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CNN, CNNBUSINESS by Matt Egan, CNN In a significant reversal, Deutsche Bank announced Friday it is planning to shut down its business in Russia. The shift comes just a day after Deutsche Bank told CNBC it wasn’t “practical” to leave Russia, a source of legal troubles in the past for Germany’s largest lender. “Like some
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Un tribunal de San Salvador ordenó este viernes la captura del expresidente Alfredo Cristiani, quien gobernó el país de 1989 a 1994, por el presunto delito de omisión en el caso del asesinato de seis sacerdotes jesuitas y dos colaboradoras, ocurrido hace 32 años, durante su gestión. Cristiani no se
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By ALEJANDRA MOLINA Religion News Service Forty-five years ago, a right-wing death squad gunned down the Rev. Rutilio Grande along with two Catholic laymen, Manuel Solórzano and Nelson Lemus in El Salvador on March 12, 1977. Now, along with the Rev. Cosme Spessotto, who was shot dead by Salvadoran soldiers in 1980, these four martyrs
Continue Reading CNNEE Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continua en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Social, así como estudios posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Dávila Miguel es columnista de
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players maintained unity throughout labor negotiations, yet were divided when it came time to vote on the deal. The eight-man executive subcommittee that appeared to be most involved in the nearly year-long talks voted 8-0 against approving the five-year contract. Team player representatives, the
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players maintained unity throughout labor negotiations, yet were divided when it came time to vote on the deal. The eight-man executive subcommittee that appeared to be most involved in the nearly year-long talks voted 8-0 against approving the five-year contract. Team player representatives, the
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — A medida que la economía de Rusia es golpeada por las sanciones occidentales, cada vez más severas, a raíz de su invasión de Ucrania, la crucial industria aérea del país podría verse realmente afectada. Las aerolíneas rusas han quedado prácticamente aisladas de gran parte del mundo. Pero ese
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A wonderful evening ahead for whatever you have planned. Clear and cool conditions will carry us through Friday night with temperatures cooling into the low 50s overnight. Ready for the weekend? Temperatures will be on the rise into the 80s both Saturday and Sunday. Even warmer temperatures join for the start of next week. If
Continue Reading CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Abby Meyers scored 22 points, Ellie Mitchell had 11 points and 16 rebounds for her sixth double-double, and No. 24 Princeton beat Harvard 72-67 in the final game for coaching icon Kathy Delaney-Smith. Princeton advances to the championship game of the Ivy League tournament on Saturday. Kaitlyn Chen finished with 18
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Free agent left-hander Carlos Rodón has agreed to terms on a $44 million, two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants. A person with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press about the deal witth the NL West champions. The 29-year-old Rodón has spent
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Earlier this week, the right-wing organization Project Veritas released two undercover videos capturing Matthew Rosenberg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, making a number of disparaging comments about his colleagues and the news media writ large. The videos caused a stir inside The Times due, in part,
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer A person familiar with the deal says veteran left-hander Martin Perez is set for a reunion with the Texas Rangers. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the one-year deal is pending the completion of a physical. Perez played the last two seasons for
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Kyiv y Lviv, Ucrania (CNN) — Vova no sabe que hay una guerra librándose justo delante de su ventana. No entiende el significado de las sirenas de ataque aéreo. No es consciente de la destrucción causada por las bombas rusas que caen sobre Kyiv. Simplemente quiere construir torres con sus bloques de juguete
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave was extended for a week by Major League Baseball and the players’ association. The extension begins Sunday, the mandatory reporting date for spring training, and runs through March 19. Bauer will not report to spring training during the extension or before the mandatory
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A Texas judge is blocking the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction Friday preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive that compels the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate. The
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Iraq War which was known as Operation Iraqi Freedom until September 2010, when it was renamed Operation New Dawn. In December 2011, the last US troops in Iraq crossed the border into Kuwait, marking the end of the almost-nine year war. Timeline October 16, 2002 – US
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the trials and execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Facts Hussein was charged with premeditated murder, imprisonment and the deprivation of physical movement, forced deportation and torture. Seven other defendants stood trial with Hussein: Barzan Hassan, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Awad al-Bandar, Abdullah Ruwaid, Ali Dayem
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war. Facts Abu Ghraib prison was a US Army detention center for captured Iraqis from 2003 to 2006. An investigation into the treatment of detainees at the prison was prompted by the discovery of graphic
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Hispanic population in the United States, via the Census Bureau. Facts The Office of Management and Budget describes Hispanic or Latino ethnicity as “a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.” Hispanic people are the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Iraq’s “most wanted” fugitives list. Timeline April 11, 2003 – In a press conference, Army Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks announces that US soldiers in Iraq will begin receiving a list of the 55 “most wanted” Iraqis. To accompany the list, the soldiers also get a deck of playing
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