Skip to Content
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss financial markets watchdog says Sberbank, one of Russia’s largest banks, is selling its Swiss subsidiary that had come under pressure because of international sanctions on Russian interests over the invasion of Ukraine. Terms were not disclosed in the sale to Geneva’s Groupe M3. Sberbank (Switzerland) AG, which focuses on trade
Continue Reading
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Al menos ocho prominentes empresarios rusos han muerto por suicidio o en accidentes aún no explicados desde finales de enero, seis de ellos asociados a las dos empresas energéticas más grandes de Rusia. Cuatro de esos seis estaban vinculados al gigante energético estatal ruso Gazprom o a una de sus filiales,
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks gave up an early rally and ended lower on Wall Street, marking their third losing week in a row. Indexes had opened higher following a report on the job market that showed a moderate slowdown in hiring. That stoked cautious optimism that the Federal Reserve may not need to be as
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Broadcom, Lululemon rise; Oxford Industries, HashiCorp fall
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Parler, the social media platform frequented by many conservatives, is being restored to Google’s app store following what Google said were substantial changes to the app’s content moderation practices. Parler will again be available for download through the Google Play Store as early as Friday, Google (GOOG) said in a statement.
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks gave up an early rally and closed lower Friday, marking their third losing week in a row and extending Wall Street’s late-summer slump. Major stock indexes initially climbed broadly following the government’s latest job market report, which showed employers slowed their hiring in August. The report put traders
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN New Mexico plans to build a new abortion clinic near the Texas border, anticipating that more abortion seekers from surrounding states where the procedure is banned will travel there for care. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, signed an executive order on Wednesday directing that $10 million from her
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN After more than 50 days, he’s back. Runaway former Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to Colombo early on Saturday, Sri Lankan airport and security officials confirmed. The move threatens to reignite tensions in the crisis-hit country. Rajapaksa, who once ruled Sri Lanka with an iron fist, has kept a low
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Jorge Engels, CNN Three people have died and several others in Argentina have become sick after developing pneumonia with no clear cause, the World Health Organization said Friday. Cases in eight health care workers and one other patient are linked to a private clinic in San Miguel de Tucumán, WHO spokesperson
Continue Reading
By Nicole Chavez and Meron Moges-Gerbi Protests and calls for justice are increasing in Ohio’s capital after the police killing of an unarmed Black man this week bluntly signaled the continuation of years of racial inequality and strained relationships with law enforcement. Donovan Lewis was in bed around 2 a.m. Tuesday when he was shot
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Desde su triunfo en las elecciones presidenciales de 2007, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner se ha ido consolidado como una de las figuras más relevantes de la política en Argentina, con seguidores y críticos por igual y una enorme influencia en la vida del país. Fernández de Kirchner, quien ya tenía
Continue ReadingCNN By Michael Warren, Dan Merica and Gabby Orr, CNN As Republicans try to salvage their troubled quest to win the Senate majority this fall, party operatives are pointing their fingers at the fundraising failures of two GOP nominees and their idiosyncratic tech mogul backer, Peter Thiel. Thiel’s $15 million super PAC investments helped boost
Continue Reading By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal authorities reviewing a Chinese company’s purchase of land in North Dakota for a wet corn milling plant say more information is needed before they can decide whether project is detrimental to national security. Fufeng Group’s planned $700 million project in Grand Forks is near a
Continue ReadingCNN Martha C. White On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the US unemployment rate had ticked up to 3.7% in August, an increase that surprised economists who had expected it to remain at July’s 3.5%. In a normal labor market, rising unemployment is a red flag. But even though today’s labor market
Continue ReadingMartha C. White On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the US unemployment rate had ticked up to 3.7% in August, an increase that surprised economists who had expected it to remain at July’s 3.5%. In a normal labor market, rising unemployment is a red flag. But even though today’s labor market is
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Britney Spears publicó una carta abierta a sus hijos. La ganadora del Grammy acudió a Instagram el jueves y respondió a una entrevista que dio su hijo, Jayden Federline, de 15 años, para un próximo documental británico de ITV sobre la familia Federline. El documental fue presentado por el periódico británico
Continue ReadingCNN By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday said the decision by a Florida judge to grant former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review the documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago is “deeply flawed” and urged the Justice Department to appeal it. “The opinion, I think,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team to respond to the devastating flooding in Pakistan. According to the agency, the Disaster Assistance Response Team, or DART, will “lead the US government’s response efforts in Pakistan,” where at least 1,100 have been killed and at
Continue Reading
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles federal judge threw out an indictment Friday charging a dive boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people in a 2019 fire aboard a vessel anchored off the Southern California coast. The ruling came on the third anniversary of one of
Continue Reading