By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The two candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister have begun a head-to-head battle for the votes of Conservative Party members who will choose the country’s new leader. Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is promising fiscal prudence. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is offering immediate tax cuts to
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The two candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister have begun a head-to-head battle for the votes of Conservative Party members who will choose the country’s new leader. Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is promising fiscal prudence. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is offering immediate tax cuts to
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Cristiano Ronaldo has not yet returned to preseason training with Manchester United because of what has been publicly described as “personal reasons.” It seems the reality is different. Ronaldo reportedly wants out after only one season back at Old Trafford because United is no longer in the Champions League
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson, Ivan Watson, Olha Konovalova and Dan Hodge, CNN Soldiers toting guns and grenades while drunk, looting private property, and squabbling with fellow fighters to the point of armed stand-offs: Civilians who have escaped the Russian-controlled city of Kherson in Ukraine’s south say their home has become unrecognizable since Moscow’s troops began their
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN New York officials have returned stolen antiquities worth nearly $14 million to Italy, including dozens of artifacts seized from US billionaire Michael Steinhardt. Over a third of the 142 items handed back at a ceremony Wednesday had previously belonged to the former hedge fund manager, who was once among the world’s most
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster, CNN Super Bowl winner Charles Johnson has passed away at the age of 50, according to his alma mater, the University of Colorado. Johnson won the Super Bowl in the 2001 season with the New England Patriots. The cause of Johnson’s death has not been announced as of Wednesday evening. The Pittsburgh
Continue ReadingCNN By Megan Marples, CNN NASA’s Perseverance rover captured an unusual image of something lying in the red sand of Mars: a bundle of string. The rover’s front left hazard avoidance camera took a photo of the light-colored object on July 12 that some people likened to spaghetti. Officials at the space agency confirmed that
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Two astronauts — one European and one Russian — exited the airlock on the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Thursday, marking the first time in more than 20 years such a joint endeavor has taken place. Samantha Cristoforetti, an Italian astronaut with the European Space Agency, and Russian
Continue ReadingBy Jarrod Wardwell, CNN After a large green sea turtle wandered onto a beachfront patio in Florida, it needed a little help from local rescuers to find its way back to sea. A resident in Melbourne Beach woke Tuesday morning to find the massive creature high and dry on their patio and Sea Turtle Preservation
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, Barbie Latza Nadeau Nicola Ruotolo, Sharon Braithwaite and Livia Borghese, CNN Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on Thursday, triggering a snap election following the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi earlier in the day. The national election will take place on September 25. Mattarella branded the developments as “inevitable”
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Keeping your body and brain fit has long been a prescription for better mental health as you age. A new study has now revealed that women’s mental processing speed may actually benefit more than men from a boost of exercise, such as brisk walking or biking for at least 15 minutes
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s state TV says the country’s foreign ministry recalled its ambassador from Sweden after an Iranian citizen was sentenced to life by a Swedish court for committing war crimes and murder during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The report Thursday quoted ministry spokesman Naser Kanani as saying the
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A tornado blew through 11 villages in a farming region of eastern China, damaging homes, killing at least one person and injuring 25 others. The homes and property of more than 2,000 people were damaged when the twister struck Wednesday in a province south of Beijing. Media reported the estimated cost of
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Activists have opened a campaign in the Philippines to prevent a repeat of the abuses and plunder of the martial-law era that began 50 years ago under the father of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Pro-Marcos propaganda has portrayed the late president’s reign as a “golden era.”
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia has reported second-quarter profit above analyst expectations on strong demand for 5G technology from phone operators and improved competitiveness of its main business units. The Espoo, Finland-based company reported net profit of 585 million euros ($597 million) on Thursday for the April-June period compared with 539
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia has reported second-quarter profit above analyst expectations on strong demand for 5G technology from phone operators and improved competitiveness of its main business units. The Espoo, Finland-based company reported net profit of 585 million euros ($597 million) on Thursday for the April-June period compared with 539
Continue ReadingBy Robert Shackelford, Mike Saenz and Dave Alsup, CNN Some daily record high temperatures were set Tuesday and Wednesday across multiple states as extreme heat scorched the south central US — part of a heat wave affecting even more of the country Thursday. Here are some of the record highs for July 20 set in
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Magnus Carlsen says he will not defend his world championship title next year against Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi because he has no motivation to play the match. The Norwegian grandmaster successfully defended his title against the Russian last year but says he has no “inclination” to play in the next championships in
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris is set to announce Thursday that 1 million American households have signed up for broadband internet credits through the Affordable Connectivity Program — a provision of the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed last year — since the introduction of GetInternet.gov in May. White House officials are calling it
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Chris Boyette, CNN Four men have been indicted by federal grand juries in connection with the smuggling operation that left 53 migrants dead after they were trapped in the back of a sweltering semitruck last month, a tragedy one Homeland Security Investigations agent called the deadliest human smuggling incident in US
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