British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday. Here’s his statement in full. Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon. Thank you. Thank you. It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party, that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister, and I’ve agreed with Sir Graham
Continue Reading CNN’s Christiane Amanpour discusses the resignation speech of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was forced to resign by his own party after a series of scandals.
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that claims topped the 230,000 mark and the most in almost six months. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up
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153-million Americans who are Amazon Prime members have a tasty new benefit effective immediately. That’s because amazon prime members can now order food from GrubHub without a delivery fee. The offer for GrubHub Plus is good for one year as long as the delivery order is for 12 dollars or more. After the year is
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By Dana Santas, CNN If you’re suffering from low back pain or have grappled with it in the past, you’re not alone. As many as 577 million people globally experienced low back pain in 2017, a 2020 study cited by the International Association for the Study of Pain revealed. In fact, low back pain causes
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Jeremiah Harris, a former star from the Netflix series “Cheer,” has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for child sex and pornography offenses. He was charged in 2020 in a seven-count indictment. Harris reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to two charges in February. Harris admitted receiving child pornography and engaging
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El primer ministro del Reino Unido, Boris Johnson, anunció su renuncia como líder del Partido Conservador luego de una ola de dimisiones gubernamentales. “Es clara la voluntad del partido conservador parlamentario que debe haber un nuevo líder de ese partido y, por lo tanto, un nuevo primer ministro”, dijo Johnson
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson wanted to be like his hero Winston Churchill: a larger-than-life character who led Britain through a time of crisis. He was felled by crises of his own making, as a trickle of ethics allegations became a flood that engulfed his government and turned his own
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Boris Johnson was ultimately forced to resign as UK prime minister Thursday as dozens of members of his party quit the government after one ethics scandal too many. But his popularity outside parliament has also been badly dented by surging inflation and stagnation in the British economy, a cost-of-living crisis
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CNN By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Boris Johnson was ultimately forced to resign as UK prime minister Thursday as dozens of members of his party quit the government after one ethics scandal too many. But his popularity outside parliament has also been badly dented by surging inflation and stagnation in the British economy, a cost-of-living
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By Terry Ward, CNN Think of the south of France and postcard images of the lavender fields of Provence and tony spots with yachts — Nice, Cannes and St. Tropez — likely spring to mind. But look at a map of France and trace a finger down from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea and you’ll
Continue Reading By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is bracing for a heat wave, with temperatures in some areas forecast to climb as high as 43 C (109 F) this weekend just as a severe drought grips the country. The Civil Protection Agency, a Portuguese government body that coordinates official responses to emergencies,
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By Amy Woodyatt and Matt Foster, CNN Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the final night of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, last month in Budapest. The swimmer, who won a bronze medal in the women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay said she remembers “celebrating my competition,” but then came a “four-to-six hour window
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business For much of the past decade, tech companies have showered their corporate employees with money and lavish perks to attract and retain talent in a hyper-competitive industry. That dynamic only kicked into overdrive the past couple of years amid a pandemic-fueled boom for tech products and services. “The hiring …
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Cotton: it’s the touch, the feel, the fabric of our lives. It’s also in the middle of what economists are calling a “market bloodbath” and in desperate need of a “tourniquet to stop the bleeding.” Each day last week, cotton futures encountered triple-digit losses, and the December futures contract closed
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Tennis star Nick Kyrgios says ongoing allegations of assault made it “hard” to focus on his quarterfinal match at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The Australian, who beat Chile’s Cristian Garín in straight sets to reach the semifinals, has been summoned to court next month in Canberra after allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive is warning that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural disasters like droughts and wildfires because of increasing climate change. EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic says that “the present drought in Europe could become the worst ever.” Extremely dry weather is hitting
Continue Reading By HAL M. BUNDRICK of NerdWallet A movement is growing to shorten the workweek, but trade-offs and barriers should be considered. A four-day workweek can be challenging, for example, if most everyone else is still working on that fifth day and you’re getting emails and messages as usual. Widespread adoption may depend on companies believing
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Thursday approved a major package of reforms aimed at boosting the production of renewable power, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that the country has for too long relied on energy supplies from Russia. The government unveiled its 600-page “Easter package” in April, less than
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has raised key interest rates to 14.50% and 15.50% to try to contain inflation that has worsened the country’s economic woes. Price hikes have been a severe blow, especially for the poorest, during the country’s worst economic crisis in memory. The
Continue Reading ANTONIO CALANNI and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GENOA, Italy (AP) — Fifty-nine people are on trial in Italy for the 2018 collapse of Genoa’s Morandi bridge. The defendants in the trial that started Thursday are accused of manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of 43 people. The defendants include former executives and experts of
Continue Reading Former Conservative MP Rory Stewart discusses with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour why British Prime Minister Boris Johnson must step down from his post.
Continue Reading By Richard Allen Greene, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation on Thursday following mounting pressure from lawmakers in his own party to stand down. Under the UK political system, between elections, only Conservative members of Parliament have the ability to remove a sitting Conservative Prime Minister. So, what happens to the UK
Continue Reading British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to resign as Conservative Party leader. CNN’s Max Foster speaks to Financial Times commentator Quentin Peel about the implications.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is giving nearly $1 billion to 85 airports to expand and upgrade terminals and other facilities, using money approved in last year’s huge infrastructure bill. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the projects will help meet future demand for travel and make flying safer and more efficient. “I don’t think
Continue Reading British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to resign as Conservative Party leader. CNN’s Max Foster speaks to Financial Times commentator Quentin Peel about the implications.
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats want to boost taxes on some high earners and use the money to extend the solvency of Medicare, the latest step in the party’s election-year attempt to craft a scaled-back version of the economic package that collapsed last year, Democratic aides told The Associated Press.
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business After a miserable couple of months in China, Tesla posted a sharp rebound in sales in June in its most important international market. The surge came as the world’s second largest economy began easing Covid-related restrictions after months of lockdowns in major cities, and as it makes efforts to boost
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Singapore on Thursday executed two men for drug trafficking, ignoring pleas for mercy from human rights campaigners who fear “a new wave” of hangings in the Asian city state notorious for its strict drugs laws. Singaporean Norasharee bin Gous, 48, and Malaysian national Kalwant Singh, 31, had their capital sentences carried
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN The last remaining Muslim lawmaker in India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has resigned, leaving the party without a single representative from the minority community among its 395 members of parliament. Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigned on Wednesday, one day before his term was expected to
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