By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fierce fighting raged Thursday in southeastern Ukraine, where a Western official said Kyiv has launched a major push and Russian President Vladimir Putin said “hostilities have intensified significantly.” Battles in recent weeks have taken place on multiple points along the 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) front line as Ukraine
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The City of Coachella is celebrating the opening of the sports courts at Bagdouma Park on Thursday. The sports courts went through major renovations. The updates include a new fiber-mesh concrete slab, new benches, updates to the basketball goal posts and the hoop assemblies, installation of tennis and pickleball posts, nets, and new striping in
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to headline next month a barbecue billed as South Carolina’s largest annual gathering of Republicans. Event host Rep. Jeff Duncan told The Associated Press on Thursday that the presidential candidate will speak Aug. 28 at the Faith & Freedom BBQ
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy accelerated unexpectedly to a 2.4% annual growth rate from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of steadily higher interest rates resulting from the Federal Reserve’s 16-month-long fight against inflation. The gross domestic product — the economy’s total output of goods
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — European officials are investigating whether Microsoft’s practice of bundling its Teams software with Office 365 is anticompetitive, the European Commission said Thursday. The EU probe follows a formal complaint by Microsoft’s rival, the Salesforce-owned Slack, in 2020, alleging that Microsoft has illegally circumvented competition. By packaging Teams together
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CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Oren Liebermann, Vasco Cotovio and Olga Voitovich, CNN (CNN) — After two months of painstakingly slow progress on the battlefield, Ukraine appears to be escalating its counteroffensive, ramping up the deployment of extra troops to the southern front and signaling a new phase of the operation, US and Russian officials said.
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El sentido abrazo que se dieron LeBron James y Lionel Messi simbolizó la pleitesía que el deporte de los Estados Unidos, la Major League Soccer (MLS) en particular y la propia Miami le rendía al mejor jugador del mundo. Ocurrió antes del debut del futbolista argentino con el Inter Miami
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to welcome Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni to the White House for talks. The meeting between the U.S. and Italian leaders is expected to focus on Russia’s war in Ukraine, China and migration issues. Biden expressed trepidation about Meloni when
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the U.S. National Guard’s security partnership program in a further expansion of U.S. military ties across Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The chief of the National Guard, Gen. Dan Hokanson, announced the discussions in a speech Thursday at the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has raised interest rates for the ninth straight time in its yearlong campaign to stamp out painfully high inflation. The move comes as worries about recession fuel speculation that Thursday’s hike could be its last. ECB President Christine Lagarde had all
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Cuando piensas en Apple, probablemente lo primero que se te viene a la mente sean sus productos tecnológicos revolucionarios… y no exactamente una caja de zapatos. Sin embargo, estos tenis Apple “ultrararos” se subastan en Sotheby’s por US$ 50.000, más de lo que vale cualquier producto de la compañía actualmente. Subastan un
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Alerta de SPOILER: no leas más allá de esta frase si no has visto “Barbie”. Después de todas las glorias y desventuras que atraviesa Barbie para convertirse en humana, la película termina justo en un momento crucial para el personaje. Y no, no está comenzando un extraordinario trabajo de astronauta ni
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Jell-O is saying hello to a makeover. The jiggly snack’s logo and packaging are getting a whole new look, their first in a decade, as owner Kraft Heinz looks to revitalize the dowdy brand. Customers will soon see a bigger logo displayed on more colorful packaging
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Two US senators are calling for the creation of a new federal agency to regulate tech companies such as Amazon, Google and Meta, in the latest push by members of Congress to clamp down on Big Tech. Under the proposal released Thursday by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s once beloved table tennis star Ai Fukuhara is at the center of a child custody feud following the break-up of her marriage to a Taiwanese player, who was also a star in the sport in his country. Fukuhara’s former husband Chiang Hung-chieh and his lawyers have
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to headline next month a barbecue billed as South Carolina’s largest annual gathering of Republicans. Event host Rep. Jeff Duncan told The Associated Press on Thursday that the presidential candidate will speak Aug. 28 at the Faith & Freedom BBQ
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — The US and its allies are grappling with how to avert a global food crisis following Moscow’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal and its subsequent attacks on Ukraine’s ports and storage facilities. To keep Ukraine’s massive farming industry afloat, and with the
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé finds himself training alone at home while his Paris Saint-Germain teammates are playing abroad and speculation is mounting as to where the France great will play his first game this season. Will he stay at PSG, go to Real Madrid or fly far away
Continue Reading By Fabiana Chaparro and Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights activists joined friends and family of missing North Carolina woman Allisha Dene Watts to demand answers from police about what they are doing to find the woman who was last seen July 16. Watts, a 39-year-old Black woman, was reported missing from a home
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Tierney Sneed, Zachary Cohen and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — Wednesday’s hearing for Hunter Biden was already poised to be a historic event, as the son of a sitting US president appeared in court to plead guilty to federal tax crimes, bringing a controversial investigation to a near close. But the three-plus
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