By SYLVIA HUI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss has been elected as the Conservative Party’s new leader, the party announced Monday, and she will take office Tuesday as Britain’s new prime minister to steer the country through an acute cost-of-living crisis. The 47-year-old Truss, who is currently foreign secretary, beat
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss has been elected as the Conservative Party’s new leader, the party announced Monday, and she will take office Tuesday as Britain’s new prime minister to steer the country through an acute cost-of-living crisis. The 47-year-old Truss, who is currently foreign secretary, beat
Continue ReadingBy Swati Gupta and Michelle Toh, CNN Business Cyrus Mistry, the Indian scion of one of the country’s most prominent empires, died in a road accident on a highway near Mumbai on Sunday, according to Maharashtra police. Mistry, 54, was one of two people who died when the car they were traveling in hit a
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Nothing has come easy this year for the Philadelphia Phillies, who are trying to reach the postseason for the first time in over a decade. They started poorly, going 22-29 before manager Joe Girardi was fired. New skipper Rob Thompson won his first eight games, but not long after
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Scott Dixon watched Scott McLaughlin lead lap after lap around Portland International Raceway and figured at some point, his fellow New Zealander would be ordered to pull over. There’s a championship on the line — the closest IndyCar title fight in 19 years —
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Scott Dixon watched Scott McLaughlin lead lap after lap around Portland International Raceway and figured at some point, his fellow New Zealander would be ordered to pull over. There’s a championship on the line — the closest IndyCar title fight in 19 years —
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — At least 46 people have been reported killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. It triggered landslides and shook buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown. The quake struck a mountainous area in Luding county shortly
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff raised a fist, then wagged her right index finger, responding to, and riling up even more, a loud-louder-loudest Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd that was standing and screaming. Gauff’s U.S. Open opponent, Zhang Shuai, covered both ears with her hands to shield them from
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai toll gate operator Salik says it will make an initial public offering on the city-state’s stock market, becoming the latest state-linked company to list. Salik plans to offer 1.5 billion shares, or 20% of the company’s worth, in a listing on the Dubai
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, Kathleen Magramo and Jan Camenzind Broomby, CNN Water levels at Pakistan’s largest freshwater lake remain dangerously high despite efforts to release water and spare nearby cities further flooding, according to officials. It’s the latest challenge facing officials as the country grapples with an escalating disaster as heavy monsoon rains combine with melting
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai toll gate operator Salik says it will make an initial public offering on the city-state’s stock market, becoming the latest state-linked company to list. Salik plans to offer 1.5 billion shares, or 20% of the company’s worth, in a listing on the Dubai
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Brandon Stutzman is a Redmond resident eager to raise funds for Bethlehem Inn, a shelter for the homeless. He’s currently pushing through a 200-miler and 2,000 pull-up challenge in light of his goal.
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets sank Monday as Europe faced a new squeeze on Russian gas supplies. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Tokyo, Hong Kong and South Korea fell while Shanghai gained. Oil prices rose more than $2 per barrel while the euro edged lower. Markets were roiled
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets mostly declined Monday after Wall Street ended last week lower and China tightened anti-virus controls. Tokyo, Hong Kong and South Korea declined. Shanghai gained. Oil prices rose $2 per barrel while the euro edged lower. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index ended down
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chloe Akers considers herself a grizzled criminal defense attorney. Until a few months ago, she didn’t spend much time thinking about abortion. For all her 39 years, abortion was not a crime, so she’d never imagined having to defend someone accused of performing one. Then
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Artemis Moshtaghian, Jamiel Lynch and Holly Yan, CNN Damien Sanderson, one of the suspects in a mass stabbing in Saskatchewan, Canada, that left 10 dead and 18 injured, was found dead Monday morning on the James Smith Cree Nation in a heavily grassed area near a house, according to Royal Canadian Mounted
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Un hombre que murió después de saltar desde un apartamento de gran altura en Manhattan ha sido identificado por el Departamento de Policía de la ciudad de Nueva York como Gustavo Arnal. Una fuente policial le dijo a CNN que Arnal es el director financiero de Bed Bath & Beyond. La fuente
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chloe Akers considers herself a grizzled criminal defense attorney. Until a few months ago, she didn’t spend much time thinking about abortion — for all her 39 years, abortion was not a crime, so she’d never imagined having to defend someone accused of performing one.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Hollingshead scored early in the second half and Cristian Arango added a goal later in the half as LAFC defeated Real Salt Lake 2-0. LAFC moved into a tie for the Supporters’ Shield with Philadelphia. The loss leaves RSL tied with Portland for sixth place in the Western Conference. Portland
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — After much anticipation, Olivia Wilde’s “ Don’t Worry Darling ” finally had its world premiere Monday night at the Venice International Film Festival. Before the film, hundreds of screaming Harry Styles fans swarmed the edges of the red carpet trying to get a glimpse of
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