Ex-NBC exec Turness named CEO for BBC news, current affairs
LONDON (AP) — The BBC has appointed British journalist Deborah Turness as its new chief executive for news and current affairs. Turness comes to…
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Taco Bell is selling a $10 monthly taco subscription
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell is rolling out what’s arguably the tastiest subscription service yet: daily tacos. For $10 a month,…
Continue Reading France fines Google, Facebook millions over tracking consent
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — French regulators have fined Google and Facebook a total of more than 200 million euros for not…
Continue Reading What it was like to be in the courtroom for Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud trial
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Inside the San Jose federal courtroom, I shifted my body forward and from side to side trying to watch…
Continue Reading Scholz’s party wants vaccine mandate decision this quarter
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest governing party says it aims for a final decision by the end of March on the introduction of a universal vaccine…
Continue Reading Leadership change at struggling Man United with new CEO
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Manchester United has appointed a new chief executive in the latest step by the fallen English…
Continue Reading America calls out sick
By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Montclair Bread Co. closed last weekend after a quarter of the staff tested positive…
Continue Reading Hackers hit major Portuguese media group, take down websites
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — One of Portugal’s leading media conglomerates says a group calling itself “Lapsus$” hacked the company’s online…
Continue Reading China lashes out at US over support for Lithuania
BEIJING (AP) — China has lashed out at the United States over its support for the European nation of Lithuania in its feud with Beijing over…
Continue Reading Stance on Russia, China a test for new German government
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Germany has found itself facing a series of challenges in its relations with Russia and China…
Continue Reading Dozens of protesters, 12 police dead in Kazakhstan protests
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities say security forces have killed dozens of protesters and 12 police have died during…
Continue Reading Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urges more tax cuts to boost China’s slowing economy
By Laura He, CNN Business A top Chinese official this week called for more tax cuts as the world’s second largest economy contends with fallout…
Continue Reading Global stocks drop after a rough day on Wall Street
By Michelle Toh and Charles Riley, CNN Business Global stock markets retreated Thursday after the Federal Reserve sparked a major sell-off on Wall…
Continue Reading China plans space station completion, many launches in 2022
BEIJING (AP) — China has recommitted itself to completing its orbiting space station by the end of the year and says it is planning more than 40…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What’s behind unrest rocking oil-rich Kazakhstan
MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan is experiencing the fiercest street protests since the oil-rich Central Asian nation gained independence three decades…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly higher after tech-led decline on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets are mostly higher after more declines in big technology stocks pulled major…
Continue Reading Spike in California virus cases hitting hospitals, schools
By BRIAN MELLEY and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is struggling to staff hospitals and classrooms as a spike in…
Continue Reading Texas day care gets reprieve after drilling plan is rejected
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press Parents who send their children to a day care center in Arlington, Texas, will be able to…
Continue Reading Fourteen recommended reads about January 6 and ‘what will likely come next’
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading Conspiracy, deflection, and mockery: How right-wing media is marking the January 6 anniversary
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business On the one-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, some of the most powerful forces in right-wing media…
Continue Reading Mystery solved? Man arrested in thefts of unpublished books
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say they’ve solved a publishing industry whodunit with the arrest of a man accused…
Continue Reading Gig driver mauled by K-9 after missing car rental payments
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A gig driver badly mauled by a police dog in 2020 after missing car rental payments is suing the San Francisco Bay Area city…
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Texas natural gas production dropped during recent cold front, reviving concerns about electric grid
During Texas’ first strong cold front of the winter this past weekend, natural gas production in the state’s top energy-producing region dropped…
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Recreational cannabis is coming to Las Cruces; residents and retailers have questions
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces city council chamber was filled with around 75 people, and another 80 were watching through a Zoom…
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Uber rider refunded $600 bill after interstate shutdown
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Richmond man has been refunded the $600 he was charged for an Uber ride that became trapped with hundreds of others on an…
Continue Reading Ryan Seacrest still king of New Year’s Eve television
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rockin’ Ryan Seacrest is still the king of New Year’s Eve television, no matter what…
Continue Reading Cuban women push to join business opening, cite obstacles
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba was an early leader in recognizing women’s rights and equality after Fidel Castro’s…
Continue Reading Former New Mexico spaceport CFO alleges fraud, retaliation
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The former chief financial officer for the New Mexico Spaceport Authority has…
Continue Reading Texas day care gets reprieve after drilling plan is rejected
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press Parents who send their children to a day care center in Arlington, Texas, will be able to…
Continue Reading Stocks slide as Federal Reserve confirms its foot is on the stimulus brakes
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street ended Wednesday’s session sharply lower, as investors dealt with Omicron headlines as well as the…
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