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Month: June 2024

Nigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press GOMBE, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions begin striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost of living crisis in decades. Electricity has been cut and major airports closed. President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms — including ending

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D-Day Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at D-Day. Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, to fight Nazi Germany in World War II. Facts The largest amphibious (land and water) invasion in history. The code name for the invasion was Operation Overlord. General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the operation, and

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Así es la carrera y vida de Claudia Sheinbaum: trayectoria, familia, hijos y más datos

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Claudia Sheinbaum será la próxima presidenta de México, según los resultados oficiales preliminares. Estos son algunos de sus datos más importantes: Personal Fecha de nacimiento: 24 de junio de 1962 Lugar de nacimiento: Ciudad de México Nombre de nacimiento: Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Padre: Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz, ingeniero químico Madre:

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Police are searching for a suspect after a shooting at an Ohio birthday party left 1 person dead and 24 others injured

By Raja Razek, Michelle Watson, Christina Maxouris and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Police searching for a suspect in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Akron, Ohio, that left a 27-year-old-man dead and 24 others injured said they’re worried about the possibility of retaliatory violence. Officers responded to 911 calls shortly after midnight

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

¿Quién es Jorge Álvarez Máynez, el candidato de Movimiento Ciudadano que va por la presidencia de México?

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Jorge Álvarez Máynez es un joven diputado federal del partido Movimiento Ciudadano. A sus 38 años competirá por la presidencia de México contra las candidatas del oficialismo, Claudia Sheinbaum, y la aspirante del frente opositor, Xóchitl Gálvez. En diciembre de 2023, el legislador se desempeñó como coordinador de

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

¿Quién es Jesús María Tarriba, esposo de Claudia Sheinbaum y futuro primer caballero de México?

urielblanco (CNN Español) —  Jesús María Tarriba, esposo de Claudia Sheinbaum —ganadora de las elecciones en México, según los resultados oficiales preliminares— es un experto en Riesgos Financieros con experiencia en entidades de banca en España y México. Tarriba será el primer caballero de México tras el triunfo de Sheinbaum. En noviembre del año pasado,

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Man detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking Israeli embassy with Molotov cocktail

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A foreign citizen has been detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking the entrance of the Israeli Embassy with a Molotov cocktail. The attack caused a small fire but no casualties, local media and police reported. A 34-year-old man was apprehended by antiterrorism officers from the Romanian Intelligence Service before police

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Japan police search for suspects in spray-painting of graffiti at controversial war shrine

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police are searching for the suspects who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a Tokyo shrine that commemorates the country’s war dead. The act apparently was a protest against the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Videos posted on Chinese social media

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How AP and Equilar calculated CEO pay

The Associated Press For its annual analysis of CEO pay, The Associated Press used data provided by Equilar, an executive data firm. Equilar examined regulatory filings detailing the pay packages of 341 executives. Equilar looked at companies in the S&P 500 index that filed proxy statements with federal regulators between Jan. 1 and April 30,

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