By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — World Cup host Qatar is among the world’s most water-stressed countries. It’s a problem the tiny, wealthy Persian Gulf emirate has largely paid its way out of thanks to expensive technology known as desalination that makes seawater drinkable. The country that’s normally home to 2.9 million people
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stock valuations are falling fast, giving investors a potential opportunity to snap up stocks that may have been overvalued just a year ago. Take industrial bellwether Caterpillar Inc. Last year the Illinois-based heavy machinery manufacturer was trading at 27 times earnings. Now, with inflation at a 40-year high
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Italy’s premier says an Italian woman arrested in Iran amid protests has been freed. Premier Giorgia Meloni announced the release of Alessia Piperno at a news conference Thursday. Spain’s foreign ministry earlier said a Spanish woman has been arrested in Iran, the second Spaniard in just over a month to be detained
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said its troops began pulling out of a strategic Ukrainian city on Thursday amid growing signs it was following through on a retreat that would mark a turning point in the grinding war. Ukrainian officials acknowledged Moscow’s forces had no choice but
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is pledging Italy’s “strong commitment” to NATO and efforts to help liberate Ukraine from Russia’s invasion. Meloni told NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting at her office on Thursday that the best way to defend European security was to remain united. Meloni heads Italy’s first far-right-led government since
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama said she struggled with a “crushing sense of hopelessness” after the 2020 presidential election that was brought on by the death and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, a summer of political and racial unrest and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “I was in a
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama said she struggled with a “crushing sense of hopelessness” after the 2020 presidential election that was brought on by the death and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, a summer of political and racial unrest and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “I was in a
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Fox’s NFL pregame show is going international for the first time in 13 years for the annual Veterans Day show. This week’s “Fox NFL Sunday” will originate from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The last time the pregame crew went outside the United States was 2009, when the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer P.K. Subban has become a full-time member of ESPN’s hockey team. Subban, who retired in September, has signed a three-year agreement with ESPN. He will work mainly as a studio analyst but will also do some games during the season. The 33-year-old Subban played 13 seasons for the Montreal
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN King Charles III has unveiled the first statue of his late mother Queen Elizabeth II since her death in September. The new sculpture in the English city of York was revealed on Wednesday outside York Minster, the largest gothic cathedral in Britain, and pays tribute to the late monarch’s life of service
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The third-quarter corporate earnings season is wrapping up: We now have reports from about 450 of the S&P 500, or 90% of the index’s total membership. Results were mostly solid, with companies from Goldman Sachs to GM reporting strong profits. But it’s all about what’s next — and companies’ projections
Continue ReadingCNNEE Nota del editor: Simone Lucatello es profesor investigador del Instituto Mora-Conacyt, de México. Científico miembro del IPCC, el grupo de expertos de cambio climático de la ONU. Los comentarios expresados en esta columna pertenecen exclusivamente al autor. Mira más en cnne.com/opinion (CNN Español) — Existe muchísima preocupación entre los activistas y organizaciones de derechos
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Un ataque armado en un bar de Apaseo el Alto en Guanajuato, en el centro de México, dejó al menos 9 muertos (4 mujeres y 5 hombres), según informó este jueves el municipio en redes sociales. En un comunicado, se detalló que cerca de las 9 de la noche
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press Migrant laborers who built Qatar’s World Cup stadiums often worked long hours under harsh conditions and were subjected to discrimination, wage theft and other abuses. That’s according to a 75-page report released by the London-based charity Equidem on Thursday, less than two weeks before the Gulf Arab nation hosts the
Continue ReadingMÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — German soccer club Borussia Mönchengladbach has strongly criticized the World Cup in Qatar and says it will give only the minimum coverage to its players taking part in the tournament. Gladbach says, “It is not right that the World Cup is taking place in Qatar. In our eyes, the values that
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN For Belgian photographer David De Vleeschauwer, the best travel destinations are often the hardest to get to. De Vleeschauwer is fascinated by the concept of “remote” travel — it’s a subjective concept of course, one traveler’s remote location is another traveler’s local hotspot — but De Vleeschauwer reckons that subjectivity is what
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN The Ferrari in which Michael Schumacher won his sixth Formula One world title has smashed auction records to become the most expensive F1 car in history. The F2003-GA sold for $14.9 million in a Sotheby’s auction in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday, almost doubling the previous record for an F1 car when
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Business The near collapse this week of FTX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has sent shockwaves throughout the crypto startup and investment community. But the fallout could also spread to the sports industry. Like other crypto companies, FTX has invested heavily in sports sponsorships, including partnerships and naming rights in
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Germany is taking 17-year-old striker Youssoufa Moukoko to the World Cup but Borussia Dortmund teammates Marco Reus and Mats Hummels have missed out. Germany coach Hansi Flick has named his 26-man squad for Qatar and rewarded Moukoko for scoring six goals and setting up four more
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Video by John General, CNN Business In 2019, Air Company made a splash when it launched vodka derived from recaptured carbon, in an effort to reduce the amount of the harmful greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Today, the Brooklyn-based startup has begun using the same process to make fuel for
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