By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has appointed a caretaker government until Oct. 2 early parliamentary elections in order to stave off a political and economic crisis in the country. Radev’s move on Monday comes after the three largest political groups failed to find common ground for a
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business For years, KFC customers in China wondered why the chain didn’t sell chicken feet, which are a delicacy in the country. Now, “I can report back that for this year, for 2022, we are finally selling chicken feet,” Yum China CEO Joey Wat told CNN Business in an interview Monday.
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court says maritime authorities cannot impound ships involved in search-and-rescue work just because they think the vessels might be overloaded due to the number of migrants aboard. Monday’s European Court of Justice ruling came in response to an appeal by the German migrant aid group Sea-Watch. Two of
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More than 80 men suspected of the gang rapes of eight women and armed robbery of a video production crew in the South African town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, appeared in court on Monday. The men were arrested at an abandoned mining site following the rapes
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer When two separate Texas grand juries declined to indict Deshaun Watson on criminal complaints stemming from allegations of sexual assault or harassment by 24 women, it didn’t clear the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback from facing consequences from the NFL. Watson and the Cleveland Browns found out the severity
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Nelson has experienced the workings of the Federal Reserve from both sides of the street. Nelson is the chief economist of the Bank Policy Institute, a trade group for U.S. banks. Earlier in his career, he served as an economist at the Federal Reserve and
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was suspended for six games Monday after being accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments, in what a disciplinary officer said was behavior “more egregious than any before reviewed by the NFL.” The punishment handed out by
Continue ReadingOpinion by Emily Parker for CNN Business Perspectives Cryptocurrency is having an existential crisis. Last month, crypto lender Celsius filed for bankruptcy protection. It has frozen withdrawals since June 12, and it’s unclear if or when customers will get their money back. But Celsius is just one domino to fall. Crypto lender Voyager Digital also
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova and Larry Register, CNN Former high-level Russian official Anatoly Chubais is in a European hospital suffering from symptoms of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a neurological condition, according to prominent Russian journalist and TV personality Ksenia Sobchak. Sobchak said she spoke to Chubais’ wife, who said her husband’s “state is unstable. He felt bad very
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The highest oil prices in a decade. A renewed government focus on energy security. Huge demand for refining crude so it can be used as fuel. Conditions for Big Oil companies haven’t looked this good in years, and ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell plan to ride the wave as long as
Continue ReadingBy Daniele Hamamdjian, CTV National News London News Bureau Correspondent, and Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — For his entire life, Josh Feldman has relied on lip reading in order to understand what someone is saying – but this week, a new product that
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — When you head down to a lake in Canada this summer, you might spot more algae covering the surface than usual. This is just one of the scary impacts that our warming planet is having on lakes
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was suspended for six games Monday after being accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments, in what a disciplinary officer said was behavior “more egregious than any before reviewed by the NFL.” The punishment handed out by
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Aramco has announced a $2.65 billion agreement to acquire Valvoline’s global products business, which includes motor oils, transmission fluids, coolants and other automotive maintenance products. Valvoline said Monday the transaction will separate its global products from its retail services businesses, transforming it into a purely automotive service provider.
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Aramco has announced a $2.65 billion agreement to acquire Valvoline’s global products business, which includes motor oils, transmission fluids, coolants and other automotive maintenance products. Valvoline said Monday the transaction will separate its global products from its retail services businesses, transforming it into a purely automotive service provider.
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN A passenger traveling from Bali, Indonesia to Australia has found themselves paying a hefty price for a McDonald’s breakfast. The unnamed traveler was handed a fine of 2,664 Australian dollars ($1,874) after two undeclared egg and beef sausage McMuffins and a ham croissant were found in their luggage on arriving at Darwin
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has arrested several members of the Baha’i faith on spying charges, the latest sign of a tightening crackdown across the Islamic Republic as it faces international pressure over its tattered nuclear deal. The Baha’i demanded their release and called their arrests part of a long pattern of persecution
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis will travel next month to Kazakhstan. It’s possible that he could meet there with Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church who has justified Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The Vatican says Francis will attend an interfaith conference in the Kazakh
Continue ReadingCNN, WRAL By Tina Burnside and Paradise Afshar, CNN The body of a man who got off an aircraft mid-flight during an emergency landing Friday near Raleigh, North Carolina, has been recovered, authorities said. Around 2:40 p.m. ET, a twin-engine CASA CN-212 Aviocar landed in the grass at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Pat Carroll, the Emmy-winning actress best known as the voice of the villainous sea witch Ursula in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” has died at the age of 95. Carroll’s daughter, Kerry Karsian, told the Hollywood Reporter that her mother died from pneumonia at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Saturday.
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