ISLAMABAD (AP) — Shehbaz Sharif has been sworn in as Pakistan’s prime minister. It’s the second time he’s had the job. At the ceremony Monday, Sharif pledged to perform his duties and functions with honesty and loyalty and always for the country’s independence. But he has a tough task of bringing lawmakers together to steer
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An online protest campaign exposing corruption has rattled government officials and others in Uganda, where street protests are practically outlawed. The campaign, which relies on leaks of official documents, has been presented on the social media platform X as an “exhibition” — in a sequence of
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — More than 61,000 pounds of Trader Joe’s steamed chicken soup dumplings are being recalled due to possible contamination with hard plastic from a permanent marker. The dumplings were produced by CJ Foods Manufacturing Beaumont Corporation in California on December 7 and shipped to Trader Joe’s locations nationwide, according to
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. After decades of growth bolstered by low interest rates and
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters (Reuters) — Four decades after being diagnosed with a serious heart condition and given just six months to live, Bert Janssen has set a Guinness World Record as the longest-surviving transplant patient. “I want to be an example for people,” said the Dutchman, who was 17 when he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy,
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Around 170 people have been “executed” in attacks on three villages in Burkina Faso’s northern Yatenga province, the regional public prosecutor has said. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said in a statement on Friday that his office was initially informed of the “massive murderous attacks” in the villages
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — For one of Germany’s most established soccer teams, earning a nickname for your propensity to fall short at the final hurdle isn’t ideal. For Bayer Leverkusen it was the moniker ‘Neverkusen,’ notably in 2002 when a team, which included Michael Ballack, Oliver Neuville, Dimitar Berbatov, Lúcio and Zé Roberto,
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Here’s one simple thing you can do to ease you and your children into getting up an hour earlier when Daylight Saving Time rolls around on Sunday, March 10 — start adapting today by going to bed and waking up earlier each day until the time change. “Planning for
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Omar Jimenez, CNN Baltimore (CNN) — Last summer, on a hot and humid July night at her home in Baltimore, Krystal Gonzalez was jolted to her feet by her husband’s screams. He almost never raised his voice. Gonzalez could not register the words her husband was crying out, except their daughter’s
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg admitted on Monday to testifying falsely to the New York attorney general about his knowledge of the size of Donald Trump’s apartment triplex and how the value of that apartment was inflated on Trump’s financial statements for
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union has fined Apple €1.84 billion ($2 billion) for breaking its competition laws. The bloc announced Monday that it was imposing the fine on Apple (AAPL) — its first-ever antitrust penalty on the US tech giant — for preventing rival music streaming services such as Spotify
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union leveled its first antitrust penalty against Apple on Monday, fining the U.S. tech giant nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service by forbidding rivals like Spotify from telling users how they could pay for cheaper subscriptions outside of iPhone
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Some voters in North Carolina and Alabama are selecting US House candidates Tuesday in contests dramatically reshaped by congressional redistricting in recent months. In North Carolina – where members of the Republican-controlled General Assembly drew a congressional map last fall that heavily favors their party – the GOP is
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Anthony Kim said he was “encouraged” after finishing last in his first professional appearance in 12 years at LIV Golf’s third event of the season in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The 38-year-old American had not teed up at a pro event since May 2012 and his rustiness was evident
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet New numbers from the Employee Benefit Research Institute suggest that some couples at age 65 may need as much as $413,000 in savings to cover health care costs in retirement. That’s an extreme case, representing two people with high prescription drug costs — but health issues in retirement can be
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Boston Celtics won their 11th game in a row on Sunday, rolling to a stunning 52-point rout, 140-88, of the Golden State Warriors. In a rematch between the two teams that contested the 2022 NBA Finals, the Celtics ran away with proceedings early on. All-Star wing Jaylen Brown
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Los daños a los cables submarinos en el mar Rojo están perturbando las redes de telecomunicaciones globales y obligando a los proveedores de Internet a desviar hasta una cuarta parte del tráfico entre Asia, Europa y Medio Oriente. Según la empresa de telecomunicaciones de Hong Kong HGC Global Communications, se han
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Will it end in fire or ice? Texas is still coping with the record-setting Smokehouse Creek Fire which has burned more than 1 million acres, while parts of Northern California were buried this weekend under a raging blizzard. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Emotional survivors of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, called on politicians to protect the community from future tragedies. The testimony came during a hearing by a commission investigating the rampage last year. The commission is reviewing the facts and evidence surrounding the
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