By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s latest line-up of iPhones will boast better cameras, faster processors, and a longer lasting battery — all at the same prices as last year’s models, despite inflationary pressure that has driven up the cost of many other everyday items. That pricing decision, revealed Wednesday
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The United Kingdom’s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as £150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country’s finances. Liz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A Delaware judge on Wednesday denied Elon Musk’s request to delay his trial with Twitter over their $44 billion acquisition deal after a former top executive alleged the company has serious security vulnerabilities. However, Musk’s team will be allowed to add arguments based on the former executive’s whistleblower disclosure to
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urielblanco (CNN) — El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, se reunirá con el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, la próxima semana, en el marco de una cumbre en Uzbekistán. Esta reunión será el primer encuentro cara a cara entre los dos líderes, que han establecido una estrecha relación desde la invasión rusa de Ucrania a
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An early morning power outage Wednesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport caused flight delays and cancellations that continued even after electricity was restored. The airport reported it lost power shortly before 5 a.m., and soon after said flights had been stopped. The lights were back on by 8 a.m., but airport officials
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business For many years after the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve did everything in its power to lower the unemployment rate. Now, the central bank is trying to do the exact opposite. David Rubenstein, the billionaire investor and co-founder of The Carlyle Group, told CNN last week the Fed is actively
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business For many years after the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve did everything in its power to lower the unemployment rate. Now, the central bank is trying to do the exact opposite. David Rubenstein, the billionaire investor and co-founder of The Carlyle Group, told CNN last week the
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A group of prolific Iranian hackers has likely been key to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps efforts to track its domestic and foreign adversaries in recent years by targeting US government officials, Iranian dissidents and journalists, according to new research published Wednesday. The hackers have tried to break into the email
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN “Peppa Pig,” the hit cartoon show aimed at preschoolers, has introduced its first same-sex parent family in its 18-year history. The landmark moment arrived during an episode entitled “Families,” which aired on Channel 5 in the UK on Tuesday. In the short scene, Peppa’s classmate Penny Polar Bear talks about her
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An early morning power outage Wednesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport caused flight delays and cancellations that continued even after electricity was restored. The airport reported it lost power shortly before 5 a.m., and soon after said flights had been stopped. The lights were back on by 8 a.m., but airport officials
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CUPERTINO, California — Apple’s September keynote event is happening today. The company is expected to unveil its new iPhone14 lineup. The invitation features a night sky with a constellations of stars forming the Apple logo. Some think this could be a hint at huge camera upgrades. As usual, Apple is keeping details under wraps. What
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Carlos Queiroz has been rehired as Iran coach and will take the national soccer team to its third straight World Cup together. Iran will face the United States, England and Wales at the tournament in Qatar. Queiroz will coaching at his fourth World Cup after failing to lead Egypt to this
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN It’s been only a few weeks since millions of children returned to America’s schools — but the debate surrounding the teaching of gender identity and race is already at a fever pitch. Dozens of books have been pulled from shelves in Texas, new policies expanding oversight of books are being drafted
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey The trailer for “Luckiest Girl Alive” is here. Kunis, who plays the lead character from the bestselling book of the same name, says, “Ahhh-nee” — not “Annie,” when pronouncing her name in the trailer. Kunis plays a former teenager named TifAni, who always felt out of place in her old money prep
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By Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden will deliver a speech on the “Cancer Moonshot” initiative at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Monday, aiming to draw attention to his administration’s efforts to halve the cancer death rate over the next 25 years. Biden’s remarks, which will take place on
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN It appears that Kenan Thompson is going to try and get by without a little help from his friends. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Thompson said he has not asked his “SNL” costars Michael Che and Colin Jost for tips on hosting the Emmys (Che and Jost
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cada año, el 7 de septiembre en Brasil es un día de coloridos desfiles, demostraciones militares y orgullo nacional, pues el país celebra su independencia del Portugal colonial. Pero a medida que Brasil se acerca a las elecciones presidenciales en octubre de este año, el presidente Jair Bolsonaro parece estar
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new prime minister has pledged to rebuild the economy and “ride out the storm” gathering over the country, but Liz Truss faces a daunting job. She inherits an ailing economy on the brink of a potentially long recession, with record inflation that’s forecast to worsen in
Continue Reading CNN, YOUTUBE, BUTUSOV PLUS, TWITTER, @VISEGRAD24, YouTube/Butusov Plus, Twitter/@visegrad24 By Jim Sciutto and Tim Lister, CNN One week into a new counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces are making gains in the south, with the ambitious goal of taking back most of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson by the end of the year, senior US officials and Ukrainian
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government has announced a carrot-and-stick drive to cut public sector energy use by 10% this year. It’s linking compliance to funding and urging state employees to switch off lights and appliances when leaving the office. Environment and Energy Minister Costas Skrekas said Greece wants to
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Lea Michele received a warm reception in her return to Broadway. The “Glee” star’s turn as Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” earned her four standing ovations before intermission, according to Deadline. She was celebrated again at the final curtain, with Michele and co-star Tovah Feldshuh accepting bouquets of white roses. Feldshuh
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — UPS plans to hire more than 100,000 workers to help handle the holiday rush this season, about inline with the previous two years. Holiday-season volumes usually start rising in October and remain high into January. While online shopping has slowed from the height of the
Continue Reading By Jim Sciutto and Tim Lister, CNN One week into a new counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces are making gains in the south, with the ambitious goal of taking back most of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson by the end of the year, senior US officials and Ukrainian officials tell CNN. The last week has seen the
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of award-winning screen legend Sophia Loren. Personal Birth date: September 20, 1934 Birth place: Rome, Italy (grew up in Pozzuoli, outside of Naples) Birth name: Sofia Villani Scicolone Father: Riccardo Scicolone Mother: Romilda Villani Marriages: Carlo Ponti (April 9, 1966-January 10, 2007, his death; September 17,
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — El Chelsea despidió al técnico Thomas Tuchel, anunció el club de la Premier League el miércoles, un día después de perder 1-0 ante el Dinamo Zagreb en la fase de grupos de la Liga de Campeones. En un comunicado, el club dijo sobre el despido que “a medida que el nuevo
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Good morning! High pressure remains in control so rain chances remain limited. Rain chances will return this Friday and continue through the weekend. Expect hazy conditions and partly cloudy skies Wednesday along with temperatures in the 90s.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking for an independent review of some of its officers who responded to the Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde. Two of the five officers have been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the inspector general’s investigation, Texas DPS spokesman Travis Considine told ABC News. None of the officers
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — The Navy is getting ready to turn the chapter on its workhorse destroyer, the Arleigh Burke, which went into production more than 30 years ago. The Navy has awarded design contracts on a future ship that would be equipped with lasers and hypersonic missiles. The stakes
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government has presented plans for a power price cap to curb the rise in energy costs. Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Wednesday that the cap should ease costs for an average household of three by about 500 euros per year. The government will provide around 3 billion to 4 billion euros
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Emotions were high in Uvalde, Texas Tuesday as kids returned to school. It’s been just three months since 19 students and two teachers were killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary school. Now that school is not open, and it never will be again. It is permanently closed. Uvalde’s Mayor says it will be demolished.
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