CNN By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Credit rating agencies are once again in the spotlight amid the ongoing high-stakes debt ceiling negotiations in Washington. As Democratic and Republican lawmakers remain deadlocked and the approaching “X-date” looms when the US Treasury’s funds run dry, there is an increasing risk of a downgrade to the United
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Credit rating agencies are once again in the spotlight amid the ongoing high-stakes debt ceiling negotiations in Washington. As Democratic and Republican lawmakers remain deadlocked and the approaching “X-date” looms when the US Treasury’s funds run dry, there is an increasing risk of a downgrade to the United States’
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel: transport woes, new “Global Geoparks,” Mediterranean islands you need to know about, plus the terrifying moment a passenger opened the airplane emergency door mid-air. Planes, trains and strains Funny how life goes. When Lufthansa decided in 2019 to sell nearly half of its A380 fleet
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse and Darren Lewis, CNN (CNN) — It’s been dubbed soccer’s “richest game,” but for Luton Town and Coventry City, Saturday’s Championship play-off final means much more than just money. The match at Wembley Stadium in London guarantees a place in next season’s Premier League, but also signals a dramatic rise for
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Es año de elecciones en España y este domingo el país tendrá su primera jornada electoral de 2023. Las elecciones municipales y autonómicas se llevarán a cabo el domingo 28 de mayo en territorio español. Muchos ven estos comicios como un termómetro para lo que pueda ocurrir a finales de año,
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank Friday left a man in critical condition and drew international condemnation, including from the US. Settlers on Friday attacked local farmers and set cars and farms alight near the villages of Turmosayia and Al Mughayyer north
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Keith Tkachuk never played a game for the Florida Panthers and hadn’t recorded an assist at the NHL level in nearly 13 years. But on March 29, he might have had the biggest helper in Florida’s season. A rant on a Toronto radio station that
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute over water rights. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted the country’s deputy police
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Sursock Museum has reopened to the public, three years after a deadly explosion in the nearby Beirut port reduced many of its treasured paintings and collections to ashes. Friday’s reopening offered Beirut residents a bright spot in a country reeling from a crippling economic crisis that
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Scott Lieberman, un estadounidense que vive en San Francisco, siempre supo que era adoptado de Chile. Lo que no sabía era que había sido robado cuando era un bebé. “Viví 42 años de mi vida sin saber que había sido robado, sin saber lo que ocurría en Chile en los
Continue ReadingCNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Target’s stock has lost about a fifth of its value over the past two and half weeks. It’s not about what you may have heard. If you follow right-wing media or Twitter, you may have seen a lot of coverage recently about Target’s stock price falling
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — When a Target distributor reached out to Erik Carnell last year about possibly placing his brand, Abprallen, in Target stores, he was thrilled. It was “the biggest opportunity of my career,” Carnell told CNN. “I was ecstatic at the thought of being able to share my stuff
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un influencer murió poco después de retransmitir en directo cómo se bebía varias botellas de alcohol de alta graduación en la versión china de TikTok, según informan los medios estatales del país, en un hecho que probablemente renovará el debate sobre cómo regular el sector. El influencer “Sanqiange” (o “Hermano
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Turkey’s long-term leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan is going up against opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s run-off presidential election. The build-up to the first round suggested a narrow race, with Erdogan facing unprecedented pressure after 20 years in power. Instead Erdogan defied expectations and only narrowly missed out on
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Travelers arriving in the U.K. faced long delays Saturday after a technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the country for most of the day, forcing everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gwendolyn Dean Schofield hoped to live to 100, and she was nearly there. But on May 15, in what appeared to be a final act of kindness, Schofield and her daughter pulled over on a residential street in the northwestern New Mexico
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER Associated Press SAO GONCALO, Brazil (AP) — The chants of “monkey!” at the Spanish soccer stadium echoed across the Atlantic, reaching the ears of people on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. That’s where Vinícius Júnior, who is Black, grew up and launched his soccer career. Now, despite his global fame and
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER Associated Press SAO GONCALO, Brazil (AP) — The chants of “monkey!” at the Spanish soccer stadium echoed across the Atlantic, reaching the ears of people on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. That’s where Vinícius Júnior, who is Black, grew up and launched his soccer career. Now, despite his global fame and
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has been at the forefront of the fight against climate change and the protection of nature for years. But it now finds itself under pressure from within to pause new environmental efforts amid fears they will hurt the economy. With the next European Parliament
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A social media influencer died soon after live-streaming himself drinking several bottles of strong alcohol on China’s version of TikTok, state-run media in the country are reporting, in a development likely to renew debate about how to regulate the industry. The influencer “Sanqiange” (or “Brother Three Thousand”)
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