THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European Union agencies are launching a year-long operation to crack down on fraud targeting the bloc’s multibillion euro COVID-19 pandemic recovery fund. The EU police agency Europol said Friday that Operation Sentinel will coordinate the fight against fraud, tax evasion, excise fraud, corruption, embezzlement, misappropriation and money laundering and and
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent The two leading Democratic moderates made clear to their colleagues this week that a deal on the party’s sweeping economic package is far from secured, raising new questions about the fate of President Joe Biden’s first-term agenda, according to sources familiar with the matter. Among the red flags:
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A forthcoming flight to space by a Japanese billionaire will let the public have a closer look at life on board the International Spacer Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa is set to rocket to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with producer Yozo Hirano, who will film
Continue Reading VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A forthcoming flight to space by a Japanese billionaire will let the public have a closer look at life on board the International Spacer Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa is set to rocket to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with producer Yozo Hirano, who will film
Continue Reading DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh’s capital have clashed with police, amid Muslim-Hindu tensions in the country. Police Friday used tear gas and batons against demonstrators angry over what they perceived as an image insulting Islam that had gone viral over social media. Demonstrators gathered to protest images that earlier emerged on
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The Brexit brawl has kicked into high gear, almost a year after a deal on a free trade agreement was supposed to have officially sealed the separation between the European Union and the United Kingdom. The top Brexit negotiators from both sides entered talks again Friday, with
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The Brexit brawl has kicked into high gear, almost a year after a deal on a free trade agreement was supposed to have officially sealed the separation between the European Union and the United Kingdom. The top Brexit negotiators from both sides entered talks again Friday, with
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Three German parties have announced that they aim to open formal coalition talks, moving a big step closer to a new government that would send outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc into opposition. The prospective partners said Friday they have a major opportunity to modernize Europe’s biggest
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Three German parties have announced that they aim to open formal coalition talks, moving a big step closer to a new government that would send outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc into opposition. The prospective partners said Friday they have a major opportunity to modernize Europe’s biggest
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CNN, WLS, WBBM, CHI.GOV, By Ryan Young, Jason Morris and Ray Sanchez, CNN Jessica Desfosses shared the final heartrending text messages she exchanged with her police officer husband in the days before he died from Covid-19. “Commercial just came on tv a casket saying take Covid seriously… 0 consideration for those of us fighting for
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La comisión selecta de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga la insurrección del Capitolio está enviando un mensaje agresivo al que fuera gurú político de Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, y al propio expresidente. Pero al avanzar en la detención de Bannon, el arquitecto del populismo nacionalista de Trump, en desacato
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv Una crisis migratoria sin precedentes se dispara en América Latina. Este viernes se tomará una decisión sobre la recomendación de la dosis de refuerzo de la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Una crisis migratoria sin precedentes se dispara en
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN en Español) — Eduardo “El Toto” Berizzo no es más entrenador de la selección de mayores de Paraguay, informó este jueves la Federación Paraguaya de Fútbol. La derrota en septiembre por 2-0 contra Ecuador en Quito, y los empates 1-1 contra Colombia, en el Defensores del Chaco, y 0-0 ante Argentina complicaron las
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps to address the economic risks from climate change. It issued a 40-page report Friday on government-wide plans to protect the financial, insurance and housing markets and the savings of American families. The report lays out steps that could potentially alter the
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps to address the economic risks from climate change. It issued a 40-page report Friday on government-wide plans to protect the financial, insurance and housing markets and the savings of American families. The report lays out steps that could potentially alter the
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La actriz Lili Bernard presentó este jueves una demanda contra Bill Cosby, alegando que la drogó y violó en Atlantic City en agosto de 1990 o alrededor de esa fecha, según documentos judiciales. En su demanda, Bernard alega que conoció al comediante en el set de “The Cosby Show” y
Continue Reading By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A teenager in Liberia who has become a national hero after finding $50,000 and returning it to its rightful owner said he will meet with the country’s president next week. Emmanuel Tuloe told The Associated Press that he has been invited to meet President George Weah
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN When President Joe Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to address the reasons people migrate to the US southern border, her focus was on addressing problems in Central America. But seven months later, it’s migrants arriving from even farther away in South America who are overwhelming the administration, leaving the White
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, CNN Just weeks ago, Dylan Harrison’s father tried to persuade him to leave law enforcement to be an electrician. Instead, Harrison redoubled his commitment to policing. On his first part-time shift with a new agency, Harrison was shot dead last weekend in Middle Georgia. He’d sought the second job to supplement his
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB and TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Suicide bombers assaulted a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending weekly Friday prayers, killing at least seven people and wounding more than a dozen, according to a hospital official and an eyewitness. The attack on the Imam Barga
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