MADRID (AP) — The sports world reacts to 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal announcing he will retire from tennis after next month’s Davis Cup finals.
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization has raised its outlook for global goods trade this year slightly, but cautions that increasing geopolitical tensions and uncertainty over economic policy pose “substantial” risks to its forecast. The Geneva-based WTO projected Thursday that global goods trade will increase by 2.7% this year, compared with the 2.6% it
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El gobierno de Estados Unidos ofrece una variedad de programas de asistencia para las personas afectadas por desastres como los dos grandes huracanes, Helene y Milton, que recientemente azotaron el sureste del país. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Para acceder a la financiación, las personas deben presentar una solicitud a la
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week jumped to its highest level in a year, which analysts are saying is more likely a result of Hurricane Helene — and the Boeing strike — than a broader softening in the labor market. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments inch up by only 2.5% next year, as the steady decline in inflation puts a damper on the program’s annual cost-of-living-adjustment, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. Retirees’ monthly payments will rise by about $50 to an estimated average of $1,976
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race. Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in September from a year earlier,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Al menos 17 personas han muerto en Estados Unidos como consecuencia del paso del devastador huracán Milton, según un recuento de CNN actualizado este viernes. Ese número incluye seis personas que murieron por tornados en el contado de St. Lucie. Según el conteo de CNN, las muertes por condado son: Condado
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — America’s inflation continued to slow in September, reaching a fresh three-and-a-half-year low and coming in at a pace that’s similar to what was seen in 2017 and 2018, according to data released Thursday. The Consumer Price Index, which measures price changes across commonly purchased goods and services, was 2.4%
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Labour government has unveiled a slew of new rights for workers, including more generous rules for sick pay and parental leave and major restrictions on certain precarious employment practices such as fire and rehire. The Employment Rights Bill, published Thursday about 100 days since Labour took power for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Rafael Nadal announced his retirement from tennis on Thursday, signaling the end to a career that spanned two decades and 22 Grand Slam titles, including 14 on his favorite clay at Roland Garros, and 92 singles titles overall. Here is a look at the victories, losses, rivalries and injuries that have marked the
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Lionel Messi está de regreso con la camiseta que más ama. Su desparpajo escénico, con el cual hechiza dentro de un campo de juego, lo ubicará nuevamente siendo el emblema y capitán en su saga de amor con la selección de Argentina, tras la consagración de julio en la
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — A former market and mining town in north Wales has become a new and unlikely tourist destination in Britain after its soccer team was bought by Hollywood celebrities Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Wrexham is thriving on and off the field following the 2021 takeover. Its notoriety has
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Mott’s first novel since “Hell of a Book” is a kind of meta-sequel to his award-winning meta-narrative about a Black author’s haunting promotional tour. The Penguin Random House imprint Dutton announced Thursday that it has reached a deal with Mott for “People Like Us,” in which a
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Two people died in a fire at one of the Russian capital’s most notable buildings, a gargantuan Brutalist apartment block that viewers have likened to a toppled skyscraper. The nighttime fire broke out in the so-called Dom Korabl (Ship Building), a hive of about 1,000 apartments that rises 14 stories in the
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Shrooms, Alice, tweezes, mushies, hongos, pizza toppings, magic mushrooms — everyday lingo for psychedelic mushrooms seems to grow with each generation. Yet leading mycologist Paul Stamets believes it’s time for fans of psilocybin mushrooms to leave such childish slang behind. “Let’s be adults about this. These are no longer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the alliance will hold its annual nuclear exercise next week. The Steadfast Noon drill is planned well in advance, but starts just weeks after President Vladimir Putin announced changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine to discourage Ukraine’s allies from supporting attacks on his country. The exercise
Continue ReadingBy Mohammad al-Sawalihi in Gaza, Abeer Salman, Nadeen Ebrahim and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens more sheltering at a school-turned-shelter in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Thursday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. The attack on the Rafidah school injured at least 54
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — When Netflix’s hit show “Emily in Paris” revealed at the end of season four that its lead character was heading to Rome, it caught many viewers by surprise. Now, French President Emmanuel Macron has waded into the conversation and said the country “will fight hard” to stop the show
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines says third-quarter earnings fell 26% largely because of fallout from a technology outage that caused several thousand canceled flights in July. It’s the second straight quarter that Delta’s profit has dropped from the same period last year. Delta said Thursday that it expects to return to year-over-year earnings growth
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Delta Air Lines reported a profitable third quarter, as the airline weathered a $500 million hit from a July service meltdown related to the CrowdStrike computer outage, as well as the impact of Hurricane Helene at the end of the quarter. The airline had to cancel about
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