By CNN staff Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open participation has provided a tumultuous backdrop to the tournament. The Serbian world No. 1 was detained in Australia last week over a visa and vaccination dispute, and on Tuesday released a lengthy statement addressing his movements in December 2020. On Sunday, the tennis star left the country after
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Pandemic price hikes didn’t let up in the last month of 2021: A key inflation gauge hit a fresh a 39-year high. The US consumer price inflation index rose 7% over the past year before seasonal adjustments, the steepest climb in prices since June 1982, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Pandemic price hikes didn’t let up in the last month of 2021: A key inflation gauge hit a fresh a 39-year high. The US consumer price inflation index rose 7% over the past year before seasonal adjustments, the steepest climb in prices since June 1982, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A government officials says a prominent Cameroon lawyer and opposition member of the senate was shot dead in the city of Bamenda in the country’s North West region. Jean Michel Nintcheu, from the Social Democratic Front political party, said its senator Henry Kemende was shot
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El índice de inflación de precios al consumidor en Estados Unidos alcanzó su mayor nivel desde junio de 1982, hace casi 40 años, con un 7% durante el año pasado, reportó este miércoles la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales. Inflación: todo lo que necesitas saber sobre este fenómeno económico Esto quiere decir que
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it used a so-called “VIP lane” to award lucrative contracts to suppliers of personal protective equipment during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Two groups brought the legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care. They
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it used a so-called “VIP lane” to award lucrative contracts to suppliers of personal protective equipment during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Two groups brought the legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care. They
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp expects Mohamed Salah to sign a new contract with the club and have the same longevity in his career as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Salah has 18 months left on his contract and has been in talks with Liverpool about an extension to his current deal.
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Brown Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — Kansas has received $72.1 million to help families pay their energy bills this winter, according to Rep. Sharice Davids’ office. The increase in energy cost assistance — a record — is due to the American Rescue Plan, which Davids was
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military organization and Russia have agreed to try to schedule more meetings, despite tensions over Moscow’s military buildup near Ukraine. Speaking Wednesday after chairing a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, Stoltenberg said that both parties had “expressed the need to dialogue
Continue ReadingBy Rex Hodge Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A proposal is on the table to allow bear hunting in some of our mountain bear sanctuaries. It’s an idea that has differing points of view. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission proposes permitted hunting this year in 3 spots
Continue ReadingBy MARY ALICE ROYSE Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Nearly seven years after the murder of Nashvillian, George David Huddleston, the three men responsible are now under indictment in the case as of Tuesday said MNPD officials. Seven years ago, George David Huddleston was fatally shot during a robbery
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By Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump is facing weak support among Republicans for his calls to depose Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and aides and allies say it’s forcing the former President to confront new limitations on his influence over the party. In the 11 months that have passed since Trump first called for the
Continue ReadingBy MARIYA MURROW Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Fire crews are working to control a carbon monoxide leak in northeast Atlanta that broke out Wednesday morning. The leak, located along Lenox Road NE, comes just days after residents were evacuated for a similar carbon monoxide leak on Sunday. Firefighters
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun and Heather Wright Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The Omicron-driven surge in COVID-19 infections is worsening the shortage of nurses at Canadian hospitals. But there are thousands of internationally trained nurses who say they can ease the strain on the health-care system if they are given
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the International Energy Agency has blamed Russia for worsening Europe’s natural gas crisis. Fatih Birol said Wednesday that high prices and low storage levels largely stem from the behavior of state-owned gas supplier Gazprom. He says Gazprom could send up to a
Continue ReadingBy Glen McGregor Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Convicted killer Luka Magnotta is taking the federal government to court to compel his transfer out of a maximum-security prison in Quebec to a medium-security facility. Magnotta is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder in the 2012 killing of Chinese
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices paid by U.S. consumer jumped 7% in December from a year earlier, the highest inflation rate since 1982 and the latest evidence that rising costs for food, gas, rent and other necessities are heightening the financial pressures on America’s households. Inflation has spiked during the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Columbia will decide the outcome of two city council races and the mayoral race in April. On Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the city clerk’s office shared the final list of candidates for the April 5 election. The candidates had until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to file their paperwork with Columbia.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El secretario general de la OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, dijo este miércoles que la reunión entre la organización y Rusia sobre la situación en Ucrania “no fue una discusión fácil”. También que “las diferencias no serán fáciles de superar”. Pero, también destacó que los aliados de la OTAN y Rusia “expresaron la necesidad de
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