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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a failed mission this year and increasing difficulty in raising funding for future missions. The company laid off most of its staff on Friday and told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in a
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CNN By Katie Hunt, CNN I was briefly transfixed by April’s full moon as it peeped out of London’s clouds on Wednesday night — it was a reminder of how the silvery orb shapes the course of life on Earth. Medieval moon watchers were similarly captivated by our celestial neighbor, making detailed descriptions of lunar
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — An avalanche swept away a group of tourists in the Himalayas in northeastern India on Tuesday, killing at least seven and injuring 11, officials said. Rescuers were searching for at least 30 others, army spokesman Lt. Col Mahendra Rawat said in a statement. India’s Border Roads Organization said the tourists were
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Finland is poised to join NATO on Tuesday, a historic realignment triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the head of the military alliance said no more troops would be sent to the Nordic country unless it asked for help. Russia warned that it
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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Britain’s privacy watchdog has hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty for misusing children’s data and violating other protections for users’ personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office said Tuesday that it issued a $15.9 million fine to the short-video sharing app, which is wildly popular with young
Continue Reading LONDON Britain’s privacy watchdog hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty on Tuesday for a slew of data protection breaches, including misusing children’s data. The Information Commissioner’s Office said it issued a fine of 12.7 million pounds ($15.9 million) to the short-video sharing app, which is wildly popular with young people. It’s the latest example of
Continue Reading By YASMINE MOSIMANN Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say an agreement has been reached to resume oil exports from Iraq’s northern Kurdish region through a pipeline to Turkey. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, announced the deal at a press conference Tuesday in Baghdad.
Continue Reading By YASMINE MOSIMANN Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say an agreement has been reached to resume oil exports from Iraq’s northern Kurdish region through a pipeline to Turkey. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, announced the deal at a press conference Tuesday in Baghdad.
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La decisión sorpresiva de la OPEP y sus aliados de reducir drásticamente la producción de petróleo pronto se sentirá en los surtidores de gasolina de Estados Unidos. El grupo conocido como OPEP+ anunció este domingo que reduciría la producción de petróleo en más de 1,6 millones de barriles por día
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Few brands are big enough to sell three beers for nearly $100. Elon Musk’s Tesla may be one. The electric car company has launched a limited edition “GigaBier,” a pilsner-style brew made in Germany. Presented in a glossy black sleeve, the bottle is designed to emulate Tesla’s Cybertruck. The beer —
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Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Videos recientemente publicados muestran los momentos previos a una explosión en la que murió al bloguero militar ultranacionalista ruso Vladlen Tatarsky en un café de San Petersburgo este domingo. Tatarsky murió cuando una explosión atravesó el café donde aparecía como invitado de un grupo pro-guerra. Los informes de los medios
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a failed mission this year and increasing difficulty in raising funding for future missions. The company laid off most of its staff on Friday and told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in a
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a failed mission this year and increasing difficulty in raising funding for future missions. The company laid off most of its staff on Friday and told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in a
Continue ReadingCNN, KYW, WJLA, WCBS By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Some of the world’s largest oil exporters shocked markets over the weekend by announcing that they would cut oil production by more than 1.6 million barrels a day. OPEC+, an alliance between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and a group of non-OPEC oil-producing countries,
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Some of the world’s largest oil exporters shocked markets over the weekend by announcing that they would cut oil production by more than 1.6 million barrels a day. OPEC+, an alliance between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and a group of non-OPEC oil-producing countries, including Russia, Mexico, and
Continue Reading By Caolán Magee, CNN Donald Trump may be the first former US president to face criminal charges, but around the world many current and former leaders have been prosecuted or even spent time in jail. Many of those leaders denounced the accusations against them as politically-motivated. But charges have often not been a barrier to
Continue Reading CNN, WABC, WCBS By Caolán Magee, CNN Donald Trump may be the first former US president to face criminal charges, but around the world many current and former leaders have been prosecuted or even spent time in jail. Many of those leaders denounced the accusations against them as politically-motivated. But charges have often not been
Continue ReadingCNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Cape Town is the embodiment of multicultural South Africa. Long home to nomadic pastoralists, the country’s oldest city dates its modern history to 1652, when settlers from the Dutch East India Company set up a watering station for vessels heading to Asia. Today, in spite of the
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN First lady Jill Biden appeared to walk back suggestions that the White House might invite both LSU and Iowa’s women’s basketball teams after Tigers star Angel Reese called it “A JOKE” on Monday. Speaking on Monday, Biden congratulated both teams on their performance in Sunday’s national championship game, as well as
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