By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court says Hungary broke EU law by making it a criminal offense to help migrants apply for asylum. The ruling issued Tuesday is a new legal blow to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s staunchly anti-migrant government. Worried by the arrival of asylum-seekers, Orban accused
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The stock market is booming, and despite uncertainty about the economy, Wall Street is confident it can keep pressing ahead. But as inflation surges, there’s also an undercurrent of anxiety about what the future holds. Want evidence? Just look at the recent rise in gold and the US dollar. What’s
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has welcomed a virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden as raising hopes for better relations, while the U.S. was more muted on the talks. The video conference, which took place Tuesday morning in Beijing and Monday evening in
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The supply chain crisis isn’t slowing down Walmart. America’s largest retailer and a bellwether of consumer spending reported strong sales growth during its most recent quarter. The company also raised its annual sales and profit growth, a signal that it’s expecting a strong holiday shopping stretch. Walmart on Tuesday said
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A powerful commander in Libya has announced his candidacy for the country’s presidential elections next month. Khalifa Hifter submitted his candidacy papers in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday and released a video about the decision. He commands the self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces that has
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two additional counts of rape by the Cheshire Constabulary, the Crown Prosecution Service announced on Tuesday. Mendy was previously charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault in August. The 27-year-old Manchester City player has been summoned to
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By Reuters JPMorgan Chase on Monday sued Tesla for $162.2 million, accusing Elon Musk’s electric car company of “flagrantly” breaching a contract related to stock warrants after its share price soared. According to the complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, Tesla in 2014 sold warrants to JPMorgan that would pay off if their “strike price”
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business McDonald’s Egg McMuffin is turning 50 years old, and it’s giving the breakfast sandwich a price to match. On Thursday, McDonald’s will sell the Egg McMuffin for its original price of 63 cents during breakfast hours (6 am to 10:30 am). The promotion will be offered exclusively on the McDonald’s
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s elected public advocate Jumaane Williams is running for New York governor. The self-described activist is the most progressive candidate in next year’s increasingly crowded Democratic primary race already featuring Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James. Williams is a 45-year-old former
Continue ReadingBy Christy Somos, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A U.K. company that developed a new COVID-19 vaccine intended to be delivered via a small skin patch with microneedles has been granted approval for human trials. Oxfordshire-based company “Emergex” developed a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 that is designed
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — With thousands of COVID-related scams reported during the pandemic, one Toronto lawyer is advising Canadians to do their research before buying something online, making an investment or giving out personal information. Tanya Walker, a lawyer and managing partner
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Pfizer anunció este martes que firmó un acuerdo de licencia para permitir un acceso global más amplio a su píldora experimental contra el covid-19. El acuerdo con Medicines Patent Pool, una organización de salud pública respaldada por las Naciones Unidas, permitiría a los fabricantes de genéricos hacer que la píldora
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian judicial panel says that army soldiers “shot, injured and killed” peaceful protesters demonstrating against police brutality at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos in Oct. 2020. The report calls the shootings “a massacre” and says that police also “shot at, assaulted and battered unarmed
Continue Reading By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THANASSIS STAVRAKIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Associations representing restaurants and catering businesses in Greece are holding strikes and protests across the country while demanding renewed financial relief from the government due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Normally busy restaurants, coffee shops and traditional tavernas in Athens remained
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Julio Lugo, el pelotero de origen dominicano que jugó para siete equipos de las Grandes Ligas y ganó un anillo de la Serie Mundial con los Boston Red Sox, murió a los 45 años, dijo su exequipo este lunes. En un tuit, los Red Sox ofrecieron sus condolencias a la
Continue Reading GRANDE-SYNTHE, France (AP) — French police have evacuated migrants from a makeshift camp near Dunkirk, in northern France, where at least 1,500 people had gathered in hopes of making it across the English Channel to Britain. The Prefecture of the region said more than 400 people had agreed to go to shelters. It said in
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By Rob Picheta, CNN Europe’s leaders are toughening their stances towards unvaccinated people and pursuing measures that increasingly isolate them from the rest of society, as frustration grows over stalling shot rollouts and a wave of Covid-19 infections on the continent. Germany may become the next country to impose stricter rules on those who haven’t
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By Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah, Antonia Mortensen, Katharina Krebs and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Violence erupted at the Poland-Belarus border on Tuesday, as migrants desperate to cross into the European Union threw stones at Polish border guards who responded with water cannon and tear gas. Polish and Belarusian authorities have blamed one another for the ratcheting
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart topped almost all expectations in the third quarter, an encouraging sign for the upcoming holiday shopping season already beset by snarled supply chains and rising costs. The Bentonville, Arkansas, company also raised its full-year earnings guidance and shares rose before the opening bell Tuesday.
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart topped almost all expectations in the third quarter, an encouraging sign for the upcoming holiday shopping season already beset by snarled supply chains and rising costs. The Bentonville, Arkansas, company also raised its full-year earnings guidance and shares rose before the opening bell Tuesday.
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