Category: Trends

The head of the Egyptian Jewish community in Cairo, Magda Haroun, poses for a picture at the Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in downtown Cairo, in an October 3, 2016 file photo.  KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty   Cairo — More than 10 million people live in Egypt’s capital, but only three of them — all older women — are Egyptian […]

The second half of Netflix’s documentary miniseries on Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, hit servers around the world Thursday morning. In it, the couple paint a stark picture of the animosity that grew between themselves and Harry’s closest family members amid what they say was racist and defamatory coverage by […]

Migrants in El Paso share stories of being kidnapped in Mexico, facing dire conditions – CBS News Watch CBS News Many migrants who crossed into El Paso, Texas, this week say they were part of a group kidnapped in Mexico, only to experience dire conditions on their route as temperatures drop below freezing and shelters […]

Comment on this story Comment The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Wednesday that his uncle was “murdered” by Eritrean forces in Ethiopia’s restive province of Tigray. Speaking at the end of a news conference in Geneva about covid-19, Tedros said he had considered canceling the conference because he was “not […]

Comment on this story Comment BENGHAZI, Libya — One of Libya’s rival prime ministers admitted Thursday that his government was involved in the extradition to the U.S. of a former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing all onboard. U.S. authorities announced […]

Holiday shoppers are sending a message to retailers: Lower your prices. U.S. shoppers pulled back on spending just as the holiday season began, a sign that high prices and rising interest rates are shifting consumer spending habits. Retail sales fell in November by 0.6%, the biggest drop in nearly a year, after rising 1.3% in […]

Comment on this story Comment BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Federal Police began serving dozens of search warrants Thursday targeting supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro for blocking highways after his election loss, according to a statement. The operation was ordered by Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes, who also presides over the nation’s electoral authority. He […]

In the fifth episode of Harry & Meghan out Dec. 15, a Netflix docu-series produced by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Harry opens up about the “wedge” that has grown between himself and his brother over the last two years and the roots of that rift. Harry says the […]

A rare, invasive form of a usually mild and common bacterial infection has killed several children in the United States and Europe in recent weeks, according to public health authorities, prompting alarm among parents and vulnerable adults. Two children have died in the United States due to the Group A streptococcus bacteria, also known as […]

Comment on this story Comment MEXICO CITY — After months of debate and huge demonstrations, Mexico’s Congress moved Thursday to pass legislation that will reduce the powers of the National Electoral Institute, a government agency that has won praise internationally for putting an end to decades of blatant voting fraud and setting the country on […]