MONACO (AP) — Nigerian runner Tobi Amusan’s stunning world record of 12.12 seconds in the women’s 100 meter hurdles at the 2022 world championships in Eugene, Oregon has been officially ratified. Two other records from the same July championships that World Athletics have ratified belong to Sydney McLaughlin and Armand Duplantis. McLaughlin lowered her own
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Continue ReadingCNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Want to cook chicken in NyQuil? Overdose on antihistamines? Swallow laundry detergent pods? While most of us would recoil in horror from such dangerous suggestions, adolescents and young adults continue to be susceptible to social media dares like these, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. “One social media
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Gabe Klein, who has led transportation departments in Washington, DC and Chicago, will head the Biden administration’s $7.5 billion program to build out the country’s electric vehicle charging network. Klein will serve as executive director of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, which was established by the bipartisan infrastructure
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Independent experts working with the U.N.‘s human rights body say Venezuelan authorities have failed to hold to account state-backed perpetrators of violations including arbitrary executions, sexual violence and torture of civilians. They warn that abuses by intelligence and counterintelligence services are continuing.
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain will temporarily slash sales tax on natural gas from 21% to 5% to help consumers face rising energy costs this winter as Russia has cut back gas exports to Europe amid the war in Ukraine. Spain’s minister charged with energy policy said Tuesday that the measure also will apply to the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business The still-clogged global supply chain continues to wreak havoc on the auto industry. Ford said late Monday it will end September with between 40,000 and 45,000 large pickups and SUVs that it can’t finish because it doesn’t have all the parts. Negotiations on various supplies, which Ford did not identify,
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The European Union’s top court has ruled that a German requirement for companies to retain the location and connection data of all people who use their services is illegal. The European Court of Justice said in a ruling published Tuesday that exceptions can be made in cases where national security is threatened.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business Regulators have spent years trying to make big tech companies pay for the ways they harvest and, at times, abuse users’ data. One state, meanwhile, is literally making them pay up — and pay out directly to consumers. Illinois is one of just a few states in the United States
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in the country of Georgia said Tuesday that 12 people who were held hostage for hours in a bank by a gunman have been freed and hostage-taker has been arrested. Georgian media reported that the gunman at the bank in the city of Kutaisi had demanded $2 million, a helicopter
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business For years, the climate for hedge funds was tough. Volatility was low. The price of everything was going up. It wasn’t that hard to make money. In that type of environment, why think outside the box? But as central banks continue with their aggressive campaign of interest rate hikes aimed
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Lopez-Martinez Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — After 10 days of mourning, Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch has finally been laid to rest after members of the Royal Family, world leaders and thousands of others witnessed a historic send-off. On Monday, the world said one last goodbye
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story LONDON (CTV Network) — After days of mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a sense of finality has settled over the U.K. and Commonwealth following her state funeral Monday, during which crowds gathered along streets to honour the late monarch and her historic 70-year
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home said Tuesday he intends to push briskly through the review process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team’s reluctance to say whether it believed
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tigrayan authorities say Eritrea has launched a full-scale offensive along the country’s border with northern Ethiopia in what appears to be an escalation of last month’s renewal of fighting. The Eritreans are fighting alongside Ethiopian federal forces, including commando units, as well as allied militia. That’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN About 36% of all US counties are “maternity care deserts,” and the number of counties where there is limited or no access to maternity care appears to be growing, according to a new report. The report, released Tuesday by the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes, found that
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Camilo Rocha, Marcia Reverdosa and Rodrigo Pedroso Illegal activity in the Amazon is gaining momentum as the last months of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration wind down, experts tell CNN. According to specialists and people on the ground, loggers, ranchers, miners and others seeking profit are tearing apart the protected region faster than
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British official says around a quarter of a million people joined the huge queue to see Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin lying in state in London’s Westminster Hall. The figure was released a day after Britain ended 10 days of national mourning for the late monarch. Elizabeth
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The consequences of drought and efforts to funnel billions of dollars toward securing water supplies in the West are becoming larger issues in two of the most consequential races for the U.S. Senate. Cities and farmers in Nevada and Arizona are facing cuts as
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El gobierno de China publicó este lunes 19 de septiembre un proyecto de reglamento que pretende reforzar el turismo a lo largo de su frontera y facilitar la entrada de algunos extranjeros. De acuerdo con un proyecto de documento de política publicado por el Ministerio de Cultura y Turismo chino,
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