LONDON (AP) — A man who was found guilty of stalking U.S. Open tennis champion Emma Raducanu has been given a five-year restraining order. Amrit Magar also has been sentenced to an 18-month community service order that includes 200 hours of unpaid work. He will be under curfew for eight weeks and monitored by an
Continue ReadingBy CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand will ease some entry requirements for foreign visitors as it balances a rising number of coronavirus cases with the need to rebuild its pandemic-damaged economy. Beginning March 1, fully vaccinated visitors must take a RT-PCR test on arrival and spend their first night at an approved
Continue ReadingBy CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand will ease some entry requirements for foreign visitors as it balances a rising number of coronavirus cases with the need to rebuild its pandemic-damaged economy. Beginning March 1, fully vaccinated visitors must take a RT-PCR test on arrival and spend their first night at an approved
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 330,000 Mustangs in the U.S. to fix backup camera displays that go blank or become distorted. The recall covers cars from the 2015 to 2017 model years. Documents posted Wednesday by U.S. safety regulators say the rear view camera wiring can become loose or damaged, causing the
Continue ReadingWASAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is lifting most COVID-19 restrictions including limits on the people inside restaurants and theaters from March 1. But the government will continue with mandatory face masks indoors and isolation rules. Officials said Wednesday the lifting of most of the restrictions was possible because the number of new daily infections and
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants have a delivery problem. Early in the pandemic, when eateries were forced to shut their doors, delivery became a lifeline. Restaurant operators scrambled to set up delivery channels from scratch or promote ones that previously existed. But there was a reason that many restaurants hadn’t focused on delivery before
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business Barclays is withholding shares worth as much as $29 million from former CEO Jes Staley, pending the outcome of an investigation by British banking regulators into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The bank said in its annual report published on Wednesday that it has suspended bonus and share payments to
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has lodged a strong protest and demanded an apology after its diplomat was detained and questioned in Beijing. The Foreign Ministry says the diplomat from the Japanese Embassy was seized while on duty and held for several hours on Monday. It said the detention violated the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Cabinet has approved a plan to lift the country’s minimum wage to 12 euros ($13.60) per hour in October. The increase was a key pledge in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s election campaign last year. Germany has had a national minimum wage since 2015. It started off at 8.50 euros per hour but
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Cooper, Ray Sanchez and Jason Carroll,, CNN Brett Hankison is not on trial for killing Breonna Taylor, a prosecutor made clear in opening statements Wednesday — nearly two years after her death. The former police officer is facing charges because, during a botched 2020 narcotics raid on the 26-year-old’s Louisville, Kentucky, apartment, he
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La UEFA y la FIFA dicen que están “supervisando la situación”, ya que la escalada de la crisis entre Rusia y Ucrania amenaza con afectar a partidos de fútbol europeos e internacionales clave que se celebrarán en ambos países. Esto ocurre después de que las naciones occidentales anunciaran un tramo de sanciones
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many people are hyped about the transition away from cars that run on gasoline, but some experts say we should pump the brakes on all the excitement. The US isn’t ready for a full switchover to electric because the precious metal needed to build electric car batteries is just as
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many people are hyped about the transition away from cars that run on gasoline, but some experts say we should pump the brakes on all the excitement. The US isn’t ready for a full switchover to electric because the precious metal needed to build electric car batteries is just as hard
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many people are hyped about the transition away from cars that run on gasoline, but some experts say we should pump the brakes on all the excitement. The US isn’t ready for a full switchover to electric because the precious metal needed to build electric car batteries is just as
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The decision by Germany to halt the certification of Nord Stream 2 underscores the critical role US natural gas can play on the world stage, former top energy regulator Neil Chatterjee told CNN on Tuesday. “We are a gas superpower. We just need to be able to get it out
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Driving a rugged Subaru through snowy weather is a rite of passage for some New Englanders, whose region is a top market for the Japanese automaker. So it was a surprise when Massachusetts dealerships started selling Subaru’s line of 2022 vehicles without a key ingredient: in-car wireless technology that
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s interior minister says authorities have thwarted attempts by members of the Islamic State group to carry out three attacks near the capital Beirut that would have inflicted a large number of civilian casualties. Bassam Mawlawi said Wednesday that the would-be attackers are all Palestinians. He added that they were recruiting young
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business If you walk into one of 25 Fred Meyer stores in the Portland area this week, you’ll find something unusual. Gathered together at the end of an aisle will be an eclectic assortment of about 20 products, including shampoo and dish soap, barbecue sauce, granola and more. The items are
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Mientras el mundo espera para ver si Moscú invadirá Ucrania, una nueva encuesta exclusiva de CNN revela que el doble de personas en Rusia cree que sería correcto que Moscú use la fuerza militar para evitar que Kyiv se una a la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN) frente a
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Alexander Zverev fue descalificado del Abierto Mexicano por “conducta antideportiva” luego de golpear la silla del árbitro varias veces con su raqueta luego de una derrota en el torneo de dobles. Después de perder un punto de partido ante Lloyd Glasspool y Harri Heliovaara junto a su compañero de juego Marcelo Melo,
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