BERLIN (AP) — A court says that the 96-year-old former secretary for the Stutthof concentration camp’s SS commander has been released from detention. The German woman was picked up by police on Thursday, a few hours after leaving her home in Hamburg in a taxi on the morning her trial on more than 11,000 counts
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CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an insider trading investigation into transactions by high-level officials at the Federal Reserve. The Massachusetts Democrat called for the agency to conduct a “sweeping review of all securities trades” by Fed officials to determine if they
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an insider trading investigation into transactions by high-level officials at the Federal Reserve. The Massachusetts Democrat called for the agency to conduct a “sweeping review of all securities trades” by Fed officials to determine if they violated
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — London’s fire brigade says six fire engines and around 40 firefighters are battling a blaze at Westminster Station, the nearest subway station to Britain’s Parliament and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s residence at 10, Downing Street. In a statement on Twitter on Tuesday, the London Fire Brigade said the fire is toward the
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm has quickly realized things have changed for him in Spain. His U.S. Open win and rise to No. 1 golfer in the world have turned him into a star transcending sports and on the same level as the likes of Rafael Nadal, Pau Gasol
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — An ethnic Serb has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Kosovo after being convicted of war crimes, including involvement in a massacre during the 1998-1999 war. The court in Pristina handed down the ruling against the man on Tuesday. He was arrested in 2019 and was identified only by
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, Simon Bouvier and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades, according to a damning report published Tuesday that said the Church had prioritized the protection of the institution over victims who were urged to stay silent. The number
Continue Reading CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Simon Bouvier and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades, according to a damning report published Tuesday that said the Church had prioritized the protection of the institution over victims who were urged to stay silent. The
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize the emergency use of an antibody treatment to prevent COVID-19. The company said Tuesday that the treatment would be the first long-acting antibody combination to receive an emergency use authorization for
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize the emergency use of an antibody treatment to prevent COVID-19. The company said Tuesday that the treatment would be the first long-acting antibody combination to receive an emergency use authorization for
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — The president of North Macedonia is making the country’s first state visit to Greece. President Stevo Pendarovski met in Athens with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday. Pendarovski is seeking support for North Macedonia’s stalled effort to join the European Union. The former Yugoslav republic of
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Katie Hunt, CNN The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi, whose groundbreaking work over the past 60 years predicted climate change and decoded complex physical systems. Manabe, 90, and Hasselmann, 89, were jointly honored for “the physical modelling of Earth’s climate,
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer PARIS (AP) — France and the United States are edging closer toward rapprochement after the Biden administration’s exclusion of Washington’s oldest ally from a new Indo-Pacific security initiative ignited French anger. President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday in Paris to explore ways to
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — The son and namesake of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has announced he would seek the presidency in next year’s elections in what activists say is an attempt to whitewash a dark period in the country’s history marked by human rights atrocities. Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announced his
Continue ReadingBy Aleks Klosok, CNN Asisat Oshoala has a confession to make. The Barcelona striker, who was born in the Nigerian city of Ikorodu, leans into the microphone and says: “Growing up I never wore a jersey with a female player’s name at the back.” Then the moment of epiphany when life comes full circle for
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is set to announce big changes this week to a federal student loan forgiveness program that aims to provide government and nonprofit workers significant relief but has caused widespread confusion, leaving many people with thousands of dollars of debt. Borrowers have long complained about how difficult it
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Tips for getting rich are everywhere. Friends brag about their latest money moves at parties, while social media influencers tout ways to gain wealth. You might have a little fear of missing out if you don’t have your own exciting financial news to share. But growing your net worth doesn’t
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Tips for getting rich are everywhere. Friends brag about their latest money moves at parties, while social media influencers tout ways to gain wealth. You might have a little fear of missing out if you don’t have your own exciting financial news to share. But growing your net worth doesn’t
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has removed Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles from its tax haven blacklist. EU finance ministers took the move Tuesday amid an uproar over the Pandora Papers revelations about the financial activities of the global elite. Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles were placed on the list because they didn’t meet the EU’s
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has removed Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles from its tax haven blacklist. EU finance ministers took the move Tuesday amid an uproar over the Pandora Papers revelations about the financial activities of the global elite. Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles were placed on the list because they didn’t meet the EU’s
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