BERLIN (AP) — Railway workers in Austria are set to get a significant wage increase under a deal to resolve a pay standoff that resulted in a one-day strike last month. Labor union vida and employers reached the agreement on Tuesday after several rounds of talks on pay for some 50,000 employees of about 65
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal arising from a murder-for-hire ordered by the onetime leader of a violent international crime ring. The justices said they will review the case of Adam Samia, who is serving a life sentence for killing a real estate broker in the Philippines. Samia
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s government wants to help working parents juggle the responsibility of raising children with their jobs by giving them more time off for emergencies and those long summer breaks from school. The government on Tuesday presented the draft of a new “family law” that would increase the right to paid leave from
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s government wants to help working parents juggle the responsibility of raising children with their jobs by giving them more time off for emergencies and those long summer breaks from school. The government on Tuesday presented the draft of a new “family law” that would increase the right to paid leave from
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN Basketball great Michael Jordan can add another accolade to his mighty list of accomplishments — but this time, rather than receiving the trophy, he is the trophy, after the NBA unveiled the Chicago Bulls legend as the face of its latest Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy. The Michael Jordan Trophy, which
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US scientists produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy they used to power the experiment. A so-called “net energy gain” is a major milestone in a decadeslong attempt to source clean, limitless
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The producers of the Tony Awards have set June 11 for the show that celebrates the best of Broadway and are setting it in a new location, more than a hundred blocks north of the theater district. The telecast will be broadcast live from the lush and elegant United Palace in
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La Federación Internacional de Futbolistas Profesionales (FIFPRO) dijo que está “conmocionada y asqueada” por los informes de que el futbolista iraní Amir Nasr-Azadani enfrenta una posibile ejecución “después de hacer campaña por los derechos de las mujeres y las libertades básicas en su país”. “Nos solidarizamos con Amir y pedimos la
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Emily Blunt is clearing up any misunderstanding about that advice she received from Tom Cruise. Blunt had told the SmartLess podcast that when she was filming 2014’s “Edge of Tomorrow,” she was having a tough time with her heavy costume when Cruise told her “‘Come on, stop being such a p***y,
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Director Christopher Nolan created the look of a nuclear explosion for “Oppenheimer” without using CGI. Nolan explained in a new interview with Total Film how he recreated the devastation of the first atomic bomb. “I think recreating the Trinity test without the use of computer graphics was a huge challenge to
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A key figure in a massive German tax evasion case has been convicted of three counts of tax evasion and sentenced to eight years in prison. The state court in Bonn convicted German lawyer Hanno Berger on Tuesday in connection with alleged crimes between 2007 and 2011. The 72-year-old, a former German
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A key figure in a massive German tax evasion case has been convicted of three counts of tax evasion and sentenced to eight years in prison. The state court in Bonn convicted German lawyer Hanno Berger on Tuesday in connection with alleged crimes between 2007 and 2011. The 72-year-old, a former German
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Tiger Woods finishes off an abbreviated year by playing the PNC Championship with his 13-year-old son, Charlie. Last year they finished one shot behind John Daly and Arkansas sophomore Little John Daly. The 36-hole event airing on NBC is for winners of major championships and a family member. Nelly Korda is
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Police say the death toll in an explosion and fire at an apartment building on the English Channel Island of Jersey has risen from five to seven. Two people remained unaccounted for. The blast, which took place early on Saturday morning, destroyed a three-storey apartment block building in St. Helier, the self-governing
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN It doesn’t appear that we will see Julie Andrews as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in any new “Princess Diaries” sequels. The legendary actress sounded doubtful about appearing in “Princess Diaries 3” if it happens. “I think we know that it’s probably not going to be possible,” Andrews told “Access Hollywood.” “It
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Gruff, pioneering and unfiltered, Mississippi State’s Mike Leach was one of the most influential football coaches of this or any generation. His boundless curiosity and fascination for people, places and things made him famous beyond the field, a unique character in sports. Leach, who helped revolutionize football
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to clear a backlog of asylum-seeker applications. Sunak said on Tuesday he was adding hundreds of workers to process asylum claims and to clear the backlog of more than 143,000 pending applications by the end of 2023. He says the extra staff will also focus
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s interior minister has accused neighboring India of orchestrating last year’s car bombing near the Lahore residence of a militant leader suspected of being behind deadly attacks in Mumbai. Rana Sanaullah Khan said Tuesday that several Pakistanis had already been arrested in recent months, prosecuted and convicted by courts over their links
Continue ReadingBy LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Morocco’s players are sharing the World Cup spotlight with some of their most ardent fans: their mothers. Many of the players have been celebrating with their mothers and other family members in the stadiums after the team’s impressive string of victories. Midfielder Sofiane Boufal was
Continue ReadingBy SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Forget Croatia’s forthcoming historic change of currency, or joining European Union’s travel-free zone. The World Cup semifinal against Argentina is all that most Croats are thinking about. With hours left before Tuesday’s decisive match in Qatar, workers removed Christmas and New Year decorations from a central
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