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By JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says Russia’s military has captured two villages in eastern Ukraine and is vying for control of a key highway as it seeks to cut supply lines and encircle frontline Ukrainian troops. The Ukrainian military hopes to gain an advantage with the arrival
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By JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says Russia’s military has captured two villages in eastern Ukraine and is vying for control of a key highway as it seeks to cut supply lines and encircle frontline Ukrainian troops. The Ukrainian military hopes to gain an advantage with the arrival
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Newly elected Republican Congresswoman Mayra Flores spread conspiracies on social media that the January 6 riot at the US Capitol was caused by members of the far-left group Antifa and repeatedly used a hashtag of the QAnon conspiracy theory in tweets that have since been removed. CNN’s KFile reviewed deleted tweets
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Israel has dispatched two water-dropping aircraft to help battle a large wildfire that has scorched at least 10,000 acres of forest on the foothills of the Pentadaktylos mountain range in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus. The two Israeli aircraft on Thursday joined another two planes and a helicopter that
Continue ReadingCNN By Sana Noor Haq, CNN American swimmer Anita Alvarez was rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after she lost consciousness. Coach Andrea Fuentes jumped into the pool after she saw the 25-year-old artistic swimmer sink to the bottom at the end
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The good news for stocks is that this year’s sell-off means they no longer look eye-wateringly expensive. The bad news: That won’t matter if corporate profits give out. A stock’s price rises or falls for essentially two reasons: how much cash a company generates and
Continue ReadingCNN By Issy Ronald, CNN Katie Ledecky won a record-extending 17th swimming world title with a comfortable victory in the 1,500m free in Budapest on Monday. With this latest gold medal, Ledecky also tied fellow American Natalie Coughlin for the women’s record of 20 career medals at the world championships. “It’s pretty wild because I
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Thursday. The S&P 500 is up 0.6% shortly after the open. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq are also rising. The Labor Department said fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the U.S. job market remains robust. Fed
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Akanksha Sharma, Jo Shelley and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Aid groups scrambled on Thursday to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people in an area blighted by poor infrastructure, as the country faces dire economic and hunger crises. The slow response, exacerbated by international sanctions
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Gloria Estefan didn’t end up performing with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira during the Super Bowl LIV halftime show, but she still has some thoughts. During a recent appearance on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen,” Estefan said she hasn’t seen Lopez’s “Halftime” documentary, which explores her preparation for the
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos — the billionaire founder of Amazon and rocket company Blue Origin — made a grand public announcement a year ago that he purchased a ship to capture Blue Origin rockets after they return from space, and he named the vessel after his mother. But now the company says
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is betting that the oil boom isn’t going to end any time soon. Berkshire Hathaway disclosed in a regulatory filing late Wednesday that it spent about $529 million to buy nearly 9.6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in the past week. Berkshire Hathaway made
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CNNEE (CNN Español) — La ingeniera colombiana Diana Trujillo sigue triunfando en la NASA. Según anunció este jueves la agencia espacial de Estados Unidos, Trujillo será directora de vuelo y supervisará las misiones a la Estación Espacial Internacional y la misión Artemis a la Luna, entre otros. Trujillo, nacida en Cali, en el suroccidente de
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A sleek $156 million superyacht belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch and parliamentarian is now docked in Dubai, the latest reminder of how the skyscraper-studded sheikhdom has become a haven for Russian money amid Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The Madame Gu, which has a
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN The planet’s dumbest animated duo make a semi-triumphant return in “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe,” which — unlike when they “did” America 26 years ago — premieres via Paramount+. Basically one long, idiotic misunderstanding, it’s just the thing to fill the black hole of mindless and inappropriate comedy. Series
Continue ReadingBy Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent Russian forces are gaining an advantage in eastern Ukraine as they learn from mistakes made during the earlier stages of their invasion of the country, including better coordinating air and ground attacks and improving logistics and supply lines, two US officials with direct knowledge of US intelligence assessments
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has activated the second phase of its three-stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies, saying the country faces a “crisis” and warning that storage targets for the winter are at risk due to dwindling deliveries from Russia. The government said Thursday that the decision to raise
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Berlín/Londres (CNN Business) — La mayor economía de Europa se está quedando oficialmente sin gas natural y está intensificando un plan de crisis para preservar los suministros de cara al invierno mientras Rusia cierra los grifos. Alemania activó este jueves la segunda fase de su programa de emergencia de gas en tres
Continue ReadingOpinion by Mark Wolfe for CNN Business Perspectives Last week more than 125 million people in the US were living under heat warning and advisories and this week a second major heat wave is projected with more than 100 high temperatures records expected to be broken. And it’s only June. This year’s early heat waves
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — A Bulgarian government crisis tarnished a European Union summit Thursday that was intended to bolster the EU membership hopes of Balkan countries. Bulgaria’s parliament voted no-confidence Wednesday in the coalition government of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, presenting an obstacle to the long-delayed start of the EU’s accession negotiations with North Macedonia and
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