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ISTANBUL (AP) — Annual inflation in Turkey soared to nearly 80% in July. The Turkish Statistical Institute said Wednesday that consumer prices rose by 79.6% from a year earlier, up about 1 percentage point from June data. Skyrocketing food, housing and energy prices have hit Turkish consumers hard. Independent experts say inflation is much higher
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los votantes de Kansas dieron a los defensores del derecho al aborto una gran victoria este martes, en una de las elecciones primarias realizadas en Estados Unidos, acudiendo a las urnas para derrotar una medida que habría permitido a la legislatura liderada por el Partido Republicano imponer nuevas restricciones. La
Continue ReadingWLEX, JESSICA WILLETT, CNN By Caroll Alvarado and Christina Maxouris, CNN Gabriel Hensley, a father of five who stopped to help an injured driver and was later swept away by floodwaters himself was found dead this week, as the storm damage across eastern Kentucky complicates efforts to find the many people still unaccounted for. “He
Continue ReadingMegan C. Hills, CNN Stories of buried treasure and ancient shipwrecks have captivated for centuries, from pirate tales to Hollywood blockbusters. For one team of explorers, however, legend became reality when they uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 350-year-old sunken Spanish galleon — including coins, gemstones and priceless jewels once belonging to seafaring knights.
Continue Reading By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — The first grain ship to depart Ukraine under a wartime deal entered the Bosporus Strait on the way to Lebanon after its cargo was checked and approved Wednesday, Turkish and Ukrainian authorities said. An inspection team spent about 90 minutes conducting checks aboard the Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni,
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CLAIRE SAVAGE NEW YORK (AP) — To understand the impact of surging inflation on this year’s back-to-school spending, look no further than children’s rain boots with motifs like frogs and ladybugs made by Washington Shoe Co. Spending held steady for these evergreen items even after the Kent, Washington-based business was forced
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CLAIRE SAVAGE NEW YORK (AP) — To understand the impact of surging inflation on this year’s back-to-school spending, look no further than children’s rain boots with motifs like frogs and ladybugs made by Washington Shoe Co. Spending held steady for these evergreen items even after the Kent, Washington-based business was forced
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN For investigators working on the cases of people whose remains were found on the shore of Lake Mead, time is the enemy. The bodies — one of which was found in a corroding barrel with a gunshot wound — could have been submerged in the lake’s depths decades ago, leaving the
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Eric Cheung, Wayne Chang and Rhea Mogul, CNN During a historic trip to Taiwan Wednesday, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her visit was intended to make it “unequivocally clear” that the United States would “not abandon” the democratically governed island. China responded to Pelosi’s trip launching military exercises, which China’s
Continue Reading By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says the first grain ship carrying Ukrainian corn is preparing to cross through Istanbul’s Bosporus Strait and travel onto its final destination, Lebanon. The ministry said an inspection team finished its review aboard the Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni. The delegation included officials from Ukraine, Russia,
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has inspected a turbine at the center of a natural gas dispute and declared Wednesday that “there are no problems” blocking the part’s return to Russia besides missing information from Russia’s state-controlled gas company. The Kremlin insisted on Wednesday that more assurances are
Continue Reading CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer The OPEC oil cartel and its allies are meeting to decide how much oil to produce in September. They’re meeting amid high oil prices and unstable energy supplies exacerbated by the war Russia is waging on Ukraine. The group also is considering Wednesday what effects staggering inflation and rising COVID-19
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Wednesday as traders watched for potential economic impact from the visit to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. London and Shanghai fell. Frankfurt, Tokyo and Hong Kong gained. Oil prices declined. China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN British flight attendant Kris Major has worked in aviation for over two decades. He’s seen the industry suffer and recover in the wake of 9/11, SARS and foot and mouth disease. Now, Major’s on the front line of what he reckons is the worst aviation crisis yet: the 2022 summer of travel
Continue ReadingCNN, WBBM Francesca Street, CNN British flight attendant Kris Major has worked in aviation for over two decades. He’s seen the industry suffer and recover in the wake of 9/11, SARS and foot and mouth disease. Now, Major’s on the front line of what he reckons is the worst aviation crisis yet: the 2022 summer
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS Francesca Street, CNN British flight attendant Kris Major has worked in aviation for over two decades. He’s seen the industry suffer and recover in the wake of 9/11, SARS and foot and mouth disease. Now, Major’s on the front line of what he reckons is the worst aviation crisis yet: the 2022
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions on the planet blasted such a massive amount of water vapor high into the atmosphere that it’s likely to temporarily warm the Earth’s surface, according to detections from a NASA satellite. When the undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on January 15, 40 miles
Continue ReadingBy Laura He and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, CNN Business China has suspended some trade with Taiwan in apparent retribution for a visit by the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-governing island. The curbs include the suspension of some fruits and fish imports from Taiwan, and exports of natural sand to the island. China
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura He and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, CNN Business China has suspended some trade with Taiwan in apparent retribution for a visit by the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-governing island. The curbs include the suspension of some fruits and fish imports from Taiwan, and exports of natural sand to the island.
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order to help ensure access to abortion in light of the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this summer to eliminate the constitutional right to the procedure. The President said the order helps women travel out of state to receive abortions, ensures
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