CNN — Here’s a look at the life of award-winning screen legend Sophia Loren. Birth date: September 20, 1934 Birth place: Rome, Italy (grew up in Pozzuoli, outside of Naples) Birth name: Sofia Villani Scicolone Father: Riccardo Scicolone Mother: Romilda Villani Marriages: Carlo Ponti (April 9, 1966-January 10, 2007, his death; September 17, 1957-September 3,…
CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Birth date: November 23, 1962 Birth place: Caracas, Venezuela Birth name: Nicolás Maduro Moros Father: Nicolás Maduro García Mother: Teresa de Jesús Moros Marriage: Cilia Flores Children: Nicolás Jr. Worked as a bus driver for Caracas Metro and belonged to the transit…
CNN — More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit. The dead dolphins were all found in Lake Tefé over the past seven days, according to the Mamirauá Institute, a research facility funded by…
CNN — The battle to decide who will run crisis-wracked Argentina is heading to a run off vote next month between left wing candidate Sergio Massa and far right libertarian Javier Milei, according to data released by Argentina’s National Electoral Chamber after the first round of voting on Sunday. After polls closed Massa received the…
CNN — Carried by a wave of shouting supporters and wielding a chainsaw at the open sky, the man of the hour approached center stage. He looked around and angrily screamed “Chainsaw! Chainsaw!” – a war cry quickly picked up by his supporters calling for carnage. All around him, shouts, chants, and traffic horns blasting…
CNN — Here’s a look at the life of the former King of Spain. Birth date: January 5, 1938 Birth place: Rome, Italy Birth name: Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon Father: Don Juan de Borbon y Battenburg, Count of Barcelona, third son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain Mother: Dona Maria…
Reuters — Rivers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to their lowest levels in over a century on Monday as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem. The port of Manaus, the region’s most populous city, at the meeting of the…
United Nations CNN — Asked last week if she will run to become the United Nations’ next Secretary General, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados gave a thumbs up, smiled, and walked away. Unofficially, however, UN insiders say she’s a likely front-runner. The 2026 selection process is still far off, but talk of who is…
CNN — Center-right candidate Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old son of a banana tycoon, will become Ecuador’s next president, following an election driven by concerns over rising violence and a worsening security situation in the Latin American nation. More than 10 million people have voted in the presidential election, and data from the National Electoral Council…
CNN — When Jeison Aristizábal became the CNN Hero of the Year in 2016 – the first from Latin America – he shared a powerful message for young people with disabilities and their families. “I want to tell you that, yes, you can. You can dream and you can achieve your dreams,” he said. Growing…
