By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The Kansas City Royals exercised their club option on Mike Matheny for the 2023 season. The move eliminates any uncertainty over whether their manager will remain with the club after the coming season. Matheny is entering his third season with the Royals, which includes the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season and
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urielblanco (CNN) — El lanzamiento de un misil balístico intercontinental (ICBM) por parte de Corea del Norte la semana pasada, del que se dijo que era el más formidable hasta la fecha, puede haber sido un arma menos avanzada de lo que se creía, según un funcionario militar surcoreano. El funcionario, que habló bajo condición
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Former Disney CEO Bob Iger is breaking from his successor on Florida’s recently passed “Don’t Say Gay” law. Bob Chapek, Iger’s successor, initially opted not to speak out against the controversial law. But corporate executives should voice their opinions about ethical dilemmas, Iger recently told CNN+ host Chris Wallace. “A
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The United States has received a boost for the World Cup draw and Canada has taken a hit in the updated FIFA rankings. The Americans will be in Pot 2 after being ranked 15th in the world. Canada won the North American qualifying group and
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — On the eve of the World Cup draw, Qatar’s chief organizer says “nobody accepts any sort of suffering” that his country has tried to prevent with changes to labor laws. Hassan Al-Thawadi’s responses do not always placate those aghast at the suffering of migrant
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s independent vaccination advisory panel is recommending a booster shot with a messenger RNA vaccine for people who have had a full course of four Chinese, Indian and Russian COVID-19 vaccines that aren’t currently approved for use in the European Union. In a draft recommendation Thursday, the panel, known by its German
Continue Reading SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame freshman guard Blake Wesley has announced he’s entering the NBA draft. The 6-foot-5 guard who averaged a team-leading 14.4 points for his hometown Fighting Irish tweeted his intention. Wesley was an Indiana All-Star at Riley High School and Notre Dame’s first South Bend public school basketball prospect since
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bruce Willis and his family shared some personal news this week and his daughter Scout felt the supportive response. On Wednesday, his family announced that Willis is stepping away from his career because he has aphasia, which is affecting his cognitive abilities. Aphasia hinders a person’s ability to communicate, making
Continue Reading Bruce Willis is stepping back from acting due to a brain disorder called aphasia, which his family announced is “impacting his cognitive abilities.” Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains what aphasia is and if it’s treatable. 5 Things with Kate Bolduan is available on CNN+ — CNN’s new streaming service.
Continue Reading DOHA, Qatar (AP) — World Cup seedings for this year’s tournament in Qatar.
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egypt and Norway have signed an agreement for several projects to enhance their cooperation in developing renewable energy. Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said at a Thursday press briefing in Cairo that Norway’s leading clean energy producer had signed several agreements with the Egyptian government. Shortly before the briefing, Egypt’s Prime Minister
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have moved to the brink of clinching a scaled-back bipartisan compromise to provide a fresh $10 billion to combat COVID-19. That could set up final congressional approval next week. The price tag was a reduction from an earlier $15.6 billion compromise that fell apart weeks ago
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By Katia Hetter, CNN As the United States navigates a third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, cases are rising modestly in the Northeast, Philadelphia has reinstituted an indoor mask mandate and some colleges are requiring masks during the final days of the spring semester. People in the US won’t face a shutdown like the one
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN On Tuesday, the US Food and Drug Administration expanded its authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. Now, adults ages 50 and older are able to get a second booster if at least four months have passed since their first one. Within hours, the US Centers for Disease Control and
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants are raising menu prices as wages grow and inflation hits ingredients and packaging. But they still want customers to feel like they’re getting a good deal. That’s a tricky proposal, especially for fast food, fast casual and casual dining restaurants — places where low prices are part of the
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked Belgian lawmakers for more help in the war against Russia and took aim at the continued import of Russian diamonds to the Belgian port of Antwerp. Speaking in a video address to the Belgian parliament on Thursday, he also repeated calls for the implementation
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates rose again this week as the conflict in Ukraine and rising inflation continued to weigh on the US economy. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.67% in the week ending March 31, up from 4.42% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. Rates climbed in the face of rising
Continue Reading By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russian technology workers are fleeing the country by the tens of thousands as the economy goes into a tailspin under pressure from international sanctions. For some countries, Russia’s loss is seen as their potential gain. An elite pool of high-tech exiles furnished with European Union visas
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By Gabby Orr, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence has debuted a new conservative policy platform that aims to give Republicans a road map as they campaign for reelection this fall — but it could also become his own platform should he run for president in 2024. Pence’s “Freedom Agenda,” unveiled Thursday, features policy proposals
Continue Reading DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund faces an anxious wait to see if top scorer Erling Haaland will be fit to face Leipzig on Saturday after the Norway forward returned from international duty with a foot injury. Dortmund coach Marco Rose says “the foot is big, swollen, blue. We’re working on it but there’s a
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Devotees of all things Westeros, our long night of pining after the new “Game of Thrones” series is nearly over — “House of the Dragon” is finally hatching this summer. The highly anticipated prequel to HBO’s fantasy megahit will premiere August 21, the network announced this week, after months of teasing
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral. Among the changes are updates to scanners used for screening and the use for the first time of an “X” for travelers going through Precheck who do not identify as male or female. Transportation Security Administration officers will also receive
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Deeply personal in a way that should resonate with anyone who lived through the era (and maybe few others), Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood” captures the infinite possibilities the space program conjured and the quirks associated with growing up in the 1960s, though not really in
Continue Reading Rick Damigella and Victor Lucas delve into the ‘living vampire’ character played in the new movie by Jared Leto.
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN As Marvel movies go, “Morbius” is more a sip than a gulp, a relatively small-boned Jekyll-and-Hyde tale that moves another Spider-Man villain into the spotlight. Significantly better than “Venom” but still somewhat lacking in bite, this origin story perhaps inevitably grows more pallid toward the end but until then proves
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CHIPLEY, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s office: 2 killed, 2 injured by tornado that touched down in western Florida Panhandle.
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Machine Gun Kelly has shared his experience hanging out with Taylor Hawkins days before the Foo Fighters drummer tragically passed. Hawkins died while on tour in South America with the band. He was 50. Kelly told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show that he and his band were on the
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN Business) — El aluvión de sanciones impuestas por Occidente tras la invasión rusa de Ucrania diezmó el rublo. Pero un mes después de que rodaran los tanques, la moneda se ha recuperado por completo y ahora cotiza a niveles anteriores a la guerra. ¿Cómo es posible? El Banco Central de
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN US citizens will have the option to select “X” when identifying their gender on US passport applications starting in April and on other documents, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. “Starting on April 11, US citizens will be able to select an X as their gender marker on their US
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the country’s natural gas must be paid for with rubles, a demand apparently intended to help bolster the Russian currency but one that European leaders say they will not comply with because it violates the terms of
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