By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two hearings Friday, one in Georgia and the other in Florida, could hold significant implications for former President Donald Trump and the criminal charges he faces for his actions around the 2020 election and retaining classified information after leaving office. In Georgia,
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump is facing a cash crunch as deadlines are quickly approaching to find over half a billion dollars he owes in judgments. On Wednesday, a New York appeals court judge refused to give the former president additional time to satisfy
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — E’minie Hughes, the 12-year-old girl who was missing from the Houston area, has been found unharmed, police said in a post on X. Last seen on February 22, Houston police issued an Amber Alert Wednesday, saying they believe she may have been trafficked. In their post,
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom is poised to hold its first election in five years in a country battered by the cost-of-living crisis, the fallout from Israel-Hamas conflict and deep divisions over how to deal with migrants and asylum seekers crossing the English Channel from Europe on small inflatable
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s vast manufacturing industry sent mixed signals last month about the health of the economy, fueling calls for Beijing to do more to boost growth just days before a key meeting of the country’s leaders. The National Bureau of Statistics reported Friday that the official Purchasing Managers’
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation just keeps dropping in Europe. The consumer price index fell to 2.6 in February from 2.8% the month before. Falling oil and gas prices played a role, and food inflation isn’t as bad as it was. Inflation is now far below its peak of
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Tour operators and a company which owns the New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people and wounded many others have been fined $1.6 million (NZ$2.6 million), and ordered to pay victims and surviving families $6.2 million (NZ$10.2 million) in compensation. The District Court in Auckland handed down its sentence on
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The new prime minister in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu says his country shares democratic values with Taiwan, and that Taiwanese leaders have “been loyal to us.” Feleti Teo spoke to The Associated Press on Friday via Zoom, his first interview with international media since
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A veteran British political disruptor has won a special election in a heavily Muslim town in northern England following a contest that has been mired in chaos and controversy and dominated by the war in Gaza. George Galloway’s victory was described as “beyond alarming” by Conservative Prime
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country’s prime minister said Friday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46 and rescuers searched for more victims. The fire started late Thursday in a restaurant on the
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Phnom Penh Post, a newspaper founded in 1992 as Cambodia sought to re-establish stability and democracy after decades of war and unrest, says it will stop publishing a print edition this month, the latest blow to the country’s dwindling independent media. It wrote on
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police and prosecutors say four people have been killed in shootings in northern Germany and the suspect is a soldier who turned himself in. Authorities said Friday that the four victims, including a child, were shot overnight at locations in the rural Scheessel and Bothel areas, near Hannover and Bremen. They said
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Local buses, subway trains and trams have ground to a halt in much of Germany, at the peak of a week of walkouts by employees demanding better working conditions. The Ver.di service workers’ union called for a week of strikes lasting from Monday through Saturday, with the main day of walkouts on
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Kosta Gak, CNN Dnipro, Ukraine (CNN) — The residential block in Dnipro looked like someone had taken a huge bite out of it. Two whole apartments on the top floors were wiped out after a strike by Russian forces using an Iranian Shahed drone early last Friday morning. Yevhenia
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Patrons of glitzy Dubai bars could be sipping beverages cooled by a cube of ancient Arctic ice carved from a Greenland iceberg and shipped to the emirate — destined no longer to melt into the ocean, but into a very expensive drink. The startup company, Arctic Ice, shipped its
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question of what she would wear. Eager for her expensive and refined taste to be immortalized on canvas, Iselin instructed a maid to follow her
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Se espera que los mortíferos incendios forestales que ya han arrasado con más de 435.000 hectáreas en Texas y Oklahoma se propaguen con más velocidad a medida que los feroces vientos y el aire seco aviven las llamas el viernes y durante todo el fin de semana. El Smokehouse Creek
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden y su oponente político Donald Trump están de acuerdo: la situación a lo largo de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México necesita cambiar. Pero sus extraordinarias visitas a Texas mostraron que los probables rivales en las elecciones generales de 2024 no podrían estar más distanciados
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