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By Zahid Mahmood, Benjamin Brown, James Frater and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — A luxury cruise ship that ran aground off Greenland’s eastern coastline earlier this week has been successfully freed, Denmark’s military Joint Arctic Command said on Thursday. The Ocean Explorer – carrying 206 passengers and crew – ran aground in Alpefjord on Monday.
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — A group of survivors of a deadly migrant shipwreck in southern Greece three months ago is suing authorities for failing to intervene to rescue passengers before their vessel capsized in international waters. That’s according to group of lawyers who are representing them. Hundreds of migrants are believed to have been trapped
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week the United States’ biggest newspaper chain posted to its site two unusual job listings: a Taylor Swift reporter and a Beyoncé reporter. Gannett, which owns more than 200 daily papers, will employ these new hires through USA Today and The Tennessean,
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week the United States’ biggest newspaper chain posted to its site two unusual job listings: a Taylor Swift reporter and a Beyoncé reporter. Gannett, which owns more than 200 daily papers, will employ these new hires through USA Today and The Tennessean,
Continue ReadingCHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) — Residents near a northern Michigan paper mill that caught fire Wednesday have been told to shelter in place until Thursday afternoon as environmental officials continue monitoring local air quality. Plumes of thick and heavy black and gray smoke billowed from the Tissue Depot property in downtown Cheboygan after the fire began
Continue ReadingBy ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Matt Jackson was riding an electric bike through Bordeaux wine country when he started feeling strange. Nine days later, he’s on a breathing machine in a French intensive care unit, unable to open his eyes, communicating only via notes on a whiteboard —- and infected with botulism.
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By Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Two women who were arrested while attending a Sarah Everard vigil in London in 2021 have been paid damages and received an apology from the Metropolitan Police. A lawyer’s statement on Thursday confirmed that the London police force had apologized and agreed to pay “substantial” damages to the women,
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans stepped up retail spending modestly from July to August as the price of gasoline jumped, cutting into budgets as many families send their kids off to school. Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, compared with a revised 0.5% increase in July, according to a
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Kenneth Branagh has found a nice rhythm in his Hercule Poirot mysteries, serving as director, producer and star. “A Haunting in Venice,” his third go-round with writer Michael Green, derives its main wrinkle from the vaguely supernatural tone, a just-in-time-for-Halloween adornment that might add a small commercial boost
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer A project using choirs containing French schoolkids from diverse backgrounds to sign each country’s national anthem before games at the Rugby World Cup is being revised. There has been a backlash by fans and commentators because players have been completely out of sync with the choirs. Organizers have bowed
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s next book will be one for music lovers. Alfred A. Knopf announced Thursday that Ishiguro’s “The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain,” coming March 5, is a collection of lyrics written for the million-selling jazz singer Stacey Kent. Ishiguro and
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press The United States is sanctioning more than 150 businesses and individuals as it tries to crack down on evasion and deny Russia access to technology, money and financial channels that fuel Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The latest sanctions package announced Thursday is one of the biggest imposed by the State
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — China develó este martes un plan para profundizar en la integración entre la provincia costera de Fujian y la autónoma Taiwán, promocionando los beneficios de una cooperación más cercana a través del estrecho y enviando buques de guerra alrededor de la isla en una demostración de poderío militar. La directiva,
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was “successfully” pulled free in Greenland on Thursday, three days after running aground with 206 people on board, authorities and the ship’s owner said. The ship was freed by a fisheries research vessel at high tide, said the
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week ticked up modestly after falling to the lowest level in seven months the week before. U.S. applications for jobless claims rose by 3,000 to 220,000 for the week ending Sept. 9, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Jobless claim applications
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El crucero de lujo que encalló frente a la costa este de Groenlandia a principios de esta semana fue liberado con éxito, dijo este jueves el Comando Conjunto Ártico de Dinamarca. El Ocean Explorer, que transportaba a 206 pasajeros y tripulantes, encalló este lunes en Alpefjord. El Comando Conjunto Ártico
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers stepped up their buying modestly as inflation on many items eased, but they still face a host of economic challenges over the next few months. Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, compared with a revised 0.5% increase in July, according to the report issued
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer for former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says a court has rejected the politician’s plea for bail on charges of leaking state secrets. It’s the latest legal setback for the embattled opposition figure, who has more than 150 legal cases against him and is in prison serving a three-year sentence
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Power is getting restored in Nigeria after the country’s electricity distribution companies reported a 10-hour nationwide power outage. The country’s electrical grid has collapsed multiple times in recent years. The government’s power minister said a fire caused the grid to collapse on Thursday. The distribution companies
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices increases accelerated in August, a sign that inflation remains stubbornly persistent despite a series of sharp interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers — increased
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