By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Saving enough money for retirement is always a challenge. But for anyone who doesn’t have emergency savings, or who has student loans to pay or who is a long-term part-time worker, that challenge is especially hard. Starting next year, however, the two most recent retirement laws –
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule that would require water systems across the country to replace millions of lead service lines within 10 years. The rule would accelerate progress toward the Biden administration goal of removing 100% of lead pipes; lead exposure is linked to significant
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy and an alleged accomplice are accused of plotting to blow up a small truck at a Christmas market in western Germany in an attack modeled on the methods of the Islamic State group. The teenager was detained Tuesday and a court on Wednesday ordered him kept in
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Manchester United is on the brink of an early Champions League exit after twice throwing away a two-goal lead in a chaotic 3-3 draw with Galatasaray. Erik ten Hag’s side started the match well, clearly unperturbed by the famously hostile atmosphere inside Istanbul’s RAMS Park, and took the lead
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and BASSAM HATOUM Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.N. weather agency said Thursday that 2023 is all but certain to be the hottest year on record, and warning of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt, and heat waves in the future. The World Meteorological Organization
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles tore through apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region during the night. The strikes killed at least one person and buried families under rubble. The officials say the Kremlin’s forces continue to pound the fiercely contested area with long-range weapons. Ukraine’s
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez and Darren Lewis, CNN (CNN) — “It was definitely heartbreaking to see,” American soccer star Timothy Weah says of a moment which, even 10 years on, he can still clearly recall. In January 2013, Ghanaian forward Kevin-Prince Boateng led his AC Milan teammates in walking off the pitch during a friendly match
Continue ReadingBy JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean dog farmers have scuffled with police during a rally near the presidential office to protest a recent push by authorities to outlaw dog meat consumption. About 200 farmers, restaurant owners and others involved in the dog meat industry participated in Thursday’s
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say suspected drug cartel members have abducted seven Mexican immigration agents in Cancun at gunpoint and beat and threatened them before they were freed. The brazen mass kidnapping occurred near Cancun’s bustling airport and appeared to illustrate the degree to which Mexico’s cartels and criminal gangs have become involved in
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Europeans are again seeing some relief as inflation dropped to 2.4% in November, the lowest in more than two years. Plummeting energy costs have eased a cost-of-living crisis but higher interest rates are squeezing the economy’s ability to grow. The European Union’s statistics agency said Thursday
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mostly higher Thursday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer inflation and a meeting of oil producers in Vienna. U.S. futures rose and oil prices also advanced. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher to 16,189.89 and the CAC 40 in Paris also gained 0.1%
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Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Global leaders paid tribute to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Thursday, but there was also sharp criticism of the man who remained an influential figure decades after his official service as one of the most powerful diplomats in American history. Kissinger,
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ends on Thursday as one of the busiest on record, with a twist: Most of its storms veered into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. But with El Niño expected to end next year and global temperatures on the rise, forecasters say there’s
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and TARA COPP Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan suspended flights by its Osprey aircraft Thursday, officials said, the day after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission. Tokyo says it has also asked the U.S. military to ground all Ospreys operating in
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the depths of captivity, they formed an unlikely but prized friendship. And reunited in a video call this week, the bond between a recently freed Israeli mother and daughter and a Thai woman who had been held hostage alongside them filled an Israeli hospital
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — In Värmdö, a municipality of 10,000 small islands near Stockholm in Sweden, the school commute is about to get a whole lot more exciting for a few lucky students. Starting in December, the archipelago’s four schools will be the first users of the X Shore Pro, a new electric
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Elton John has urged British lawmakers to do more to fight HIV and AIDS. He says the U.K. can be the first country in the world “to defeat this awful virus.” The British star spoke to dozens of lawmakers and campaigners in the grand Speaker’s House of
Continue ReadingBy KATHIA MARTÍNEZ and JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court unanimously declared that legislation granting a Canadian copper mine a 20-year concession was unconstitutional. The decision was celebrated by activists who had argued the mine would damage a forested coastal area and threaten water supplies. It has been an important
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA and JACKSON NJEHIA Associated Press BOSASO, Puntland (AP) — Somalia’s maritime police force has intensified patrols in the Gulf of Aden following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship earlier this week. The commander of the maritime force in the semiautonomous region of Puntland told The Associated Press that patrols in the
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