Amazon stops accepting UK Visa credit cards, cites high fees
LONDON (AP) — Amazon says it will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom because of a dispute over fees. The online retail…
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Amazon stops accepting UK Visa credit cards, cites high fees
LONDON (AP) — Amazon says it will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom because of a dispute over fees. The online retail…
Continue ReadingSwiss government: Same-sex couples can marry starting July 1
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s executive body says same-sex couples will be able to get married in the rich Alpine nation starting on July 1 next…
Continue ReadingChristmas stretch: UK inflation highest in nearly a decade
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom surged at the fastest rate in nearly a decade in October amid…
Continue ReadingChristmas stretch: UK inflation highest in nearly a decade
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom surged at the fastest rate in nearly a decade in October amid…
Continue ReadingGreeks hold peaceful march on deadly uprising anniversary
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — About 20,000 people have marched peacefully through Athens to mark the anniversary of a bloody anti-dictatorship uprising in…
Continue ReadingSuspected Covid case closes Hong Kong Disneyland
By Teele Rebane, CNN Hong Kong Disneyland was shut on Wednesday and staff and visitors made to undergo Covid testing after a recent visitor tested…
Continue ReadingGerman farm to cull 4,000 pigs after swine fever detected
BERLIN (AP) — A pig farm in northern Germany is culling all of its animals after a case of African swine fever was confirmed there this week. The…
Continue ReadingGerman farm to cull 4,000 pigs after swine fever detected
BERLIN (AP) — A pig farm in northern Germany is culling all of its animals after a case of African swine fever was confirmed there this week. The…
Continue ReadingUn autorretrato de Frida Kahlo alcanza un récord de 34,9 millones de dólares en subasta
olivertapia (CNN) — Un autorretrato de Frida Kahlo se convirtió en la obra más cara de un artista latinoamericano jamás vendida en una…
Continue ReadingCzechs, Slovaks hit virus records, target the unvaccinated
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic and Slovakia have both reported record daily new coronavirus cases. The Czech…
Continue ReadingUK inflation at 10-year high sets stage for interest rate rise within weeks
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Britain looks set to become the first major economy to hike interest rates since the Covid-19 pandemic began after…
Continue ReadingIreland, home to one of Europe’s highest vaccination rates, imposes curfew on pubs and clubs as cases rise
By Niamh Kennedy and Rob Picheta, CNN Ireland will impose a midnight curfew on bars, restaurants and nightclubs from Thursday, its prime minister…
Continue ReadingRIBA International Prize 2021: World’s best new buildings revealed
Oscar Holland, CNN A German art gallery, a vehicle-free bridge in Denmark and a remote hospital in Bangladesh have been shortlisted for a prestigious…
Continue ReadingFederer set to miss Wimbledon, dreams of 1 more Slam final
GENEVA (AP) — Roger Federer says he does not expect to return from his latest knee surgery in time to play at next year’s Wimbledon…
Continue ReadingKashmir families seek bodies of 2 civilians killed in raid
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Dozens of relatives of two civilians killed in a gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir are…
Continue ReadingToday is Jimmy Kimmel’s Unfriend (on social media) Day. Here is how to decide who makes the cut
CNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Hanging on to social media connections that don’t make you feel good? Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said today is…
Continue ReadingToday is Jimmy Kimmel’s Unfriend (on social media) Day. Here is how to decide who makes the cut
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Hanging on to social media connections that don’t make you feel good? Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said today is the…
Continue ReadingGermany sees surge in COVID cases, mulls new measures
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control agency has reported 52,826 new coronavirus cases as infection rates…
Continue ReadingCharity: 10 migrants suffocated on packed boat off Libya
MILAN (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says 10 people were found dead at the bottom of an overcrowded wooden boat packed with 99 surviving migrants…
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