CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Major retailers are facing a backlash for selling themed products in an attempt to monetize Juneteenth, the upcoming federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US. Inclusion experts say “tone deaf” marketing campaigns — including Walmart’s Juneteenth ice cream and Dollar Tree’s Pan African-themed plates and napkins
Continue ReadingCNN By Gabby Orr, CNN The signs of Donald Trump‘s next White House run are there. He has hosted wannabe campaign managers at Mar-a-Lago and quizzed golf partners between shots on who he should put in charge, though no formal interviews have been conducted. His interest in 2024 polls — especially how he stacks up
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Finance ministers from the 19 countries that share the euro currency could decide Thursday on a successor to lead Europe’s financial rescue fund. But a question that has hung over the monthslong race looks certain to persist: will the job winner have enough to do even as Europe battles fresh economic shocks?
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Finance ministers from the 19 countries that share the euro currency could decide Thursday on a successor to lead Europe’s financial rescue fund. But a question that has hung over the monthslong race looks certain to persist: will the job winner have enough to do even as Europe battles fresh economic shocks?
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Police in Kosovo have reported a series of bomb threats to schools in Serb-dominated areas of the country and say they have confirmed some as hoaxes. A police statement said about 30 locations received electronic warnings or phone calls on Thursday morning. It did not identify the precise areas. Later police
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Jo Shelley, CNN US actor Kevin Spacey was granted bail Thursday during his first appearance at a London court since authorities charged him with five offenses, including four counts of sexual assault. Spacey spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and London address during a brief procedural hearing, and a
Continue Readingolivertapia Copco Lake, California (CNN) — La célebre foto de cinco amigos tomada cada cinco años en el mismo lago de California puede volver a ser vista por el mundo a pesar del reciente susto por cáncer de uno de ellos. Los cinco amigos tomaron la foto número 9 el miércoles, 40 años después de
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a Republican who is testifying at Thursday’s January 6 committee hearing, will provide a sharp condemnation of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, saying Trump and his allies “instigated” a war on democracy “so that he
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN The signs of Donald Trump‘s next White House run are there. He has hosted wannabe campaign managers at Mar-a-Lago and quizzed golf partners between shots on who he should put in charge, though no formal interviews have been conducted. His interest in 2024 polls — especially how he stacks up against
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Mientras Rusia intensifica sus ataques en el este de Ucrania, el presidente Volodymir Zelensky recibirá este jueves un fuerte respaldo político con la llegada a Kyiv de los líderes de Alemania, Francia e Italia. El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron; el canciller de Alemania, Olaf Scholz, y el primer
Continue ReadingBy FRANCESCA EBEL and BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A nationwide public sector strike in Tunisia is poised to paralyze land and air transportation and other vital activities with the North African nation already in the midst of a deteriorating economic crisis. Tunisia’s powerful General Labour Union (UGTT) announced Thursday’s walkout
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — After five weeks of declining coronavirus deaths, the number of fatalities reported globally increased by 4% last week, according to the World Health Organization. In its weekly assessment of the pandemic issued on Thursday, the U.N. health agency said there were 8,700 COVID-19 deaths last week, with a 21% jump in the
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials say a fire broke out in an apartment building in Slovakia overnight, killing at least four people. Police say the fire started in an apartment on the fifth floor of the building in the town of Handlova in central Slovakia. Firefighters say some 150 people were evacuated from the building.
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor is stepping up an appeal for the country’s residents to save energy after Russia’s Gazprom announced significant cuts in natural gas deliveries through a key pipeline. State-owned Gazprom announced on Tuesday that it was cutting gas flows through the undersea Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany by 40%, then,
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor is stepping up an appeal for the country’s residents to save energy after Russia’s Gazprom announced significant cuts in natural gas deliveries through a key pipeline. State-owned Gazprom announced on Tuesday that it was cutting gas flows through the undersea Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany by 40%, then,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey “strenuously denies” allegations of sexual assault, his lawyer said Thursday, as the Oscar-winning actor appeared in a London court to face five charges of offenses against three men. Photographers and television camera crews thronged Spacey, 62, as he arrived at London’s Westminster Magistrates Court for the preliminary hearing, walking into
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is launching a task force dedicated to fighting online harassment and abuse. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy attended the announcement on Thursday, as did Sloane Stephens, a Black professional tennis player who’s faced a torrent of racist abuse. After
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is launching a task force dedicated to fighting online harassment and abuse. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy attended the announcement on Thursday, as did Sloane Stephens, a Black professional tennis player who’s faced a torrent of racist abuse. After
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Las ciudades que se postularon para albergar partidos en la Copa Mundial masculina de 2026, la primera edición que contará con 48 equipos y la primera que se realizará en tres países, sabrán el jueves si fueron las elegidas. En total, se espera que la FIFA, el organismo rector del fútbol mundial,
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday launched a new national task force aimed at helping to prevent and address online harassment and abuse. Ahead of the meeting, President Joe Biden signed a memorandum establishing the initiative, the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse. The interagency effort will
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