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Month: March 2024

Former Senegal prime minister concedes defeat in presidential election to opposition candidate

By JESSICA DONATI and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A former Senegalese prime minister has conceded the presidential election to the opposition candidate based on preliminary results a day after the vote. Amadou Ba in a statement shared by his campaign says he congratulated opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye and wished

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Chick-fil-A will stop using its ‘no antibiotics ever’ label on chicken

By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Chick-fil-A is ditching its “no antibiotics ever” promise. Citing diminishing chicken supply, Chick-fil-A will back off its pledge never to serve chicken that was fed antibiotics, and instead it will embrace a looser industry standard: “no antibiotics important to human medicine.” Chick-fil-A first announced that it would

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Two Polish military engineers die after the detonation of TNT during a training exercise

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says that two military engineers have died following the detonation of TNT during a training exercise at a military facility in southern Poland. The minister tweeted Monday that two sappers with a chemical regiment died in Solarnia in the southern region of Silesia. The deaths follow another training

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Apple, Google and Meta at risk of ‘heavy’ fines as Europe launches new probes

By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union has launched investigations into Apple, Google and Facebook parent Meta on suspicion that they are failing to comply with a new landmark European law designed to promote competition in digital services. The European Commission said it “suspects” that various practices by all three companies “fall

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Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

LONDON (AP) — Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary has pleaded not guilty in a London courtroom to two terrorism-related charges. The 57-year-old Choudary pleaded not guilty Monday to membership in a banned organization and addressing meetings to encourage support for the radical Muslim group al-Muhajiroun. The U.K. government outlawed Al-Muhajiroun in 2010. The group has

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