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Month: October 2023

ANÁLISIS | Se intensifica el caos en el Partido Republicano y peligra la candidatura de Scalise a la presidencia de la Cámara de Representantes

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El Partido Republicano de la Cámara de Representantes se está hundiendo aún más en el caos mientras se pelea por su próximo presidente, aparentemente ajeno a la imagen de disfunción del Gobierno de Estados Unidos que está enviando en un momento de empeoramiento de las crisis mundiales. Los legisladores del

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Why Tesla isn’t unionized

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla has beaten back previous efforts by workers to unionize – but the United Auto Workers hopes a successful strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis could help it organize at Tesla. UAW membership has declined in recent decades, and the auto industry is moving to electric

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Trump’s criticism of Israel’s Netanyahu draws strong condemnation from GOP rivals

By JILL COLVIN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several of former President Donald Trump’s Republican rivals are denouncing him for lashing out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days after Hamas’ deadly attack. Thursday marked a rare moment in which multiple Trump rivals directly criticized the GOP front-runner. Trump told

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Crime isn’t the full story: What else is affecting retailers in urban areas, in 4 charts

By Alex Leeds Matthews and Rachel Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Target is closing nine stores in four metropolitan areas: the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, Seattle, and New York. The big box retailer cited in its announcement organized retail crime and theft creating an “unsustainable business performance.” But Target is not alone, and it’s not just theft making it

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Ex-Barclays Bank boss Staley banned from senior UK finance roles over misleading Epstein statements

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s financial regulator has fined the American former chief executive of Barclays, Jes Staley, 1.8 million pounds — about $2.2 million — and banned him from holding senior financial roles for misleading it over the nature of his relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The

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Una mujer acusada de matar a una ciclista de élite intentó escapar de la custodia, dice la oficina del sheriff

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La mujer que, según las autoridades, huyó a Costa Rica y estuvo desaparecida durante más de un mes después de presuntamente matar a una ciclista profesional de élite en Texas intentó escapar de la custodia este miércoles, dijeron las autoridades. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong está acusada de disparar fatalmente a Anna

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NATO chief presses Turkey to advance Sweden’s membership application.

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is pressing Turkey to quickly ratify Sweden’s membership in the military organization. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said three months ago that he would help hasten the process in the Turkish parliament. Stoltenberg told The Associated Press on Thursday that “many allies would like

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The late Mahsa Amini is named a finalist for the EU’s top human rights prize

BRUSSELS (AP) — Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, has been named a finalist for the European Union’s top human rights prize. The European Parliament on Thursday announced the three finalists for this year’s Sakharov Prize for

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EU launches probe into disinformation campaigns as X says ‘hundreds’ of Hamas-affiliated accounts removed

By Hanna Ziady and Brian Fung, CNN London (CNN) — X says it has removed “hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts” and taken down thousands of posts since the attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group, even as the European Commission formally opened an investigation into X after a previous warning about disinformation and illegal content

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EU orders biotech giant Illumina to unwind $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ordering U.S. biotech giant Illumina to undo its $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail because it closed the deal without approval of regulators. The 27-nation bloc already slapped a $475 million fine on Illumina over the summer for jumping the gun on

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