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By Ivana Kottasová and Sugam Pokharel, CNN Former finance minister Rishi Sunak will be the United Kingdom’s next prime minister after seeing off his lone remaining rival in the fast-tracked race to become Conservative party leader on Monday. The other potential candidate, Penny Mordaunt, conceded after failing to meet the threshold of nominations from lawmakers
Continue ReadingCNN By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Orange and pink fireworks colored the skies over south London on Monday, as members of the local South Asian community celebrated Diwali. This year, the holiday aligned with Rishi Sunak, 42, becoming Britain’s first prime minister of Indian descent, as Hindus like him celebrated the festival of lights. Sunak’s
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Luke McGee, CNN Just seven short weeks ago, it looked as if it might be all over for Rishi Sunak. The former chancellor of the exchequer — the UK’s title for its chief finance minister — made a high-stakes gamble. He launched an attack that helped to end Boris Johnson’s premiership,
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN While it is an indisputable cultural capital, Paris has long been overlooked as a place to buy and sell contemporary art. With neighbors Britain and Switzerland home to Europe’s largest art market and the world’s largest art fair, respectively, France has often struggled to secure its status as a hub among collectors.
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak ran for Britain’s top job and lost. Then he got another shot — and the chance to say “I told you so.” The former U.K. Treasury chief was runner-up to Liz Truss in the contest to replace the scandal-plagued Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — On March 26, El Salvador’s street gangs had killed 62 people across the country, igniting a nationwide furor. President Nayib Bukele and his allies in congress launched a war against the gangs and suspended constitutional rights. Nearly seven months later, this “state of exception”
Continue Reading By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A teenager pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism and first-degree murder in a Michigan school shooting that killed four students and put an extraordinary focus on the boy’s home life and the alleged role of his parents in the tragedy. Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities on Monday tried to dampen public fears over Russia’s use of Iranian-built drones on its neighbor by claiming increasing success in shooting down the small aircraft, while talk of a “dirty bomb” attack has added another worrying dimension to the conflict that’s entering it’s
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain’s next prime minister after winning the Conservative leadership race Monday — and now faces the huge task of stabilizing the party and country at a time of economic and political turbulence. Sunak will be Britain’s first leader
Continue Reading By MEGHAN COYLE of NerdWallet In NerdWallet’s annual analysis of airline mile valuations, holiday flights often don’t provide the highest per-mile value. For example, Delta, Southwest or American Airlines miles are generally worth 1.5 cents each when redeemed for flights. However, they’re only worth about 1.4 cents when you use them for flights around the
Continue Reading By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The decline of an endangered species of whale slowed last year, as it lost about 2% of its population, but scientists warn the animal still faces existential threats and is losing breeding females too fast. The North Atlantic right whale’s population was more than 480 in
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By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — On a recent Sunday morning, in the sanctuary of Saddleback Church, Lead Pastor Andy Wood opened with a shout-out to the congregation’s newest female teaching pastor – his wife Stacie Wood. It has been about a month since Andy Wood, 41, succeeded Pastor Rick Warren,
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CNN, WPLG, WJHG, NETTV By Ray Sanchez, CNN Fourth- and eighth-graders fell behind in reading and had the largest ever decline in math, according to a national educational assessment showing the devastating effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on America’s children. The alarming findings are based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading and math
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — El subcomité de las Naciones Unidas para la Prevención de la Tortura (SPT, por sus siglas en inglés) suspendió este domingo su recorrido por las prisiones australianas, citando la falta de cooperación de los funcionarios que les negaron el acceso a algunos centros de detención. En un comunicado,
Continue Reading By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil is days from a presidential election featuring two political titans and bitter rivals that could usher in another four years of far-right politics or return a leftist to the nation’s top job. On one side is incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain who built
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Consky, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As inflation continues to weigh down Canadian spending, a retail expert says deceptive discounts based on higher regular prices could mislead shoppers this holiday season. Bruce Winder told CTV News Channel on Sunday that consumers can expect to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study using data that spans 25 years has found that getting just five hours of sleep or fewer every night is associated with a higher likelihood of being diagnosed with multiple chronic diseases. The study,
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Almost two-thirds of corporate economists believe the United States is already in a recession or will be within the next 12 months, according to the latest survey from the National Association for Business Economics. More than half the NABE respondents said they believed there was a more-than-even likelihood of America
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The Portland Thorns will play the Kansas City Current for the National Women’s Soccer League championship next weekend in Washington, closing out a turbulent and emotionally taxing 10th season. Crystal Dunn came off the bench and scored in stoppage time to give the Thorns a 2-1 victory over
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities on Monday tried to dampen public fears over Russia’s use of Iranian-built drones on its neighbor by claiming increasing success in shooting down the small aircraft, while talk of a “dirty bomb” attack has added another worrying dimension to the conflict that’s entering it’s
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