, lo vivimos y lo gozamos. La pasión es la misma”.
“Les digo a ellos que yo tengo un buen recuerdo de 1986, a pesar de muchas cosas vividas, como la eliminación con Bulgaria, que fue sumamente triste”, añadió. “Ahora, llegar hasta estas instancias con un equipo como Inglaterra es otra cosa. No importa el resultado”.
En el caso de Ernesto, de Acatlán de Osorio, Puebla, la diferencia entre haber vivido México 1986 y el actual Mundial está en la tecnología.
“Los tiempos han cambiado. La gente, la afición. Es muy bonito. En 1986 todo era analógico y ahora todo es digital, pero no importa. La alegría sigue siendo la misma”, dijo a CNN en Español, añadiendo que se sentía afortunado porque las entradas las consiguió su hijo en un sorteo del trabajo.
Cuarenta años antes, visitó el Estadio Azteca para otro partido de Inglaterra, que en esa instancia cayó ante Argentina, Diego Armando Maradona y “la mano de Dios”.
Que México lograra jugar como local hasta el último partido calendarizado en el país ya suena para muchos aficionados como algo histórico, sobre todo si se toma en cuenta que el hecho no se había logrado en 40 años y que la afición tricolor aprendió a no ilusionarse. Tras su eliminación en Qatar 2022 en fase de grupos, parecía absurdo que siquiera cruzara por su cabeza esa posibilidad.
En casa, los dirigidos por Javier Aguirre hicieron pase perfecto por la fase de grupos: tres victorias, nueve puntos y ni un solo gol en contra. En dieciseisavos de final, ante Ecuador, una maldición pareció romperse al obtener la victoria, aún sin recibir goles y pasando a la siguiente ronda en un duelo de eliminación directa.
Las celebraciones de millones en el Ángel de la Independencia, los videos en redes sociales de la selección musicalizados por temas icónicos como “El Rey”, de José Alfredo Jiménez; “Hasta que te conocí”, de Juan Gabriel; “Mi mayor anhelo
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| 7- Heat Advisory issued July 7 at 12:20AM PDT until July 10 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Heat Advisory issued July 7 at 12:20AM PDT until July 10 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
* WHAT…Temperatures from 90 to around 100 expected…except up to
105 across the warmest mountains and interior valleys of San Luis
Obispo county.
* WHERE…A portion of southwest California.
* WHEN…From 10 AM this morning to 8 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for heat illness for sensitive
populations including the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The warmest temperatures with this event are
expected to occur Wednesday and Thursday afternoons with only a
very modest cool down Friday providing little relief. Temperatures
are expected to cool down slightly more over the weekend, but
remain above normal into the following week.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.
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- Revelan cuál es la ciudad con mejor calidad de vida del mundo en 2026
Revelan cuál es la ciudad con mejor calidad de vida del mundo en 2026
Por Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN
El mundo parece estar cambiando a la velocidad del rayo, así que quizás sea bueno saber que algunas cosas permanecen igual, al menos en lo que respecta a la ciudad con mejor calidad de vida.
Copenhague ha ocupado el primer puesto en la lista anual de la Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) por segundo año consecutivo.
Por segundo año seguido en la lista anual publicada el martes, la capital danesa superó a Viena, Austria, que había ocupado el primer puesto durante tres años en línea.
La EIU, organización hermana de la revista The Economist, clasificó 173 ciudades de todo el mundo según diversos factores, como la educación, la estabilidad, la atención médica, la infraestructura y la cultura.
Copenhague obtuvo puntuaciones “perfectas” en tres categorías, entre ellas estabilidad, infraestructura y educación.
Para el público estadounidense que consulta el índice, Nueva York subió tres puestos hasta el 66, gracias a una mejora significativa en sus puntuaciones en la categoría de estabilidad, resultado de la disminución de los índices de delincuencia y de la percepción de un menor riesgo de ataques terroristas.
Si bien la Gran Manzana está escalando posiciones, Honolulu sigue siendo la ciudad estadounidense mejor clasificada en general, a pesar de haber descendido dos puestos hasta la posición 25.
Vancouver, en el puesto número 9, fue la única ciudad norteamericana que logró entrar en el top 10 mundial.
El éxito constante de Copenhague en los primeros puestos se debió a una “combinación ganadora de excelentes puntuaciones en estabilidad e infraestructura, una gran cultura y medio ambiente, y servicios públicos de alta calidad”, según un portavoz de la Economist Intelligence Unit.
En tercer lugar quedó Melbourne, Australia, que subió un puesto respecto al año anterior. Otra ciudad australiana, Sydney, pasó del sexto al cuarto lugar.
La ciudad suiza de Zúrich, que el año pasado empató con Viena en el segundo puesto, descendió tres posiciones, mientras que Ginebra, también suiza, quedó justo detrás, en sexto lugar.
