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By LORNE COOK Associated Press The European Commission says it’s tightening rules that allow foreign governments or organizations to pay travel expenses for its staff. Tuesday’s announcement came a day after the European Union’s executive branch conceded that a top official had accepted free flights and accommodation in Qatar without independent oversight. Spokeswoman Dana Spinant
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Shreveport police are investigating the city’s latest shooting Monday morning. More than a dozen units responded to the 2600 block of Lindholm Street at Hearne Avenue just before 7 a.m. Police said a man was shot in the chest while walking
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was on Capitol Hill Tuesday for the first part of his two-day semiannual monetary policy testimony before Congress. After Powell delivered remarks about the economy, inflation and the Fed’s actions to date, the head of the US central bank was peppered with questions from Senate Banking
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Los avances hacia la igualdad de género “se están desvaneciendo ante nuestros ojos”, dijo este lunes el secretario general de las Naciones Unidas, António Guterres, ante la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer. Hablando con el grupo clave de derechos de las mujeres de la ONU antes
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story POLK COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Two men from Polk County have been convicted on federal dogfighting charges. Laddie Dwayne McMillian, 47, and Derrick Twitty, 48, were charged with violating the Animal Welfare Act and related criminal charges. According to a press release from the
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that Beijing and Washington are headed for “conflict and confrontation” if the U.S. doesn’t change course, striking a combative tone at a moment when relations between the rivals are at a historic low. In his first news conference since taking office late last year, Qin’s
Continue ReadingBy Hayatullah Amanat, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A new research found that face-blindness probably affects as many as three per cent of the world’s population – significantly more people than initially believed. Face blindness, also known as developmental prosopagnosia, was previously thought to affect 2 to
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Lopez-Martinez, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — After being given a zero per cent chance of survival at birth, Canadian premature twins Adiah Laelynn and Adrial Luka Nadarajah continued to defy the odds on their first birthday as they were recognized with a Guinness World Record.
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The new U.N. human rights chief says his office has opened “channels of communication” to help follow up on concerns about the rights of minorities in China, including Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans. Volker Türk did not detail how his office plans to follow up on a critical
Continue ReadingNadeen Ebrahim, CNN A new sphinx-like statue has been discovered in Egypt — but this one is thought to be Roman. The smiling sculpture and the remains of a shrine were found during an excavation mission in Qena, a southern Egyptian city on the eastern banks of the River Nile. The shrine had been carved
Continue Reading By JAVIER CÓRDOBA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica went from having one of the world’s highest deforestation rates in the 1980s to a nation centered on ecotourism. The Central American country now lures world travelers with the promise that they can move between marine reserves and cloud
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Moscow has sentenced a student activist to 8 1/2 years in prison for social media posts criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine. Dmitry Ivanov was convicted on Tuesday of spreading false information about the Russian army. That was made a criminal offense under a
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NEW YORK — Squarespace: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN More than two years after an alleged Russian hacking campaign exposed glaring weakness in US federal defenses, the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber agency has not updated a key agency blueprint for maintaining communications in the event of a major hack, the department’s inspector general said Monday. The watchdog’s finding highlights
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster, CNN UEFA plans to refund all Liverpool supporters who had tickets for the 2022 Champions League Final in Paris, the governing body of European soccer announced on Tuesday. Last year’s final was delayed by more than 35 minutes after Liverpool fans struggled to enter the Stade de France and tear gas was
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Temperatures continue to stay seasonably cool for much of this week, but gradually, we will eventually see a warming trend to the low 80s for daytime highs. Today expect upper 60s and low 70s with more sunshine during the afternoon. Low pressure remains consistent regionally, increasing our overall onshore flow over the next few days.
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El Paris Saint-Germain no podrá contar con su delantero estrella Neymar por el resto de la temporada debido a que —según anunció el club— el brasileño tendrá que someterse a una cirugía por su lesión en el tobillo. Neymar fue sacado en camilla el 19 de febrero tras torcerse el tobillo
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is on the hot seat this week as he testifies before Congress. Investors will be watching closely as they search for signs of future rate hikes. Powell is expected to speak before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday morning and the House Financial Services Committee on
Continue ReadingMiquel Ros, CNN Ever since the “flight shame” movement began encouraging travelers to seek greener alternatives to jet planes, many in Europe have been looking to the continent’s extensive rail network to replace short-haul air travel. There’s definitely been progress, with airlines like Dutch carrier KLM entering into rail partnerships on certain routes and some
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