KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian champion Shakhtar Donetsk has hired Dutch coach Patrick van Leeuwen to return to the club where he was a long-time youth academy director. Shakhtar says Van Leeuwen signed a two-year contract with the club which will play in the group stage of the Champions League in September. Van Leeuwen knows
Continue ReadingCNN By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — Good news for your Fourth of July cookout — it’s more affordable than last year. Families can expect to pay $67.73 for a party of 10, down 3% from last year’s record high, according to a survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation. The cookout includes 12 staple
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La superestrella del fútbol argentino Lionel Messi ganará entre US$ 50 y US$ 60 millones al año cuando fiche por el Inter de Miami, según dijo el copropietario del club, Jorge Mas, en una entrevista concedida al diario español El País. La menor de esas cifras convertiría a Messi en
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Saudi Arabia and Russia announced Monday that they would make additional cuts to oil supply as a global economic slowdown hangs over the outlook for energy demand. Saudi Arabia — the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil — said it would extend a cut of 1 million
Continue ReadingBy JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Police are searching for suspects who opened fire during a holiday weekend block party in Baltimore that killed two people, wounded 28 others. Authorities say many of the shooting victims were under 18. Charlene Bowie jumped into action after she found a wounded teenage girl on her
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las autoridades iniciaron una investigación por asesinato después de que seis personas murieran y una más resultara gravemente herida en un incendio en una casa en Green Pond, Carolina del Sur, este domingo, dijo el sheriff del condado. Los agentes encontraron los cuerpos después de responder a los informes de
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s new lawmakers have been sworn in just over a week after a general election that saw a number of smaller fringe parties from the right and left of the political spectrum enter Parliament for the first time. The 300 members of parliament were inducted during
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — BYD outpaced Tesla in the second quarter as the Chinese carmaker posted record sales of hybrid and electric vehicles. Between April and June, BYD (BYDDF) sold more than 700,000 vehicles, almost double the number sold in the same quarter last year and setting a new quarterly record.
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — BYD outpaced Tesla in the second quarter as the Chinese carmaker posted record sales of hybrid and electric vehicles. Between April and June, BYD (BYDDF) sold more than 700,000 vehicles, almost double the number sold in the same quarter last year and setting a new quarterly record.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Harrison Ford trajo a su legendario personaje Indiana Jones de vuelta a la pantalla grande este fin de semana con “Indiana Jones y el Dial del Destino”, pero su estreno en taquilla fue inferior a las estimaciones anticipadas. La película recaudó apenas US$ 60 millones en Estados Unidos y US$
Continue ReadingBy Mitch McCluskey, Jillian Sykes and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Inspectors were at a North Carolina amusement park Monday to continue investigating a roller coaster shuttered since shortly after a dad spotted a crack at the top of one of its steel support pillars. “I’m not an engineer, but that’s not right,” Jeremy Wagner
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Fueled by surging revenues, states have been slashing taxes for individuals and businesses for the past three years. But the party is expected to come to an end in the coming fiscal year, which started on Saturday in 46 states. Revenue is projected to decline by 0.7% in fiscal
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet With energy prices rising and summer heat looming, it’s a good time to make sure your home is running as efficiently as possible. First, assess your current energy usage to look for leaks and wasted energy. Then, consider small changes around your everyday habits, such as turning lights off, unplugging
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Iman Beney has been picked in Switzerland’s squad for the Women’s World Cup only three days after making her debut with the national team. The midfielder with Swiss club Young Boys impressed as a second-half substitute in a 3-3 draw against Zambia. Beney will turn 17 two days after Switzerland opens
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Francia se ha visto sacudida por una ola de protestas después de que un policía le disparara a un joven de 17 años cerca de París el pasado martes, lo que causó la prohibición de manifestaciones en algunas ciudades, advertencias de viaje y reavivó un debate sobre el exceso de
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia’s armed forces are bruised but by no means beaten in the war in Ukraine, a top NATO military officer said Monday, as he laid out the biggest revamp to the organization’s military plans since the Cold War should Moscow dare to widen the conflict. “They might
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — ¡Enmendar la constitución! ¡Suicidio político! ¡Piensa en grande y mejora las cosas! Este es el período de las grandes ideas de la política estadounidense, un momento que ocurre aproximadamente cada cuatro años antes de una elección presidencial, cuando los candidatos impulsan propuestas amplias, generalmente con pocos detalles. Si bien las
Continue ReadingCNN By Erin Burnett, Yon Pomrenze, Mick Krever and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been “slowed down” by entrenched Russian defenses, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an exclusive interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding that he wished that Western weapons deliveries had allowed it to begin “much earlier.” Speaking with CNN’s Erin
Continue ReadingCNN By Erin Burnett, Yon Pomrenze, Mick Krever and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been “slowed down” by entrenched Russian defenses, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an exclusive interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding that he wished that Western weapons deliveries had allowed it to begin “much earlier.” Speaking with CNN’s Erin
Continue ReadingBy Erin Burnett, Yon Pomrenze, Mick Krever and Victoria Butenko, CNN Odesa, Ukraine (CNN) — Vladimir Putin’s response to the armed Wagner rebellion was “weak” and the Russian President is losing control of his own people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an exclusive interview. Putin faced the greatest threat to his authority in
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