European Central Bank outpaces US Fed with half-point hike
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has gone big again, with another half-point interest rate…
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How do you lose a radioactive capsule? Australian investigators are wondering too
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN The discovery of a tiny lost radioactive capsule beside a remote highway in Western Australia raises many questions —…
Continue ReadingLook of the Week: Pamela Anderson channels ‘Baywatch’ character at Netflix documentary premiere
Oscar Holland, CNN Pamela Anderson made her name in red. In fact, the swimwear she and her “Baywatch” co-stars wore in the 1990s is so…
Continue ReadingPakistan mosque bomber was disguised as a policeman, official says
By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Saleem Mehsud, CNN The suicide bomber who targeted a mosque inside a police compound in Peshawar, killing more than…
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Russia hits civilian targets anew, EU officials visit Kyiv
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit residential areas in an eastern Ukrainian city Thursday for the second…
Continue Reading Russia hits civilian targets anew, EU officials visit Kyiv
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit residential areas in an eastern Ukrainian city Thursday for the second…
Continue Reading Militant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a suicide bomber who killed 101 people in the northwestern city of…
Continue Reading Asian shares trade mixed ahead of US jobs report
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Friday ahead of a closely watched U.S. jobs report that may affect…
Continue Reading Americans are broadly unsatisfied with the state of things in the US, poll finds
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN President Joe Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address next week to a country that has a pretty gloomy…
Continue Reading Israel, Gaza militants exchange fire amid soaring tensions
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck targets in the Gaza Strip hours after Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel.…
Continue Reading Shell profits double to record $40 billion
By Michelle Toh and Hanna Ziady, CNN Shell made a record profit of almost $40 billion in 2022, more than double what it raked in the previous year…
Continue Reading The coldest wind chills in decades will thrash New England as 8 deaths are now linked to an ice storm in the South
By Holly Yan, Monica Garrett, Aya Elamroussi, Mallika Kallingal and Joe Sutton, CNN Dangerous wind chills as cold as 50 degrees Fahrenheit below zero…
Continue Reading Austria expels 4 Russian diplomats based in Vienna
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s government says it has ordered four Russian diplomats based in Vienna to…
Continue Reading Iran blames Israel for drone attack, threatens retaliation
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has formally blamed Israel for a drone attack that targeted a military…
Continue Reading India’s Adani scraps $2.5B share sale after fraud claims
By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprises called off its $2.5 billion share…
Continue Reading India’s Adani scraps $2.5B share sale after fraud claims
By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Embattled Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s flagship company says it is…
Continue ReadingThe coldest wind chills in decades will thrash New England as 8 deaths are now linked to an ice storm in the South
By Holly Yan, Monica Garrett, Aya Elamroussi, Mallika Kallingal and Joe Sutton, CNN Dangerous wind chills as cold as 50 degrees Fahrenheit below zero…
Continue Reading A DC Metro employee is killed trying to stop a gunman shooting at commuters, officials say
By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN A Metro transit system employee in Washington, DC, was shot and killed trying to stop a gunman from targeting commuters…
Continue Reading Israeli AG: Netanyahu cannot be involved in legal overhaul
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s attorney general says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must not be involved…
Continue ReadingDeath of teen who went missing for 100 days not suspicious, Chinese police say
By Nectar Gan, CNN There are no suspicious circumstances in the death of a Chinese teenager whose body was found near his school last week more than…
Continue Reading Vienna court convicts 2020 gunman’s alleged helpers
VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has convicted four men of terrorist offenses and participation in murder over their alleged links to a sympathizer…
Continue Reading China set to launch long-awaited IPO reforms to reset the economy
By Laura He, CNN China is set to make market-oriented changes to the way initial public offerings are approved, as it tries to reset the economy and…
Continue Reading Hong Kong woos tourists with air tickets and vouchers
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press Hong Kong (AP) — Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back. The international…
Continue Reading Hong Kong woos tourists with air tickets and vouchers
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press Hong Kong (AP) — Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back. The international…
Continue Reading Bank of England hikes rates by half-point to tame inflation
