By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Two employees have left Adidas as a result of an ongoing investigation by the German sportswear brand into allegations of corruption in China. Adidas said last week that it was investigating “compliance violations” in China, a key market for its sportswear, after Chinese state media reported that
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By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday ordering the government to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military. Since Israel’s founding, ultra-Orthodox Jews have been exempt from mandatory military service. The court also said that the government could no longer fund any religious schools (called “yeshivas”) whose students
Continue ReadingOpinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — You might think President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are worlds apart on most international issues. But look a little closer, and you will see that the two candidates actually share some surprising commonalities on foreign policy, trade and even immigration. While you are unlikely to hear
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By Luke Laster Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Rochester mother is concerned about her 16-year-old son’s allergy medication after she says it arrived at their home without the equipment to keep it at a certain temperature. “It’s like a gamble. It’s like Russian roulette now with this medication,”
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Shares of Rivian soared 40% before markets opened Wednesday after Volkswagen vowed to invest $1 billion in the struggling electric vehicle maker immediately, and a potential total of up to $5 billion as part of a software development agreement. Rivian’s market value soared close to $86 billion shortly after it went public
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Michigan nurse is charged for allegedly falsifying the medical records of an elderly patient after they fell out of a wheelchair. According to the Michigan Attorney General’s office, Tessy I. Idusuyi, 49, of East Lansing, is charged with one count
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Michigan man who was convicted of diverting the Platte River’s natural flow at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was sentenced to five years probation for vandalism and tampering. Andrew Blair Howard, 63, was ordered to pay the National Park Service
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La periodista y actriz de nacionalidad cubana Alondra Santiago, quien reside en Ecuador hace casi 20 años, anunció este martes en su cuenta de X que la Cancillería de Ecuador le notificó la revocatoria de su visa de residente permanente en el país sudamericano por supuestamente haber cometido
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden y el expresidente Donald Trump difieren en muchos temas importantes que probablemente provoquen intensas discusiones cuando se enfrenten en su primer debate este jueves, en CNN. Sin embargo, más duraderas que la sustancia de cualquiera de estas confrontaciones pueden ser las conclusiones que los votantes saquen de ellas
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nicole Taylor has an insider’s view of philanthropic trends from her seat as the president and CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Located in Mountain View, California, the community foundation’s donors gave out nearly $4.6 billion in 2023, a significant increase from the $2.6 billion granted the previous year. That spike, Taylor
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Utah Rep. John Curtis won the state’s Republican Senate primary, overcoming a challenger backed by Donald Trump in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Mitt Romney. Curtis, 64, won a four-way primary that included Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs, who had the backing of the former president and the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Los hondureños esperan atentos la condena por narcotráfico contra el expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández en el Tribunal Federal del Distrito Sur de Manhattan este miércoles, en un hecho político sin precedentes en la historia del país. Se espera que este miércoles se conozca cuántos años deberá pasar tras las
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — On a strip of land in northern Sweden, not far from the Arctic Circle, a new facility is taking shape which could help revolutionize one of the planet’s dirtiest industries: steelmaking. By 2026, if all goes to plan, the site just outside Boden will be filled with industrial buildings
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By Scottie Andrew and Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — It was 1944 when the trolley first started to clang. “The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet Me in St. Louis,” was sung by Judy Garland in striking Technicolor. It was released back when gay was more commonly understood to mean
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Thomas Manglona, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has landed back home in Australia, a free man for the first time in 12 years, after a US judge signed off on his unexpected plea deal on Wednesday morning. Cheers erupted from supporters gathered at Canberra Airport in the Australian capital
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump’s foreign policy positions have sometimes seemed like an afterthought in an election with domestic concerns at its heart. Yet with two hot wars, growing global instability and a right-wing tilt toward isolationism – in the US and
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Before Russia invaded Ukraine, visitors from abroad frequently travelled to see Chernobyl, the nuclear power station that disastrously went into meltdown in 1986. After the release of the HBO series “Chernobyl” in 2019, record numbers of visitors poured into the exclusion zone around the abandoned city
Continue Reading By Helen Regan and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pled guilty to a single espionage charge in front on a US judge Wednesday and walked free after his 12-year battle against extradition to the United States ended in a plea deal. The controversial figure was released from a British prison on
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — New Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick has reportedly denied an allegation that he called a woman the N-word during his time at Duke University. Redick, a longtime NBA shooting guard, was introduced as the Lakers coach on Monday, replacing Darvin Ham. He has no prior coaching experience in
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Austria earned a stunning 3-2 win over the Netherlands at Euro 2024 to qualify for the knockout stage of the competition top of Group D after France drew 1-1 with Poland. It’s the first time in history that Austria has finished top of its group at the European Championship,
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