By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor says Russia’s attack on Ukraine will cause western nations to stop buying Russian coal, oil and gas. Fossil fuel sales are an important source of income for Russia. Vice chancellor Robert Habeck said Thursday the crisis will strengthen the case for customers of Russian
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Russia. The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-ninth of the earth’s land area. About Russia (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 17 million sq km (1.8 times the size of the United States) Population: 142,021,981 (2022 est.) Median age: 40.3 years Capital:
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Markets shuddered worldwide Thursday and swung sharply after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatened to push the high inflation squeezing the global economy even higher. Initially, stocks tumbled as fear coursed through markets and prices surged for oil, wheat and other commodities on worries the conflict
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv Nota del editor: Camilo Egaña es el conductor de Camilo. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son exclusivas del autor. (CNN Español) — ¿Se acuerdan del patriota Donald Trump? ¿El hombre que repetía como un loro “¿Estados Unidos primero, Estados Unidos primero”? Aquel sujeto que gobernó con la promesa de hacer grande de
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge is refusing to get involved in a spat between a lawyer for Tesla CEO Elon Musk and U.S. securities regulators, at least for now. In an order issued Thursday, District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan denied two requests from Musk attorney Alex Spiro and told him he could file
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II. He was formally invested as Monaco’s ruler on July 12, 2005, following the death of his father, Prince Rainier. Personal Birth date: March 14, 1958 Birth place: Monte Carlo, Monaco Birth name: Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi, His Serene
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By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge has granted Marshall a temporary restraining order against Conference USA after the league filed a request for arbitration in the school’s bid to expedite an early move to the Sun Belt. The order prohibits Conference USA from proceeding with arbitration. A judge set
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By Tierney Sneed, Ariane de Vogue, Katelyn Polantz and Jeff Zeleny, CNN With only a few days left in February, court watchers are trying to read tea leaves as to the identity of President Joe Biden’s pick for the Supreme Court before his end-of-the-month deadline — and a federal court on Thursday increased the buzz
Continue Reading By MICHAEL CASEY and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has concluded that more than 80% of the billions of dollars in federal rental assistance during the pandemic went to low-income tenants. Treasury also finds that the largest percentage of tenants receiving pandemic aid were Black households and that many
Continue ReadingBy Shardaa Gray Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Imagine being told you could go to college, without having to worry about paying for tuition, books, room and board. That dream came true for students at Morgan Park High School. It’s all thanks to a nonprofit surprising thousands of Chicago high
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, rechazó las acusaciones de Rusia de que los ucranianos son neonazis y odian la cultura rusa. “Se dice que somos nazis. ¿Cómo puede apoyar el nazismo una nación que entregó 8 millones de vidas para combatirlo? ¿Cómo puedo ser un nazi? Que se lo digan a
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By Sonia Moghe and Amir Vera, CNN One of the seated jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial may have lied on a jury questionnaire form, according to a newly unsealed copy of the form. Jurors were explicitly asked on jury questionnaire forms if they had been sexually abused and, if so, would it impact
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled harsh new sanctions on Russia meant to punish the country for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin for his aggression even as he acknowledged it would take time for the new measures to alter Putin’s behavior. “Putin is the aggressor.
Continue ReadingBy Tim McNicholas Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Eight Portage Park neighborhood businesses have been hit by the same frustrating surprise – graffiti on their windows. But the owners of the businesses were pleasantly surprised at how quickly the city removed the ugly mess. CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas took us
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Stacker investigated the highest NFL draft picks from the Missouri Tigers using data from Pro Football Reference.
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Smoke could be seen pouring from units at Cosmo Self Storage on Creasy Springs Road from several blocks away.
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By Gul Tuysuz and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Russian forces have seized control of the Chernobyl power plant in northern Ukraine, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, and are holding staff hostage, according to Ukrainian officials. Troops overran the plant on the first day of Russia’s multi-pronged invasion of Ukraine, a spokesperson for the
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By Jack Guy, CNN Researchers have used genetics to create the largest human family tree ever made, allowing individuals to find out who their distant ancestors were and where they lived, as well as exactly how they are related to everyone alive today. The research, carried out by scientists from the University of Oxford’s Big
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Tras meses de tensión y escalada entre Rusia y Ucrania, con más de 150.000 soldados dotados de vehículos blindados desplegados en la frontera y reportes de intercambios de fuego entre ucranianos y rebeldes prorrusos en la región de Donbás, Moscú finalmente desafió los pronósticos e invadió: el 24 de febrero
Continue Reading RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State has reached a new contract agreement with football coach Dave Doeren that runs through 2026 and pays $5 million per year. The school also announced new deals for all 10 assistant coaches. It follows the Wolfpack’s 9-3 season, marking the fourth time in five seasons the program won
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