CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the largest trial of its kind. The pilot, which will last for six months, involves 3,300 workers spanning 70 companies, ranging from providers of financial services to a fish-and-chip restaurant.
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Voters in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan have given an overwhelming approval to proposed constitutional changes widely seen as an attempt to repudiate the legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev. The former strongman led the ex-Soviet republic for three decades. Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission said Monday that 77% of voters supported the constitutional
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Voters in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan have given an overwhelming approval to proposed constitutional changes widely seen as an attempt to repudiate the legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev. The former strongman led the ex-Soviet republic for three decades. Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission said Monday that 77% of voters supported the constitutional
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan The gas price spike keeps getting worse. The national average jumped to $4.87 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA. That’s up 25 cents in the past week and 59 cents in the past month. There are now 10 states where the average price of gasoline is $5 a gallon or higher,
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The bidding war over Spirit Airlines is ramping up again with JetBlue boosting its offer for the discount carrier just days after rival Frontier upped its own bid for Spirit. Spirit shareholders are also scheduled to vote Friday on Frontier’s offer. JetBlue said Monday that it would now provide
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Washington (CNN) — A más de 500 dÃas del violento ataque al Capitolio de Estados Unidos, la comisión del 6 de enero que lo investiga está listo para mostrar su trabajo. La comisión selecta de la Cámara de Representantes celebrará su primera audiencia pública esta semana, el jueves 9 de junio a
Continue ReadingOpinion by Karin Kimbrough for CNN Business Perspectives Young workers who entered the US job market in the throes of the pandemic in 2020 faced an uphill battle. Hiring on LinkedIn dropped off dramatically, and widespread layoffs hit Gen Z more severely than most other groups. Fast forward two years, and the picture looks much
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Brazil has defeated Japan 1-0 in a friendly thanks to a penalty by Neymar in the 77th minute after he was tripped in the box on a rainy night at Tokyo’s new National Stadium. It was Neymar’s 74th goal for the national team, leaving him three
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, expresidente de Brasil y quien se lanzó como candidato nuevamente este año, dio positivo por covid-19, según informó su cuenta de Twitter. Lula y su esposa, Janja, recibieron el diagnóstico de covid-19 este domingo. “Los dos están bien, el expresidente está asintomático y Janja tiene sÃntomas leves.
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hundreds of Kosovo war veterans have clashed with police in a protest to demand higher pensions. Police say at least two officers and a civilian were injured. Police on Monday denied using tear gas to keep the veterans from the Kosovo Liberation Army away from the parliament in Pristina, the capital,
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican electoral authorities say the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has continued its consolidation of power by winning four of the six governorships on ballot in local elections. The National Regeneration Movement along with its allied parties won in Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo, Oaxaca and Hidalgo on Sunday. An opposition
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Late last week, Microsoft — the second largest public company in the United States — leveled with its investors. Earnings for the current quarter, it warned, would not be as strong as it had hoped. What’s happening: Microsoft now expects revenue of between $51.9 billion and $52.7 billion between April
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris made a late May call to Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro with a subtle nudge that would neatly encapsulate her fraught task of addressing the root causes of migration to the southern border. From her West Wing office, she received an update on the Central
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple kicked off its annual developer conference by unveiling its next-generation mobile software, iOS 16, with new features that will let users personalize their iPhone lock screens, change how they text friends through iMessage and deepen how its smartphones integrate with cars. These and other updates, which were unveiled
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN The quality of Europe’s bathing waters has improved dramatically in recent decades, and a new report released this week by the European Environment Agency (EEA) reveals that almost 85% of its bathing sites now rank as “excellent.” The annual Bathing Water Report monitored nearly 22,000 inland and coastal swimming spots across
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the largest trial of its kind. The pilot, which will last for six months, involves 3,300 workers spanning 70 companies, ranging from providers of financial services to a fish-and-chip restaurant. During
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Lionel Messi marcó los cinco goles de Argentina en la victoria por 5-0 sobre Estonia en un amistoso internacional este domingo. El jugador, de 34 años, abrió el marcador con un penal y añadió cuatro goles más en la goleada de su paÃs. Messi, que ha marcado 86 goles en
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden authorized the Defense Production Act to spur US manufacturing of solar and several other forms of clean energy, the White House announced Monday. Biden authorized the Energy Department to use the DPA to speed up domestic manufacturing of solar panel components, energy-efficient heat pumps, building insulation, electric transformers
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Didi’s regulatory nightmare in China may be nearly over. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal, which reported Monday, citing unidentified sources, that Beijing’s cybersecurity review of the ride-hailing giant was about to wrap up. The move would allow Didi to return to app stores in mainland China, potentially as
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press David Harrington spent a tense eight months in a Philadelphia jail when he was a teenager — the result of a robbery charge in 2014 that automatically sent his case to the adult court system under state law. Only 16 at the time, he said he got into fights and
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