macamilarincon (CNN) –– La Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas dijo a sus miembros que sus líderes están “molestos e indignados” por el comportamiento de Will Smith durante la ceremonia de los Premios Oscar este domingo, en una carta que obtuvo CNN horas antes de una reunión clave sobre el futuro de Smith. Smith subió
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia has announced a $5 billion aid package to cash-strapped Egypt, where the economy is under mounting pressure, in part because of the economic fallout from Russia’s war on Ukraine. The state-run Saudi Press Agency said Wednesday that the sum was deposited in Egypt’s Central Bank.
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia has announced a $5 billion aid package to cash-strapped Egypt, where the economy is under mounting pressure, in part because of the economic fallout from Russia’s war on Ukraine. The state-run Saudi Press Agency said Wednesday that the sum was deposited in Egypt’s Central Bank.
Continue ReadingGREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Police in suburban Indianapolis say officers fatally shot a 49-year-old motorist after she rammed multiple squad cars and nearly struck officers following a high-speed chase. Monica Vaught of Greenwood was pronounced dead at the scene late Tuesday after four officers fired at her vehicle in a Greenwood Police Department parking lot.
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine will vote to confirm President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, she said in a statement Wednesday morning, the first GOP senator to do so. “After reviewing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s extensive record, watching much of her hearing testimony, and meeting with her
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has gotten a second booster dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, and he used the occasion Wednesday to call on Congress to pass billions of dollars in additional funding to fight the pandemic. Biden’s comments came a day after federal regulators approved a fourth
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has gotten a second booster dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, and he used the occasion Wednesday to call on Congress to pass billions of dollars in additional funding to fight the pandemic. Biden’s comments came a day after federal regulators approved a fourth
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy ended 2021 by expanding at a healthy 6.9% annual pace from October through December, the government reported Wednesday, a slight downgrade from its previous estimates. For all of 2021, the nation’s gross domestic product — its total output of goods and services —
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy ended 2021 by expanding at a healthy 6.9% annual pace from October through December, the government reported Wednesday, a slight downgrade from its previous estimates. For all of 2021, the nation’s gross domestic product — its total output of goods and services —
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Parkhill Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Adults who are hospitalized with COVID-19 and the flu at the same time are at a greater risk for serious illness and death, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh, University of Liverpool, Leiden University and Imperial
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Pitching Canada as a “solutions provider,” the head of a recent delegation that travelled to the U.S. says Canadian businesses can help to create a more resilient North American economy in the face of current and future global unrest. “And that
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Russia is demanding payment in rubles for its natural gas exports to Europe. And that is rattling markets already in turmoil because of the war in Ukraine. High gas prices have gyrated further after the announcement by President Vladimir Putin last week. Western governments have rejected the proposal, saying gas contracts specify
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s private sector added 455,000 jobs in March, the ADP Employment Report showed Wednesday. That was slightly better than economists had expected but fell short of the February report, which was revised higher. It was also the weakest monthly gain in private sector jobs since August. This relative slowdown is
Continue ReadingCNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN It’s not hard to see the Oscars blowup between Will Smith and Chris Rock played out at recess in the schoolyard. One person makes a mean joke about someone else that strikes a nerve, and someone who cares about the targeted person gets upset and hits or smacks or punches
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN It’s not hard to see the Oscars blowup between Will Smith and Chris Rock played out at recess in the schoolyard. One person makes a mean joke about someone else that strikes a nerve, and someone who cares about the targeted person gets upset and hits or smacks or punches the
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Disney+ has been keeping all things “Moon Knight” under wraps tighter than a mummy’s gauze. Luckily for those of us who seek context in our comic adaptations, the Marvel antihero’s origins and eccentricities has been explored in dozens of comic issues since his introduction in the 1970s. Of course, the company
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gianluigi Donnarumma are among the soccer stars who will not be playing at the World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year. Qualification for the tournament is drawing to a close and there are several high-profile players
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A German humanitarian group is appealing for Malta to take in 32 migrants who were rescued off Libya this week by the Ukrainian captain of a container ship. The request came as Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged the tiny European Union nation in the central Mediterranean Sea
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — After serving over half his life behind bars, a Seattle man now has a chance to get out after high court rulings. Eric Krueger was originally sentenced to life without parole for the 1997 fatal shooting of Ronald Greenwood and Brady Brown of Everett. Krueger was 20 at the time. He’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden’s business activities has gained steam in recent months, with a flurry of witnesses providing testimony to federal investigators and more expected to provide interviews in the coming weeks, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The probe, led by
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