THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands has announced her retirement, bringing to an end a career that saw her compete at four Summer Games and win multiple world titles. The 31-year-old Kromowidjojo said in a message posted on Instagram “After 16 years of top sport my professional
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry and Secretary of State Tony Blinken hosted their first major international climate meeting of the year on Thursday, attended by the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. The Major Economies Forum focused on next steps following November’s UN climate summit in Glasgow. Blinken opened the meeting by
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By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tata Sons, India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, has regained ownership of the country’s debt-laden national carrier Air India. Tata launched Air India in 1932 and it was taken over by the government in 1953. Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — For journalists covering the Beijing Winter Olympics, China’s strict pandemic measures are creating a surreal and somewhat frustrating experience. China requires electronic confirmation of the health status of those participating in or covering the Games. That kept Associated Press photo editor Yirmiyan Arthur on edge during her journey from New Delhi to
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By Amir Vera and Taylor Romine, CNN Buffalo Bills fans — known as Bills Mafia — are typically the ones making donations after a game, but after the Bills lost 42-36 to the Kansas City Chiefs in an epic AFC divisional round Sunday, Chiefs fans decided to step up to the plate. Chiefs fans began
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Taylor Romine, CNN Buffalo Bills fans — known as Bills Mafia — are typically the ones making donations after a game, but after the Bills lost 42-36 to the Kansas City Chiefs in an epic AFC divisional round Sunday, Chiefs fans decided to step up to the plate. Chiefs fans began
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Lo último que necesita un Estados Unidos internamente distanciado es una batalla de confirmación de la Corte Suprema alienante. Pero eso es lo que se avecina tras la decisión del juez Stephen Breyer de retirarse. La primera elección del presidente Joe Biden para la Corte supondrá un momento prometedor para
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says it’s launched action against China at world trade’s governing body for discriminatory practices against Lithuania. The bloc says Beijing’s spat with the Baltic country is hitting other EU exports. Lithuania broke with diplomatic custom by agreeing that the Taiwanese office
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the European Union has earmarked 657 million euros ($736 million) for the construction of a a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable linking the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece. Energy Minister Natasa Pilides told reporters on Thursday the funding is Cyprus’ largest-ever investment as well as the
Continue Reading By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is vowing to help to stem a rising U.S. epidemic of car fatalities. Buttigieg is pushing a broad-based government strategy released Thursday aimed at limiting the speed of cars, redesigning roads to better protect bicyclists and pedestrians and boosting car safety features such
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ash Barty ended a long drought by reaching the Australian Open final with a 6-1, 6-3 win over unseeded Madison Keys. She still has one to go. Barty is the first Australian woman to reach the singles final of her home Grand Slam tournament since
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Formula One has signed a seven-year contract extension with the Singapore Grand Prix. F1 says that a deal to continue racing at the Marina Bay street circuit until 2028 was agreed with the Singapore GP and Singapore’s tourism board. Singapore held F1’s first night race in 2008 and the venue has proved
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By George Ramsay, CNN Gianni Infantino, the president of football’s global governing body FIFA, has said his remarks about a biennial World Cup and bringing “hope” to refugees crossing the Mediterranean have been “misinterpreted.” Speaking in an address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Wednesday, Infantino spent the final part
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer can come across as a bookish government man, captivated by the nitty-gritty of regulations and convinced that Washington, on the whole, works. Ensconced in chambers lined with shelves of antique books on philosophy inherited from an uncle and strewn with
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By Katharina Krebs, Radina Gigova and Tara John, CNN Five people were shot dead and another five injured when a Ukrainian soldier opened fire at a military plant, the country’s interior ministry said Thursday. A Ukrainian National Guard service-member was detained following the attack, which left four soldiers and a worker dead at a state-owned
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pressing the reset button on his game worked for Collin Morikawa for the majority of his first round at the Dubai Desert Classic. The 24-year-old Californian birdied seven of his first 11 holes after starting at No. 10 and was leading on 7 under after 14 holes at Emirates
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures have sunk after the Federal Reserve indicated it will raise interest rates soon to cool inflation. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Market benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul fell more than 3%. The U.S. central bank said it “expects it
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los negociadores rusos y ucranianos acordaron que un alto el fuego permanente en el este de Ucrania debe ser observado “incondicionalmente” después de las conversaciones de horas en París este miércoles. El anuncio se produjo después de una reunión en el Palacio del Elíseo del llamado Formato de Normandía –una
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The French-Japanese auto alliance of Renault and Nissan plans to invest 23 billion euros ($26 billion) in electric vehicle technology over the next five years. The companies say their alliance, which also includes smaller Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors, will share research, auto parts and technology to
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A regulatory body in Dubai is seeking to fine the Pakistani-born founder of Abraaj Group a staggering penalty of $135.5 million. The now defunct Mideast private-equity firm’s founder and CEO, currently in Britain, is accused of fraud and misleading investors, including in the U.S.
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