By Amarachi Orie, CNN

(CNN) — Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not a uniquely human talent, but a skill that great apes also possess.

The evidence for this comes from a bonobo named Kanzi, who took part in three pretend tea party-style experiments conducted by two researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Previous observations of individual apes playing alone had raised the possibility that animals could engage in simulated play, study authors Amalia Bastos and Christopher Krupenye noted in the study, which was published Thursday in the journal Science.

In the earlier research, a young, captive chimpanzee was seen on two occasions between 2003 and 2004 dragging what seemed to be imaginary blocks along the floor, in a similar way to when he played with real wooden blocks.

Female chimpanzees, observed in the wild in Uganda over a 14-year period, had also been seen carrying and playing with sticks as if they were dolls, just as mother chimpanzees carry infants.

However, the anecdotal nature of the evidence had left room for doubt, the researchers said.

For example, the animals could have been imitating behavior they had observed in humans, rather than using their imagination. Or, perhaps, an ape that “picks” a blueberry from a photograph might actually think the blueberries are real. Or, if playing with wooden blocks is highly rewarding, an ape might continue to repeat the same action even if the blocks are not there.

To address such concerns and provide more robust evidence, in 2024 the researchers carried out controlled tests using juice and grapes when Kanzi was 43, a year before his death.

‘Where’s the juice?’

First, Kanzi was presented with two squirt bottles, one that was empty and one that contained juice, and asked to pick which bottle had the juice. During 18 trials, he chose the correct bottle every time.

Then, an experimenter presented the bonobo with two empty, transparent cups and pretended to pour juice from an empty pitcher into each cup. They then poured the imaginary juice out of one of the cups and back into the pitcher.

When asked, “Where’s the juice?” Kanzi correctly chose the cup that still contained the imaginary juice 68% of the time, which is higher than if he were picking at random.

However, in case Kanzi thought there was real juice in the empty cups, the researchers carried out a second task to see if he could distinguish real juice from imaginary juice. In 18 trials, Kanzi was presented with one cup containing juice and another empty cup filled with imaginary juice, and asked, “Which one do you want?”

Kanzi correctly chose the cup with juice 14 out of the 18 times, showing that he did know

Por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español

El dirigente opositor venezolano Juan Pablo Guanipa fue detenido la noche del domingo en Caracas solo unas horas después de ser excarcelado, en la primera vez que se conoce que uno de los presos políticos que salió de prisión vuelve tras las rejas desde que el chavismo anunció el 8 de enero un proceso de liberaciones.

Guanipa, figura cercana a la líder opositora María Corina Machado, fue “emboscado por aproximadamente 10 agentes que no tenían identificación alguna” cuando estaba en un evento a las 11:45 p.m., hora local, según relató su hijo, Ramón Guanipa, en un video publicado en redes sociales.

Familiares y aliados del dirigente denunciaron que fue “secuestrado” en la urbanización Los Chorros de Caracas. “Les apuntaron con sus armas, estaban fuertemente armados y se llevaron a mi padre”, dijo su hijo, quien exigió pruebas de vida.

“Hacemos responsables a (la presidenta encargada) Delcy Rodríguez, (el presidente de la Asamblea Nacional) Jorge Rodríguez y (el ministro del Interior) Diosdado Cabello de cualquier daño contra la vida de Juan Pablo”, dijo el partido Primero Justicia.

Durante la madrugada de este lunes, el Ministerio Público confirmó la detención de Guanipa, tras haber solicitado “ante el tribunal competente la revocatoria de la medida cautelar acordada”.

La Fiscalía explicó en un comunicado que la decisión ocurrió “en virtud de haberse verificado el incumplimiento de las condiciones impuestas”, sin detallar a cuáles se refiere.

Además, indicó que solicitó al tribunal que adopte las decisiones para pasar a un régimen de detención domiciliaria.

CNN envió una consulta a la Fiscalía para saber de qué condiciones se trata y dónde está detenido Guanipa, y espera respuesta.

Diversas organizaciones civiles han denunciado que las excarcelaciones de presos políticos no pueden considerarse liberaciones, ya que deben cumplir condiciones bajo medidas cautelares.

“Van desde la prohibición de salida del país, la presentación periódica ante tribunales y en algunos casos la obligación de no declarar” a la prensa, explicó a CNN el abogado Gonzalo Himiob, vicepresidente de la ONG Foro Penal. Además, destacó que en todos los casos las causas judiciales permanecen abiertas, por lo que no se puede hablar de libertad plena.

Perkins Rocha, asesor jurídico de la coalición opositora Plataforma Unitaria Democrática, también fue liberado el domingo y su esposa, María Constanza Cipriani, dijo en X que tiene medidas cautelares “muy estrictas”.

Guanipa había sido excarcelado más temprano el domingo después de más de ocho meses en reclusión. Poco después de salir de un centro de detención en Caracas, Guanipa subió un video a las redes sociales en el que dijo: “Hoy estamos siendo liberados. Mucho que discutir sobre el presente y el futuro de Venezuela, siempre con la verdad por delante”.

Guanipa fue arrestado en mayo de 2025, cuando el ministro del Interior, Diosdado Cabello, afirmó sin pruebas que estaba involucrado en un supuesto plan de “terror” contra las elecciones regionales y legislativas. Guanipa ha negado repetidamente la acusación.

El activista había pasado meses en la clandestinidad tras la ola de represión en Venezuela en el marco de las controvertidas elecciones presidenciales de julio de 2024.

La detención de Guanipa se produce mientras avanza en la Asamblea Nacional una ley de amnistía, que según el chavismo sería aprobada esta semana.

