BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he wants to join employers and labor unions in a “concerted action” to find ways of cushioning the effects of rising prices while preventing inflation. Germany has Europe’s biggest economy and like other countries has seen inflation accelerate sharply since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed up fuel
Continue ReadingBY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say a pipeline rupture is spewing thousands of barrels of oil into the desert, as workers scramble to seal off the leak. The damage to a land pipeline linking the Sarir oil field to the Tobruk terminal on the Mediterranean was the latest blow to
Continue ReadingBY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say a pipeline rupture is spewing thousands of barrels of oil into the desert, as workers scramble to seal off the leak. The damage to a land pipeline linking the Sarir oil field to the Tobruk terminal on the Mediterranean was the latest blow to
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez and Matt Foster, CNN Hours after the LIV Golf Invitational Series announced the field for its inaugural event next week, the PGA Tour threatened “disciplinary action” for PGA Tour golfers who participate in the new Saudi-backed series. In a strong rebuttal to the controversial new golf tour, the PGA Tour said on
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he wasn’t briefed on the prospect of nationwide shortages of infant formula for about two months. And he’s acknowledging the strain on families while his administration struggles to address the situation. Yet company executives at a meeting Biden hosted from the White House
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he wasn’t briefed on the prospect of nationwide shortages of infant formula for about two months. And he’s acknowledging the strain on families while his administration struggles to address the situation. Yet company executives at a meeting Biden hosted from the White House
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish police have found a former princess of Qatar dead in her bed at home in southern Spain. Spanish authorities said Wednesday that Kasia Gallanio was found dead Sunday morning in her apartment in Marbella. A police spokeswoman said police went to the house after receiving a call from one of Gallanio’s
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El cantante indio Krishnakumar Kunnath, conocido por el nombre artístico de KK, murió el martes por la noche en Calcuta, según el hospital CMRI de la ciudad. Apenas unas horas antes de su muerte, el 31 de mayo, el aclamado cantante de 53 años actuó en un concierto en Nazrul Mancha, un
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Serie A champion AC Milan is on the verge of being sold to American investment firm RedBird Capital Partners for 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) after the two parties signed a preliminary agreement. Milan said Wednesday that RedBird is expected to complete the purchase of the
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Serie A champion AC Milan is on the verge of being sold to American investment firm RedBird Capital Partners for 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) after the two parties signed a preliminary agreement. Milan said Wednesday that RedBird is expected to complete the purchase of the
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Travelers in Germany will be able to criss-cross the country for under $10 a month this summer. New 9-euro tickets went on sale Wednesday as part of a government program intended to help combat rampant inflation, high fuel prices and climate change. The tickets only apply to
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Travelers in Germany will be able to criss-cross the country for under $10 a month this summer. New 9-euro tickets went on sale Wednesday as part of a government program intended to help combat rampant inflation, high fuel prices and climate change. The tickets only apply to
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy What was meant to be a simple errand, a daughter driving her aging father to the hospital to pick up his medicine, has pulled a small city on China’s border with North Korea — and its nearly two-month Covid-19 lockdown — into the national spotlight, after the pair ran afoul of
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN The skyscrapers lit up, roads filled with traffic, and young people drank and danced in the streets as fireworks boomed overhead. Shanghai celebrated Wednesday with a long-awaited burst of life, as the government lifted its city-wide lockdown. But the process of reopening is likely to be slow and painful, as residents
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Kaylene Chassie, CNN An Ohio woman was gored by a bison after she got within 10 feet of the animal in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, officials said. The 25-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, suffered puncture wound and other injuries Monday after she approached a bison near a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. and Germany pledged Wednesday to equip Ukraine with some of the advanced weapons it has long desired for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery, as Russian forces closed in on capturing a key city in the east. Germany said it
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. and Germany pledged Wednesday to equip Ukraine with some of the advanced weapons it has long desired for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery, as Russian forces closed in on capturing a key city in the east. Germany said it
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud ya ha contado más de 550 casos de viruela del mono en todo el mundo, dijo el martes la líder técnica del grupo para esta enfermedad, Rosamund Lewis, en CNN International. “Actualmente tenemos un recuento de más de 550 casos confirmados en 30 países en cuatro
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Deutsche Bank subsidiary DWS says its chief executive is resigning after authorities raided its offices as part of a probe into claims that the company exaggerated the sustainable credentials of some of the financial products. DWS said on Wednesday that CEO Asoka Woehrmann plans to step down after the company’s annual general
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Deutsche Bank subsidiary DWS says its chief executive is resigning after authorities raided its offices as part of a probe into claims that the company exaggerated the sustainable credentials of some of the financial products. DWS said on Wednesday that CEO Asoka Woehrmann plans to step down after the company’s annual general
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