BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — World Cup-winning France defender Samuel Umtiti will prepare for this year’s tournament in Italy instead of Barcelona after moving on loan to Lecce. Barcelona says the newly promoted Serie A club has taken Umtiti for one season with no option to buy. The loan deal is the latest move by Barcelona
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By Ben Morse and Matt Foster, CNN A Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) football match in Lviv was halted four times on Wednesday as a result of multiple air raid sirens at Skif Stadium in Lviv, according to the UPL. Air raid sirens are one of the many safety measures implemented by the league in an
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CNN By Chandelis Duster, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his plan to address student loan debt, which includes debt forgiveness for certain borrowers and extending the pandemic-related payment pause. The Biden administration has already canceled nearly $32 billion of the $1.6 trillion in outstanding federal student debt by expanding existing forgiveness programs for
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By THALIA BEATY Associated Press LANCASTER, Ca. (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. The unrestricted gift, announced Thursday, provides $15 million to the organization’s national headquarters
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — The jersey Diego Maradona wore in the 1986 World Cup final is back in Argentine hands thanks to German great Lothar Matthäus. Matthäus swapped jerseys with Maradona at halftime of the final won by Argentina in México. He returned the historic apparel at a ceremony at the Argentina Embassy in Madrid. The
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business An explosive whistleblower disclosure by Twitter’s former head of security this week exposes the company to new federal investigations and potentially billions of dollars in fines, tougher regulatory obligations or other penalties from the US government, according to legal experts and former federal officials. Twitter faces tremendous legal risks stemming
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald and Carolyn Manno, CNN Nobody quite knows why pickleball is called pickleball. Some stories say that it was named after the founders’ family dog, Pickles, who kept running off with the ball. Others that Pickles was born two years after the game’s inception and that the name is instead a reference to
Continue Reading CNN By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Two counties in the crucial swing state of Nevada have appointed officials who have cast doubts about the 2020 election to oversee their elections this fall — raising alarms among voting rights advocates less than three months before Election Day. In Northern Nevada, commissioners in Storey County, a rural county
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis says it plans to spin off its generics subsidiary Sandoz, which generated nearly $10 billion in revenue last year. The Basel-based powerhouse said Thursday that it wants to focus on its core innovation business built around therapeutics and technology such as gene and cell therapy. Sandoz was one
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN An elementary student in Georgia has tested positive for monkeypox, raising questions about how concerned schools should be about the small risk of the virus spreading among children as they head back to class. Monkeypox risk is low for school-age children. As of Thursday, more than 16,000 people in the United
Continue Reading CNN By Laura He, CNN Business China has unveiled 19 new measures to shore up its economy and “secure drinking water” supply as the country continues to struggle with its worst heatwave in 60 years and rigid Covld lockdowns. The new measures announced by China’s cabinet on Wednesday amount to more than 1 trillion yuan
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By Laura He, CNN Business China has unveiled 19 new measures to shore up its economy and “secure drinking water” supply as the country continues to struggle with its worst heatwave in 60 years and rigid Covld lockdowns. The new measures announced by China’s cabinet on Wednesday amount to more than 1 trillion yuan ($146
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at kick-starting the implementation process of the sweeping $280 billion law to boost US domestic chip-making and scientific research, according to a copy of the order obtained by CNN. Biden signed the order just two weeks after signing the law known
Continue Reading By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Two counties in the crucial swing state of Nevada have appointed officials who have cast doubts about the 2020 election to oversee their elections this fall — raising alarms among voting rights advocates less than three months before Election Day. In Northern Nevada, commissioners in Storey County, a rural county of
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has signed a $2.25 billion contract with a Russian state-run nuclear energy company to provide components and construct turbine buildings for Egypt’s first nuclear power plant. The South Koreans hailed the deal as a triumph for their nuclear power industry, although it made
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy will headline a new, Monday night golf competition set to launch in January 2024. The TGL has been formed in partnership with the PGA Tour and aims to attract a younger audience to golf through technology and custom-built arenas. Competitions will feature six teams of three
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will grant visas to those holding tickets to the World Cup in neighboring Qatar. The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Wednesday those registered for Qatar’s Hayya fan card will be able to apply for multiple-entry visas the kingdom 10 days before the tournament starts.
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will grant visas to those holding tickets to the World Cup in neighboring Qatar. The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Wednesday those registered for Qatar’s Hayya fan card will be able to apply for multiple-entry visas the kingdom 10 days before the tournament starts.
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Former Seattle Seahawks linebacker Shaquem Griffin — who the NFL called “a true inspiration” — officially announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday. Griffin is the only one-handed player in NFL history, having lost his left hand at the age of four due to a prenatal condition, according to
Continue Reading olivertapia Londres (CNN Business) — Cuando el presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, lanzó su invasión no provocada de Ucrania a finales de febrero, los inversionistas se sorprendieron tanto como el resto del mundo. Se apresuraron a digerir las consecuencias, ya que la guerra interrumpió las cadenas de suministro y desencadenó sanciones occidentales sin precedentes, tensando una
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Tesla’s stock price is set to drop at the opening bell Thursday, but not because of anything Elon Musk tweeted about demand for electric vehicles, ‘full self-driving’ features, SpaceX updates, silly memes or his legal battle with Twitter. The electric car company completed a 3-for-1 stock split after
Continue Reading olivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — El plan de préstamos estudiantiles del presidente Joe Biden es un posible cambio de juego para los estadounidenses que se ahogan en deudas. Y, sin embargo, es probable que el impacto en la economía en general sea tan pequeño que resulte difícil de medir. Biden anunció el miércoles que
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By Angus Watson, Xiaofei Xu and Niamh Kennedy, CNN The United Kingdom’s former ambassador to Myanmar has been charged with immigration offenses by the country’s military junta, it said in a statement Thursday, after she and her husband were taken into custody the night before. Myanmar authorities alleged the address Vicky Bowman had registered to
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Continue Reading FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp says he has turned down an offer from Manchester United to stay with the German club. United had reportedly offered a four-year deal to the 32-year-old Trapp. Trapp says on Instagram, “Yesterday I told the representatives of both clubs that I decided for Eintracht. I’ve experienced
Continue Reading CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN The Chinese metropolis of Chongqing has rolled out mass Covid testing in its central area amid a record heat wave, leaving millions of residents standing under the sun for hours as they struggle with extreme temperatures and power shortages. Stringent zero-Covid measures enacted by the southwestern mega city to contain
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN The next steps in the legal fight to bring more transparency into the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home will largely take place in secret. In the coming days, US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart — who approved the warrant the FBI used to search Mar-a-Lago earlier this month
Continue Reading CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN The next steps in the legal fight to bring more transparency into the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home will largely take place in secret. In the coming days, US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart — who approved the warrant the FBI used to search Mar-a-Lago earlier this
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A cost-of-living crisis in Britain is about to get worse. Millions of people will pay about 80% more a year on their household energy bills starting in October. The U.K. energy regulator on Friday announced the latest price cap, which is the maximum amount that gas suppliers
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Americans owed an astounding $1.58 trillion in student loan debt at the end of 2021. Stacker looks at the situation state-by-state.
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