By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s plan to send an envoy to Ukraine allows his government to deflect criticism of its support for Moscow and pursue a bigger role as a diplomatic force, but Xi faces daunting obstacles if he is serious about trying to help end the 14-month-old
Continue ReadingCNN By Hanna Ziady, CNN Barclays and Deutsche Bank have shrugged off a turbulent first quarter to post strong profit growth, helping to calm investors worried about the prospect of another US bank failure. The robust set of results was helped by income earned from higher interest rates, the lenders said Thursday. Shares in Barclays
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By Mostafa Salem and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan largely canceled two days of campaigning as crucial elections loom after he fell ill during a live televised interview. Tuesday’s interview with the president — who is facing a battle to retain power in next month’s vote — was cut during the middle
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El ex gobernador de California Arnold Schwarzenegger se pronunció este miércoles contra el antisemitismo y el odio, señalando su historia familiar con la esperanza de que sirva de ejemplo para otros. “Mi padre, y tantos otros millones de hombres, fueron absorbidos por un sistema de odio a través de la mentira
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it would resume posting automated transit alerts to Twitter on Thursday after the social media company backtracked on a plan to charge public service accounts for access to the platform. In a statement Thursday, MTA Acting Chief Customer Officer Shanifah Rieara said Twitter had
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN When Elon Musk first agreed to buy Twitter, he promised to make the company “better than ever,” with greater transparency, fewer bots, a stronger business and more of what he called “free speech.” But six months after Musk took control of Twitter, the future of the company and the platform have
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister said he asked Pope Francis during a private Vatican audience Thursday to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children who were forcibly taken to Russia. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, briefing reporters on his half-hour audience with the pontiff, said he also invited Francis to
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman and Laura Paddison, CNN A mass of hot and dry air blowing north from Africa has led to “exceptionally high” temperatures that are more “typical of summer” this week in central and southern Spain, the national weather service AEMET reported. Temperatures this week are expected to be 15 to 20 degrees Celsius
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran wants Lebanon’s rivals to reach an agreement to elect a new president in the crisis-hit country that has been without a head of state October. Hossein Amirabdollahian made his comments Tuesday during his first visit to Lebanon since Iran and Saudi Arabia
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press ABOARD BRP MALABRIGO (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel steaming into a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing a frightening near-collision in the latest act of Beijing’s aggression in the strategic waterway. The high seas face-off Sunday between the larger Chinese ship
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Traveling to the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London just got much harder for fans of the two Manchester clubs. The British trade union representing train drivers has announced three days of strike action by its members. That includes the day of the first meeting between Manchester City and Manchester
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN First Republic Bank has been teetering on the edge for weeks. It may be finally falling. The San Francisco-based lender could be next in the line to collapse, following in the footsteps of former competitors Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. It certainly fits the bill: First Republic, like SVB, is
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los sÃntomas relacionados con la menopausia, como sofocos, sudores nocturnos y trastornos del sueño, pueden sumar miles de millones de dólares en gastos médicos y pérdida de productividad en el lugar de trabajo, según un estudio publicado este miércoles en la revista Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Los investigadores encuestaron a unas
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Tornadoes are among the most destructive forces in nature. They can level well-built structures, uproot trees, toss semitrailers — and kill. Tornadoes are most common in the US Plains and Southeast but have been reported in all 50 states. They can happen during the day or at night and in
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ya Ya the giant panda landed Thursday afternoon in Shanghai after departing from the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, where she spent the past 20 years on loan. The popular panda’s trip was closely followed online. People shared screenshots tracking Ya Ya’s flight path into Shanghai. “Finally
Continue Reading WAPT, HINDS COUNTY SHERIFF TYREE JONES, HINDS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Devon M. Sayers and Alta Spells, CNN One of the four men who escaped from a Mississippi jail last weekend was apprehended in Texas on Thursday, as authorities continue their search for the two surviving escaped inmates after confirming the fourth
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