Thames Water secures $962 million from investors but says it will need more
By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Investors in Thames Water have agreed to put an extra £750 million ($962 million) of equity funding into…
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Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin’s commanders met Putin after short-lived mutiny, pledged loyalty
By The Associated Press Just five days after staging a short-lived rebellion, mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘s commanders met with Russian…
Continue ReadingSurvivors of New Zealand’s deadly volcano eruption will testify at a trial of tourism operators
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A U.S. honeymoon couple who survived severe burns when New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted in 2019 are…
Continue ReadingEl Ministerio de Defensa ruso publica un video de alto general en público por primera vez desde la insurrección fallida
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia publicó un video del alto general del ejército Valery Gerasimov supuestamente…
Continue ReadingNew Delhi schools close after monsoon floods kill at least 15, Pakistan on alert for more flooding
NEW DELHI (AP) — Schools in New Delhi have closed after heavy monsoon rains battered the Indian capital, caused landslides and flash floods in the…
Continue ReadingMan with knife kills 6 people at kindergarten in China before being arrested, police and reports say
BEIJING (AP) — A man with a knife killed six people and wounded one Monday at a kindergarten in southeastern China, police and a news report said…
Continue ReadingSix dead after knife attack outside kindergarten in Chinese city
By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — Six people have been killed and one injured in an early morning knife attack outside a…
Continue ReadingSix dead after knife attack outside kindergarten in Chinese city
By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — Six people have been killed and one injured in an early morning knife attack outside a…
Continue ReadingAllisen Corpuz wins the US Women’s Open and clinches her first LPGA title
By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — American golfer Allisen Corpuz won the US Women’s Open on Sunday, securing her first LPGA title at Pebble Beach…
Continue ReadingMorocco’s historic Women’s World Cup debut inspires girls even if some in the Arab world ignore it
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The game was sparsely attended; it was midweek and the match wasn’t going to be a…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares rise ahead of a US inflation update on hopes for easing rate hikes
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer…
Continue ReadingMorocco’s historic Women’s World Cup debut inspires girls even if some in the Arab world ignore it
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The game was sparsely attended; it was midweek and the outcome wasn’t much in doubt: the…
Continue ReadingGym, spa, beauty equipment: Leaked documents reveal hidden details of Putin’s ‘ghost’ train
By CNN’s Matthew Chance and Mick Krever. Video by Oscar Featherstone (CNN) — August 5, 2022 was a day like many others in Ukraine. First…
Continue ReadingGym, spa, beauty equipment: Leaked documents reveal hidden details of Putin’s ‘ghost’ train
By CNN’s Matthew Chance and Mick Krever. Video by Oscar Featherstone (CNN) — August 5, 2022 was a day like many others in Ukraine. First…
Continue ReadingHere we go again: Harry Styles hit in eye with object while performing on stage at Vienna concert
CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Harry Styles was hit in the eye by an object thrown at the stage while he was performing in Vienna on…
Continue ReadingMorocco’s historic Women’s World Cup debut inspires girls even if some in the Arab world ignore it
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The game was sparsely attended; it was midweek and the match wasn’t going to be a…
Continue ReadingMyanmar violence and sea disputes to dominate ASEAN talks joined by US, Russian and Chinese envoys
By NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Myanmar’s prolonged civil strife, tensions in the disputed South China…
Continue ReadingHow many Russians have died in Ukraine? Data shows what Moscow hides
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent…
Continue ReadingUkraine tops NATO summit agenda along with defense plans, Sweden’s membership and Belarus fears
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russia’s war in Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts hold a summit in…
Continue ReadingNATO will boost defense spending to help back Ukraine but the math is tricky. Just ask Luxembourg
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — When it comes to criticizing the NATO members who fail to spend enough on defense, tiny Luxembourg…
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