Lebanon’s Central Bank chief again charged with corruption
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Officials say Lebanon’s Central Bank chief has again been charged with corruption, this time…
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Credit Suisse borrows more than $50 billion from Swiss National Bank after shares crash 30%
By Mark Thompson and Anna Cooban, CNN Hours after the Swiss central bank said it was ready to provide financial support to Credit Suisse, the…
Continue Reading EU closer to ending US trade spat, moves on Green Deal funds
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union moved closer to ending a trade dispute with U.S. President Joe Biden following…
Continue Reading Circor: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
BURLINGTON, Mass. — Circor: Q4 Earnings…
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola quips he is ‘failure’ following snub from ‘idol’ Julia Roberts in 2016
By Ben Morse, CNN You might be able to make an educated guess of two of the three idols Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he has —…
Continue Reading Can the Fed help fend off a banking crisis while also cooling the economy?
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Last week, the Federal Reserve’s biggest concern was a stubbornly high inflation rate and how much to crank up monetary…
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DeSantis saying Ukraine support is not ‘vital’ national interest sparks backlash in GOP
By Jack Forrest, CNN Several key Republican senators on Tuesday pushed back against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent comments that US support…
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Brian May, lead guitarist of rock band Queen, receives knighthood from King Charles III
By Lianne Kolirin and Zoe Sottile, CNN Legendary rock guitarist Brian May has received a knighthood from Britain’s King Charles III. May, who…
Continue Reading Edmunds Compares: 2023 Toyota Prius vs. 2023 Kia Niro
By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Both the Toyota Prius and Kia Niro have been redesigned for 2023. The new Prius is more powerful and better-looking than…
Continue Reading New populist BBB wins Dutch vote; Rutte coalition down
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A new populist party riding the anger among Dutch farmers and rural communities at…
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Austrian police: Possible threat to Vienna places of worship
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and PHILIPP JENNE Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police are warning of a possible “Islamist-motivated attack”…
Continue Reading How the last banking tumult fuels today’s populist politics
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Pence and Bernie Sanders are hardly political allies. But in the aftermath of two large…
Continue Reading How the last banking tumult fuels today’s populist politics
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Pence and Bernie Sanders are hardly political allies. But in the aftermath of two large…
Continue Reading How the last banking tumult fuels today’s populist politics
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Pence and Bernie Sanders are hardly political allies. But in the aftermath of two large…
Continue Reading Texas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated the U.S. last month, Kyle Bass foresaw a…
Continue Reading Texas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated the U.S. last month, Kyle Bass foresaw a…
Continue Reading Floods kill 14 in Turkish earthquake-battered provinces
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials and media reports say floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least 14 people in two provinces…
Continue Reading Floods kill 14 in Turkish earthquake-battered provinces
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials and media reports say floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least 14 people in two provinces…
Continue ReadingA Japanese YouTube star became a lawmaker last year. Now he’s been fired for never coming to work
By Tara Subramaniam and Junko Ogura, CNN A YouTube star who became a Japanese lawmaker has been stripped of his role after he failed to show up for a…
Continue Reading Biden says he’s focused ‘intensely’ on lowering drug costs
By AMANDA SEITZ and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration was focused…
Continue Reading Biden says he’s focused ‘intensely’ on lowering drug costs
By AMANDA SEITZ and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration was focused…
Continue Reading Biden drawing contrast to Republicans on lower drug costs
By AMANDA SEITZ and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden will highlight the stark differences in how Democrats are…
Continue Reading Wellesley College students vote in favor of adopting gender-neutral language and opening admissions to all nonbinary and transgender applicants
By Justin Gamble, Nicole Chavez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Students at Wellesley College in Massachusetts approved a referendum Tuesday that called for…
Continue Reading Hi-res art scans from famous Taiwan museum leak online… and turn up for sale on Chinese online shopping platform
By Chris Lau, CNN A Taiwanese museum that houses some of the world’s most precious Chinese artworks has confirmed that up to 100,000…
Continue Reading Some seniors could start paying less for certain drugs whose prices rose faster than inflation
By Tami Luhby and Donald Judd, CNN Starting next month, some Medicare beneficiaries will pay less out of pocket for 27 prescription drugs whose…
