By Julia Buckley, CNN Bolmen: your toilet brush. Toftan: your trash can. Misterhult: your bamboo lamp. Those exotic-sounding names that IKEA gives your household products are familiar words to Swedish speakers — often, they’re named after famous destinations. And now, the Swedish tourist board is reclaiming those names in a new marketing campaign, designed to
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business As many as four million European gig economy workers could become employees if new draft EU legislation becomes law. The European Commission proposed new rules for “digital platforms” on Thursday that could force ride-hailing and delivery firms such as Uber and Deliveroo to reclassify their contracted drivers as employees. The
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By KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Negotiations between Iran and world powers aimed at salvaging a tattered 2015 nuclear deal have resumed in Vienna after a few days’ pause. A meeting of all the deal’s remaining signatories — Iran, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — was being chaired on Thursday by European
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LONDON (AP) — The NFL has named former soccer executive Alexander Steinforth to head its operations in Germany as it prepares to hold a regular-season game there as early as next year. The NFL says Steinforth will start work early next year after moving from the commercial arm of Germany’s governing body for Olympic sports.
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of Indian farmers have suspended a year-long protest after the government withdrew contentious farm laws and set up a committee to consider their other demands, including guaranteed prices for key crops and the withdrawal of criminal cases against the protesters. Farmers started removing their tents
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By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of Indian farmers have suspended a year-long protest after the government withdrew contentious farm laws and set up a committee to consider their other demands, including guaranteed prices for key crops and the withdrawal of criminal cases against the protesters. Farmers started removing their tents
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Italy’s anti-trust authority has fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros, accusing the company of exploiting its dominant position against independent sellers on its website in violation of European Union competition rules. Thursday’s fine is one of the largest leveraged in Europe against the online retail giant, which expanded in particular in Italy during
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Italy’s anti-trust authority has fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros, accusing the company of exploiting its dominant position against independent sellers on its website in violation of European Union competition rules. Thursday’s fine is one of the largest leveraged in Europe against the online retail giant, which expanded in particular in Italy during
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By Sebastian Shukla, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson have announced the birth of a “healthy baby girl,” according to the UK’s Press Association. The baby was born on Thursday morning at a London hospital. The Johnsons had announced in July that they were expecting a second child in December.
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Un asombroso total de 293 periodistas fueron encarcelados en 2021, según un censo anual del Comité para la Protección de los Periodistas (CPJ por sus siglas en inglés). Esa cifra es superior a los 280 periodistas detenidos en 2020 y es el número más alto que el CPJ haya
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s National Security Advisor has tweeted that the last round of technical talks with the U.S.-led coalition has ended, signaling a new phase in US involvement in the fight against the Islamic State. Qassim al-Araji has said the last round of talks will formally end the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Sam Kerr took matters into her own hands when a man holding a cellphone entered the field and held up play during a big Women’s Champions League match. The Chelsea striker walked near to the man as he was finally being ushered back off the field and then knocked him to the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his wife Carrie has given birth to a baby girl. It says the healthy baby, the couple’s second child together, was born in a London hospital early Thursday. The baby is a sister for Wilfred, who was born in April 2020. Boris Johnson,
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Justice Ministry says it is closing an investigation into two police officers who shot dead a Palestinian assailant as he lay on the ground. For its decision Thursday, the ministry accepted the officers’ assertion that they acted in self-defense. A Palestinian attacker last week
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to urge participants at the first White House Summit for Democracy to reverse an ongoing “recession” of democracy. The two-day virtual summit has already drawn backlash from some of the United States’ adversaries and nations that weren’t invited. Ambassadors to
Continue Reading LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig has hired former Schalke and Spartak Moscow coach Domenico Tedesco to replace American coach Jesse Marsch. The 36-year-old German hasn’t coached in the Bundesliga since he was fired by Schalke in March 2019 after a 7-0 loss to Manchester City in the Champions League. Schalke was relegated the season after
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank governor says financial markets can cope with the impact of a real estate developer that is struggling to avoid defaulting on $310 billion in debt. Yi Gang’s comments to a Hong Kong seminar added to indications Beijing has no plans to bail out
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank governor says financial markets can cope with the impact of a real estate developer that is struggling to avoid defaulting on $310 billion in debt. Yi Gang’s comments to a Hong Kong seminar added to indications Beijing has no plans to bail out
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Nueva Zelandia planea prohibir la venta de tabaco a próximas generaciones para que nunca puedan comprarlo legalmente en el país. Según la nueva legislación propuesta, la edad legal de 18 años para comprar tabaco se elevará progresivamente, dijo la ministra adjunta de Salud, la Dra. Ayesha Verrall, en una conferencia de prensa
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A new European Union plan to improve conditions for the growing number of gig economy workers could mean millions more of them are classified as employees entitled to benefits. It’s the latest setback for digital platforms that rely on independent contractors to deliver food and offer
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