By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the largest trial of its kind. The pilot, which will last for six months, involves 3,300 workers spanning 70 companies, ranging from providers of financial services to a fish-and-chip restaurant. During
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Lionel Messi marcó los cinco goles de Argentina en la victoria por 5-0 sobre Estonia en un amistoso internacional este domingo. El jugador, de 34 años, abrió el marcador con un penal y añadió cuatro goles más en la goleada de su país. Messi, que ha marcado 86 goles en
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden authorized the Defense Production Act to spur US manufacturing of solar and several other forms of clean energy, the White House announced Monday. Biden authorized the Energy Department to use the DPA to speed up domestic manufacturing of solar panel components, energy-efficient heat pumps, building insulation, electric transformers
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Didi’s regulatory nightmare in China may be nearly over. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal, which reported Monday, citing unidentified sources, that Beijing’s cybersecurity review of the ride-hailing giant was about to wrap up. The move would allow Didi to return to app stores in mainland China, potentially as
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press David Harrington spent a tense eight months in a Philadelphia jail when he was a teenager — the result of a robbery charge in 2014 that automatically sent his case to the adult court system under state law. Only 16 at the time, he said he got into fights and
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A father accused of bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to help get his daughter into the school is set to face jurors in the final case linked to the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal to go to trial. Amin Khoury isn’t accused of working with
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A father accused of bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to help get his daughter into the school is set to face jurors in the final case linked to the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal to go to trial. Amin Khoury isn’t accused of working with
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A father accused of bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to help get his daughter into the school is set to face jurors in the final case linked to the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal to go to trial. Amin Khoury isn’t accused of working with
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese government is inviting a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon as possible to work out an agreement amid rising tensions along the border. The government’s invitation on Monday came a day after Israel
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese government is inviting a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon as possible to work out an agreement amid rising tensions along the border. The government’s invitation on Monday came a day after Israel
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hundreds of Kosovo war veterans have clashed with police in a protest to demand higher pensions. Police say at least two officers and a civilian were injured. Police on Monday denied using tear gas to keep the veterans from the Kosovo Liberation Army away from the parliament in Pristina, the capital,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La familia de Gary Briggs lleva más de una década sin recibir agua de su pozo privado, tras una sequía de varios años y un bombeo excesivo por parte de la agricultura y la industria. Ahora, la granja de poco más de 3 hectáreas en West Goshen, California, que Briggs
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN What if there was a way to eat meat without farming and killing billions of animals per year, contributing to the climate crisis and risking high cholesterol levels? “Cultivated meat is real meat grown directly from animal cells,” Uma Valeti, founder and CEO of Upside Foods, said via email. “These products
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press OWO, Nigeria (AP) — The gunmen who killed at least 50 people at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria opened fire on worshippers both inside and outside the building in a coordinated attack before escaping the scene, authorities and witnesses said Monday. Although Nigerian security forces have
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN California’s nonpartisan redistricting commission bucked the national trend last year by creating a new congressional map with at least eight competitive seats, offering pickup opportunities to both Democrats and Republicans vying for control of the US House. Tuesday’s House primaries in California will serve as an early test of strength for
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN In an attempt to mobilize voters around the climate crisis, six climate advocacy groups are readying for the midterms with an arsenal of $100 million — the first coordinated spending of its kind. In a difficult political year for Democrats, the climate groups are forming the new Climate Votes Project, shared
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Our emotional reactions to money, based on past experiences and mistakes, can interfere with our ability to make smart money decisions today. To address those emotions, several new books advocate strategies such as conducting body check-ins, rewriting your own money story and reflecting on past financial mistakes. Part of the
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Our emotional reactions to money, based on past experiences and mistakes, can interfere with our ability to make smart money decisions today. To address those emotions, several new books advocate strategies such as conducting body check-ins, rewriting your own money story and reflecting on past financial mistakes. Part of the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Con el eventual triunfo en 4 de los 6 estados que este domingo celebraron elecciones a gobernador en México, Morena, el partido del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador podría consolidarse como la primera fuerza política de cara a las elecciones presidenciales de 2024. Hasta las 10 p.m. hora local
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, Rob Picheta and Luke McGee, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence on Monday, triggered by discontented lawmakers in his own party. Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench lawmakers, said in a statement Monday that the number of Conservative Party parliamentarians calling for
Continue Reading