By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says the economic situation in debt-stricken Sri Lanka is improving gradually from the country’s worst economic crisis two years ago. The IMF says inflation has come down from a peak of 70% in 2022 to 5.9% last month and Sri Lanka’s
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE and TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as “kanpeki no hito” — the perfect person — because of his manners and impeccable behavior. That image may have taken a hit when the Dodgers fired his good friend and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara on
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press Since the start of his political career, Donald Trump has played on stereotypes about Jews and politics. He told the Republican Jewish Coalition in 2015 that “you want to control your politicians” and suggested the audience used money to exert control. In the White House, he said
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Skinner Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WANF) — A Little Five Points woman is frantic and furious after an emergency vet in Decatur lost her dog. A week ago, Hannah Riley could not have imagined she’d spend the next week searching for one of the most important parts of
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Three crew members are safe after their scheduled launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was automatically aborted Thursday morning, according to a live NASA broadcast. NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus were expected
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with his Serbian counterpart in Moscow ahead of a soccer game between the countries’ national teams. The game Thursday will be the Russian men’s squad’s first European friendly since the fighting in Ukraine began two years ago. Russia was removed from international soccer competitions after
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A dramatic story of survival and rescue off Indonesia’s west coast is a reminder of the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives. Desperate survivors were pulled to safety from their capsized boat
Continue ReadingBy Andy Pierrotti Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A Georgia man detained more than a decade behind bars and never convicted of a crime is now home with his family. Maurice Jimmerson’s pretrial detention is believed to be one of the longest such detentions in American history. His release
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have taken down a major online marketplace for drugs, fraudulently obtained credit card data and cybercrime services. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office and Frankfurt prosecutors said Thursday that investigators seized the Nemesis Market platform’s server infrastructure in Germany and Lithuania on Wednesday, as well as cryptocurrency worth 94,000
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos y más de una docena de estados presentaron el jueves una gran demanda antimonopolio contra Apple. Es la más reciente –pero la más grande– de una serie de grandes empresas tecnológicas que enfrentan acusaciones de monopolio por parte del Gobierno de Estados Unidos,
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in February from the previous month to the strongest pace in a year as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates and more properties on the market. Existing home sales climbed 9.5% last month from
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers introduced a $1.2 trillion spending package Thursday that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies this weekend and allows Congress, nearly six months into the budget year, to complete its work in funding the government through September. Democrats were
Continue ReadingCNN By Amanda Davies and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Two months after revealing his terminal cancer diagnosis, Sven-Göran Eriksson remains upbeat, approaching his life with the sort of tenacity required when holding perhaps the most demanding job in football. “The doctor is saying I’m not okay, but I feel rather okay,” Eriksson tells CNN
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday. The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was also the first hospital to perform a kidney transplant in 1954. The patient, Rick Slayman, a
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans. Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday that it’s the first time a genetically modified pig kidney has been transplanted into a living
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Sales of previously owned homes in the US unexpectedly soared in February to the highest level in a year, in a sign that buyers are returning to the market. Meanwhile, mortgage rates edged higher this week, according to a separate report released Thursday from Freddie Mac. Existing
Continue ReadingBy La’Nita Brooks and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story GENESEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — The investigation into the murder of Congressman Dan Kildee’s brother, Timothy Kildee, is still unfolding. It happened Tuesday morning, March 19, and the suspect is Timothy Kildee’s 27-year-old son, who is still in the hospital with serious
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, dijo este miércoles que el caso del futbolista Dani Alves, condenado en febrero a cuatro años de cárcel en España por agresión sexual y a quien se le concedió una fianza de US$1 millón para conseguir su libertad, es uno de
Continue ReadingBy Felton and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story EAST LANSING, Michigan (WNEM) — The son of Michigan State’s men’s basketball head coach is opening up about his adoption. “It’s cool. I’ve got a lot of good feedback from it, and heard some cool stories, and met some different people that asked
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The Swiss National Bank surprised markets Thursday by cutting interest rates, becoming the first of the world’s major central banks to do so since they began battling a post-pandemic surge in prices. The SNB announced that it would reduce the cost of borrowing by a quarter of a
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