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Month: October 2023

Russian-American journalist charged in Russia with failing to register as a ‘foreign agent’

By The Associated Press A Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent.” Alsu Kurmasheva is an editor for Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty. She is the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year. Wall Street Journal

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FBI: Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal authorities say that thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program. The Department of Justice said Wednesday that IT workers dispatched by North Korea to work

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Financial investigators probing suspected contracts descend again on HQ of Paris Olympic organizers

PARIS (AP) — Organizers of next year’s Paris Olympics say their headquarters have again been visited by French financial prosecutors who are investigating suspicions of favoritism, conflicts of interest and misuse of funds in the awarding of contracts. The Paris organizing committee says the national financial prosecution service visited its north Paris offices on Wednesday

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Russian-American journalist charged in Russia with failing to register as a “foreign agent”

By The Associated Press A Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent.” Alsu Kurmasheva, who’s an editor for Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, is the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year. Wall Street Journal reporter

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Estados Unidos recibe decenas de informes de ovnis al mes, le dice a CNN un alto funcionario del Pentágono

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El Gobierno de Estados Unidos recibe cada mes decenas de informes de fenómenos anómalos no identificados, más comúnmente conocidos como ovnis, según el director de la oficina creada para investigar los incidentes, y se esperan “cientos, si no miles” de informes más en el futuro cercano. La oficina ha recibido aproximadamente

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Costco’s longtime CEO steps down

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Longtime Costco chief executive Craig Jelinek will step down at the end of the year, the company said Wednesday. Ron Vachris, Costco’s president and chief operating officer who started at the company 40 years ago driving forklifts, will replace him. Costco’s stock was little changed during after

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Netflix vuelve a subir sus precios

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Netflix vuelve a subir sus precios. La compañía anunció este miércoles aumentos de precios para algunos niveles de su suscripción en Estados Unidos, Reino Unido y Francia. El gigante del streaming dijo en su informe de ganancias del tercer trimestre que su plan premium sin publicidad en Estados Unidos aumentará 3

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Russia’s foreign minister offers security talks with North Korea and China as he visits Pyongyang

By The Associated Press Russia’s foreign minister has proposed regular security talks with North Korea and China to deal with what he described as increasing U.S.-led regional military threats. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the comments Thursday during a trip to North Korea, where he met leader Kim Jong Un and his top diplomat.

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Slovenia to introduce border checks with Hungary, Croatia after Italy did the same with Slovenia

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia says it will introduce border checks with neighboring Hungary and Croatia following Italy’s decision to do the same with Slovenia because of security concerns due to violence in the Middle East. The government on Thursday said border controls will be introduced on Saturday and last for at least 10 days.

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Desperate and disaffected, Argentines to vote whether upstart Milei leads them into the unknown

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Once an activist in a left-leaning youth movement, Rubén Dávalos is now among the millions of disaffected voters in Argentina planning to cast their ballots for right-wing populist and self-described anarcho-capitalist, Javier Milei. “In this country, you can’t plan for the future,” said the 30-year-old

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California sheriff’s deputy, vehicle passenger wounded in gunfire exchange, sheriff’s office says

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A passenger in a vehicle stopped in a hit-and-run investigation and sheriff’s deputies exchanged gunfire in southern California, wounding a deputy and the passenger, authorities said early Thursday. Both were in stable condition at a hospital. Sheriff’s deputies had responded to a call in Palm Desert shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday

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The US Supreme Court notched big conservative wins. It’s a key issue in Pennsylvania’s fall election

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Liberal discontent over rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority is playing a role in Pennsylvania’s top-of-the-ballot election this fall. Democrat Dan McCaffery portrays his candidacy for an open Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat as a bulwark against a U.S. Supreme Court majority he says is

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