By Mostafa Salem, Sana Noor Haq, CNN

(CNN) — The head of one of the world’s largest port operators has been replaced following revelations of ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, who had led the Dubai-based DP World for decades, is facing intense scrutiny after the release of Epstein-related documents that revealed correspondence between the two men, including lewd exchanges.

Without naming bin Sulayem, Dubai’s Government Media Office announced that DP World had appointed a new chairman and group CEO, positions previously held by bin Sulayem. DP World confirmed the new appointments to CNN.

The company declined to comment on bin Sulayem’s relationship with Epstein when contacted by CNN before his removal.

The-CNN-Wire
™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

The post Dubai’s DP World replaces chairman amid scrutiny over Epstein ties appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

Análisis por Rey Rodríguez, CNN en Español

De niños, no eran pocos los cubanos que, hace algunas décadas, acompañaban a sus padres en los paseos en coche hasta el malecón de La Habana. A orillas del mar, pasaban horas observando los barcos que entraban a la bahía. Aquel espectáculo trasmitía paz y, también, una sensación de esperanza, que ahora ya no logran encontrar.

Hoy, ya adultos, siguen yendo al malecón, aunque no en automóvil. El trayecto lo hacen a pie, pese a que deben recorrer varios kilómetros para llegar al emblemático muro que se extiende por la costa norte de la capital cubana. No hay transporte ni gasolina, las calles están vacías.

La escasez se ha vuelto parte del paisaje diario, aseguran en diálogo con CNN desde La Habana. Todos piden mantener el anonimato, temerosos de represalias por parte del gobierno de Miguel Díaz-Canel que, aún bajo presión extrema de Estados Unidos, mantiene a los cubanos bajo completo control.

La crisis en Cuba se ha agudizado luego de que la administración Trump anunciara recientemente nuevas medidas de presión contra la isla. En un período corto, la isla se quedó sin su principal proveedor de petróleo, Venezuela, tras la captura del derrocado presidente Nicolás Maduro, en un operativo de fuerzas especiales estadounidenses el pasado 3 de enero.

A los pesares por la ausencia del petróleo venezolano, el presidente Donald Trump sumó otro desafío. El 30 de enero, Trump firmó un decreto que autoriza a su administración para imponer aranceles a aquellos países que suministren petróleo a la isla, bajo el argumento de que Cuba representa una amenaza para su seguridad nacional.

Varios expertos en Cuba, entre ellos el abogado constitucionalista Rafael Peñalver, coinciden en que el verdadero interés de Washington es asfixiar económicamente a la isla para provocar la caída del gobierno de Díaz-Canel.

El gobierno estadounidense ha señalado que apuesta por una salida diplomática con La Habana, aunque considera que el gobierno del presidente cubano está en “sus últimos momentos” y que el país atraviesa “una etapa crítica”. Así lo afirmó la portavoz de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt, al referirse a la situación cubana durante una conferencia de prensa el 5 de febrero, cuando fue consultada sobre si, después de Venezuela, seguía Cuba.

La Habana ha condenado las medidas impulsadas por Trump. Sin embargo, tal como están las cosas, su margen de maniobra es estrecho, señala Peñalver a CNN. El experto se fue de Cuba a los 10 años y desde entonces radica en Miami. Como ejemplo, cita el anuncio de Díaz-Canel de que Cuba está dispuesta a dialogar con Washington, pero “sin presiones”.

La propuesta de La Habana incluye la discusión de varios temas de la agenda bilateral —como migración, lavado de dinero, terrorismo, combate al narcotráfico y medio ambiente—, pero sin aludir a reformas del sistema político.

Este jueves arribaron a Cuba dos buques de la Armada de México cargados con cientos de toneladas de alimentos y productos de higiene personal. Una ayuda valiosa para el momento que vive la isla, pero insuficiente frente a la magnitud de la crisis que atraviesa, dicen los cubanos. Es quizás la más grave desde la llamada “crisis de los misiles”, de octubre de 1962, el episodio más tenso de la Guerra Fría, según Peñalver.

El miércoles, durante su conferencia matutina, la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum adelantó que la ayuda humanitaria a Cuba seguirá y aseguró q

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN

(CNN) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been criticized for selling merchandise commemorating the 1936 Berlin games, which Adolf Hitler used to showcase his Nazi ideology.

The website for the Olympics — currently in the spotlight due to the ongoing Milan Cortina Winter Olympics — features a men’s T-shirt marking the controversial Nazi games. The garment, which is showing as “out of stock,” is part of the IOC’s “Heritage Collection.”

The T-shirt features the original poster for the 1936 games, designed by Franz Würbel. It depicts an athletic male figure crowned with a laurel wreath and with the Olympic rings in the background. The Brandenburg Gate sits beneath him, with the caption: “Germany Berlin 1936 Olympic Games.”

The landing page for the Heritage Collection on the Olympics website states: “Each edition of the Games reflects a unique time and place in history when the world came together to celebrate humanity.”

