Spain’s govt wants windfall tax on banks, energy companies
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government wants large energy companies and banks to pay a windfall tax, which officials hope will…
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Biden, Xi could meet in person, US official says
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ZEKE MILLER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping are exploring…
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Tyler Perry to receive honorary AARP Purpose Prize award
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Perry will receive an honorary AARP award for uplifting communities and…
Continue Reading Nestle reports higher sales even as it raises prices
VEVEY, Switzerland (AP) — Global food giant Nestle has reported higher sales in the first half of the year, even as it increased prices by 6.5% as…
Continue Reading Tyler Perry to receive honorary AARP Purpose Prize award
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Perry will receive an honorary AARP award for uplifting communities and…
Continue Reading Commanders owner Dan Snyder testifies before House committee
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder testified for more than 10 hours Thursday before a congressional committee…
Continue Reading More homes for sale, but low-priced listings remain scarce
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of homes on the market has been rising, albeit from very low levels. Home listings…
Continue Reading Flooding in central Appalachia kills at least 8 in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER, REBECCA REYNOLDS and TIMOTHY D. EASLEY Associated Press JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Torrential rains unleashed devastating floods in…
Continue Reading Spain tells women: Don’t worry about body image on the beach
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government has a message for women who are uncomfortable about their bodies when they wear bathing costumes: Don’t be.…
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Shell posts record earnings again as energy prices soar
LONDON (AP) — Shell posted record profits Thursday for a second straight quarter as the energy giant benefited from soaring prices of oil and…
Continue ReadingThey met as teens at the Grand Canyon. 7 years later they reunited and fell in love
Francesca Street, CNN When Carrie visited the Grand Canyon in the summer of 2001, she fell in love — twice. First, she was instantly enamored…
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JetBlue is buying Spirit for $3.8 billion after bidding war
By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers JetBlue Airways is buying Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion in a deal that could increase…
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Sebastian Vettel announces his retirement from Formula One at the end of the season
By George Ramsay, CNN Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has announced he will retire from Formula One at the end of the current season.…
Continue Reading Altria’s $13B investment in Juul e-cigarettes vaporizes
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Altria reports its nearly $13 billion investment in troubled vaping company Juul is worth 95%…
Continue Reading Altria’s $13B investment in Juul e-cigarettes vaporizes
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Altria reports its nearly $13 billion investment in troubled vaping company Juul is worth 95%…
Continue Reading Watchdog head: Bad actors should face more than big fines
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the nation’s financial watchdog is having second thoughts about using fines to deter…
Continue Reading Watchdog head: Fines may not stop bad behavior by companies
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the nation’s financial watchdog is having second thoughts about using fines to deter…
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Women’s final will cap Olympic soccer tournament in Paris
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The Olympic soccer competition at the 2024 Paris Games will conclude with the women’s final for the first…
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The ocean phenomenon that’s bringing sharks closer to shore
By Katie Hunt, CNN Several reports of shark bite injuries and a spate of sightings of the marine predators off the Northeast coast of the United…
Continue Reading The ocean phenomenon that’s bringing sharks closer to shore
By Katie Hunt, CNN Several reports of shark bite injuries and a spate of sightings of the marine predators off the Northeast coast of the United…
Continue ReadingRobb Elementary school principal allowed to return to work after brief suspension, attorney says
By Rosa Flores and Amir Vera, CNN Mandy Gutierrez, the Robb Elementary School principal who was suspended with pay earlier this week has been…
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Taiwán realiza ejercicios militares masivos mientras aumentan las tensiones con China
Juan Pablo Elverdin Puerto de Taipei, Taiwán (CNN) — En escenas simuladas, un enemigo hostil intenta hacerse con el control de una vía…
Continue Reading S. Korean, Indonesian leaders agree to boost economic ties
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The presidents of South Korea and Indonesia have agreed to boost their bilateral cooperation on supply chains, economic…
Continue Reading Merck beats expectations, helped by Keytruda sales
By The Associated Press Merck is posting second-quarter sales that easily topped Wall Street expectations, boosted by sales growth of some of its key…
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Millions in the US to endure oppressive heat as temperatures bake the Pacific Northwest and South
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN An unrelenting heat wave will continue scorching the Northwest and parts of the South Thursday as millions endure yet another…
Continue Reading Biden, Xi could meet in person, US official says
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ZEKE MILLER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping are exploring…
