Month: December 2022

White House cautiously optimistic over economy in 2023: ‘Absolutely no sign’ job growth will tumble or unemployment will spike

December 23, 2022 3:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Matt Egan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN As Wall Street and Main Street fret about a potential recession, White House officials are projecting confidence about the economy’s ability to weather the storm in 2023. “We’re feeling cautiously optimistic because we are starting to see some real concrete measurable signs of progress,” Aviva Aron-Dine, deputy director

Truck carrying Indian soldiers falls into gorge, killing 16

December 23, 2022 2:57 AM Associated Press

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A truck carrying Indian soldiers has skidded off a road into a gorge in the country’s remote northeast, killing at least 16. The army says four other soldiers were injured in the accident Friday in Sikkim state. It says the vehicle was making a sharp turn

Ukraine president back in Kyiv, Russia keeps up attacks

December 23, 2022 2:37 AM Associated Press

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounded another defiant note on his return to his nation’s capital following his wartime visit to the United States. He said Friday that Ukrainian forces are “working toward victory” even as Russia launched new strikes across the country. Zelenskyy posted on

French serial killer Charles ‘The Serpent’ Sobhraj released from Nepali jail

December 23, 2022 2:28 AM CNN Newsource

By Sugam Pokharel, Alex Hardie and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series “The Serpent,” walked free from a Nepali prison Friday. “Sobhraj has been released from the jail. He has been handed over to the immigration department. The officials at the immigration department informed us

In interview hours before his death, Franco Harris says ‘Immaculate Reception’ play ‘blows my mind’

December 23, 2022 2:10 AM CNN Newsource

By David J. Lopez, CNN Fifty years after the “Immaculate Reception” and just hours before his death, Franco Harris said it “blows my mind” how he pulled off arguably the most memorable play in NFL history. In a live interview Tuesday on “Mad Dog Unleashed” on SiriusXM radio, Harris recalled December 23, 1972, when he

Man convicted over German train knife attack that wounded 4

December 23, 2022 2:09 AM Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a man of attempted murder and bodily harm and sentenced him to 14 years in prison over a knife attack on a train last year that left four people wounded. Judges found that he had an Islamic extremist motive. The Palestinian man was convicted at the Munich

House passes $1.7 trillion government spending bill as funding deadline looms

December 23, 2022 2:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House voted Friday to pass a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill that would fund critical government operations across federal agencies and provide emergency aid for Ukraine and natural disaster relief. The bill will next go to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Government funding is

House passes $1.7 trillion government spending bill as funding deadline looms

December 23, 2022 2:03 AM CNN

CNN, POOL, SENATE TV, NATO TV, JOHN HARRINGTON By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House voted Friday to pass a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill that would fund critical government operations across federal agencies and provide emergency aid for Ukraine and natural disaster relief. The bill will next go to President Joe Biden

World shares mixed before updates on spending, durable goods

December 23, 2022 2:01 AM Associated Press

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose in Europe on Friday after a retreat in Asia ahead of updates on U.S. consumer spending and durable goods orders. Benchmarks climbed in London and Paris but fell in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul. Oil prices surged more than $1 a barrel. Japan reported

World shares mixed before updates on spending, durable goods

December 23, 2022 2:01 AM Associated Press

The peculiar Russian missile ‘cemetery’ in eastern Ukraine

December 23, 2022 1:56 AM Associated Press

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has a peculiar “cemetery,” one that recalls some of the worst damage done since the Russian invasion: the debris of rockets used against this town and its people. This graveyard has more than a thousand missiles, or parts of them.

The year in sport: A fond farewell for some, a glimpse of the future for others

December 23, 2022 1:40 AM CNN Newsource

By George Ramsay, CNN An athlete, former jockey AP McCoy said earlier this year, is the only person who dies twice, such is the pain of walking away from the intoxicating, all-consuming nature of professional sport. McCoy retired from his long, decorated racing career in 2015, and since then has had to learn, in his

Israeli police kill Arab assailant after alleged car-ramming

December 23, 2022 1:32 AM Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have killed an Arab assailant who allegedly rammed them with his car after trying to shoot an officer in central Israel on Friday, leaving three policemen wounded. The incident took place Friday in the Arab Israeli town of Kfar Qassem, an unusual site for what police suspected was a militant

Corea del Norte dispara misiles balísticos de corto alcance, dice Corea del Sur

December 23, 2022 1:20 AM CNN Newsource

olivertapia (CNN) — Corea del Norte disparó al menos dos misiles balísticos de corto alcance el viernes, según funcionarios de Corea del Sur, el último lanzamiento en un año sin precedentes de pruebas de armas. Los misiles fueron disparados desde el área Sunan de Pyongyang alrededor de las 4:32 pm hora local, dijo el viernes

For first known time in public, Putin calls fighting in Ukraine a ‘war’

December 23, 2022 1:16 AM CNN

CNN By Radina Gigova and Rhea Mogul, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used the word “war” to refer to the conflict in Ukraine, the first known time he has publicly deviated from his carefully crafted description of Moscow’s invasion as a “special military operation” 10 months after it began. “Our goal is not

Journalists in Somalia slam government restrictions, arrests

December 23, 2022 1:03 AM Associated Press

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Journalists in Somalia say the government is further restricting their work amid a significant military offensive against the al-Shabab extremist group, with a new directive to submit content for approval before publication. In the latest incident, media groups say police in the central Hirshabelle state detained

Latest strike by UK workers could bring delays at airports

December 23, 2022 12:47 AM Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Air travelers are facing possible delays at U.K. airports as government employees who check passports go on strike. The walkout Friday is the latest in a spate of walkouts over pay amid a cost-of-living crisis. The strike by Border Force staff is due to continue through the end of the year, with

Latest strike by UK workers could bring delays at airports

December 23, 2022 12:47 AM Associated Press

Two strangers fell in love on a plane on Christmas Day

December 23, 2022 12:47 AM CNN Newsource

Francesca Street, CNN For Catalina Bernal Andrade, Christmas 2009 was unusual — in more ways than one. That year, Catalina’s father had been diagnosed with colon cancer. Catalina, then 31, had moved back into her parents’ home in Bogotá, Colombia, to support them through his treatment. Christmas rolled around, and Catalina and her family celebrated

Tomahawks part of Japan’s record defense spending next year

December 23, 2022 12:44 AM Associated Press

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved record defense spending next year in preparation for the country deploying U.S.-made Tomahawks and other long-range cruise missiles as part of a more offensive security strategy. The budget Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet approved Friday will surge to a record $55 billion, a

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