By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona says it was technically bankrupt when president Joan Laporta took over earlier this year. Barcelona CEO Ferrán Reverter presented a grim picture of the club’s financial situation while releasing the results from a Deloitte audit that started after Laporta arrived in March following the resignation
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona says it was technically bankrupt when president Joan Laporta took over earlier this year. Barcelona CEO Ferrán Reverter presented a grim picture of the club’s financial situation while releasing the results from a Deloitte audit that started after Laporta arrived in March following the resignation
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN After nearly half a century, the mystery of Manu is finally solved. In 1973, scientist Robin Foster discovered a plant with bright orange fruit shaped like paper lanterns inside Peru’s Manu National Park. It’s now been classified as Aenigmanu alvareziae, or Mystery of Manu, according to a paper authored by Foster
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Continue ReadingScott Reyburn Rare “autograph”-quality paintings by the Early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli have become the art trade’s equivalent of London buses. You wait and wait and wait, then four of them arrive one after the other. First, in July 2019, there were was the speculative “Portrait of a Young Man,” catalogued as “in the style
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Scandinavian authorities have suspended or discouraged the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in young people because of an increased risk of heart inflammation, a very rare side effect associated with the shot. Sweden suspended the use of Moderna for those under 30, Denmark said those
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Scandinavian authorities have suspended or discouraged the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in young people because of an increased risk of heart inflammation, a very rare side effect associated with the shot. Sweden suspended the use of Moderna for those under 30, Denmark said those
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — The tenant who is suspected in the huge Swedish apartment building explosion and fire last month that injured 16 people has been found dead in the water. Police said Wednesday that they do not suspect foul play in connection with his death. The man was found in Goteborg harbor, only a few
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called for the global community to stop a “humanitarian catastrophe” which she said is being created by the Belarusian regime as it facilitates largescale migration into the European Union. Thousands of migrants from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa have been
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic senators have edged back from a perilous standoff over lifting the nation’s borrowing cap. Democrats are signaling they are receptive to an offer from Republican leader Mitch McConnell that would allow for an emergency debt limit extension into December. McConnell made
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LANGNESS Edmunds The 2022 Nissan Frontier is completely redesigned with more power than any other midsize pickup truck and bold new looks to match. But does it have what it takes to compete against the reigning off-road king, the 2022 Toyota Tacoma? Writers from Edmunds put the two vehicles head to head in
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN CBS takes one step into the unknown and another into the comfort of the past this week, which is about as adventurous as one can expect risk-averse broadcasters to be these days. “Ghosts,” a mildly amusing comedy, tries to bring some new life to network’s Thursday comedy lineup, while “CSI:
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The 2021 BET Awards aired Tuesday night and it was a big one for Tyler, the Creator, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. Tyler, the Creator took home the hip hop album of the year and best live performer awards, as well as the inaugural Cultural Influence Award during the
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors have brought another case against the so-called “Lizard King” of Florida, accusing him of scheming to export illegally harvested turtles to China and Japan. They say Michael Van Nostrand and his company, Strictly Reptiles, established a network of “collectors” who searched the Florida wilds for fresh-water specimens including the three-stripe
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press Al-MUFAGARA, West Bank (AP) — Residents of a small Palestinian shepherding village in the occupied West Bank say an Israeli settler attack last week was especially violent but not unusual. The attack damaged much of the village’s fragile infrastructure and a 4-year-old boy was hospitalized after being struck in the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that factory orders in Germany plummeted 7.7% in August compared with the previous month, led by much lower demand from countries outside the eurozone. The drop in orders is a leading indicator for Europe’s biggest economy. It followed month-on-month gains of 4.6% in June and 4.9% in July. The
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that factory orders in Germany plummeted 7.7% in August compared with the previous month, led by much lower demand from countries outside the eurozone. The drop in orders is a leading indicator for Europe’s biggest economy. It followed month-on-month gains of 4.6% in June and 4.9% in July. The
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly and Clare Duffy, CNN Business The Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents indicating the company was aware of various problems caused by its apps, including Instagram’s potential “toxic” effect on teen girls, called on Congress to take action against the social media platform
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly and Clare Duffy, CNN Business The Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents indicating the company was aware of various problems caused by its apps, including Instagram’s potential “toxic” effect on teen girls, called on Congress to take action against the social media
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French lawmakers have unanimously backed proposed legislation that would ban so-called LGBT conversion therapy. Parliament’s lower house voted 115-0 on Tuesday night for the draft law proposed by members of President Emmanuel Macron’s party. The text now goes to the upper house for debate. It authorizes jail time and fines for practitioners
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