By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just 40% of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling relations with China, a new poll shows, with a majority anxious about Beijing’s influence as the White House finds its agenda increasingly shaped by global rivalries. About 6 in 10 say
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Kylie Jenner era la mujer con más seguidores en Instagram hasta que Selena Gomez regresó a la plataforma de redes sociales y rápidamente recuperó el título. Gomez había sido anteriormente la mujer más seguida en Instagram, pero dejó la plataforma por un tiempo solo para volver con más fuerza que nunca.
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Voters in Nigeria are electing a new leader Saturday, with 18 candidates vying to lead a country facing a series of struggles — the newest and most pressing being a shortage of cash. Three front-runners have emerged to replace President Muhammadu Buhari after his final term
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN When Marguerite Richards made a TikTok bragging about her father’s decade-old thriller novel, she was hoping to rouse a little interest. A few dozen new readers, maybe. As the first few positive comments started rolling in, she was pleased to have done something nice for a dad who definitely deserved it.
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The health insurer Humana will stop providing employer-sponsored commercial coverage as it focuses on bigger parts of its business, like Medicare Advantage. The insurer said Thursday it will leave the employer-sponsored business over the next 18 to 24 months. That includes coverage provided through private companies and for federal
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press PORT READING, N.J. (AP) — In New York, far from her home in northern Ukraine, Valeriya Roshkovan has tried to do what she can to bring an end to Russia’s invasion of her country. She fled soon after the fighting started to keep her daughter safe. Along with Ukrainians in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — “Es un momento que nunca olvidaré”. Taiba Jafari hace una pausa para mirar al vacío y secarse los ojos. Fue el 15 de agosto de 2021: el día en que todo cambió en Afganistán. Iba camino a su oficina del Ministerio de Salud Pública afgano en Kabul. El vehículo
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bulletproof vests and drones. Pickup trucks, walkie-talkies and tourniquets. These are just some of the items that individuals and nonprofits have donated to buy and ship to Ukraine, where sometimes they are then used by those fighting Russia’s invasion. “We’ve had these discussions countless times,” said
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Mortgage rates shot up for the third-straight week, as inflation concerns make rates more volatile. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.5% in the week ending February 23, up from 6.32% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate was 3.89%. Rates had
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans had hoped to pass a narrow border security bill within the first two weeks of their new majority, notching an easy win and delivering on a key campaign promise in the process. But a three-page bill from conservative Texas Rep. Chip Roy has run into fierce
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the largest private donations in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago have come from American technology companies and European foundations or companies with a social mission. But millions of individuals have also given directly to nonprofits or humanitarian agencies with some
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate jumped this week to its highest level since November, more bad news for a housing market that’s been in decline for a year. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the benchmark 30-year rate rose to 6.5% from 6.32% last
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Domino’s delivery problems aren’t over. In the last quarter of 2022 sales at locations open at least a year ticked up just 0.9% in the United States, below analyst expectations. Shares plunged about 11% on Thursday following the results. “We experienced significant pressure on our U.S. delivery business in 2022,” CEO
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — En un episodio de su podcast “This is Paris” de esta semana, la estrella de reality dijo que llamó a su hijo Phoenix y que no había revelado su nombre ni siquiera a su madre, Kathy Hilton, o a su hermana, Nicky Hilton Rothschild. Hilton y su esposo Carter Reum revelaron
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The foreperson on a special grand jury that investigated whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally interfered in the 2020 election in Georgia raised some eyebrows this week. That’s because she gave interviews about a process that is typically cloaked in secrecy. But a special
Continue ReadingBy BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities say they have arrested dozens of migrants near the Algerian border, two days after Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader claimed there’s a plot to erase his country’s identity by bringing in sub-Saharan Africans. President Kais Saied said Tuesday that “urgent measures” were needed to
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tony Earl, a Democrat who served one term as Wisconsin’s governor in the 1980s and later bemoaned the increasing partisanship in politics, has died. He was 86. Earl, a champion of gay rights and a staunch environmentalist, died on Thursday “peacefully surrounded by family,” his daughter
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British police say they have arrested four people after protesters painted a giant Ukrainian flag on the road outside the Russian Embassy in London. The campaign group Led By Donkeys said they painted the 500-square-meter (5,400-square-foot) blue and yellow flag to mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. It said activists wanted
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional fraud charges in a rewritten indictment that was unsealed in New York federal court. The new charges were included in an updated indictment unveiled Thursday. It wasn’t known when Bankman-Fried would return to Manhattan for an arraignment. He has already
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers in Georgia are criticizing the Fulton County investigation into potential illegal election meddling after the foreperson of the special grand jury seated to help the probe went public this week. Emily Kohrs first spoke out in an interview published Tuesday by The
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