Hitler used the games, held three and a half years after the Nazis came to power, as a spectacle of Nazi propaganda. He set out to showcase the racial superiority of so-called Aryan athletes and openly denigrated African-American participants as “non-humans.”

Nevertheless, African-American athlete Jesse Owens emerged as the star of the games, taking to the podium to collect four gold medals, surrounded by people giving the Nazi salute.

Christine Schmidt is the co-director of the Wiener Holocaust Library in London, the world’s oldest archive of Holocaust materials.

She told CNN: “The Nazis used the 1936 Olympics to showcase their oppressive regime to the world, aiming to smooth over international relations while at the same time preventing almost all German-Jewish athletes from competing, rounding up the 800 Roma who lived in Berlin, and concealing signs of virulent antisemitic violence and propaganda from the world’s visitors.

“The Nazis’ fascist and antisemitic propaganda infiltrated their promotion of the games, and many international Jewish athletes chose not to compete. The IOC would be minded to consider whether any aesthetic appreciation of these games can be comfortably separated from the horror that followed.”

The decision to sell the T-shirt was also criticised by Scott Saunders, CEO of International March of the Living, an annual educational program that will this year see around 8,000 people gathered at the former Auschwitz death camp to commemorate the Holocaust.

He told CNN: “As the world reflects on this latest controversy, it is impossible not to recall that we are approaching 90 years since the 1936 Berlin Olympics — an event the Nazi regime used to legitimize itself on the global stage while persecution of Jews was already well underway.

“Sport has the power to unite, to inspire, and to elevate the very best of humanity. But history reminds us that it can also be manipulated to sanitize hatred and normalize exclusion. The lesson of Berlin is urgent. When antisemitism resurfaces in public life, whether in stadiums, streets, or online, silence is not neutrality. It is complicity.”

The IOC defended its decision to produce and sell the T-shirt. In a statement sent to CNN, an IO

Happy Friday! We have a beautiful afternoon on tap with sunny skies and temperatures into the low 70s. High Surf will impact northern Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County beaches through Saturday morning. This is the last warm and sunny day for quote some time so take advantage!

We stay dry through valentine's Day, however cloudy skies reappear and temperatures drop. This is the calm before a series of storms. If you're headed out for a nice lunch or dinner make sure to bundle up. Winds will be breezy at times and highs rise into the 50s and 60s.

Light rain begins Sunday morning through the afternoon. This is a tease of what is to come. Heavy precipitation begins Sunday night into Presidents Day. The morning commute will be hazardous and messy for most. Most data is pointing to debris flow rainfall rates, current burn scar areas will need to be closely monitored. Heavy rain for a long duration will cause flooding along major highways. Strong winds may topple trees and power lines. On and off rain begins Monday afternoon before the second large pulse arrives Monday night. We have another round of storms set through Wednesday and Thursday. More information will come next week. Rain totals are honing in on 1-3 inches for the beaches and double for high terrain. This forecast will change and evolve over the weekend. Stay tuned.

The post Bright Friday, tracking significant storms next week appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

CNN

By Alexandra Banner, CNN

It’s Friday the 13th — a day cloaked in superstition, when even the most rational people knock on wood just in case. Cursed or not, it has a way of making an ordinary day feel slightly ominous. If you dig deeper, though, there’s evidence that both Fridays and the number 13 have long been regarded as a harbinger of good fortune.

Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.

1⃣ DHS shutdown

A shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is all but certain this weekend after lawmakers left town for a planned recess with no funding deal in place. Republican congressional leaders have blamed Democrats, saying the White House made reasonable concessions after several Democratic leaders demanded changes to ICE protocols. The next steps are uncertain. With talks ongoing between the White House and Democrats, the two chambers of Congress aren’t scheduled to return to Washington for 11 days, though GOP leaders could still call members back if a deal is reached.

2⃣ Minnesota surge ending

White House border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that the monthslong immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota would be ending. “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,” Homan said. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey expressed “cautious relief” at the end of Operation Metro Surge, which sparked mass protests, thousands of arrests and the deaths of two US citizens. At its height, about 3,000 federal officers were deployed in what was the largest immigration enforcement operation in the country’s history.

3⃣ Nancy Guthrie

The FBI on Thursday shared a description of a suspect in the Nancy Guthrie case and also raised the reward for information to $100,000. The person in the video is described as a 5’9” to 5’10” man with an average build wearing a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack. “We hope this updated description will help concentrate the public tips we are receiving,” the FBI’s Phoenix office said. Investigators have also recovered multiple gloves, though it’s unclear whether they were worn by the suspect. People living near Guthrie’s home have been asked to submit any footage from doorbell cameras of cars and people from about a month before the 84-year-old went missing.

4⃣ Epstein fallout

Kathy Ruemmler, the chief legal officer at Goldman Sachs, said late Thursday that she is resigning amid fallout from the Justice Department’s release of millions of pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents. Her announcement comes in the middle of recent scrutiny of her relationship with the disgraced financier, which she maintains was professional. Separately, powerhouse talent agent Casey Wasserman is facing a revolt after appearing in the Epstein