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Month: June 2023

US sanctions Iranians over alleged assassination plots of former US officials, dissidents

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has announced sanctions against some Iranian and Turkish people and firms accused of plotting to assassinate former U.S. government officials, dual U.S. and Iranian nationals, and dissidents. The sanctions announced Thursday block all access to their U.S. money and property. Several

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Esto sabemos del caso del perro muerto en aceite hirviendo en México: el sospechoso detenido y un niño que pide justicia

CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Un caso de maltrato animal ha conmocionado a México: un hombre arrojó un perro a un cazo con aceite hirviendo, causándole la muerte. Las autoridades detuvieron al sospechoso de la agresión al perro y emitieron una orden de aprehensión adicional por tentativa de homicidio por la discusión que tuvo antes

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Dollar General shareholders vote to review safety policies after 49 deaths in a decade

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Dollar General investors approved a resolution Wednesday to create an independent audit of the chain’s safety policies because of violence at stores and millions of dollars in fines for workplace safety violations. The third-party audit should evaluate “management and business practices that contribute to an unsafe or

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Gas prices nearly triple in Nigeria as new leader triggers panic-buying by halting subsidies

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Fuel prices have nearly tripled in Nigeria after the country’s new President Bola Tinubu said his administration would no longer subsidize gasoline for citizens of Africa’s largest oil producer. In a seemingly off-the-cuff remark during his inaugural speech Monday, Tinubu declared, “the fuel subsidy is gone,” adding

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Supreme Court revives claims that SuperValu, Safeway overcharged governments for generic drugs

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has unanimously revived whistleblower lawsuits claiming that supermarket and pharmacy chains SuperValu and Safeway overcharged government health-care programs for prescription drugs by hundreds of millions of dollars. The decision Thursday gives the whistleblowers another chance to pursue their claims that the companies defrauded the

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