By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shopify is cutting 10% of its staff, or about 1,000 employees, as the e-commerce company reckons with an unexpected sales downturn after a pandemic-fueled explosion. There has been a wave of layoffs or cutbacks in the tech sector with Wall Street distancing itself from some
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden feels well enough to resume physical exercise on his fifth day with Covid-19, his doctor said Tuesday in a letter. Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote Biden’s symptoms have “almost completely resolved” and that his vital signs remain “absolutely normal.” Biden will continue to isolate on day five of his
Continue ReadingBy Michael Warren, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday delivered a speech outlining an “agenda for the future” in Washington — just hours before a competing speech from Donald Trump during the former President’s first visit to the nation’s capital since January 2021. Speaking to the Young America’s Foundation, a conservative youth group,
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Leipzig defender Nordi Mukiele has signed a five-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain. Financial terms were not disclosed. The 24-year-old right back played in France for Montpellier before spending four seasons at Leipzig. Mukiele played 146 matches for the Bundesliga club, scoring 10 goals and delivering 11 assists. He won the German Cup
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — ¿Se avecina una recesión económica en Estados Unidos? O, ¿se encuentra ya en una? La respuesta, prácticamente, no es relevante. Para muchos estadounidenses, ya parece una recesión. La subida de los precios de casi todo hace más difícil pagar los gastos cotidianos y las facturas mensuales. El mercado
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. In a rare instance of bipartisan accord, a group of 16 Democratic and Republican senators recently reached a deal on legislation that aims to make it harder to overturn
Continue ReadingNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have signed defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to a five-year, $17 million contract extension starting next season. General Manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the signing, saying the Swiss defenseman would make an annual average of $3.4 million with the two biggest paychecks in the first two years of the extension.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN The Biden administration is working furiously behind the scenes to keep European allies united against Russia as Moscow further cuts its energy supplies to the European Union, prompting panic on both sides of the Atlantic over potentially severe gas shortages heading into winter, US officials say. On Monday, Russia’s state-owned gas
Continue ReadingCNN By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis and Phil Mattingly, CNN When President Joe Biden convened nearly a dozen Western leaders by private video conference on Thursday to discuss the war in Ukraine, he was intent upon delivering a key message, sources say: to stay unified in punishing Russia, even as the Kremlin tries to
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Top-seeded Anett Kontaveit cruised past Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Prague Open. The Estonian will next play unseeded Czech Lucie Havlickova. Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova advanced by beating Russian Anna Blinkova 6-3, 6-1. Fifth-seeded Alizé Cornet knocked out Anastasia Zakharova of Russia 6-2, 6-3. Unseeded
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story OXNARD, California (KABC) — A 29-year-old soccer player has died two weeks after he was assaulted during a fight involving players and spectators on a field at Oxnard High School. Police say Misael Sanchez of Port Hueneme was assaulted by several people as the fight
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Amazon is raising its Prime fees in Europe, the company told customers on Tuesday, days ahead of its second-quarter earnings report. Among other places, the price of a monthly Prime membership will tick up in the United Kingdom from 7.99 to 8.99 pounds, while the annual cost will increase from 79 to 95
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Amazon is raising its Prime fees in Europe, the company told customers on Tuesday, days ahead of its second-quarter earnings report. Among other places, the price of a monthly Prime membership will tick up in the United Kingdom from 7.99 to 8.99 pounds, while the annual cost will increase from 79 to 95
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN With just over five weeks to go before federal student loan payments are set to restart after a yearslong pandemic pause, the Biden administration has yet to decide whether to push back the expiration date — again. Another delay would be the seventh time the date has been rescheduled since the
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Wall Street gambling parlor is still alive and well. Asset management firm AXS Investments recently launched funds that let investors make supersized bets on — or against — the daily performance of individual stocks. AXS now offers ETFs that use leverage, namely through exotic instruments known as
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has announced it is acquiring the stock in an Arctic oil field now held by French and Norwegian companies. The Russian government said Tuesday it had approved a proposal for the Russian oil firm Zarubezhneft to acquire the stakes of TotalEnergies of France and Equinor of Norway in the Kharyaga project
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has announced it is acquiring the stock in an Arctic oil field now held by French and Norwegian companies. The Russian government said Tuesday it had approved a proposal for the Russian oil firm Zarubezhneft to acquire the stakes of TotalEnergies of France and Equinor of Norway in the Kharyaga project
Continue ReadingBy Elaine Emerson Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A former USA Gymnastics coach working in Las Vegas was sentenced to at least two years and up to eight years in prison in a child sex abuse case. Terry Gray was accused of sexual assault and lewdness and faced 45
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN In about a month, some of the world’s best filmmakers will descend on the “City of Canals” for the 79th Venice International Film Festival. The festival, which kicks off on August 31, typically marks the start of a new film awards season, followed closely by the Telluride Film Festival and the
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a bid to stoke nationalism and justify his policies, Mexico’s president has increasingly taken to calling his opponents “traitors” and accused them of working for the foreign governments. The issue came to a head last week when President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tried to side-step
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