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By Kevin Liptak and Jasmine Wright, CNN President Joe Biden has been bracing for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade for months, preparing for it to potentially set off mass protests and heap pressure on the White House to act, according to officials, even as there remains little he can do through
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PARIS (AP) — The chief of airline alliance Air France-KLM says it will take weeks or months to get new security staff in place to lighten pressure on the Amsterdam airport. The Schiphol Airport has seen flight cancellations, huge delays and big travel headaches as global air travel rebounds. Other European and U.S. airports are
Continue ReadingBarry Neild, CNN Drive an hour or so southeast out of the city of Abu Dhabi toward the emirate’s empty deserts and you’ll hit a landscape full of unexpected man-made creations. The region of Al Wathba is home to a beautiful oasis-like wetland reserve created, so the story goes, by an overspill from a water
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Just days after the United States rolled out child-sized doses of Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5, the Biden administration has launched a new ad campaign to encourage parents to give their kids the “best protection” against Covid-19: a vaccine. In one video advertisement from the campaign, titled “Promise,” parents
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Mientras sufre los embates rusos en el este del país, Ucrania recibió un respaldo crucial, ya que los líderes de la Unión Europea decidieron, en una cumbre que se realiza en Bruselas, concederle el estatus de candidato a ingresar al bloque. Mientras tanto, las tropas ucranianas se enfrentan a
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese High Court has rejected an appeal by a former brokerage manager alleging on-the-job harassment and unlawful dismissal after he took parental leave at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley. The case of Glen Wood, a Canadian who has lived in Japan for three decades, has become a
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military expanded its grab of territory in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, capturing two villages and vying for control of a key highway in an offensive that could cut supply lines and encircle some frontline Ukrainian forces, British and Ukrainian military officials
Continue ReadingCNN Barry Neild, CNN Drive an hour or so southeast out of the city of Abu Dhabi toward the emirate’s empty deserts and you’ll hit a landscape full of unexpected man-made creations. The region of Al Wathba is home to a beautiful oasis-like wetland reserve created, so the story goes, by an overspill from a
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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 committee will hear from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the 2020 presidential election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks. The hearing Thursday will bring attention to a memorably turbulent
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN Bruton Smith, a longtime fixture in NASCAR and a Hall of Fame inductee for building and promoting auto racing events nationwide, died Wednesday at age 95 of natural causes, according to a statement from track operating company Speedway Motorsports. Marcus Smith, his son and president of the company his father led
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s military leaders have discussed assigning additional duties to front-line army units. Analysts say the discussions suggest North Korea may want to deploy battlefield nuclear weapons targeting South Korea along the rivals’ tense border. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency says leader Kim
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key policy interest rate from 0.75% to 1.25%. In a statement on Thursday, Norges Bank cited a bigger than expected decline in unemployment and higher than anticipated inflation as factors in its decision. Inflation in Norway is at 5.7%, while unemployment came in at 3.2%
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key policy interest rate from 0.75% to 1.25%. In a statement on Thursday, Norges Bank cited a bigger than expected decline in unemployment and higher than anticipated inflation as factors in its decision. Inflation in Norway is at 5.7%, while unemployment came in at 3.2%
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 appear to escape antibody responses among both people who had previous Covid-19 infection and those who have been fully vaccinated and boosted, according to new data from researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, of Harvard Medical School. However, Covid-19 vaccination is still expected
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — European stocks opened lower Thursday while Asian markets gained after the Federal Reserve chairman said a recession is possible as the U.S. central bank raises interest rates to cool surging inflation. London and Frankfurt declined. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong closed higher. Oil prices fell more
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — European stocks opened lower Thursday while Asian markets gained after the Federal Reserve chairman said a recession is possible as the U.S. central bank raises interest rates to cool surging inflation. London and Frankfurt declined. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong closed higher. Oil prices fell more
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Thursday night passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence that amounts to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades. The final vote was 65 to 33 with 15 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the measure, marking a
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Polls are open for two special elections in England that could deliver a new blow to scandal-tainted Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Wakefield in northern England and the southwestern constituency of Tiverton and Honiton are both electing replacements for Conservative lawmakers who resigned in disgrace over sexual
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As the World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, some experts say WHO’s decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the inequities that arose between rich
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As the World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, some experts say WHO’s decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the grotesque inequities that arose
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