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Japan ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated while giving speech
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, CHISATO TANAKA and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press NARA, Japan (AP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said. Abe, 67, was shot from behind
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Report: Europe’s banks need to raise game on climate risk
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s banks aren’t sufficiently considering risks from climate change and must “urgently step up efforts” to make sure they understand the possible impact of floods, wildfires and losses on investments. That was a key conclusion from a climate stress test on 104 banks run by
Continue ReadingPrivate browsing may not protect you as much as you think
CNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business For years, the most popular internet browsers have included options to search for and visit websites in “private” modes. Those options may now be viewed as vital tools for some in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise, as abortion-seekers look to avoid having their personal data used against
Continue ReadingHouse lawmakers are investigating how some tech companies will handle health data related to abortions
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Three House lawmakers are launching an investigation into the collection and sale of personal health data related to abortion by data brokers and period-tracking apps. They are seeking information from five data broker companies and five health-tracking app companies about their collection, retention and sale of personal health data, according
Continue Reading Report: China auto sales down 7.1% in first half of 2022
BEIJING (AP) — An industry group says China’s auto sales fell 7.1% in the first half of 2022 from a year earlier, but demand in the industry’s biggest global market picked up in June. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in data reported by the official China News Agency, said sales from January to June
Continue ReadingChina says India risks scaring away investors with raids on its companies
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India risks damaging its reputation among foreign investors with its “frequent investigations” into Chinese companies, Beijing said this week. China’s embassy in India said in a statement Thursday that probes by Indian authorities into Chinese companies were disrupting “normal business activities” and chilling “the confidence and willingness of market entities
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Última hora de la muerte del ex primer ministro de Japón Shinzo Abe: noticias y reacciones
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Continue ReadingShinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, defined politics for a generation
By CNN Staff Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in Nara. He was 67. Abe was pronounced dead by doctors at the Nara Medical University hospital in central Japan at 5:03 p.m. local time. He was admitted into hospital in a state of cardiac arrest
Continue Reading Yellen to push price cap on Russian oil during Asia visit
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Asia this month, her first trip to the Indo-Pacific since becoming head of the agency. Yellen will represent the U.S. at the Group of 20 finance minister meetings on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. At the G-20 meetings and on
Continue Reading Attack on former Japan PM stuns nation known for gun control
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — News that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been shot in broad daylight has shocked not only Japan but the entire world, which has come to associate the relatively low-crime nation with strict gun control. Police say that Japan, with a population of 125 million, had just
Continue Reading UK leader hopefuls jostle as Johnson digs in for final weeks
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak formally launched his campaign to replace departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, leaping to the front of what is set to be a large pack of Conservative Party contenders — even as some party lawmakers pushed to
Continue Reading UK leader hopefuls jostle as Johnson digs in for final weeks
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak formally launched his campaign to replace departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, leaping to the front of what is set to be a large pack of Conservative Party contenders — even as some party lawmakers pushed to
Continue ReadingUSWNT qualifies for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
By Issy Ronald, CNN On July 7, 2019, the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) won a record fourth World Cup title, confirming its dominance over the women’s game. Three years later, on July 7, 2022, the USA took its first step to defending its title by sealing a place at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World
Continue ReadingPrince Harry wins early victory in libel lawsuit against UK’s Mail on Sunday tabloid
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Lauren Kent, CNN Business Parts of a tabloid article alleging that Prince Harry tried to keep a legal challenge against a British government department a secret were “defamatory,” a UK High Court judge ruled on Friday. The Duke of Sussex is suing Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) after one of its publications,
Continue ReadingShinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister, assassinated during campaign speech
By Helen Regan, Junko Ogura and Tara John, CNN Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while giving a campaign speech on a street in central Japan. The assassination of the former world leader in broad daylight has shocked a nation not used to gun violence and prompted an outpouring
Continue ReadingWhat it’s like to land on the world’s shortest commercial runway
By Nicola Chilton, CNN Flying into Saba isn’t for the faint hearted. The vertiginous slopes and sea cliffs of this five-square-mile island in the Caribbean don’t leave much space to land a plane. But Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, clinging to Saba’s only bit of flat land, is proof that it can be done. With a
Continue ReadingBiden ‘stunned, outraged and deeply saddened’ over Abe killing
By Chandelis Duster President Joe Biden on Friday said he was “stunned, outraged and deeply saddened by the news that my friend Abe Shinzo, former Prime Minister of Japan, was shot and killed while campaigning.” Abe, 67, died after being shot during a speech in Nara, Japan. “Above all, [Abe] cared deeply about the Japanese
Continue ReadingSepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of fraud in Swiss Court
By Matt Foster and Ben Church, CNN Former FIFA and UEFA Presidents Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted of fraud, forgery and mismanagement in a court in Switzerland on Friday. The trial centered on a payment made by FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, to Platini in 2011. At the time, Platini was President
Continue Reading Fatal shooting of Japan’s Shinzo Abe stuns world leaders
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Friday’s shocking assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world’s safest country stunned the world and drew condemnation, with Iran calling it an “act of terrorism” and Spain slamming the “cowardly attack.” Abe, 67, was shot from behind in Nara in western Japan while giving
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