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TOKYO (AP) — Martin Muzik hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning and the Czech Republic beat China 8-5 on Friday in the World Baseball Classic. The Czech Republic overcame a 5-4 deficit in the ninth, with Filip Smola adding an RBI single in the team’s first game in Group A.
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt, Jessie Gretener, Tara John and Chris Lau, CNN Germany was in shock on Friday after a gunman killed six people as well as an unborn child at a Jehovah’s Witnesses center in Hamburg, before turning the gun on himself as police stormed the building. The attacker, a 35-year old German national, was
Continue ReadingBy Katya Krebs and Jorge Engels, CNN Georgia’s parliament on Friday formally revoked a controversial “foreign influence” bill that sparked major protests amid concerns that it resembled Russian laws used to stifle political dissent. Georgian lawmakers voted against the bill in its second reading by a margin of 35 to one, according to Georgia’s public
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Architect A. Eugene Kohn, co-founder of the design firm behind some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, has died from cancer aged 92, the company announced Thursday. In a statement, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), whose best-known projects include New York’s One Vanderbilt and the Shanghai World Financial Center, described Kohn’s architectural legacy as
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures fell Friday ahead of a U.S. job market update amid unease about possible further interest rate hikes. Markets in London, Shanghai, Frankfurt and Tokyo declined. Oil prices were lower. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index fell Thursday by its
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures fell Friday ahead of a U.S. job market update amid unease about possible further interest rate hikes. Markets in London, Shanghai, Frankfurt and Tokyo declined. Oil prices were lower. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index fell Thursday by its
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says a Palestinian man who entered a settlement in the occupied West Bank armed with knives and explosive devices was shot and killed by an Israeli settler. Friday’s shooting came just hours after a Palestinian gunman shot and wounded Israelis in downtown Tel Aviv.
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French victims of sexual abuse by priests are getting reparations at last — and most importantly, official recognition from the church of what happened to them. So far, 201 victims have been granted financial or other reparations from the church under a process launched last year. An
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Stacker cited historical data from the Chicago Board Options Exchange to visualize how stock trades are impacted by the NCAA’s March Madness.
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Stacker cited data from ATTOM, a property data provider, to show how mortgage lending slumped in the fourth quarter of 2022 and which metropolitan areas were the most affected.
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Stacker evaluated public health data from the CDC to determine how rates of gun-related fatalities differ across U.S. states.
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Stacker investigated how Supreme Court decisions and changes to Section 230 might impact social media companies, their users, and people’s ability to disseminate sensitive information by speaking with expert Aaron Mackey of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and consulting government sources.
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Rentlodex ranked large cities experiencing the slowest rent increases or decreases from December 2021 to December 2022 using data from Apartment List.
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Using information from news and government sources, Stacker has investigated the states seeking to make daylight saving time permanent all year round.
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Canadians are the most frequent foreign buyers of U.S. homes. Calgary.com examined National Association of Realtors data to see where they’re buying.
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These 15 states filed for the most patents, according to a ClickUp analysis of Patent and Trademark Office and Census Bureau data.
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Looking for the best suburbs for young millennials? New Jersey Real Estate Network compiled this list of the top 25 using data from Niche.
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By ALFIAN KARTONO and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua province released more photos and videos Friday appearing to show the New Zealand pilot they took hostage last month alive. On Feb. 6, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, the West Papua Liberation Army, stormed Philip
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson and Nectar Gan, CNN The outgoing president of Micronesia has accused China of engaging in “political warfare” in the Pacific, in an explosive letter advocating for the the dissolution of diplomatic ties with Beijing. In the 13-page letter, which CNN has obtained, David Panuelo alleges China is preparing to invade the self-ruled
Continue Reading By The Associated Press After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country’s railways. The attacks were designed to paralyze the rails that Russian forces used to get troops and weapons into Ukraine. More than a year later, Belarus continues to host Russian troops, as well as warplanes,
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