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PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor says a suspect in the 2012 slayings of a British-Iraqi family vacationing in the French Alps and a cyclist has been detained. Saad al-Hilli, his wife Ikbal and his mother-in-law Souhaila al-Allaf, were shot dead on a remote mountain road near Annecy in eastern France. A French cyclist Sylvain
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Annual consumer inflation in the United States has climbed to 7% as prices rise at the fastest clip in nearly four decades. But the real test for prices is a year away. What’s happening: According to the most recent survey of consumer expectations by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s medical community has scored a victory after a court ordered that a regional government compensate doctors with up to 49,000 euros ($56,000) for having to work without personal protection suits during the devastating early months of the pandemic. The lawsuit brought by a doctor’s union
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian and Chinese military commanders are meeting to discuss withdrawal of troops from a key area of their contested border to ease a 20-month standoff. The countries have stationed tens of thousands of soldiers backed by artillery, tanks and fighter jets along their de facto border,
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By Sara Smart, CNN Two Los Angeles officers have lost an appeal and their jobs after an April 2017 game of Pokémon GO. Instead of responding to a nearby call, Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were caught searching for Pokémon characters through the Pokémon GO app, according to a ruling this month from a California
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Former Turkey international Ahmet Calik has died at the age of 27, his former club Konyaspor confirmed on Tuesday. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of our football player Ahmet Çalik, who has won the love of our fans and our city since the first day he came to our
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam In a letter sent Sunday responding to a request to meet with the House select committee investigating January 6, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio accused the investigation of spreading misinformation “to paint a false and misleading narrative.” As part of its effort to examine the role former President Donald Trump and
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the International Energy Agency has blamed Russia for much of Europe’s natural gas crisis. Fatih Birol said Wednesday that high prices and low storage levels largely stem from the behavior of state-owned gas supplier Gazprom. He says Gazprom could send up to a third more gas through existing
Continue Reading FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the International Energy Agency has blamed Russia for much of Europe’s natural gas crisis. Fatih Birol said Wednesday that high prices and low storage levels largely stem from the behavior of state-owned gas supplier Gazprom. He says Gazprom could send up to a third more gas through existing
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PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain has called off its upcoming trip to the Persian Gulf region because of coronavirus concerns. The French league leader was scheduled to fly to Qatar for a three-day training camp starting Sunday and then play a friendly match in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 19. PSG says the trip was scrapped
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Deon Lendore, an Olympic and world championship medalist from Trinidad and Tobago, died in a car accident in Texas on Monday. He was 29. According to Texas A&M University, for whom Lendore had worked as a volunteer assistant coach over the past two seasons, the sprinter was returning home from practice
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A Texas sheriff is under investigation for allegedly seizing money from undocumented immigrants during traffic stops. Last month, the Texas Rangers and the Texas attorney general’s office conducted search warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson, according to Texas Department of Public Safety press secretary
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown. He said Wednesday that there are things the government “did not get right.” Johnson is facing anger from public and politicians over claims he and his staff flouted pandemic restrictions by socializing
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown. He said Wednesday that there are things the government “did not get right.” Johnson is facing anger from public and politicians over claims he and his staff flouted pandemic restrictions by socializing
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump is facing weak support among Republicans for his calls to depose Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and aides and allies say it’s forcing the former President to confront new limitations on his influence over the party. In the 11 months that have passed since Trump first called for the
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Ons Jabeur advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sydney Tennis Classic by beating two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-4, 6-4 in one of several warm-up tournaments for next week’s Australian Open. The seventh-seeded Jabeur had five aces and won 76% of her first-serve points to set up a match against fourth-seeded Anett
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Juan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN) — Simon Cowell y su pareja de toda la vida, Lauren Silverman, se van a casar, según confirmó un representante del juez de “America’s Got Talent” a CNN este miércoles. El representante no dio más detalles, pero el diario The Sun informó que la pareja se comprometió durante una reciente
Continue Reading By COLIN BERESFORD of NerdWallet Applying to college is rarely easy, but applicants this year are faced with one additional challenge: creating a compelling college application after nearly two years of disruptions as a result of the pandemic. Grades and extracurriculars that would normally fill an application are missing due to accommodations and precautions made
Continue Reading By COLIN BERESFORD of NerdWallet Applying to college is rarely easy, but applicants this year are faced with one additional challenge: creating a compelling college application after nearly two years of disruptions as a result of the pandemic. Grades and extracurriculars that would normally fill an application are missing due to accommodations and precautions made
Continue Reading By HASSAN BARISE Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A large explosion outside the international airport in Somalia’s capital has killed at least eight people and wounded nine others. Dr. Abdulkadir Adam with Medina hospital shared the toll with The Associated Press. Witnesses at the scene said a passing U.N. convoy appeared to be the
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