DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s judiciary says a senior member of a U.S.-based opposition group accused of planning a deadly 2008 mosque bombing has been sentenced to death. Iranian authorities said on Tuesday that Jamshid Sharmahd is the leader of the armed wing of a group advocating the restoration of the monarchy that
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart on Tuesday reported strong sales for the holiday season as budget-conscious consumers looking for better deals flocked to its stores. But it gave cautious guidance for the next fiscal year, which led to its shares sinking in premarket trading before it bounced back in
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Advocacy group Global Citizen will convene political, philanthropic, business and cultural leaders for a thought leadership conference in New York to tackle extreme poverty more quickly. The group announced Tuesday that Global Citizen NOW will be a two-day conference on April 27 co-chaired by Ursula
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN’s Beijing bureau, Anna Chernova and Uliana Pavlova China’s top diplomat Wang Yi arrived in Moscow on Tuesday, in the first visit to Russia by a Chinese official in that role since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began nearly a year ago. Wang, who was named Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s top
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Oil and gas companies have seen skyrocketing growth as the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine has challenged people’s quality of life, financial stability, and overall well-being. The global oil and gas industry’s profits jumped to $4 trillion in 2022, up from an average of $1.5 trillion in recent
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Tierney Sneed, CNN Supreme Court justices appeared broadly concerned Tuesday about the potential unintended consequences of allowing websites to be sued for their automatic recommendations of user content, highlighting the challenges facing attorneys who want to hold Google accountable for suggesting YouTube videos created by terrorist groups. For nearly three hours
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — En una gélida mañana de febrero en Varsovia, Polonia, civiles aprenden a ser soldados en una base militar. Un banquero, un estudiante de secundaria y una aspirante a cantante de ópera se encuentran entre las docenas de personas vestidas con uniforme militar que practican su postura de tiro, realizan ejercicios
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN Nigerians will head to the polls Saturday in a fiercely-contested presidential vote that analysts say is too close to call. It will be the largest democratic exercise on the continent as Africa’s most populous nation picks a new president. The crucial election comes as the country battles myriad
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN With Liverpool struggling on the pitch this season, the team is in need of all the help it can get ahead of Tuesday’s crunch Champions League first-leg round-of-16 match against Real Madrid. Liverpool’s players might now have the advantage of playing against a tired Real team after fireworks were set off
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Los magistrados de la sección tercera de la Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona decidieron este martes mantener al futbolista brasileño Dani Alves en prisión provisional, comunicada y sin fianza, mientras termina la fase de instrucción de la causa que lo investiga luego de que una mujer lo denunciara por agresión sexual
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Al menos seis personas murieron y cientos resultaron heridas después de que las réplicas de magnitud 6,4 y 5,8 azotaran la provincia de Hatay, en el sur de Turquía, cerca de la frontera con Siria, dijo este martes el Centro de Coordinación de Emergencias de Turquía, SAKOM. “El 20 de
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Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The main crossing on the Afghan-Pakistan border is shut for the third straight day after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers earlier this week closed the route and exchanged fire with Pakistani border guards. The closure is worrying traders as the Torkham crossing is their key commercial artery. Many
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The main crossing on the Afghan-Pakistan border is shut for the third straight day after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers earlier this week closed the route and exchanged fire with Pakistani border guards. The closure is worrying traders as the Torkham crossing is their key commercial artery. Many
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Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The trial has opened of a former fighter with the Kosovo Liberation Army. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Pjetёr Shala was responsible for the murder of one person and the illegal detention and torture of nearly 20 others during his country’s war for independence from Serbia.
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Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Home Depot said it will increase pay and benefits for front line hourly staff by $1 billion this year, another sign of a tighter labor market and rising wages across the US economy. The home improvement retail chain did not detail how much of a pay raise the average hourly worker
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