BEIJING (AP) — Geely Holding Group, one of China’s biggest independent automakers, has bought a 7.6% stake in British luxury brand Aston Martin Lagonda and says it looks forward to potential opportunities to collaborate. Geely declined to give financial details, but Aston Martin Lagonda announced it raised 654 million pounds ($730 million) from investors to
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Geely Holding Group, one of China’s biggest independent automakers, has bought a 7.6% stake in British luxury brand Aston Martin Lagonda and says it looks forward to potential opportunities to collaborate. Geely declined to give financial details, but Aston Martin Lagonda announced it raised 654 million pounds ($730 million) from investors to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN A growing number of retailers stuck with excess inventory are implementing cost-saving measures that could affect the way you shop. Some companies are so desperate to get rid of merchandise that they’re telling customers to keep their returns. Others, including H&M, are gearing up to test return fees in some markets
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A growing number of retailers stuck with excess inventory are implementing cost-saving measures that could affect the way you shop. Some companies are so desperate to get rid of merchandise that they’re telling customers to keep their returns. Others, including H&M, are gearing up to test return fees in some
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A growing number of retailers stuck with excess inventory are implementing cost-saving measures that could affect the way you shop. Some companies are so desperate to get rid of merchandise that they’re telling customers to keep their returns. Others, including H&M, are gearing up to test return fees in some
Continue ReadingBy Nyasha Chingono, for CNN Award-winning Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga has been found guilty of staging a protest with the intent of inciting public violence, a court in the capital Harare ruled Thursday. Dangarembga, a fierce critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government was arrested in 2020 for marching while holding a placard demanding reforms. She
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Defense lawyers for an elderly Rwandan businessman accused of inciting and financing murderous militias during the African nation’s 1994 genocide have told United Nations judges that prosecutors built an unsubstantiated case aimed at turning him into the “perfect culprit.” Lawyer Dov Jacobs told judges at
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN | Samantha Tse Organizers of the annual Met Gala, one of fashion’s biggest nights, have announced next year’s theme: celebrating the work of the late Karl Lagerfeld. Scheduled, as usual, for the first Monday of May, the star-studded fundraiser will invite attendees to honor the work of the German designer who died
Continue Readingolivertapia Esta cobertura terminó. Sigue aquí en vivo la última hora del huracán Ian. 🌀 Sigue en vivo el recorrido de Ian Casas inundadas en Port Charlotte, Florida. (Gana McNamee/Getty Images) The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of sabotaging the Russia-built gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany. Putin claimed that the West had turned from sanctions against Russia to “terror attacks,” sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. The White House
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of sabotaging the Russia-built gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany. Putin claimed that the West had turned from sanctions against Russia to “terror attacks,” sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. The White House
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN Business The portrait of King Charles III that will feature on British coins has been unveiled by the Royal Mint, the official maker of UK coins. The image, which will first appear on commemorative £5 and 50 pence coins to honor the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II, was designed
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Wade Herring didn’t know the teenage voter who approached him at a restaurant over the weekend. But she knew Herring, a Democrat running for Congress in Georgia, from his campaign videos on TikTok. To Herring, a 63-year-old Savannah attorney, it was proof of TikTok’s precision-guided ability to reach young voters
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Wade Herring didn’t know the teenage voter who approached him at a restaurant over the weekend. But she knew Herring, a Democrat running for Congress in Georgia, from his campaign videos on TikTok. To Herring, a 63-year-old Savannah attorney, it was proof of TikTok’s precision-guided ability to reach young voters
Continue Readingolivertapia Este seguimiento terminó. Puedes ver las noticias actualizadas de la guerra aquí. El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, se ve en una pantalla en la Plaza Roja mientras habla en un concierto que marca la anexión de cuatro regiones de Ucrania ocupadas por las tropas rusas. (Crédito: ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images) The-CNN-Wire™ &
Continue ReadingCNN By Taylor Romine, CNN “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah has announced he will step away from the anchor desk. In a video statement shared on Twitter Thursday, Noah said that after seven years as host of the Comedy Central satirical news program, his “time is up.” “It’s been absolutely amazing. It’s something that
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister warned Friday that the country is seeing a steady rise in COVID-19 cases as it goes into the fall and urged older people to get a second booster shot tweaked to protect against new variants. Other European countries such as France, Denmark and the Netherlands are also recording an
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Gavin Escobar was one of two climbers who died after an apparent accident in California, officials announced on Wednesday. Escobar was 31 years old. Firefighters attempted to reach two injured rock climbers at Tahquitz Rock near Idyllwild in the San Bernardino National Forest, the Cal Fire
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China is dismissing complaints from two U.S. lawmakers over the quarantining of American diplomats and their family members under the country’s strict COVID-19 regulations. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson says China’s epidemic protocols apply to both Chinese and foreigners and are open and transparent. She called the statements by the U.S. lawmakers “really
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Two surveys show growth in Chinese manufacturing was weak in September, export orders fell and employers cut jobs. That adds to pressure on lackluster economic growth. Business news magazine Caixin said its monthly purchasing managers’ index fell. A separate index by an official business group edged higher. Both showed export orders and
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