CNN By Hanna Ziady, CNN Barclays and Deutsche Bank have shrugged off a turbulent first quarter to post strong profit growth, helping to calm investors worried about the prospect of another US bank failure. The robust set of results was helped by income earned from higher interest rates, the lenders said Thursday. Shares in Barclays
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces daunting obstacles if he is serious about trying to help end the 14-month-old war. The biggest: Neither Ukraine nor Russia is ready to stop fighting. Xi’s plan to send an envoy to Ukraine allows his government to deflect criticism of its support
Continue ReadingCAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Algeria and Egypt are among four bidders competing to host the 2027 African Cup of Nations. Botswana and a co-hosting project between neighbors Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have also entered the contest. The Confederation of African Football set a May 23 deadline to submit a confirmed bid with guaranteed government support.
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Barclays and Deutsche Bank have shrugged off a turbulent first quarter to post strong profit growth, helping to calm investors worried about the prospect of another US bank failure. The robust set of results was helped by income earned from higher interest rates, the lenders said Thursday. Shares in Barclays jumped
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan largely canceled two days of campaigning as crucial elections loom after he fell ill during a live televised interview. Tuesday’s interview with the president — who is facing a battle to retain power in next month’s vote — was cut during the middle
Continue ReadingBy PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands is celebrating the 56th birthday of King Willem-Alexander with street markets, parties and orange-glazed pastries, even as an annual poll shows support for the monarchy continuing to decline. An annual poll conducted for national broadcaster NOS by Ipsos ahead of the King’s Day national holiday
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Southwest Airlines’ passengers have finally returned to the airline following its winter holiday service meltdown, enabling record revenue during the first quarter. The airline said its bookings in March were strong, allowing revenue to soar 22% to $5.7 billion in the quarter. That was up from year-ago results that were still
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El ex gobernador de California Arnold Schwarzenegger se pronunció este miércoles contra el antisemitismo y el odio, señalando su historia familiar con la esperanza de que sirva de ejemplo para otros. “Mi padre, y tantos otros millones de hombres, fueron absorbidos por un sistema de odio a través de la mentira
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN When Elon Musk first agreed to buy Twitter, he promised to make the company “better than ever,” with greater transparency, fewer bots, a stronger business and more of what he called “free speech.” But six months after Musk took control of Twitter, the future of the company and the platform have
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it would resume posting automated transit alerts to Twitter on Thursday after the social media company backtracked on a plan to charge public service accounts for access to the platform. In a statement Thursday, MTA Acting Chief Customer Officer Shanifah Rieara said Twitter had
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Slovakian tennis player Andrej Martin has been handed a 14-month ban for breaching doping rules. The 33-year-old Martin tested positive for the anabolic agent SARM S-22 at the Bratislava Open in June 2022. The International Tennis Integrity Agency says an independent tribunal found that Martin “had not knowingly ingested the banned substance.”
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman and Laura Paddison, CNN A mass of hot and dry air blowing north from Africa has led to “exceptionally high” temperatures that are more “typical of summer” this week in central and southern Spain, the national weather service AEMET reported. Temperatures this week are expected to be 15 to 20 degrees Celsius
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Tres décadas después de que una mujer en Florida fuera muerta a tiros por una persona disfrazada de payaso, la sospechosa de larga data, que se casó con el viudo de la víctima, se declaró culpable incluso cuando sus abogados sostienen que es inocente. Sheila Keen-Warren, de 59 años, retiró
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Traveling to the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London just got much harder for fans of the two Manchester clubs. The British trade union representing train drivers has announced three days of strike action by its members. That includes the day of the first meeting between Manchester City and Manchester
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Traveling to the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London just got much harder for fans of the two Manchester clubs. The British trade union representing train drivers has announced three days of strike action by its members. That includes the day of the first meeting between Manchester City and Manchester
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN First Republic Bank has been teetering on the edge for weeks. It may be finally falling. The San Francisco-based lender could be next in the line to collapse, following in the footsteps of former competitors Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. It certainly fits the bill: First Republic, like SVB, is
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los síntomas relacionados con la menopausia, como sofocos, sudores nocturnos y trastornos del sueño, pueden sumar miles de millones de dólares en gastos médicos y pérdida de productividad en el lugar de trabajo, según un estudio publicado este miércoles en la revista Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Los investigadores encuestaron a unas
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a nuclear power plant via video Thursday in his first public appearance since falling ill on live TV and canceling campaign stops, as he sought to dispel concerns about his health weeks before a crucial election. The
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Those who dare to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, must first receive a permit to prove they can ascend its steep and harsh slopes. So far, a record 463 climbers have received permission to scale the mountain from Nepal’s side — even as experts worry about dangerous
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING and LORNE COOK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO’s head says the military alliance’s members and its partner countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine during Russia’s invasion and war. The equipment gives Kyiv a bigger punch as it contemplates launching a counteroffensive. NATO Secretary-General
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