By Simone Pathe, CNN A lot can change in a couple of months. Democrats now face a midterm environment that looks decidedly brighter than it was in the middle of the summer. There were glimmers of optimism back in July for the party trying to hold on to its narrow Senate majority, in the immediate
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The summer vacation season is winding down, and for airlines that means the return of business travelers is very important. Leisure travel in the United States is roughly back to pre-pandemic levels, but airlines say business is still about 25% below 2019 levels. Business travelers generally
Continue ReadingCNN By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN The Israel Defense Forces have admitted for the first time that there is a “high possibility” Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israeli fire while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin in May, the IDF announced Monday. “[I]t appears that
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, Dan Merica, Michael Warren and Jeff Zeleny, CNN The two-month sprint to the midterm elections is set to take place on political terrain that is much less settled than Republicans had hoped it would be, with improving economic news, a raging battle over abortion rights and former President Donald Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy Bryn Nelson, CNN Imagine you’re eating dinner on a ceramic plate and drinking water from a plastic cup while sitting in a brick house — a seemingly ordinary scenario except that your plate, cup, and your home are all fashioned in part from recycled feces. Now imagine using your poop to propel a spaceship
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday, as pessimism prevailed about higher interest rates ahead and Wall Street shares fell for the fourth straight week. Shares fell in early trading in Tokyo, Sydney, South Korea and Hong Kong, but were little changed in Shanghai. Oil prices fell,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday, as pessimism prevailed about higher interest rates ahead and Wall Street shares fell for the fourth straight week. Shares fell in early trading in Tokyo, Sydney, South Korea and Hong Kong, but were little changed in Shanghai. Oil prices fell,
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of workers and students in Indonesia have rallied demanding the government cancel fuel price hikes, a politically sensitive issue that has triggered past unrest. Members of trade unions, farmers, fishermen, temporary teachers and domestic workers protested in front of the parliament building
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of workers and students in Indonesia have rallied demanding the government cancel fuel price hikes, a politically sensitive issue that has triggered past unrest. Members of trade unions, farmers, fishermen, temporary teachers and domestic workers protested in front of the parliament building
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pitching in mop-up duty for the Detroit Tigers, Kody Clemens fanned reigning AL MVP Shohei Ohtani for his first major league strikeout. The rookie utility player — and son of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens — caught Ohtani looking late in Monday night’s
Continue ReadingBy Javed Iqbal, Sameer Mandhro and Kathleen Magramo, CNN It was raining when Kainat Solangi’s daughter was born on August 14 and it’s barely stopped since, stranding her family in a makeshift tent on a thin strip of land surrounded by Pakistan’s worst-ever floods. The family of eight built their shelter from furniture and sheets
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN The US Open men’s draw is guaranteed to have a first-time grand slam champion after Marin Cilic, the 2014 champion in New York, was beaten in five sets by Carlos Alcaraz. The 19-year-old Alcaraz triumphed 6-4 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 in a match that finished at 2:23 a.m. local time —
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Brenda Goodman, CNN China has become the first country to green-light an inhaled Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for potential use of the needle-free product in the country, where suppressing the spread of Covid-19 remains a top priority. The vaccine maker, CanSino Biologics, said in a statement Sunday that China’s medicines
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member are widening as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi in a case involving suspected payments from a publisher which became a sponsor for the Games. The latest allegations center on 76 million yen — about $540,000 — Takahashi
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member are widening as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi in a case involving suspected payments from a publisher which became a sponsor for the Games. The latest allegations center on 76 million yen — about $540,000 — Takahashi
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Swiss retailer Migros says that it’s launching a coffeemaking system designed to replace capsules, which produce thousands of tons of waste worldwide each year. The cooperative said Tuesday that its spherical capsules, described as “coffee balls,” are fully compostable unlike the plastic and aluminum containers popularized by its rival Nestle under the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Swiss retailer Migros says that it’s launching a coffeemaking system designed to replace capsules, which produce thousands of tons of waste worldwide each year. The cooperative said Tuesday that its spherical capsules, described as “coffee balls,” are fully compostable unlike the plastic and aluminum containers popularized by its rival Nestle under the
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The iconic Porsche brand is officially going public despite stomach-churning stock market turbulence that’s frozen out other big deals. Volkswagen first started looking at spinning off the high-performance automaker in February, just as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine jolted investors. In a statement late on Monday, Volkswagen said it had decided
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A body found this week in Memphis is that of a teacher who was abducted there while jogging last week, and a suspect is being charged with murder, police said Tuesday. Eliza “Liza” Fletcher, 34, was identified as the person found dead Monday in the rear
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss, a onetime accountant who has served in Parliament for the past 12 years, will become Britain’s prime minister on Tuesday when Queen Elizabeth II formally asks her to form a government. The ceremony, which will take place at a royal residence in Scotland, follows a
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