Osaka, Japón, mantuvo el séptimo puesto, mientras que Adelaida, Australia, se situó en octavo. Tokyo ocupó el décimo lugar.
Mientras tanto, las repercusiones de la guerra con Irán se reflejaron en la clasificación de las ciudades de la región del Golfo, que experimentaron un descenso en las puntuaciones de la categoría de estabilidad.
Las ciudades que más descendieron fueron Mascate, la capital de Omán, que cayó 14 puestos hasta el 123, y Ciudad de Kuwait, que bajó 12 puestos hasta el 105.
El Reino Unido se ha recuperado tras el descenso en las puntuaciones del año pasado debido a un período de disturbios y agitación social.
Manchester lidera la clasificación como la ciudad mejor posicionada por segunda vez, en el puesto 52, superando a Londres, que quedó en el puesto 54, y a Edimburgo, en el puesto 64.
Aunque Europa Occidental se situó como la región con mejor calidad de vida, su puntuación media de 91,7 fue ligeramente inferior a la de 2025.
Asia, por su parte, aumentó en 0,3 puntos hasta los 73,9, en gran parte gracias a mejores puntuaciones en el sector sanitario, especialmente en ciudades chinas como Fuzhou, situada en el sureste del país, que subió siete puestos hasta el 93.
“Hemos mejorado las puntuaciones de atención médica en general para las ciudades chinas, lo que refleja las mejoras nacionales en los planes de financiación y la inversión”, añadió un portavoz de la Economist Intelligence Unit, señalando un nuevo sistema de seguro de atención a largo plazo en el país, así como la mejora en la prestación de servicios de salud.
Si bien Damasco, en Siria, sigue estand
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- The new tastemakers are cutlery designers
The new tastemakers are cutlery designers
By Jessica Salter
(CNN) — The design writer and collector Dung Ngo owns more than 10,000 pieces of cutlery. It started 25 years ago, when Ngo turned 30 and decided that “the cutlery I bought after college from Target, no longer fit who I was.” He found a 40-piece set he loved in a vintage shop for $400, and spent a week searching through old design journals until he identified it: Composition, by the renowned Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala. These days, a complete Wirkkala set can fetch upwards of $3,600.
The discovery started an obsession, with Ngo buying piece after piece of iconic cutlery from eBay and antique shops, searching for matches to grainy photographs he found in design magazines from the 1940s, 50s and 60s. “I became hooked,” he said.
That vast collection – which has to be stored out of Ngo’s New York apartment – is the basis of his new book, “Knife Fork Spoon: Modernist Cutlery 1900–2025,” due out in August. The 600-page survey of iconic flatware is accompanied by a recently-opened exhibition at the Denver Art Museum which features over 150 designs, chronologically arranged across themes like airlines, children and travel.
Both projects trace 125 years of flatware design, but, “I thought, that’s not the full story,” said Ngo, who is also editor in chief of the architecture and design journal, AUGUST. “There is also a future to this category, and maybe I can actually participate in that future in a real, physical way, rather than just writing about it.”
Ngo’s research had already pointed him toward a structural problem: modern cutlery has barely changed in 150 years. “We start the production with a flat sheet of metal, and then you bend it,” he said, adding “it can get quite three-dimensional, but never highly sculptural.”
The second problem is the craft behind that production is disappearing. Researching in Solingen, the traditional town of Germany’s cutlery makers, Ngo found that only a handful of manufacturers remained. In England, a visit to see influential designer David Mellor’s workshop near Sheffield – nicknamed the “Steel City” thanks to its heritage in steel and cutlery production during the Industrial Revolution – turned up much the same story. “It’s nearly all gone,” Ngo said. “That was heartbreaking.”
Cutting edge design
Thinking about cutlery production of the future, Ngo was inspired by a 3D-printed metal cutlery set he had included in the book, designed by the architect Greg Lynn for Alessi in 2007. At the time it was an experiment that cost $10,000 to $20,000 per set, with only a handful ever made. “I called Greg and said, ‘Can I take your design and put it back into production?’ He said, ‘Absolutely. Now is the time – twenty years later is perfect.’”
Ngo commissioned eleven other international artists to reimagine what cutlery could look like, with three important rules: make it personal, make it cultural, and design something that could only exist through 3D printing onto sintered steel (produced from compressed steel powder). He told the designers not to worry too much about function: “You can buy that stuff from anywhere for fifty bucks.” The result was the exhibition Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0, curated by Ngo and presented by the Los Angeles gallery Marta at 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen earlier this month.
Ngo was conscious to include not only female designers (historically underrepresented in cutlery design), but also those who would use the brief to make a typical Western cutlery set more applicable to different cultures. The Korean multi-discipline designer Minjae Kim, produced a set of knife, fork and spoon – along with a set of chopsticks. While the Nigerian designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello included a bowl printed in resin along with his graphically-shaped cutlery. “He explained that in Nigeria, when you go out to eat, you’re asked if you want to eat with a fork and a spoon, or
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