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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Global shares are mixed with European stocks mostly lower after a day of gains in Asia. Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Hong Kong rose. London was little changed. Shanghai was closed for a holiday. Oil prices advanced while U.S. futures slipped. Shares in Hong Kong-traded Chinese companies
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olivertapia (CNN) — La cantautora y actriz Camila Cabello compartió un texto en Instagram en el que reflexionó acerca de las críticas que recibe sobre su aspecto físico y sobre cómo le afectan a su salud mental. La cantante cubano-estadounidense, que recientemente protagonizó una nueva versión de “Cenicienta”, se pronunció ante las presiones que ha
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Netherlands national soccer team coach Louis van Gaal says he is being treated for an aggressive form of prostate cancer but still plans to lead the team at the World Cup in Qatar in November. Van Gaal tells Sunday night Dutch talk show “Humberto” that players in the national team
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Yearly inflation in Turkey has hit 61.14%, climbing to a new 20-year high and deepening a cost of living crisis for many households. The Turkish Statistical Institute said Monday consumer prices rose by 5.46% in March compared with the previous month. The highest yearly price increase was in the transportation sector, at
Continue ReadingCNN Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Doja Cat is up for eight awards at the 2022 Grammys, and the rapper and singer arrived on the red carpet in a sheer, sea foam-colored Versace gown looking like Grammys royalty. The off-shoulder look is dripping in crystals and features a corseted bodice. She paired it with matching platform shoes
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India’s Gautam Adani has joined what is probably the most elite club in the world. The infrastructure tycoon’s wealth hit $100 billion over the weekend, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the richest person in Asia. He joins nine other men in the centibillionaires club, including Tesla CEO
Continue Reading By SKIPPER PATRICK Associated Press KANSAS CITY (AP) — Two free throws by calm Joe Quigg with six seconds remaining in the third overtime broke up a bitterly contested game and gave the North Carolina Tar Heels a 54-53 victory over Kansas and the NCAA major college basketball championship for 1957. The Tar Heels, extending
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer Jon Batiste may have won the most Grammy Awards with five on Sunday night, but in some ways he was a surprise. He won the prestigious album of the year against heavyweights like Tony Bennett, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Ye. Batiste’s performance of “Freedom” also symbolized the Grammys’
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer Jon Batiste may have won the most Grammy Awards with five on Sunday night, but in some ways he was a surprise. He won the prestigious album of the year against heavyweights like Tony Bennett, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Ye. Batiste’s performance of “Freedom” also symbolized the Grammys’
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Poppy Harlow, CNN Howard Schultz’s first act on his return as Starbucks CEO is to pause the company’s share buyback program. “Starting immediately, we are suspending our share repurchasing program,” Schultz wrote in an open letter to Starbucks employees, customers and others which was published early Monday. “This decision will allow
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma hugged at midcourt after South Carolina ended UConn’s undefeated run in NCAA championship games. It was the first time the coaches had met on women basketball’s biggest stage and may not be the last with so many talented players returning for
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff. They are struggling to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest city. The city was conducting a mass testing of its 25 million residents Monday as what was supposed to
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By Chris Boyette, CNN Three people are facing capital murder charges after an off-duty Harris County deputy was shot and killed while leaving a grocery store with his wife, officials said. Deputy Darren Almendarez, 51, and his wife were walking to their truck at a Houston-area store around 8:35 p.m. Thursday when they saw a
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The South Carolina Gamecocks granted The Associated Press behind-the-scenes access to their Final Four experience. It was clear that there was a singular focus to the journey that started last year, almost immediately after a 66-65 loss in the national semifinals to eventual champion Stanford. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Wayne Sterling, CNN Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods said “it will be a game-time decision” on whether he will compete at the 2022 Masters, which begins Thursday at Augusta National in Georgia. “I will be heading up to Augusta today to continue my preparation and practice,” Woods wrote on Twitter Sunday. “It will
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Having escaped from Russian shelling, Ukrainian refugees are now focused on building new lives — temporarily or permanently. Countries neighboring their homeland, like Poland and Romania, are sparing no effort to help them integrate and feel needed in the new environment. In Warsaw,
Continue Reading By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and NEBI QENA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Foreign outrage is mounting over evidence of possible executions and other atrocities by Russian forces in Ukraine. Germany’s defense minister reacted to the new evidence by saying Europe must consider stepping up penalties for Moscow by boycotting its gas exports, an economically painful
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in Asia have advanced as gains carry over from an upbeat finish last week on Wall Street. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul rose while Shanghai was closed for a holiday. Oil prices nudged higher and U.S. futures were nearly unchanged. Analysts said a healthy report
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA and AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writers NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There are strong connections between North Carolina and Kansas. The storied programs heading into Monday night’s NCAA men’s championship game in New Orleans share stories and ties to some of the giants of the sport. The connections include late North Carolina Hall
Continue Reading By Pooja Salhotra and Kelly McCleary, CNN Police were called to assist a wayward traveler in Southampton, New York, Sunday after a baby seal was spotted scooting through a traffic circle. “Some of our officers responded and found a baby harbor seal in the roadway,” a Facebook post from the Southampton Town Police Department said.
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