By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing company Grab tumbled in its market debut Thursday, following a $40 billion merger in a special purpose acquisition company deal. The Singapore-based company Nasdaq debut came more than seven months after it announced plans to merge with U.S.-based Altimeter Growth Corp in
Continue ReadingBy Geneva Sands, CNN The Biden administration plans to relaunch the Trump-era border program known as “Remain in Mexico” on Monday due to a court order, meaning the US will again send migrants to Mexico to await their immigration court hearings, administration officials announced Thursday. Mexico on Thursday agreed to the terms of the revamped
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have rejected a civic legislative proposal that would have outlawed abortion as homicide. The vote Thursday to reject the proposal was overwhelming, also because most of the ruling right-wing party lawmakers voted against it. Submitted by an anti-abortion group, the proposal called for up to 25 years in prison
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story THOUSAND OAKS, California (KABC) — A Thousand Oaks man has been arrested in a brutal beating that left his 4-year-old daughter fighting for her life, officials say. Sheriff’s deputies and paramedics were called to a home in the 4100 block of Lemonberry Place in Thousand
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys has teased some of her new material at an intimate performance in Miami where she also guided a few hundred people through a 10-minute meditation. Keys asked concert goers gathering for an immersive exhibit on the eve of Art Basel Miami Beach to
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) mantuvo una segunda llamada con Peng Shuai este miércoles y dijo que la estrella china del tenis “reconfirmó” que estaba sana y salva a pesar de la “difícil situación” en la que se encuentra, informó este jueves la organización deportiva. Peng, una de las estrellas deportivas más
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German politicians have agreed to slash the maximum attendance at outdoor sports events to 15,000 people. Some states still plan to have empty stadiums. Rising infection rates in recent weeks and the emergence of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus caused concern ahead of the talks between the state and federal
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press New York (AP) — Country music star Kelsea Ballerini had no intentions of starting a new job as an author in 2020. She did plan to tour her new album, “Kelsea” — then the coronavirus pandemic shut down most of the world. As COVID-19 all but stopped the touring
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Sandra Bullock is pretty private and protective when it comes to her children, but she opened up on the new episode of “Red Table Talk.” The actress talked to the show’s co-hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris about how her partner, Bryan Randall, was not involved in
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sandra Bullock is pretty private and protective when it comes to her children, but she opened up on the new episode of “Red Table Talk.” The actress talked to the show’s co-hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris about how her partner, Bryan Randall, was not
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The average interest rate for long-term mortgages in the U.S. remained flat this week, following the Federal Reserve suggesting that it would start tightening credit by raising its benchmark rate. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year,
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A suspected Chinese hacking campaign has breached four more US defense and technology companies in the last month, and hundreds more US organizations are running the type of vulnerable software that the attackers have exploited, according to research shared with CNN. The apparent espionage activity, which the National Security
Continue ReadingDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s news agency says 10 people have been killed and one injured after an attack on a bus carrying workers in an oil field in eastern Syria. SANA said the attack on Thursday targeted workers in the Kharata oil field in government-controlled part of Deir el-Zour province. It offered no further
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN President Joe Biden and Jill Biden will attend the 44th annual Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night in Washington, DC, reinstating a longstanding tradition that was interrupted by Donald Trump’s presidency. The event celebrates the careers of prominent members of the performing arts. The first lady’s spokesman Michael LaRosa confirmed the attendance
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings. The Biden administration reluctantly announced plans Thursday to accept the Trump-era policy and agreed to Mexico’s conditions for resuming it. That paves the way for returns to
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kellogg’s has reached a tentative agreement with its 1,400 cereal plant workers that will deliver 3% raises and end a nearly two-month-long strike if it is approved. The Battle Creek, Michigan-based company said Thursday the five-year deal with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakama Nation officials say they will allow a rural school district in central Washington to continue the use of the Wahluke Warrior image while a plan for respectful usage is developed. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports according to a Yakama Nation news release the Wahluke School District in Mattawa has until January
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakama Nation officials say they will allow a rural school district in central Washington to continue the use of the Wahluke Warrior image while a plan for respectful usage is developed. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports according to a Yakama Nation news release the Wahluke School District in Mattawa has until January
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakama Nation officials say they will allow a rural school district in central Washington to continue the use of the Wahluke Warrior image while a plan for respectful usage is developed. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports according to a Yakama Nation news release the Wahluke School District in Mattawa has until January
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadine Schmidt and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Germany on Thursday announced a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated, as its leaders backed plans for mandatory vaccinations in the coming months. Unvaccinated people will be banned from accessing all but the most essential businesses, such as supermarkets and pharmacies, to curb the spread of coronavirus, outgoing
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