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By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — The European Central Bank hiked interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 4% Thursday, the highest level since the launch of the euro currency in 1999. “Inflation continues to decline but is still expected to remain too high for too long,” the ECB said in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has piled on a 10th straight interest rate increase. It’s pressing forward in its fight against stubbornly high inflation that’s been plaguing consumers, even as worries grow that higher borrowing costs could help push the economy into recession. The increase Thursday
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Deesha Philyaw struggled to find a publisher for what became her acclaimed debut “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.” Now the Prize-winning fiction writer has a 7-figure deal for her next two books. Mariner Books announced Thursday that it had signed up Philyaw and will
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Detroit (CNN) — Time has run out to avert a strike at America’s unionized automakers. The United Auto Workers contracts expired at 11:59 pm ET on Thursday. The contracts covered 145,000 UAW members at the three companies: General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, which builds vehicles under the
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — It is an otherworldly scene. A paper nautilus floats on a piece of ocean debris after a volcanic eruption in the Philippines, its orange eye bright against the black water, its parchment-like shell curled in a perfect spiral, with specks of light falling like raindrops on
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in Dubai have seized 86 million tablets of the amphetamine known as Captagon hidden in a shipment of doors and decorative building panels. Authorities on Thursday estimated its street value at just over $1 billion. The bust comes as sales of the amphetamine have become a Mideast-wide problem
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un estado del sur de India está tomando medidas para contener un brote del virus Nipah tras la muerte de dos personas a causa de esta enfermedad rara y a menudo mortal, cerrando escuelas y realizando pruebas a cientos de personas para evitar su propagación. El ministro principal de Kerala,
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph and David Close, CNN (CNN) — The NBA Board of Governors approved a new “Player Participation Policy” (PPP) on Wednesday in order to combat the rise of ‘load management’ and ensure that basketball’s biggest names are on the court throughout the season. The new rules, which have replaced the Player Resting Policy
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread. Kerala’s chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the virus has been detected in the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Hurricane Lee looks poised to wallop New England later this week even as the region still deals with the impact of days of wild weather that produced torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and a likely tornado. A hurricane watch stretches from Stonington, Maine to
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed as it copes with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. The Red Cross said on Thursday that 4,200 migrants remained at the center of the 6,800 who
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Aaron Rodgers has spoken for the first time about his season-ending injury against the Buffalo Bills on Monday. Just four plays into his New York Jets debut, the superstar quarterback was sacked by Bills edge rusher Leonard Floyd and suffered a complete tear of his left Achilles tendon. “Thank
Continue ReadingCNN By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Aaron Rodgers has spoken for the first time about his season-ending injury against the Buffalo Bills on Monday. Just four plays into his New York Jets debut, the superstar quarterback was sacked by Bills edge rusher Leonard Floyd and suffered a complete tear of his left Achilles tendon.
Continue Reading By Akanksha Sharma and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — The party of Myanmar’s deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday they were concerned she is “not receiving adequate medical care” while in prison, amid reports her health is failing. “We are particularly concerned that she is not receiving adequate medical care and [the
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Minnesota Vikings will be looking to kickstart their season when they visit the Philadelphia Eagles for this week’s installment of Thursday Night Football. The Vikings fell to an agonizing 20-17 defeat against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their season opener and will be looking to
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is promoting new economic opportunities for Taiwanese people while at the same time ramping up military activity around the island it claims as its own. Experts say the “carrots and sticks” approach, which Beijing has employed for years, signals a choice between
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. The cluster of islands is facing an unprecedented water crisis prompted by its most severe drought in decades. The defense ministry said Thursday that troops with the French Foreign Legion and French navy based in the
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Referee Yoshimi Yamashita will return to Qatar to make more soccer history at the men’s Asian Cup in January after she worked in the country last year at the men’s World Cup. The Asian Football Confederation has picked Yamashita and Katherine Jacewicz of Australia among the referees. The assistants selected
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El espeleólogo estadounidense Mark Dickey, rescatado este martes de una de las cuevas más profundas de Turquía tras una operación internacional, dice que “definitivamente seguirá explorando cuevas” y que le encantaría volver a visitar la cueva en la que quedó atrapado. “Definitivamente continuaré explorando cuevas. Hay riesgos en toda vida y
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — A Chevron Corp. liquefied natural gas plant has reported a production outage as workers escalated a strike action against its Australian operations that threaten global supply. The U.S. energy giant said in a statement Thursday that it is working to resume full production at its Wheatstone facility “following a fault which has
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