By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Home Depot’s sales continued to climb through third quarter with the U.S. housing market red hot. The Atlanta company reported Tuesday that sales rose 9.8% to $36.82 billion, exceeding the $34.97 billion that Wall Street had expected. Sales at stores open at least a year, a key gauge of
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By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is increasing pressure on member nation Poland. The 27-nation bloc’s top court ruled Tuesday that the country’s right-wing government has undermined judicial independence. Ruling on the Polish justice minister’s powers to endorse judges for high criminal courts and to end their terms without proper
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Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s sales of his company’s stock continued Monday. His latest filing promises more are coming. Musk sold another $931 million worth of stock on Monday, bringing his total sales of stock during the last six trading days to $7.8 billion. He has sold some shares each of
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Analysts say the Bank of England is one step closer to raising interest rates next month after official figures showed that the end of the British government’s salary support program for workers during the coronavirus pandemic has not yet led to the feared increase in unemployment. The
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Analysts say the Bank of England is one step closer to raising interest rates next month after official figures showed that the end of the British government’s salary support program for workers during the coronavirus pandemic has not yet led to the feared increase in unemployment. The
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Home Depot’s sales were still climbing in the third quarter, as demand for its home improvements products continues. Revenue rose 9.8% to $36.82 billion. Analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research forecast $34.97 billion. Sales at stores open at least a year, a key gauge of a retailer’s health, increased
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson and Walé Azeez, CNN Business Natural gas prices in Europe soared on Tuesday after Germany confirmed that it has suspended the process of certifying a controversial new Russian pipeline called Nord Stream 2. The German energy market regulator said in a statement that it could not certify Nord Stream 2 as an
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) agregaron tres naciones europeas populares y un destino isleño pequeño e idílico a su lista de destinos de viaje de riesgo “muy alto” el lunes, a medida que una nueva ola de covid-19 continúa azotando gran parte de
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — The human rights office of the United Nations is citing reports that authorities in Ethiopia have detained at least 1,000 people under a state of emergency the government declared this month after a brutal yearlong war with rival Tigray forces. A spokesperson for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah, Antonia Mortensen, Katharina Krebs and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Violence erupted at the Poland-Belarus border on Tuesday, as migrants desperate to cross into the European Union threw stones at Polish border guards who responded with water cannon and tear gas. Polish and Belarusian authorities have blamed one another for the ratcheting
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN It was clear who the losers were in the dispute between Poland and Belarus. The thousands of migrants who became stranded on the border in freezing conditions had their dreams of a new future in Europe dashed, and some are now being repatriated to their home countries. But for Poland’s
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN Español) — La pandemia de covid-19 tuvo un impacto mayor en la economía de las mujeres que en la de los hombres, de acuerdo con el informe “Centroamérica: Retos y Oportunidades para el Desarrollo en el Mundo post-covid”, elaborado por el Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas, el Incae. El estudio señala que,
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA and DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish border forces say they were attacked with stones by migrants at the border with Belarus and responded with water cannons. The Border Guard agency posted video on Twitter showing a cannon being directed across the border at a group of migrants in
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Emergency service officials in Nigeria say that a gas explosion in Lagos has killed at least five people, including a child. The gas explosion occurred on Tuesday morning in a crowded area of Lagos. Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency said that rescue operations
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Researchers say they have found a second patient whose body seemingly had rid itself of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS — supporting hope that it may be possible someday to find a way to cure more people of the virus. The patient has received no regular treatment for
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Health workers in Belgium who don’t want to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will face losing their jobs. Belgium’s federal government has finalized a draft bill to make vaccination of health care workers mandatory. That comes amid a surge of new coronavirus cases and deaths. Hospitals in Belgium
Continue ReadingBy John Walton, CNN It may feel like 2025 is a long way away, but for airlines’ luxurious new business class seats — which can take years to design and install — it’s right around the corner. So what will business class look like in 2025? What new and exciting innovations are in store for
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has reported record daily COVID-19 deaths as authorities struggle to boost the country’s vaccination rate. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has promised to pay 1,000 hryvnias ($38) to each Ukrainian who gets vaccinated. Zelenskyy announced the incentive in a video posted on Facebook. He said, “With this money, it will be
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen have killed at least 15 people in Nigeria’s northwest, the latest incident in a spiral of violence in Africa’s most populous country. Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal said in a statement that the gunmen stormed rural villages and raided houses from Sunday night into Monday morning,
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