BERLIN (AP) — A German labor union is calling for railway workers to stage an eight-hour strike on Friday to back calls for an inflation-busting pay raise. Walkouts are also scheduled at three airports this week in a parallel pay dispute. The EVG rail workers’ union called for members to walk off the job from
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the Chiang Mai Zoo said. The cause of Lin Hui’s death was not immediately clear but she appeared to
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect. The court is dealing with a new abortion controversy less than a year after
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Al menos 14 policías resultaron heridos durante un enfrentamiento registrado este martes entre autoridades y civiles en la población colombiana de Yondó, Colombia, informó el gobernador de Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria. Gaviria condenó los hechos y anunció que se está ofreciendo una recompensa para quienes den información de quienes atacaron con explosivos
Continue ReadingBy Casey Barber, CNN If the word “breakfast” conjures up big plates of bacon and eggs, stacks of pancakes, or omelets — all of which might feel too heavy or too time-consuming to make regularly — it’s time to move beyond those ideas. Rather than turning to a box of cereal or the same old
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster, CNN Former NFL defensive end Chris Smith has died, his former agent said on Tuesday. Smith was 31. The cause of his death is not yet known. Drew Rosenhaus of RSR Sports tweeted, “Rest in Peace Chris. Condolences to all his family, friends and loved ones. We will miss you.” Smith’s high
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN All eyes are on the Supreme Court as it could say at any moment before midnight Friday how it will handle a blockbuster medication abortion case that landed on its doorstep late last week. The Supreme Court is deciding whether to let lower court rulings that would restrict access to a
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal and Donald Judd, CNN The fraught politics of tax season have been met by the White House with a perhaps surprising response: a welcoming embrace. The Biden administration has moved this week to elevate the moment, making the case that President Joe Biden’s law that surged $80 billion to the Internal Revenue
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Gran Mentira tuvo un alto precio. El asombroso acuerdo de último minuto por US$ 787,5 millones entre Fox News y Dominion Voting Systems, que se produjo después de que el jurado se sentara y estuviera al borde de escuchar las declaraciones iniciales este martes, sirvió como un claro recordatorio
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN A hybrid solar eclipse — the first of its kind in nearly 10 years — is on the way. During this rare celestial event, the moon will pass between Earth and the sun in such a way that people in its narrow central eclipse path, including parts of Australia, East Timor
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A manager in England’s lower leagues has had a ban for using discriminatory language toward his players extended to three years following an appeal by the Football Association. John Yems is the former manager of fourth-tier club Crawley Town. He admitted to one charge and was found guilty of 11 others relating
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Una acróbata china murió al caer durante una actuación aérea con sedas, desatando el horror y la indignación en las redes sociales por la falta de medidas de seguridad. La mujer, apellidada Sun, cayó al escenario mientras realizaba una rutina aérea el sábado con su marido en un pueblo cercano a
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Terrified Sudanese who have been trapped for days in their homes by fighting in the capital of Khartoum fled on Wednesday, hauling out whatever belongings they could carry and trying to get out of the city, as the military and its paramilitary rival
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Emiko Jozuka, Celine Alkhaldi, Mostafa Salem and journalists in Sudan Clashes erupted north of Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Wednesday night, upending a temporary ceasefire between the Sudanese Army and its rival, the Rapid Support Force, just hours after it was struck. The two factions have been battling for days, and Wednesday saw
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung, Emiko Jozuka, Celine Alkhaldi, Mostafa Salem and journalists in Sudan Clashes erupted north of Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Wednesday night, upending a temporary ceasefire between the Sudanese Army and its rival, the Rapid Support Force, just hours after it was struck. The two factions have been battling for days, and Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Presidents and Holocaust survivors and their descendants are marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Observances in Warsaw on Wednesday are being held with a poignant sense that the responsibility for carrying on the memory of the victims of the ghetto, and all Holocaust
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The price of food in the U.K. rose at the fastest pace in 45 years last month, keeping inflation above 10% for a seventh straight month amid a cost-of-living crisis that has fueled a wave of strikes by government workers. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police have released an initial description of a suspect wanted in connection with a knife attack at a gym in the western city of Duisburg that left four men seriously wounded. Police said that witnesses interviewed after the attack late Tuesday described the man as being about 30 years old, 5
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist In 10 days, Twitter may begin limiting the number of automated tweets sent from Twitter accounts — a move meteorologists say will slow their ability to get out alerts on severe weather. CNN had previously reported a reversal on the decision based in part on a Sunday tweet from the
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Virginia Langmaid and Eric Levenson, CNN A Black teenager who authorities say was shot in the head by an 84-year-old White homeowner after going to the wrong Kansas City address received a positive prognosis but still faces a long road to recovery, according to his attorneys. In a new photo, 16-year-old Ralph
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