By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that claims topped the 230,000 mark and the most in almost six months. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up
Continue ReadingCNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday. Here’s his statement in full. Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon. Thank you. Thank you. It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party, that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister, and I’ve agreed with Sir
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s parliament has called for abortion safeguards to be enshrined in the EU’s fundamental rights charter. In a 324-155 vote with 38 abstentions, European Parliament lawmakers adopted a resolution Thursday condemning the end of constitutional protections for abortion in the United States. Underscoring fears that
Continue ReadingBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday. Here’s his statement in full. Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon. Thank you. Thank you. It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party, that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister, and I’ve agreed with Sir Graham
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A new state agency was mandated to start investigating police use of deadly force cases on July 1, but it appears it actually won’t be ready for months. “It’s just a lot to get done. Standing up an office from nothing is incredibly difficult,” said Roger Rogoff, appointed by Gov. Jay
Continue ReadingBy Dana Santas, CNN If you’re suffering from low back pain or have grappled with it in the past, you’re not alone. As many as 577 million people globally experienced low back pain in 2017, a 2020 study cited by the International Association for the Study of Pain revealed. In fact, low back pain causes
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Conservative leadership contest will take place in coming weeks after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday he is resigning as the party’s leader — though he will continue to serve as prime minister until a successor is elected by party members. A look at the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El primer ministro del Reino Unido, Boris Johnson, anunció su renuncia como líder del Partido Conservador luego de una ola de dimisiones gubernamentales. “Es clara la voluntad del partido conservador parlamentario que debe haber un nuevo líder de ese partido y, por lo tanto, un nuevo primer ministro”, dijo Johnson
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson wanted to be like his hero Winston Churchill: a larger-than-life character who led Britain through a time of crisis. He was felled by crises of his own making, as a trickle of ethics allegations became a flood that engulfed his government and turned his own
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Eight people were killed and 44 injured in a car crash on Thursday near Egypt’s southern province of Aswan, the state-run news agency reported. The crash took place in the early morning when a passenger bus collided with a truck, on a highway linking Awsan to Abu Simbel, the seat
Continue ReadingCNN By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Boris Johnson was ultimately forced to resign as UK prime minister Thursday as dozens of members of his party quit the government after one ethics scandal too many. But his popularity outside parliament has also been badly dented by surging inflation and stagnation in the British economy, a cost-of-living
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson, CNN Business Boris Johnson was ultimately forced to resign as UK prime minister Thursday as dozens of members of his party quit the government after one ethics scandal too many. But his popularity outside parliament has also been badly dented by surging inflation and stagnation in the British economy, a cost-of-living crisis
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and MICHAL DYJUK Associated Press SZYPLISZKI, Poland (AP) — The presidents of NATO members Poland and Lithuania have voiced confidence that allied troops can fully safeguard a strategically vital corridor, which links their countries, between Russian ally Belarus and a Russian Baltic Sea exclave. Concern over NATO’s ability to defend the so
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Two leading human right groups are accusing Egyptian authorities of failing to conduct an impartial and transparent investigation into the suspicious death in custody of an economic researcher. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International accused in a joint statement on Thursday Egyptian prosecutors of turning a blind eye to evidence that 48-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Terry Ward, CNN Think of the south of France and postcard images of the lavender fields of Provence and tony spots with yachts — Nice, Cannes and St. Tropez — likely spring to mind. But look at a map of France and trace a finger down from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea and you’ll
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is bracing for a heat wave, with temperatures in some areas forecast to climb as high as 43 C (109 F) this weekend just as a severe drought grips the country. The Civil Protection Agency, a Portuguese government body that coordinates official responses to emergencies,
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is bracing for a heat wave, with temperatures in some areas forecast to climb as high as 43 C (109 F) this weekend just as a severe drought grips the country. The Civil Protection Agency, a Portuguese government body that coordinates official responses to emergencies,
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt and Matt Foster, CNN Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the final night of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, last month in Budapest. The swimmer, who won a bronze medal in the women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay said she remembers “celebrating my competition,” but then came a “four-to-six hour window
Continue ReadingCNN By Devon M. Sayers and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A mysterious Georgia monument was damaged Wednesday when an explosive device was detonated near the attraction, prompting authorities to then demolish it for safety reasons, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Investigators are now searching for whoever set off the explosive at the nearly 20-foot monument
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business For much of the past decade, tech companies have showered their corporate employees with money and lavish perks to attract and retain talent in a hyper-competitive industry. That dynamic only kicked into overdrive the past couple of years amid a pandemic-fueled boom for tech products and services. “The hiring …
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