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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares retreated in Europe and Asia on Friday after unexpectedly strong reports on the U.S. economy raised the possibility of interest rates staying painfully high. U.S. futures edged higher, while oil prices fell back. In early European trading, Germany’s DAX lost 0.6% to 18,638.00, while the CAC 40 in
Continue ReadingReuters Singapore Airlines has tweaked its in-flight seatbelt sign policies and altered at least one flight route after a turbulence incident this week killed one person and left dozens more hospitalized, according to the airline and flight data. The airline is adopting a more cautious approach to turbulence, including not serving hot drinks or meals when
Continue ReadingBy Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Lush greens, tangled wood, blurs of light – giant images of rainforests hang on the walls of a church in London. Sounds of the wind whipping through trees and birdsong fill the room. The images are not of tropical rainforests, but very rare temperate rainforest in the UK. This
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By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — At least four people were killed after a restaurant collapsed in a popular resort area on the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca, police told CNN late Thursday. More than a dozen people were also injured in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of Mallorca, police said. Search efforts are ongoing to locate anyone
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad has sworn in Mahamat Deby Itno as the president on Thursday after holding elections earlier this month, completing a disputed transition to democratic rule after he seized power three years ago. Deby Itno took power after his father, who ruled the country for three decades,
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s military says the helicopter carrying late President Ebrahim Raisi caught fire soon after it crashed into a mountain and there was no sign it was attacked. The statement from the general staff of the armed forces in charge of investigating the crash was read on state television late Thursday. The
Continue ReadingTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel’s army said Friday. The bodies of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hernandez were found and their families have been notified. The army said they were killed on the day of the attack at
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Two presidents have never debated before. And neither of these two presidents has debated anyone in almost four years — not since the last time they faced each other. Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are confident they can take the other down in
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court was set to rule Friday on an urgent plea by South Africa that judges order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave. While Israel is unlikely to comply with any such order, it would
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent dozens of warplanes and navy vessels off Taiwan’s coast on the second day of a large exercise launched to show its anger over the island’s inauguration of new leaders who refuse to accept Beijing’s insistence that Taiwan is part of China. Taiwan’s defense
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Julia Hernández (CNN) — Los restos de uno de los submarinos más famosos de la Marina de los EE.UU. durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial fueron encontrados en el Mar de China Meridional ocho décadas después de su última patrulla, dijo el jueves el Comando de Historia y Patrimonio de la Marina. El USS Harder yace
Continue ReadingBy HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — An overnight fire in an apartment building on a narrow alley in Vietnam’s capital killed 14 people and injured six others, state media said Friday. The apartment building in central Hanoi could only be accessed through an alley just 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide, preventing firetrucks
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Pablo Iturralde renunció este jueves como presidente del oficialista Partido Nacional de Uruguay (PN), tras la difusión de supuestas conversaciones con el exsenador Gustavo Penadés, quien está en prisión preventiva por denuncias de abuso sexual infantil, las cuales ha negado. Iturralde anunció su dimisión en su cuenta de X, luego
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a resolution that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel. It also demands that all combatants protect them in accordance with international law. The Swiss-sponsored resolution expresses grave concern at the growing
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El número de personas hospitalizadas por el accidente en el mitin de campaña del partido Movimiento Ciudadano en San Pedro, en el norteño estado de Nuevo León ―que dejó nueve personas muertas―, subió la tarde de este jueves de 27 a 36, informó el gobierno del estado mexicano. En rueda
Continue ReadingBy LOUISE DIXON Associated Press ANTIBES, France (AP) — Some of the biggest stars in the French Rivera for the Cannes Film Festival made appearances at the 30th annual amfAR gala to raise money for AIDS research. Demi Moore, whose film “The Substance” caused a stir at Cannes, hosted this year’s gala, a role launched
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge has ruled that the social media platform X is subject to a state’s anti-discrimination law even though it does not have an office in Australia. The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal judge said in a decision made public Friday that her court has
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Shah Rukh Khan’s manager has said India’s “King of Bollywood” is recovering well after reports he was hospitalized with heatstroke, as parts of the country swelter during a weeks-long general election. The 58-year-old superstar was admitted for treatment on Wednesday in the city of Ahmedabad in western Gujarat state,
Continue ReadingTHANE, India (AP) — Rescuers combed through piles of debris and wreckage Friday searching for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and injured 64 others, officials said. The explosion in the factory’s boiler on Thursday led to a fire that affected nearby factories
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The fate of former US Marines pilot Daniel Duggan now rests with Australia’s attorney general after a magistrate ruled he was eligible to be extradited to the United States to face charges related to the alleged training of Chinese military pilots. After a short hearing on Friday,
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