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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian state-linked news agency says a former senior defense official has been sentenced to death after being convicted of spying for Britain. The judiciary was quoted as saying Ali Reza Akbari, who was deputy defense minister until 2001, was a “key spy” for British intelligence. The report also
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In nominations to its 29th annual awards, the Screen Actors Guild heaped honors on the casts of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” while throwing some curve balls into the Oscar race. The awards, voted on by the Hollywood actors’ guild
Continue Reading LODZ, Poland (AP) — The discovery in central Poland of hundreds of objects that were most likely hidden by their Jewish owners during World War II provided a rare and precious find, officials said Wednesday. Around 400 items, including silver-plated menorahs, hanukkiahs, tableware and daily use items were uncovered in the city of Lodz last
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business executives, politicians and academics are bracing for a gloomy world battered by intersecting crises, as rising volatility and depleted resilience boost the odds of painful simultaneous shocks. In its annual survey of risks published Wednesday, the World Economic Forum found that more than 80% of respondents expected either “persistent crises”
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and South Korea are defending their public health restrictions on travelers from China after Beijing stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation. Chinese embassies stopped issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese on Tuesday. It wasn’t clear whether China
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — This time, Carlos Correa’s deal is done. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Correa passed his physical exam and finalized a $200 million, six-year contract with Minnesota. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — He trabajado de manera constante durante horas ahora, pero siento que ni siquiera he comenzado. Mi atención se desvía de la tarea asignada –escribir esta historia–, por una cantidad de cosas que creo son interrupciones de trabajo necesarias. (OK, un par eran de mi gato, quien también cree firmemente
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By MANU FERNÁNDEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Farmers from southeastern Spain have protested against a government order to provide ecological protection for a river. They see it as a threat to water resources they need for irrigating crops. Several thousand protesters rallied in front of Spain’s ministry for ecological transition. The
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Aaron Rodgers hits the beach and has even hosted a TV game show. Alvin Kamara has snowboarded in the mountains of Montana. Quinton Jefferson takes his kids to school and runs errands. Sheldon Rankins catches up on cooking and traveling. Game plans and practices are replaced in
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s largest aircraft fleet was grounded for hours by a cascading outage in a government system that delayed or cancelled thousands of flights across the U.S. before it was lifted Wednesday morning. The White House initially said that there was no evidence of a
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN As the Federal Aviation Administration scrambled to get its systems back online Wednesday, causing nationwide delays in air traffic, the agency was operating without a permanent leader. That’s because President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the organization, Phillip Washington, hasn’t even received a confirmation hearing — despite Democrats being in charge
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Netflix will air a live awards show for the first time, marking the streamer’s latest expansion into live programming and further cementing its influence in Hollywood. Beginning in 2024, the Screen Actors Guild Awards will be live-streamed globally on Netflix as part of a new, multi-year partnership. The awards show
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Argueta Click here for updates on this story FLAGLER COUNTY, Florida (WKMG) — A beached 21-foot killer whale was found dead Wednesday morning after washing up on a Florida beach. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the beach south of Jungle Hut Park in Palm Coast. According to the sheriff’s
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors get ready for a highly anticipated inflation update and several big corporate earnings reports later in the week. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% as of 2:20 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In nominations to its 29th annual awards, the Screen Actors Guild heaped honors on the casts of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” while throwing some curve balls into the Oscar race. The awards, voted on by the Hollywood actors’ guild
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The nominations for the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor some of the year’s best television and film performances by actors, were announced on Wednesday. “Emily In Paris” star Ashley Park and Haley Lu Richardson from HBO’s hit series “The White Lotus” revealed the nominees, which streamed on Instagram
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By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN Russian space agency Roscosmos will launch an uncrewed spacecraft, Soyuz MS-23, to the International Space Station to serve as a return vehicle for cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio after the vehicle in which they launched in September sustained damage in space. The
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is beginning to see “a light at the end of the tunnel” of its customer service struggles, thanks to tens of billions of new money from the Democrats’ climate and health law and the authority to hire more people. That word comes from an independent
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a New York gun law that places restrictions on carrying a concealed firearm to remain in effect while legal challenges play out. In a brief order, the justices rebuffed an emergency request from challengers to the law who say it violates
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — More than 244,000 people have applied for asylum in Germany last year and more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees who have come to the country looking for shelter from Russia’s war. The German government said Wednesday that the No. 1 country of origin for asylum-seekers was Syria followed by Afghanistan, Turkey and
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