olivertapia (CNN) — Jon Gruden renunció el lunes como entrenador en jefe de los Raiders de Las Vegas luego de que surgieran informes de que usaba lenguaje homofóbico, racista y misógino en correos electrónicos mientras trabajaba como analista de ESPN. “Amo a los Raiders y no quiero ser una distracción. Gracias a todos los jugadores,
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Six women and nine children abducted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremist rebels in the country’s troubled northeast have escaped after months in captivity. The 15 former hostages have met with Borno Governor Babagana Zulum in the state’s capital, Maiduguri. The governor said he is hoping for
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Job vacancies in the U.K. have risen to a record high of nearly 1.2 million. That’s a further sign that the British economy is experiencing worker shortages in an array of sectors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and Britain’s departure from the European Union. There
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has expressed confidence in its managing director in response to allegations World Bank staff were pressured to change business rankings for China in an effort to placate Beijing. The IMF’s 24-member executive board said Tuesday its review “did not
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has expressed confidence in its managing director in response to allegations World Bank staff were pressured to change business rankings for China in an effort to placate Beijing. The IMF’s 24-member executive board said Tuesday its review “did not
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday to extend the nation’s debt limit through early December after the Senate approved a stopgap measure last week in a bid to avert a catastrophic default and economic disaster. Once the Democratic-controlled House passes the short-term extension, it will be cleared
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares have fallen in Europe and Asia as surging prices of oil, coal and other energy fanned fears over inflation. Benchmarks declined in Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Oil prices extended gains, having closed above $80 per barrel on Monday. On Wall Street, stocks closed broadly lower,
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Job vacancies in the U.K. have risen to a record high of nearly 1.2 million. That’s a further sign that the British economy is experiencing worker shortages in an array of sectors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and Britain’s departure from the European Union. There
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares have fallen in Europe and Asia as surging prices of oil, coal and other energy fanned fears over inflation. Benchmarks declined in Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Oil prices extended gains, having closed above $80 per barrel on Monday. On Wall Street, stocks closed broadly lower,
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Evergrande stayed silent Tuesday about its fate after reportedly failing to make interest payments on another international bond, the third such deadline it appears to have missed in recent weeks. The sprawling Chinese real estate conglomerate was due to make payments of about $148 million on US dollar-denominated bonds on
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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The NFL has selected the cities Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich to enter a final bidding stage to host a regular-season game in Germany. Next season is the target for Germany to host its first game though it could also debut in 2023 because of potential scheduling
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — El gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, emitió este lunes un nuevo decreto que prohíbe a cualquier entidad de su estado aplicar un mandato de vacunación. El nuevo decreto incluye a los empleadores privados, que no podrán exigir que se pongan la inyección aquellos empleados y clientes que objeten la vacunación por
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Un grupo de científicos estaba usando la inteligencia artificial para examinar unos 100.000 estudios sobre clima con el objetivo de determinar la cantidad de personas que ya estaban experimentando los impactos de la crisis climática. En su lugar, descubrieron algo más: hay una desigualdad preocupante en el mundo de la
Continue Reading olivertapia Bagdad, Iraq (CNN) — Las fuerzas iraquíes capturaron a Sami Jasim, el adjunto del exlíder de ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, dijo el primer ministro iraquí en un comunicado el lunes. El primer ministro Mustafa Al-Kadhimi no reveló detalles de la operación, sin embargo, en un comunicado publicado en Twitter, dijo que Jasim fue detenido
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Los presidentes se meten en problemas cuando se los considera controlados por los acontecimientos y no al revés. Esta es la situación que enfrenta ahora Joe Biden. El presidente se enfrenta a una serie de crisis internas y globales intratables para las que no tiene el poder de arreglarlas rápidamente, una
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — A train has hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France. The mayor of a town near the collision on Tuesday morning said the victims were thought to be migrants who were resting on the tracks. The train was on a line that links the seaside resort
Continue ReadingBy Brent Swails and Clarissa Ward, CNN The blood-stained bodies of the four accused kidnappers were hung off construction cranes with heavy chains, one with a warning sign strung around his neck, “Abductors will be punished like this.” In the public spaces in the western Afghan city of Herat, the crowds squinted into the sun,
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, “The Happiest Man on Earth,” has died in Sydney. He was 101. Jewish community leader Darren Bark on Tuesday described Jaku as a “beacon of light and hope for not only our community, but the
Continue Reading SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Government forces have killed five suspected militants in two clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a day after rebels killed five army soldiers in a gunfight in the disputed region. Police say the first clash erupted following a raid by soldiers and counterinsurgency police. Troops cordoned off the area late Monday leading to
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that the number of workers on payroll in the U.K. has risen above the level that existed before the coronavirus pandemic struck more than a year and a half ago. The Office for National Statistics also revealed Tuesday that job vacancies remained above a million for the second month
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