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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — A pair of recent ransomware attacks crippled computer systems at two major American health care firms, disrupting patient care and exposing fundamental weaknesses in the US health care system’s defenses against hackers. In both cases, federal officials and private cyber experts scrambled to try to limit the damage

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese stocks surged on Thursday after officials in a major city announced plans to buy unsold homes in what some analysts believe could be a trial run for a much bigger solution to the country’s property crisis. Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 1.6%, hitting

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The chorus of voices warning about the dangers of record US government debt is growing louder. In the past 24 hours, JPMorgan (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon and Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s biggest hedge fund, have weighed in with concerns about America’s debt pile. In an interview

By Matt Egan and Kayla Tausche, CNN New York (CNN) — US Trade Representative Katherine Tai raised eyebrows this week by dismissing concerns that President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on China would increase prices for US customers like the Trump-era tariffs on China did. “First of all, I think that that link, in terms of

By Reuters Tokyo (Reuters) — Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter, squeezed by weaker consumption and external demand and throwing a fresh challenge to policymakers as the central bank looks to lift interest rates away from near-zero levels. Preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) data from the Cabinet Office on Thursday showed Japan’s economy shrank 2.0% annualized in the January

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The Caitlin Clark era in the WNBA kicked off in a big way Tuesday night. The season opener between the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun drew an average of 2.1 million viewers on ESPN2, ESPN+ and Disney+, making it the most watched WNBA game in more than two decades.

By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — The president of Florida A&M University admits “misteps were made” in the handling of a purported $237 million stock gift to the school from a Texas businessman following concerns over the actual value of the donation. Dr. Larry Robinson told the university’s board of trustees at a special meeting,

By Rosa de Acosta and Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As countries around the world ramped up sanctions on Russia in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it became clear that the Russian president still had a powerful friend in Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader, who declared a

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Retirement is expensive, and more Americans see spending their later years abroad as a good option to stretch their savings and improve their quality of life. The number of Social Security recipients living outside the US increased from 307,000 in 2008 to more than 450,000 in 2022.

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Food shoppers can finally breathe a slight sigh of relief: After years of increases followed by months of plateau, grocery prices fell last month. Grocery prices retreated 0.2% from March to April, adjusted for seasonal swings, according to inflation data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Uber wants to make it cheaper to get a ride to the airport, concerts or sporting events. The rideshare company on Wednesday announced the launch of Uber Shuttle, an offering that will let users book up to five seats in a shuttle from a central location to

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Netflix has caught its biggest sports deal yet: the NFL. The streaming service announced Wednesday a three-year deal to broadcast the league’s Christmas Day games, marking a major milestone for Netflix, whose sports ambitions have largely focused on producing documentaries and creating live specials about golf and

By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Another wealthy investor says he’s organizing a bid to purchase TikTok, after President Joe Biden signed a law last month forcing TikTok to find a new owner or be banned in the United States. Frank McCourt, a real estate billionaire and the former owner

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Federal legislation to govern artificial intelligence took another step closer to reality on Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with a bipartisan trio of senators, announced a sprawling blueprint to shape how congressional committees tackle the technology in forthcoming bills. The 31-page roadmap released this week calls

By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. The A.I. doomsday clock appears ready to strike midnight for publishers. Google on Tuesday announced that it will infuse its ubiquitous search engine