By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has seen its fifth central bank leader depart in as many years as Hafize Gaye Erkan, the first woman in the top role, stepped down after just eight months in the job. She resigned Friday after recent claims of nepotism emerged in local media, allegations that
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Actor Ian Lavender, who played a hapless Home Guard soldier in the classic British sitcom “Dad’s Army,” has died, his agent said Monday. He was 77. Agent Hilary Gagan said Lavender had been ill for some time and died with his wife and sons at his side. Lavender was the last surviving
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo area has been hit by heavy snow, disrupting trains and grounding flights. Transport officials are cautioning drivers to avoid nonessential travel. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the snowfall is expected to peak Monday night, with up to 55 centimeters (21 inches) predicted in mountainous areas north of Tokyo. The snowfall
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — After a few weeks of decline, some measures show that flu activity is starting to pick up again and respiratory virus levels remain high overall in the United States. During the week ending January 27, more than 82,000 people who visited an emergency department were diagnosed with influenza, according
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid has undergone “successful” surgery to deal with a left knee issue, the team announced on Tuesday. “Joel Embiid had a successful procedure today to address an injury to the lateral meniscus in his left knee,” the team said in a statement. “He will be
Continue ReadingCNN By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — It started as a joke. At the end of 2023, when social media users were posting their “Ins and outs” for 2024, comedian and writer Lukas Battle did the same, bringing the term “loud budgeting” to the world. “Loud budgeting is a new concept I am announcing for 2024, it’s
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Rome police have arrested 14 migrants from nine countries for alleged involvement in unrest in a repatriation center following the death of a migrant from the African nation of Guinea. Police said Monday that migrants in the center began setting mattresses on fire after the body was discovered, then proceeded to knock
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Con el 70,25% de los votos escrutados, Nayib Bukele lidera cómodamente la carrera a la presidencia de El Salvador, según los datos publicados este lunes a la mañana por el Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE). El partido Nuevas Ideas de Bukele cuenta con 1.662.313 votos, según la actualización de datos del TSE.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers, oil company Lukoil and other investors. It’s one of the biggest deals for Western-held companies
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s said growing tensions in the Middle East have hurt its business. The burger chain, reporting growing overall sales and earnings for fourth quarter, noted that the overseas tensions were weighing on the region’s sales, and the company is monitoring the evolving situation. The Middle East doesn’t
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s marine rescue service says more than 1,000 migrants from sub-Saharan countries have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in 18 boats in the past three days. A body was found in one of the boats. The archipelago off northwest Africa has seen a surge in migrant arrivals in recent weeks as more
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding parliamentary elections this week but many voters are disillusioned and wonder if the balloting can bring any real change in a country mired in economic crisis and a resurgent militancy. The new parliament will choose the country’s next prime minister but in today’s political
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The leaders of Japan and Italy say they will bolster their cooperation in security and defense, including their joint next-generation fighter jet development with Britain. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Monday and welcomed Italy’s move to increase its presence in
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — For the third year in a row, “Scrubs” costars and real-life best friends Zach Braff and Donald Faison are returning for another Super Bowl song-and-dance. Braff and Faison, who have promoted T-Mobile during the big game twice before, are back again – this time, with “Aquaman” himself. Jason Momoa
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of the United Nations refugee agency says Europe may have to deal with a new flow of Sudanese migrants if a cease-fire agreement isn’t signed soon between Sudan’s warring sides and relief efforts aren’t strengthened. Filippo Grandi also told The Associated Press that conflicts
Continue ReadingBy David Shortell, Stefano Pozzebon and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele is headed for what appears to be a landslide victory in the presidential election, with more than 70% of the votes counted as of Monday, according to preliminary results from the country’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE). His party is enjoying a
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania state courts agency says some of its online systems are disabled after its website was hit by a weekend cyberattack, but that the attack didn’t appear to compromise any data. The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts said Monday that the attack is being investigated
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential Aboriginal activists in Australian history, has died at age 91. O’Donoghue, who passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday in Adelaide, dedicated her life to fighting for the health and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Outsiders vying to reform Harvard University – and backed by billionaires Bill Ackman and Mark Zuckerberg – have failed in their quest to join the school’s Board of Overseers. Despite the high-profile backing from Ackman and Zuckerberg, the write-in candidates did not gather enough signatures to make it
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish foreign minister says Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey soon. It would be Putin’s first trip to a NATO country since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan tells a private TV channel that Putin’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will focus
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