Story by Reuters (CNN) — Criminal proceedings against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over his dealings with former Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber have been closed, Swiss prosecutors said on Thursday, a decision Infantino hailed as a vindication of “the new FIFA.” Infantino was elected in 2016 to clean up world soccer body FIFA after it
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the ally of Donald Trump inherits many of the same political problems that have tormented past GOP leaders, tested their grasp of the gavel and eventually chased them out
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares and crude oil prices have slipped ahead of an update on the state of the U.S. economy in the last quarter. U.S. futures also were lower. Preliminary U.S. economic growth data for July-September are due later Thursday. The government is expected to report robust
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — After months of anticipation, Victor Wembanyama finally made his official NBA debut on Wednesday night in the San Antonio Spurs’ loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The 19-year-old Frenchman finished the game with 15 points, five rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block as the Spurs lost 126-119. The
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The liberal coalition that drove Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in 2020 is fraying under the weight of the escalating Israeli military strikes aimed at Hamas inside the Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating. Though Democrats are largely united in their support for abortion and
Continue ReadingBy KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Roughly 1.8 million businesses in the U.S. are owned by someone with a disability, according to the American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. And while the path to entrepreneurship is rarely easy, business owners with disabilities often need to overcome additional challenges, like societal misconceptions, barriers to
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The rapid intensification Hurricane Otis underwent in the hours before it slammed into southern Mexico is a symptom of the human-caused climate crisis, scientists say – and one that is becoming more frequent. When it happens right before landfall, as it did with Otis, it can catch coastal communities
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is expected to report stellar growth for the U.S. economy during the July-September quarter, highlighting the durability of consumer and business spending despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool the expansion with high interest rates. Last quarter’s robust growth, though, will probably prove to
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Powered by a brace from Erling Haaland, Manchester City made it three UEFA Champions League wins out of three as they defeated Swiss side BSC Young Boys 3-1 on Wednesday in Bern. The visiting side played its usual dominant style of football and rained down chances on the opposition,
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks launched an hourslong ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” before a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Patti Wukovits still thinks about how she had to bury her daughter in her prom dress. In June 2012, 17-year-old Kimberly Coffey had a fever and body aches. She told her mom it felt like her ankles were bleeding. When Wukovits looked, she noticed a purple rash. Wukovits, a
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CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Al Jazeera is grieving. The Qatari-funded news network said Wednesday that an Israeli air strike had killed the family of its Gaza bureau chief, Wael Al-Dahdouh — a devastating reality that Dahdouh learned on-air while reporting on the Israel-Hamas war. “The Al Jazeera Media Network extends its sincere
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he is calling the first session of the country’s newly elected parliament for Nov. 13. Duda’s announcement on Thursday launches a timetable that will lead to the formation of a new government. Duda says he will announce a candidate for prime
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press Leaders from Brazil, Indonesia, Republic of Congo and other countries with the three largest tropical forest basins are meeting to form a coalition to protect tropical forests from deforestation and destruction. They’ll discuss how to finance the protection of their wildlife-rich regions and how best to work together. The countries
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks launched an hourslong ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” before a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.K. prime minister is defending China’s invitation to a summit on artificial intelligence that Vice President Kamala Harris will attend next week. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says there can be no serious strategy for drawing up guardrails for artificial intelligence without at least
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A Russian-born Swedish businessman has been acquitted of collecting information for Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, for almost a decade. Sergey Skvortsov, 60, had been accused of “gross illegal intelligence activities against Sweden and against a foreign power,” namely the United States. The Stockholm District Court said Thursday that Skvortsov had largely
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ramping up political pressure on Serbia and Kosovo to normalize their relations. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Albin Kurti are set to meet on Thursday with the leaders of France, Germany and Italy, plus the two EU officials supervising a stuttering “dialogue” between them. Vucic and
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — “Divorce is not an option” when it comes to the world’s two largest economies, California Governor Gavin Newsom told CNN on Wednesday following his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Newsom said his meeting with Xi in
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El máximo tribunal de Japón dictaminó que un requisito gubernamental para que las personas transgénero fueran esterilizadas antes de poder ser reconocidas legalmente era inconstitucional, en una victoria para la comunidad LGBTQ del país que lleva años gestándose. En virtud de una ley promulgada hace 20 años, las personas transgénero
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