Continue Reading Cat Stevens to return this summer with a new album
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Legendary British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens will release a new album of original songs…
Continue Reading Matthew Kacsmaryk: The Trump-appointed judge overseeing the blockbuster medication abortion lawsuit
By Devan Cole, CNN The federal judge overseeing a high-profile challenge to the FDA’s two-decade-old approval of certain drugs used to…
Continue Reading What to watch for at Wednesday’s hearing in medication abortion lawsuit
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Texas will consider at a high-stakes hearing on Wednesday whether he should block the US government’s…
Continue Reading Despite market slump, high rates dim homebuyer affordability
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeownership is likely to remain a pipe dream for many Americans this spring homebuying…
Continue Reading Despite market slump, high rates dim homebuyer affordability
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeownership is likely to remain a pipe dream for many Americans this spring homebuying…
Continue Reading Italian’s espresso machine a hit at World Baseball Classic
TOKYO (AP) — Old-time baseball players would be appalled. Italy’s dugout at the World Baseball Classic comes outfitted with an espresso machine.…
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The technology behind ChatGPT is about to get even more powerful
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Nearly four months after OpenAI stunned the tech industry with ChatGPT, the company is releasing its…
Continue ReadingElderly penguins receive ‘world first’ custom lenses in successful cataract surgery
By Heather Chen, CNN Three elderly king penguins have been fitted with custom-made eye lenses during surgery to remove cataracts in what is believed…
Continue Reading Samsung to invest $230 billion to build “mega” chip cluster
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it expects to invest $230 billion over the next 20…
Continue Reading Samsung to invest $230 billion to build “mega” chip cluster
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it expects to invest $230 billion over the next 20…
Continue Reading Cyclone Freddy wanes after battering Malawi, Mozambique
By VITUS-GREGORY GONDWE and WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Monitors say Cyclone Freddy has dissipated after killing…
Continue Reading Ugandan leader’s son unnerves with tweets of ambitions
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — On Twitter, the Ugandan president’s son has mused about invading neighboring Kenya,…
Continue Reading A California man has been arrested in the 1997 shooting death of a teller during a bank robbery
By Cheri Mossburg and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Advances in DNA technology led to the arrest of a man in the 1997 shooting death of a teller during a bank…
Continue ReadingPolish court convicts rights activist for supplying pregnant woman with abortion pills
By Niamh Kennedy, CNN Human rights groups have condemned the conviction of a Polish activist for supplying a pregnant woman with abortion pills in a…
Continue Reading German police conduct raids on suspected people smugglers
BERLIN (AP) — German police have conducted a major raid against a group of suspected people smugglers. German news agency dpa reported that around…
Continue ReadingMyanmar monastery attack kills 22 as conflicting accounts emerge of alleged massacre
By Hannah Ritchie, Kocha Olarn, Heather Chen and Angus Watson, CNN At least 22 people, including three monks, were killed at a monastery in…
Continue Reading Dutch go to polls in mid-term provincial elections
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Local elections with national fallout have opened in the Netherlands as voters cast…
Continue Reading China’s economic recovery is on track. But youth unemployment is getting worse
By Laura He, CNN China’s economic recovery appears to be on track as it gradually emerges from three years of its strict zero-Covid policy. But…
Continue Reading China’s economic recovery is on track. But youth unemployment is getting worse
By Laura He, CNN China’s economic recovery appears to be on track as it gradually emerges from three years of its strict zero-Covid policy. But…
Continue Reading Macron’s pension plan advances despite strikes across France
By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French people hoping to preserve their retirement benefits are marching in the…
Continue Reading Macron’s pension plan advances despite strikes across France
By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French people hoping to preserve their retirement benefits are marching in the…
Continue Reading UK Treasury chief predicts no recession in Britain this year
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt has predicted the country will not enter technical recession this…
Continue Reading UK Treasury chief predicts no recession in Britain this year
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. is likely to avoid a recession this year, Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt said Wednesday, adding…
Continue Reading Thai policeman injured, detained after 24-hour standoff
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police have detained a senior police officer who fired multiple gunshots from his home in Bangkok, ending a standoff of over 24…
Continue Reading Trevor Bauer signing met with little reaction in Japan
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The signing of Trevor Bauer to a one-year contract by the Yokohama DeNA BayStars generated little…
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