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Putin reshuffles top officials, names new space agency head
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has reshuffled his top officials, naming a new head of the state space corporation and giving broad new powers to one of his top ministers. Putin on Friday removed Dmitry Rogozin as head of the state-controlled Roscosmos space agency that oversees rocket factories,
Continue ReadingTogo army regrets killing 7 youths in anti-jihadi patrol
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Togo’s military says that its forces patrolling against extremist rebels mistakenly killed several youths in the country’s north. The army issued a statement expressing regret for the civilians killed. The statement said that after an explosion killed several people in Margba village in the Tone area
Continue ReadingDanish amusement park scraps ride after girl killed
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An amusement park in northwestern Denmark said Friday it would scrap a roller coaster for good after a 14-year-old girl died, reportedly when the rear part of the ride came off the rails. A 13-year-old boy also suffered hand injuries on Thursday on the Cobraen roller coaster at the Tivoli Friheden
Continue ReadingFormer German soldier gets five-and-a-half years in prison for far-right plot
By Nadine Schmidt, CNN One of postwar Germany’s most publicized terrorism trials concluded Friday as a former German soldier was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for plotting a far-right attack on senior politicians while posing as a Syrian refugee. The 33-year-old former army officer — identified as Franco A. in accordance with German privacy
Continue ReadingWhat’s left of Biden’s shrinking Build Back Better plan after Manchin’s latest blow
CNN By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN The economic measures that Democrats are now trying to get through Congress are a mere shadow of the sweeping $3.5 trillion reconciliation package that the majority party initially floated last year. But the plan has been steadily shrinking, with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat,
Continue ReadingUK forecasters issue first-ever ‘red’ warning for exceptional heat with all-time records poised to topple
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Temperatures in the UK are expected to soar to all-time highs early next week, prompting the British government to issue a “red” heat warning for the first time and note the dangerous health impacts the weather could have. Air conditioning, while more common in hotter parts of the world, is exceedingly
Continue ReadingGrowing enrollment, Optum Health propel UnitedHealth in 2Q
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer UnitedHealth Group hiked its 2022 forecast Friday after riding both growing health insurance enrollment and its newer care-providing businesses to a better-than-expected second quarter. The health care giant said a nearly 9% surge in Medicare Advantage customers pushed its total enrollment past 51 million people. UnitedHealth Group runs UnitedHealthcare,
Continue ReadingBulgaria’s president tries to unlock political crisis
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has launched talks with all political parties represented in parliament to see if there’s still a chance to form a government and avoid another early election. President Rumen Radev is trying to prevent Bulgaria from sliding into new political turmoil after the two main
Continue ReadingBulgaria’s president tries to unlock political crisis
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has launched talks with all political parties represented in parliament to see if there’s still a chance to form a government and avoid another early election. President Rumen Radev is trying to prevent Bulgaria from sliding into new political turmoil after the two main
Continue ReadingWhat you need to know about Canada authorizing COVID-19 vaccines for young kids
By Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca Online Politics Producer Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Canada (CTV Network) — An announcement parents of young kids had been anticipating, on Thursday Health Canada announced the authorization of Moderna’s Spikevax mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of six months and five years old. As the
Continue ReadingCanada resuming mandatory random COVID-19 testing for air travellers
By Spencer Van Dyk, CTV News parliamentary bureau writer Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Canada (CTV Network) — The federal government is bringing back mandatory random COVID-19 testing for air travellers coming into Canada, starting July 19. A little more than a month after pausing the measure, the Public Health Agency of
Continue ReadingNo charges against officers who drove through crowd
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney has decided against charging officers after they drove a patrol unit through a crowd and injured at least two in January 2021. Officers responded to complaints of street racers, KOMO-TV reported. Officers Khanh Phan and Christopher Bain arrived and were soon surrounded by more than 100
Continue ReadingBiden’s Saudi visit aims to balance rights, oil, security
By AAMER MADHANI, AYA BATRAWY, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Joe Biden met Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the man he once pledged to shun for human rights violations, and shared a cordial fist bump as he tried to reset an important diplomatic relationship,
Continue ReadingBrittney Griner was prescribed medical cannabis for ‘severe chronic pain,’ lawyers tell court
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Anna Chernova, CNN Lawyers for WNBA star Brittney Griner told Russian judges Friday that she was prescribed medical cannabis for “severe chronic pain.” Griner’s defense team submitted to the Russian court a letter from a US medical center issuing a permit in Arizona in 2020 for the use of medical cannabis
Continue ReadingEnergy saved US markets last quarter. Now the sector is losing power
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US markets took a beating on Thursday as big bank earnings delivered disappointing results. Markets and the economy have endured three turbulent months. The Federal Reserve’s rate rise regime and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have slammed investor and borrower sentiment. The financial sector is hurting, too. Analysts expect earnings to
Continue ReadingEl “Gangnam Style” cumple 10 años: cómo el éxito de Psy lanzó la cultura pop coreana al mundo
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los primeros años de la década de 2010 fueron una época de éxitos instantáneos. Desde el “Harlem Shake” hasta el “Party Rock Anthem”, las plataformas digitales inauguraron una nueva era de publicidad… y viralidad. El 15 de julio de 2012, el cantante y rapero surcoreano Psy irrumpió en la escena
Continue ReadingSophie Turner and Joe Jonas welcome another child
By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The House of Jonas has another addition. “Game of Thrones” actress Sophie Turner and husband Joe Jonas, of the Jonas Brothers, have welcomed a second child, their representative confirmed to CNN. The pair are already parents to one daughter, Willa, who was born in July 2020. The couple have been married
Continue ReadingEU takes Hungary to highest court over LGBT, media rules
By RAF CASERT and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive has intensified its legal standoff with Hungary by taking Budapest to the EU’s highest court over a restrictive law on LGBT issues and media freedom. The EU had already tried for a year to make Hungary change a law that
Continue ReadingEuropean cities set all-time temperature records amid unrelenting heat wave
By Amarachi Orie, Taylor Ward, Niamh Kennedy, Mia Alberti, Al Goodman, Camille Knight and Amandine Hess, CNN New records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe. In northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its
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