By SYLVAIN PLAZY and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers have clashed with police in Belgium, spraying officers with liquid manure and throwing eggs and flares at them in a fresh show of force as the European Union’s agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address the protesters’ concerns. The farmers are
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares retreated on Tuesday after U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights. Most regional markets fell, while Shanghai advanced. U.S. futures and oil prices were little changed. Traders are growing cautious after the New Year’s rally that has swept much of the world’s markets.
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Amazon.com is joining the ranks of one of Wall Street’s oldest and most exclusive stock indexes: The Dow Jones Industrial Average. The e-commerce pioneer will officially take its position in the Dow before the open of trading Monday, replacing drugstore operator Walgreens Boots Alliance. S&P Dow Jones Indices opened
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Luckin Coffee, the Chinese chain that has been rebuilding its business since a fraud scandal four years ago, has reported a commanding sales lead over rival Starbucks in the important China market. In 2023, Luckin generated total net revenue of 24.9 billion yuan ($3.5 billion), up 87% from a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Muchos jóvenes han informado que tienen mala salud mental durante y después de la pandemia de covid-19. Sus experiencias se ven confirmadas por un nuevo estudio que encontró que la tasa de prescripción de antidepresivos a este grupo también aumentó durante el mismo período. El número de jóvenes de entre
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On Thursday, as we observe Black History Month, Bear Creek Elementary School’s Family Engagement Committee and Music Department welcomed professional Guinean drummer, dancer, acrobat and teacher Fode Sylla. Families and staff enjoyed taking part in an African drum circle, fostering inclusion and community. Fode shared his background and history in African drumming while creating a
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s space agency has revealed the names of the spacecraft that it hopes will take Chinese astronauts to the moon by the end of the decade. In a news release over the weekend, the China Manned Space Agency said development was “progressing well” on the spaceship Mengzhou,
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Raja Razek and Holly Yan CNN (CNN) — While mourners spoke at a vigil honoring a beloved student found dead on the University of Georgia campus, her suspected killer’s immigration status has renewed debate over immigration policies. Laken Hope Riley, who was a nursing student at a nearby school and had been
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A Bend couple argued in federal court that they were offered a $1.3 million insurance settlement after they filed a claim that the woman was injured when she was knocked off her feet by a man’s off-leash Great Pyrenees dog while walking on a local trail, court records show.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos está lista para tomar una decisión fundamental sobre lo que los estadounidenses pueden ver en las redes sociales, ya que esta semana se abordan dos casos que podrían transformar Internet tal como lo conocemos. Este lunes, el tribunal considerará argumentos sobre si se debe
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — This year looks to be a much better one for the U.S. economy than business economists were forecasting just a few months ago, according to a survey released Monday. The economy looks set to grow 2.2% this year after adjusting for inflation, according to the National Association for Business Economics. That’s
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Talks to shape global environmental policy started on Monday in Nairobi, where governments, civil society groups, scientists and the private sector met to plan collective environmental action. The meeting in Nairobi is the sixth session of the U.N. Environment Assembly, the world’s top decision-making body on the
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO and VALERIA FERRARO Associated Press CROTONE, Italy (AP) — Survivors and family members of victims of a shipwreck a year ago that killed 94 migrants, including 35 minors, just off Italy’s southern coast, have returned for three days of commemorations and called for justice to be done. A torchlight vigil, a photo
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn preacher who prosecutors say looted a parishioner’s retirement savings and tried to extort a businessman to fuel his lavish lifestyle is set to go on trial in Manhattan federal court. Lamor Miller-Whitehead faces trial beginning Monday, two years after a grand jury lodged wire
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in five years, senators will be sworn in as jurors for an impeachment trial. But the chamber is expected to spend far less time on the charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas than the ones brought against former President Donald Trump
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — With two weeks to go before the Oscars, “Oppenheimer” looks unstoppable. Director and producer Christopher Nolan’s tale of the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birth of the atomic age won the top prize Sunday at the 35th Producers Guild of America Awards
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press ROGACA, Serbia (AP) — Moscow ally Serbia is cracking down on anti-war Russians living in the Balkan country. Serbia opened its borders in recent years to tens of thousands of Russians fleeing the government of President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine. Russian pro-democracy activists in
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un miembro en servicio activo de la Fuerza Aérea de EE.UU. se prendió fuego frente a la embajada de Israel en Washington este domingo, informó la Fuerza Aérea y las autoridades locales. “El Departamento de Policía Metropolitana acudió a la cuadra 3500 de International Drive, NW, aproximadamente a la 1:00
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday, reversing an earlier order releasing the man. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II in
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Many young people have reported having poor mental health during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Their experiences are affirmed by a new study finding that the rate of prescribing antidepressants to this group also spiked during the same period. The number of young people between the ages 12 and
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