CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the European Debt Crisis, which affected Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Cyprus July 11, 2011 – A munitions explosion at a naval base kills 13 people and destroys the country’s main power station. The resulting blackouts severely impact the tourism and finance sectors of the economy.
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CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Saturday teased a 2024 presidential candidacy and said he would consider pardoning those who were charged in connection with the deadly January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol if he wins the White House again. Trump’s comments came during a campaign-style rally in Texas
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mitt Romney, Republican US senator from Utah. Romney is the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1947 Birth place: Detroit, Michigan Birth name: Willard Mitt Romney Father: George W. Romney, former governor of Michigan Mother: Lenore (LaFount) Romney
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By Homero De La Fuente, CNN Following an epic weekend of games during the NFL’s divisional-round playoffs that saw all four games decided on the final play — including possibly the greatest game in NFL Playoff history — two spots will be up for grabs as four teams look to secure a ticket to next
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CNN political commentator Scott Jennings and cultural commentator C.J. Farley discuss Spotify removing Neil Young’s songs after he issued an ultimatum to the company over misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
Continue Reading By Max Foster, Vasco Cotovio and Rob Picheta, CNN Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have expressed their “concerns” to Spotify over Covid-19 misinformation on the platform, joining a growing group of personalities putting pressure on the streaming service amid a dispute about Joe Rogan’s controversial podcast. The pair first raised the issue last April and
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Arab Spring, anti-government protests that began in Tunisia in December 2010 and spread throughout the Middle East and Africa in 2011. Algeria January 4, 2011 – Protests begin, sparked by an increase in food prices. January 9, 2011 – Within the span of a week, three people
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By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A powerful winter storm has swept through northern Europe over the weekend. At least four people have been killed in Storm Malik while houses and cars were destroyed. Thousands of households were left without electricity. The storm was advancing in the Nordic region on Sunday bringing strong
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It’s been a tough start to the year for investors in big tech companies. Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation fund, a big owner of Tesla, Zoom and Roku, has plunged nearly 30%. And speculative meme stocks like GameStop and AMC have been crushed. But that’s not causing Berkshire Hathaway’s
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It’s been a tough start to the year for investors in big tech companies. Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation fund, a big owner of Tesla, Zoom and Roku, has plunged nearly 30%. And speculative meme stocks like GameStop and AMC have been crushed. But that’s not
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has signed Luis Diaz from Porto to strengthen its attacking options on the penultimate day of the January transfer window. The 25-year-old Colombia international is yet to be granted a British work permit to complete the transfer that will see Porto receive 45 million euros ($50 million) and potentially 15
Continue Reading GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Cornelia Huetter and Federica Brignone have tied for first place in a World Cup super-G in the final race before the Beijing Olympics. Brignone could only smile and shake her head in disbelief as Huetter crossed the line with exactly the same time of 1:18.19. It was a 19th World Cup
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Saturday teased a 2024 presidential candidacy and said he would consider pardoning those who were charged in connection with the deadly January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol if he wins the White House again. Trump’s comments came during a campaign-style rally in Texas
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Every 8 minutes someone dies from an accidental drug overdose. Most of the time, it’s from fentanyl.
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Laura Studley, CNN Police recovered about 100 bags of fentanyl from the bedroom of a 13-year-old who died after a presumed fentanyl exposure at his school in Hartford, Connecticut. Forty bags of fentanyl were also removed from the teen’s school, according to police. Both sets of bags were packaged the same
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio, CNN Portuguese citizens are heading to the polls this Sunday for a snap parliamentary election in which proposals to boost the country’s sluggish economy have been the dominant theme throughout the campaign. Covid-19 has also played a key role in campaign focuses — particularly as over a tenth of the country is
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United player Mason Greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault after a woman posted visual and audio allegations on social media of an incident. United said the 20-year-old forward “will not return to training or play matches until further notice.” The police did not name Greenwood but
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN More than 500 acres of California redwood forestland has been officially returned to a group of Native American tribes whose ancestors were expelled from it generations ago. The land, formerly known as Andersonia West, was purchased by San Francisco conservation group Save the Redwoods League and donated to the InterTribal Sinkyone
Continue Reading By JIM HEINTZ and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is working to ramp up diplomatic and financial pressure on Russia over Ukraine. The American ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told ABC’s “This Week” Sunday that Russia will have to answer for its troop buildup in a meeting of the
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By Jasmine Wright More than 100 influential Black women leaders thanked President Joe Biden in a letter for honoring his promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, who if confirmed, would be the first to ever sit on the bench. The letter, delivered to the White House Friday, is intended to both
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business In October 2020, the moment Trish Priest had been dreading arrived: Tab, the decades-old diet drink, was being killed off by parent company Coca-Cola. What to some was a mere news blip was a crisis for Priest. “I lived in fear of it being discontinued for years,” she said. “When
Continue Reading By Akanksha Sharma, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern has entered self-isolation until Tuesday after being deemed a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case. “The exposure event took place on Saturday 22 January during flight NZ8273 from Kerikeri to Auckland,” the New Zealand government said in a press release Saturday. The statement added
Continue Reading By JERRY HARMER Associated Press RAYONG, Thailand (AP) — Favorable wind and sea conditions are keeping an oil slick away from beaches in eastern Thailand but concerns remain that the spillage may yet strike a popular resort island. Emergency workers in protective gear are removing contaminated sand from the beach in Rayong province southeast of
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French left is running divided and weakened ahead of this year’s presidential vote in April. The main left-wing presidential candidates have rejected building any alliances with each other. An icon of the French left, Christiane Taubira, a staunch feminist and a champion of minorities, won the
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN At least four people have been released from an Ohio hospital after breathing life-threatening levels of carbon monoxide in a Hampton Inn pool area. They are among 13 people, including an unconscious 2-year-old girl, who were hospitalized in the incident Saturday night in Marysville, Ohio. Two critical patients — now stabilized
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Losing the enhanced monthly child tax credit pushed Joi Lansdowne to start toilet training her daughter Kaleasi, who recently turned 2. That way, the mom of two could save money on diapers, which run her about $100 every 10 days or so. “That is a huge expense,” said Lansdowne, 26, who
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN On paper, the change was subtle — the word “caste” appearing in parentheses after the term “race and ethnicity.” But for many advocates and student leaders, the tweak to California State University’s anti-discrimination policy that quietly went into effect on January 1 was a civil rights victory: An acknowledgment from the
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Videos from coastal New England show flooding and blizzard conditions as a nor’easter continues to pummel the region.
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN The nor’easter that dumped record snowfall in parts of the East Coast has left treacherous wind chills and thousands of people without power. “An East Coast blizzard dropped one to over 2 feet of snow along the coast. Now, cold weather will hold a grip on the Mid-Atlantic
Continue Reading By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party has won a third straight general election, returning it to power as the country prepares to deploy billions of euros (dollars) of European Union aid for the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Socialists elected at least 112 lawmakers in the 230-seat
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