By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Major stock indexes are opening mixed on Wall Street Thursday amid a raft of corporate earnings and news that jobless claims have fallen to a new pandemic low. The S&P 500 is up 0.2% in early trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 0.1% and
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Major stock indexes are opening mixed on Wall Street Thursday amid a raft of corporate earnings and news that jobless claims have fallen to a new pandemic low. The S&P 500 is up 0.2% in early trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 0.1% and
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech and Slovak governments have approved new coronavirus restrictions that specifically target unvaccinated people amid a record surge of infections. They come into effect Monday. The Czech health minister says most unvaccinated people will no longer be allowed to show coronavirus test results in order to
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says it could approve aid to fund production of semiconductors in the 27-nation bloc amid a global chip shortage. Most chipmakers are based in Asia, and the bloc wants to reduce its dependence on chips manufactured abroad by developing production on its soil. The
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says it could approve aid to fund production of semiconductors in the 27-nation bloc amid a global chip shortage. Most chipmakers are based in Asia, and the bloc wants to reduce its dependence on chips manufactured abroad by developing production on its soil. The
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Jhasua Razo (CNN Español) — Los líderes de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá se reunirán este jueves en una cumbre por primera vez en 5 años. Los tres países tienen estrechos lazos comerciales, sociales, culturales y de colaboración, ¿pero cuán diferentes son? Migración, covid-19 e integración económica serán los pilares de la cumbre de “Los
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By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese professional tennis player not seen in public since she accused a former top government official of sexual assault purportedly sent an email claiming she was safe and that the allegation was false. But the message has only amplified concerns about Peng Shuai’s safety and
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese professional tennis player not seen in public since she accused a former top government official of sexual assault purportedly sent an email claiming she was safe and that the allegation was false. But the message has only amplified concerns about Peng Shuai’s safety and
Continue ReadingBy Marysabel Huston-Crespo, CNN The 22nd Latin Grammys will be presented Thursday in Las Vegas. The ceremony will be held in what has been the home of the award show for several years, the MGM Grand Arena. Colombian singer Camilo Echeverry leads the nomination list with 10. He is nominated in the top categories: Recording
Continue Reading By DANIEL NIEMANN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Germany’s Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cologne has held a service of penance for cases of sexual abuse by clergy. The auxiliary bishop serving as the archdiocese’s interim administrator said the ritual was not intended as an absolution for the perpetrators but a “confession
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Alibaba reported sales and earnings for the third quarter that missed forecasts and warned that results for the year will be below estimates as well. The stock sank on the news. Shares of Alibaba were down 10% in early trading Thursday. The Chinese e-commerce giant reported sales growth
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Allen Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — We are hearing for the first time from Jake Clare’s mother who is pleading for her son to return home with her two grandchildren. Jake’s mother, Bonnie Krpata, said Jake was the best dad to Noah up until this point and
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Journalist Roger Parloff, who wrote the first major cover story on Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes and later issued a retraction, was called to testify in her criminal trial Thursday. The government has alleged Holmes used the media, and Parloff’s Fortune Magazine story titled “This CEO is Out for Blood” in
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Stage parents seldom fare well in movies and TV, but “King Richard” bucks that trend, placing Will Smith on center court in an overwhelmingly flattering portrait of tennis patriarch Richard Williams. Smith aces the performance, which is the main attribute in elevating the story above the standard sports-movie conventions. The
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Stage parents seldom fare well in movies and TV, but “King Richard” bucks that trend, placing Will Smith on center court in an overwhelmingly flattering portrait of tennis patriarch Richard Williams. Smith aces the performance, which is the main attribute in elevating the story above the standard sports-movie conventions.
Continue ReadingBy Duarte Mendonca, CNN Cathay Pacific has fired three pilots after they were infected with coronavirus in the German city of Frankfurt. The Hong Kong airline said in a statement that an internal investigation had found that the pilots were involved in a “serious breach” of Covid-19 procedures during “overseas layovers.” Other Cathay staff who
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Sami Khedira is back at school with UEFA to prepare for his next move in a stellar soccer career. The 2014 World Cup winner with Germany and league title winner at Real Madrid and Juventus says he was “always interested in the system” of how
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Sherrod, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story GENESSEE COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — Student safety has been called into question after an incident at a Genesee County school. Last week a fight broke out at Flint Southwestern Classical Academy. Parents said to break up-the scuffle a police officer pepper sprayed the
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN In a directorial father-son baton pass from Ivan Reitman to Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”), “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is undeniably nostalgic and fairly sweet, while who-ya-gonna-calling directly back to the 1984 original. And yet with its focus on teenage heirs to that legacy, the movie simultaneously feels as much like
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN In a directorial father-son baton pass from Ivan Reitman to Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”), “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is undeniably nostalgic and fairly sweet, while who-ya-gonna-calling directly back to the 1984 original. And yet with its focus on teenage heirs to that legacy, the movie simultaneously feels as
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