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Poland to buy hundreds of South Korean tanks, howitzers after sending arms to Ukraine
By Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Joseph Ataman CNN Poland is buying almost 1,000 tanks, more than 600 pieces of artillery and dozens of fighter jets…
Continue Reading Kremlin poker-faced on US swap offer to free Griner, Whelan
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin has warned that a possible prisoner swap with the United States involving…
Continue Reading Africa’s alone in monkeypox deaths but has no vaccine doses
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s public health agency says the continent still does not have a single dose of the…
Continue Reading Bernard Cribbins, actor who delighted UK kids, dies at 93
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Beloved British actor Bernard Cribbins has died at the age of 93. His agent announced Cribbins’…
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Controversial Saudi-backed golf tournament to begin Friday at Trump golf course
By Michael Warren, CNN The top controversies upending both the sporting world and international relations are coming together this week at Donald…
Continue ReadingBiden administration announces $400 million investment in high-speed internet for rural communities
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday announced it would be directing more than $400 million in loans and grants to support…
Continue Reading JetBlue is buying Spirit for $3.8 billion after bidding war
By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers JetBlue Airways is buying Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion in a deal that could increase…
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Options look short for Cristiano Ronaldo as transfer speculation intensifies
By Ben Church, CNN It was less than a year ago that Cristiano Ronaldo made his sensational return to Manchester United, but the superstar is once…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 28: Prisoner swap, Congress, Fed, Drought, Facebook
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN There was a time not long ago when no one paid the full sticker price when buying a new car, but with vehicle inventories…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 28: Prisoner swap, Congress, Fed, Drought, Facebook
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN There was a time not long ago when no one paid the full sticker price when buying a new car, but with vehicle inventories…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 28: Prisoner swap, Congress, Fed, Drought, Facebook
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN There was a time not long ago when no one paid the full sticker price when buying a new car, but with vehicle inventories…
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‘An absolutely beautiful moment’: How the inaugural Tour de France Femmes can change women’s cycling
By Issy Ronald, CNN It seems somewhat of an understatement to call the Tour de France a bike race. It transcends cycling, shutting down every…
Continue Reading Shakira irá a juicio en España por presunta evasión fiscal, ¿cómo llegamos hasta aquí?
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La cantante colombiana Shakira enfrentará un juicio oral por seis presuntos delitos contra la…
Continue Reading Últimas noticias de la guerra en Ucrania: Rusia dice que “no hay acuerdo” sobre la posible liberación de presos
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Rusia logró en las últimas horas un “éxito parcial” en su intento por controlar la región…
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Nestlé has kept hiking prices this year
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Nestlé hiked its prices by 6.5% in the first half of 2022 as it grapples with an “unprecedented” rise in…
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British environmental scientist and creator of the Gaia theory James Lovelock dies at 103
By Alex Stambaugh, CNN James Lovelock, the British environmental scientist and creator of the Gaia theory, which hypothesizes Earth acts as a single…
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Asia’s richest woman lost more than half her fortune in China’s property crunch
By Laura He, CNN Business Yang Huiyan, Asia’s wealthiest woman, has seen her wealth fall to $11 billion from nearly $24 billion this year as…
Continue Reading New South Carolina juvenile justice chief pushes reforms
By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Turning around South Carolina’s chronically dangerous juvenile…
Continue ReadingThe ‘Hustler-in-Chief’ or the veteran ‘Baba’ politician, who will be Kenya’s next president?
By Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN On August 9, Kenyans head to the polls and with soaring food and fuel prices, high unemployment and…
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A 7-year-old girl was killed while camping with family after a tree fell on their tent in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN A 7-year-old girl from Georgia camping with her family in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was killed Wednesday when a tree…
Continue Reading Cars hit tires dumped on Dutch highway amid farmer protests
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police say cars crashed into tires and other garbage piled on a highway in the northern Netherlands by radical…
Continue Reading Cars hit tires dumped on Dutch highway amid farmer protests
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police say cars crashed into tires and other garbage piled on a highway in the northern Netherlands by radical…
Continue ReadingAt least 8 dead in eastern Kentucky flooding, and ‘hundreds will lose their homes,’ governor says
By Steve Almasy, Jason Hanna and Michelle Watson, CNN At least eight people have died in widespread flooding in eastern Kentucky following heavy…
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Nicaraguan opposition leader Suazo sentenced to 10 years in prison
By Marlon Sorto, CNN Nicaraguan opposition leader Yubrank Suazo, who participated in protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega in…
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