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CNN, POOL By Blane Bachelor, CNN With many travel restrictions finally relaxing in early 2022, Gabriele Antoni booked a trip she’s been wanting to take for a while: several weeks in her home country of Germany, followed by a 12-day cruise in Norway with friends. The 64-year-old Florida resident and US green card holder hasn’t
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By Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado and Aaron Cooper, CNN It’s still not clear why someone would open fire on several homeless men in New York City and Washington, DC. But authorities in both cities say they believe the same man, 30-year-old Gerald Brevard III, is responsible for the shootings that left two men dead. Here’s
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LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has raised its key interest rate for the third time since December as it pushes ahead faster than other central banks in combating a global wave of inflation fueled by soaring energy prices. The bank boosted its key rate to 0.75% on Thursday after Russia’s war in Ukraine
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says companies in Shenzhen, a major business center, will be allowed to reopen while efforts to contain outbreaks there progress. That follows a shutdown of the city of 17.5 million people that rattled financial markets. A deputy mayor said testing of every resident
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday for their first known discussion in months, the White House said Thursday. The announcement from White House press secretary Jen Psaki comes days after a US diplomatic cable suggested China has expressed some openness to providing Russia
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Drayer, CNN Guinness, like other Irish stouts, enjoys a seasonal popularity every St. Patrick’s Day. It has also been touted as being “good for you,” at least by its own advertising posters decades ago. But can this creamy, rich and filling beer really be added to a list of healthy beverages? Or is
Continue Reading PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has announced new measures that significantly ease pandemic-related restrictions for foreign visitors, including dropping mandatory COVID-19 tests for travelers who have been vaccinated. Health Minister Mam Bunheng said in a statement Thursday that fully vaccinated passengers no longer need to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken 72 hours
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COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Vincent Kriechmayr won the super-G at the World Cup Finals one day after his downhill victory on the same Eclipse course that will stage the men’s races at the 2023 skiing world championships. The 30-year-old Austrian won both speed races at the 2021 worlds in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Kriechmayr earned his
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients will leave his job next month, President Joe Biden announced Thursday, after more than a year leading the US efforts to vaccinate Americans and manage the federal government’s response to coronavirus surges and as the US shifts to a new phase of the pandemic.
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — There were expectations that Italy’s European Championship title would translate to success for the country’s clubs in continental competition. But the dazzling, quick-passing play of Roberto Mancini’s national team that gained admirers worldwide in June and July was nowhere to be seen when Juventus was eliminated
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand and Barbara Starr, CNN Last week, a drone flew more than 350 miles beyond Ukraine’s western border before crashing in Croatia, a NATO member country. The drone was carrying a bomb, Croatian officials said, and it’s still not clear whether it belonged to Ukrainian or Russian forces. Another drone
Continue ReadingCNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Americans’ support for economic sanctions on Russia is broad and bipartisan, according to new polling on the public’s response to the war in Ukraine. And so far, that’s the case even when the potential for higher gas prices is considered. At the same time, the American public largely continues to
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Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Rusia está confiscando cientos de aviones comerciales propiedad de empresas de leasing estadounidenses y europeas, una señal más de los desafíos que enfrenta la industria aérea del país debido a las sanciones tras la invasión de Ucrania. El presidente Vladimir Putin firmó este lunes una ley como
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s uncharacteristic vulnerability has allowed some excitement to creep back into the Bundesliga title race with eight games to go. The Bavarian powerhouse remains the favorite for what would be a record-extending 10th consecutive German championship. But it has dropped points in three of its
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Vinnytsia, Ucrania (CNN) — Irina Protchenko, de 68 años, canta el himno ucraniano mientras trabaja constantemente en su máquina de coser en un pequeño apartamento en el centro de Ucrania. Se retiró hace poco de una fábrica en las afueras de Kyiv, donde pasó 50 años confeccionando trajes y abrigos de hombre para
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand and Barbara Starr, CNN Last week, a drone flew more than 350 miles beyond Ukraine’s western border before crashing in Croatia, a NATO member country. The drone was carrying a bomb, Croatian officials said, and it’s still not clear whether it belonged to Ukrainian or Russian forces. Another drone recently
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China is quietly distancing itself from Russia’s sanction-hit economy. The two states proclaimed last month that their friendship had “no limits.” That was before Russia launched its war in Ukraine. Now, with Russia’s economy being slammed with sanctions from all over the world, there is growing evidence that China’s willingness
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura He, CNN Business China is quietly distancing itself from Russia’s sanction-hit economy. The two states proclaimed last month that their friendship had “no limits.” That was before Russia launched its war in Ukraine. Now, with Russia’s economy being slammed with sanctions from all over the world, there is growing evidence that China’s
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By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Chipmaker Intel has revealed new details about a $100 million investment in semiconductor research in Ohio and nationally. The update follows the company’s January announcement that it’s investing $20 billion to build a factory in central Ohio in an attempt to help alleviate a global shortage
Continue Reading By Christine Sever and Chris Boyette, CNN One officer is dead and another has been airlifted to a hospital in St. Louis after a man opened fire on two Bonne Terre police officers responding to a disturbance at a motel early Thursday, according to Missouri state troopers. The officers returned fire and the man was
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