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has raised interest rates by half a percentage point as it sought to tame…
Continue Reading Bank of England rate hike says ‘too soon to declare victory’
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has announced another “forceful” increase in interest rates. The central…
Continue Reading ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor remains jailed in sex abuse case
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and…
Continue Reading France seizes Iran assault rifles, missiles heading to Yemen
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — French naval forces in January seized thousands of assault rifles, machine guns…
Continue Reading Sunak marks 100 days as UK prime minister as problems mount
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press London (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has angry unions to the left of him, anxious Conservative Party…
Continue Reading Sunak marks 100 days as UK prime minister as problems mount
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press London (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has angry unions to the left of him, anxious Conservative Party…
Continue Reading Up to 20 hours of footage relating to Tyre Nichols’ deadly beating yet to be released, prosecutor says
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Up to 20 hours of additional footage relating to the deadly Memphis police beating of a 29-year-old Black man has yet to be…
Continue Reading Up to 20 hours of footage relating to Tyre Nichols’ deadly beating yet to be released, prosecutor says
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Up to 20 hours of additional footage relating to the deadly Memphis police beating of a 29-year-old Black man has yet to be…
Continue Reading Israeli settler population in West Bank surpasses 500K
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s West Bank settler population now makes up more than half a million people, a…
Continue ReadingIsrael targets Gaza with airstrikes after intercepting rocket attack
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jennifer Hauser and Jessie Yeung, CNN Israel carried out airstrikes in Gaza early on Thursday after intercepting a rocket attack…
Continue Reading Targeting Iran, US tightens Iraq’s dollar flow, causing pain
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — For months, the United States has restricted Iraq’s access to its own…
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Hall of Fame NFL executive Bobby Beathard dies at 86
By Jacob Lev, CNN National Football League executive and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bobby Beathard has died at the age of 86 following a lengthy…
Continue Reading ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor remains jailed in sex abuse case
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and…
Continue Reading Police now say no evidence of planned big Hollywood shooting
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police on Thursday said there isn’t any evidence that a mass shooting was planned by a…
Continue Reading Gautam Adani fails to calm investors as market wipeout hits $100 billion
By Diksha Madhok and Mark Thompson, CNN Shares in Gautam Adani’s businesses plunged further on Thursday after an attempt by the Indian…
Continue Reading Inside the hunt for a serial kidnapper, and a bloody finale
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in rural southwest Oregon were on high alert: A man with a history of kidnapping and…
Continue Reading Inside the hunt for a serial kidnapper, and a bloody finale
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in rural southwest Oregon were on high alert: A man with a history of kidnapping and…
Continue ReadingCusp of Crosby Weather
Clouds will be on the increase Thursday ahead of a weather system approaching from the west. Southerly winds will also pick up late in the day and…
Continue Reading Phil’s Groundhog Day prediction: 6 more weeks of winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s Tsai welcomes retired US admiral for China talks
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has welcomed the former head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command…
Continue Reading Pakistan arrests prominent political ally of ex-PM Khan
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s police have arrested a prominent political ally of a former prime…
Continue Reading ‘A big deal’: US, Philippines tighten military ties
By JIM GOMEZ and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says it is allowing U.S. forces to broaden their…
Continue Reading Sony CFO to lead entertainment-electronic giant as president
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony has appointed a company veteran as its president to lead the Japanese electronics and…
Continue Reading Sony CFO to lead entertainment-electronic giant as president
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony appointed a veteran executive as its president Thursday to lead the Japanese electronics and…
Continue Reading Murray scores 21 points, Hawks roll past Suns 132-100
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Trae Young rose up for a 3-pointer in the second half that left his hands way too hard, hurtling…
Continue Reading Asian shares trade mixed ahead of US jobs report
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Friday ahead of a closely watched U.S. jobs report that may affect…
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