“Al estar esa ley aprobada, ese mismo día salen todos”, dijo el viernes el presidente de la Asamblea, Jorge Rodríguez, quien prometió también que van a “reparar

By Sophie Tanno, Ivana Scatola, CNN

(CNN) — Toluwa was waiting for her flight in an airport lounge in Washington, DC, when she said she was approached by a stranger.

The pair got chatting and, after a while, she agreed to exchange numbers with him. It wasn’t until she got home and searched his social media that she discovered he had posted numerous videos of himself trying to pick up women in airports.

These videos were taken using a built-in camera on his glasses – smart glasses, which look like regular eyewear and, while still relatively niche, are growing in popularity.

“I creeped, I found his TikTok. I found out that he does these ‘rizz’ videos,” Toluwa said, using a popular slang term derived from “charisma” for social media videos showing men approaching women in public and chatting them up. Toluwa wished to be identified by her first name only for privacy reasons.

While in contact over text, Toluwa said the man sent her the footage he had filmed of her without her knowledge, saying he wanted to “run it past” her before he shared it online.

She said he tried to persuade her to consent to him doing so; however, despite her not explicitly agreeing to, he uploaded it on social media. “It blows up and to the point where people are sending me this video, someone came up to me in Union Market, which is a large space in DC, and shoved it in my face and was like, is this you?”

Social media is awash with videos of men filming themselves approaching women in public spaces and attempting to flirt with them or ask for their numbers. In many cases, the videos are filmed and uploaded to platforms like TikTok and Instagram without the permission or knowledge of the person being filmed.

These videos, often filmed from the point of view of the man approaching a potential subject, rack up thousands and, in some case, millions of views. Once posted, they can attract misogynistic comments.

While the concept of the pick-up artist is nothing new, experts are sounding the alarm over the rise of so-called “manfluencers” who are covertly filming women to create misogynistic content online.

‘Controlling women’s images’

The term “manfluencer” describes a broad group of social media figures who create content geared toward men. While some post harmless content such as gym routines and self-improvement advice, other accounts are more sinister.

In this online sphere, women are often positioned “as a conquest, prize or reward,” Stephanie Wescott, a feminist academic, writer and speaker, and a lecturer in Education, Culture and Society at Australia’s Monash University, told CNN.

Smart glasses can play into the hands of these content creators as they offer a clear message about power, she warned. Namely, that men can “be watching, recording and therefore controlling women’s images in public spaces without their knowledge and therefore, that the public spaces belong to men.”

For Wescott, the phenomenon represents another example of the gendered abuse of technology – and a danger for women that is difficult to anticipate. “The danger is the loss of bodily autonomy without even being aware that it is happening,” s

Por Anna Chernova y Tim Lister, de CNN

El Gobierno de Rusia dijo este lunes que “la situación en Cuba es realmente crítica”, mientras Estados Unidos continúa interrumpiendo las entregas de petróleo al país.

“Estamos en contacto intensivo con nuestros amigos cubanos a través de canales diplomáticos y de otro tipo”, dijo el portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov. Cuba es un aliado de larga data de Rusia.

El “estrangulamiento” de EE.UU. está causando muchas dificultades a Cuba, dijo Peskov, y agregó que Moscú está “discutiendo posibles soluciones con nuestros amigos cubanos. Al menos, brindando posible asistencia”.

Los esfuerzos de EE.UU. para cortar las entregas de petróleo a Cuba siguieron a su operación para detener al presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, a principios del mes pasado.

El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Marco Rubio, dijo el mes pasado que a su Gobierno “le encantaría ver” un cambio de régimen en Cuba, aunque no necesariamente actuaría en consecuencia.

Cuba está lista para un diálogo “significativo” con Estados Unidos, pero no está dispuesta a discutir un cambio de Gobierno, dijo a CNN la semana pasada el viceministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Carlos Fernández de Cossío.

A finales de enero, Cuba declaró una “emergencia internacional” debido a las amenazas planteadas por Estados Unidos. La declaración siguió a la firma de un decreto por parte del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, amenazando con imponer aranceles adicionales a los países que suministran petróleo a Cuba.

En el decreto, Trump afirmó que las acciones de Cuba constituían una “amenaza inusual y extraordinaria” para Estados Unidos.

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By Hanna Park, Kit Maher, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump – who skipped the Super Bowl and instead attended a watch party in Florida – denounced Bad Bunny’s halftime performance as “a slap in the face” and said “nobody understands a word” the Puerto Rican rapper was saying.

“The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “This ‘Show’ is just a ‘slap in the face’ to our Country, which is setting new standards and records every single day.”

Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, rocked the stage Sunday night with many of his biggest hits, powerful imagery and theatrical nods to songs and symbols from throughout his Spanish-language catalog. Several huge stars, including Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, made appearances.

During the performance, Bad Bunny delivered a unifying message, expanding the meaning of “God bless America” to include all nations of the Americas – from Chile to Canada.

“God bless America, whether it’s Chile, Argentina,” Bad Bunny said as he proceeded to list more than 20 nations in North and South America, and displayed the flags of many of them. He stood beside the US flag and the flag of Puerto Rico, a US territory.

He also displayed a message written on a football that read: “Together we are America.”

The president criticized both the language and choreography of the performance. “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying,” Trump wrote in his Truth Social, adding that the dancing was “disgusting,” particularly for young children watching across the US and around the world.

Yet the US has one of the highest numbers of Spanish speakers of any nation in the world. About 41.8 million people in the country speak Spanish at home – roughly 13.5% of the population – according to Census Bureau data from 2019. Some studies estimate the number of US Spanish speakers could be closer to 48.6 million, as of 2015, if non-Hispanic people and undocumented people are included, according to a report from Instituto Cervantes.

Trump’