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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said on a sports radio call-in show that there’s a plan in place for when he steps down. Boeheim did not reveal any details of the plan to ESPN Radio Syracuse because that could have an effect on recruiting. He said the university will decide when to
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Russia’s economy is under serious pressure from tough new Western sanctions. That’s forcing financial institutions to consider: Just how exposed are they if it implodes? What’s happening: Foreign banks had more than $120 billion in claims on Russian counterparties at the end of September 2021, according to the Bank for
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the war in Ukraine is “going according to plan” Thursday, with residents of the key city of Mariupol facing a deteriorating humanitarian situation, as the city remains under siege by Russian forces determined to tighten their grip on Ukraine’s south. “The
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy reported a shortfall in sales for the holiday quarter as the nation’s largest electronics chain struggled with limited supplies of holiday products and was forced to reduce store hours because of a shortage of workers due to omicron. The chain reported profits in
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Two major retailers, Ikea and H&M, are temporarily pausing operations in Russia and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine. Ikea, the world’s largest furniture company, has 17 stores in Russia. The company said the conflict is having a “huge human impact” and “resulting in serious disruptions to supply chain
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un informe de inteligencia occidental indicó que funcionarios de China solicitaron a principios de febrero a altos funcionarios de Rusia que esperaran hasta que terminaran los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Beijing antes de comenzar una invasión a Ucrania, dijeron funcionarios estadounidenses este miércoles. En términos generales, funcionarios de Estados
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Londoners are facing travel chaos after around 10,000 transport workers walked off their jobs for the second day this week, leaving almost all of the capital’s subway lines suspended or severely disrupted. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union are on strike for 24 hours in a dispute over jobs, pensions
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is scrambling to reduce its natural gas dependence on Russia, and it won’t be easy. Governments are rolling out plans for new gas imports and pipelines. But that’s going to take time. For now, they’re rounding up more liquid gas that can come by
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets were essentially flat in premarket trading while oil prices continued to climb Russian forces bombarded Ukraine’s second-largest city and besieged two ports. The economic fallout from the Russian invasion expanded, with Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Ratings cutting Russia’s credit rating. They said the invasion and Western sanctions have hurt
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN For days, residents of Kyiv had been bracing themselves for a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, and towed artillery to arrive for an assault on the Ukrainian capital. Days later, they’re still waiting. On Thursday, US intelligence suggested that the convoy was still stalled some distance from Kyiv, backing
Continue ReadingCNN By Luke McGee, CNN For days, residents of Kyiv had been bracing themselves for a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, and towed artillery to arrive for an assault on the Ukrainian capital. Days later, they’re still waiting. On Thursday, US intelligence suggested that the convoy was still stalled some distance from Kyiv,
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont have announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is assigning $80 million in federal pandemic rescue funds to support dairy industry innovation. The country’s four Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives in Vermont, California, Tennessee and Wisconsin will have access to up to
Continue Reading THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Riverside County say no one was hurt in a blaze that destroyed a group of mobile homes in a remote desert location near the Salton Sea. KESQ-TV reports that 30 people lost their homes, including 19 adults and 11 children. By the time firefighters were able to contain the
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Three Russian wrestlers have been suspended by the International Testing Agency because of doping cases dating back 10 years. The evidence was only recently revealed in a Moscow laboratory database. It was withheld and tampered with in the possession of Russian state authorities from 2015-19. Manipulating the database led to a
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court has given a former American executive at Nissan charged with underreporting his boss Carlos Ghosn’s pay a 6-month suspended sentence. The verdict allows Greg Kelly to return to the U.S. Kelly’s defense said they planned to appeal, stressing Kelly is completely innocent. Kelly
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Después de ganar su primer título mundial el año pasado, Max Verstappen firmó una extensión de contrato a largo plazo con Red Bull Racing que lo mantendrá con el equipo hasta 2028. El contrato actual del holandés expiraba después de la temporada 2023, pero el piloto de 24 años aspira
Continue Reading By SABRINA PARYS of NerdWallet Many Americans incorporate green practices into their everyday lives, such as recycling, limiting meat consumption and going paperless. But taking sustainability efforts to the next level by switching to clean energy or purchasing an electric vehicle might feel daunting. Several federal incentives, such as the electric vehicle tax credit and
Continue Reading By SALAR SALIM and SAMYA KULLAB BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has rejected a ruling by the Supreme Court in Baghdad that ordered it to end its oil sector’s de facto independence. Regional Prime Minister Masrour Barzani told reporters on Thursday that the surprise Feb. 16 decision to annul Kurdish oil and gas
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN The distribution of White supremacist propaganda in 2021 reached the second-highest level recorded since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking it, the group announced on Thursday. Last year, there were 4,851 documented cases of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers, stickers, banners and posters distributed in the United States, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Continue Reading olivertapia París (CNN Business) — Francia confiscó un yate propiedad del oligarca ruso Igor Sechin, dijo el jueves el Ministerio de Finanzas francés en un comunicado. Sechin es el CEO del gigante petrolero ruso Rosneft. La Unión Europea sancionó a Sechin a principios de esta semana, describiéndolo como uno de los “asesores más confiables y
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