By Heather Wright and Ben Cousins Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — In several acts of defiance, Ukrainian couples have decided to tie the knot, despite the incredibly stressful Russian invasion in their country. Lesia Fylymonova and Valerii Filimonov recently walked down the aisle near a checkpoint in Kyiv. She
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business At its first product event of the year on Tuesday, Apple unveiled an upgraded iPad Air, a new desktop computer and a powerful new Mac chip. But the standout product was a new budget iPhone with access to 5G networks. Apple’s new iPhone SE, only the third version since
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Google is fortifying its cloud services with a $5.4 billion acquisition of cyber security firm Mandiant, the companies announced Tuesday. Google, a subsidiary of Mountain View, California-based Alphabet Inc., will pay $23 per Mandiant share in all-cash deal expected to close later this year.
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Kayla Harrison is headed back to the PFL. Harrison is a two-time $1 million prize champion in the Professional Fighters League lightweight championship. She signed a multi-year deal with the company she’s called home since 2018. The 31-year-old Harrison had been courted by MMA promotions Bellator and UFC, and
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business Stagflation strikes fear into the hearts of economists — and policymakers —the world over. Europe could be headed for something even worse. Western sanctions imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have caused global energy prices to spike and consumer confidence to plummet in Europe. Russia is being cut off from
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By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Natasha Bertrand, MJ Lee and Kylie Atwood, CNN President Joe Biden’s urgent global search for help shutting off Russia’s oil revenues is leading, in some instances, to regimes he once sought to isolate or avoid. Biden administration officials traveled to Venezuela over the weekend for talks on potentially allowing the
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Europe is planning to slash consumption of Russian natural gas this year as it prepares for a complete break with its single biggest energy supplier over the war in Ukraine. EU officials on Tuesday outlined a plan to achieve energy independence from Moscow “well before 2030.” The European Union would
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Un tren se descarriló este martes pasadas las 5 de la mañana, hora local, en el sur de la ciudad de OlavarrÃa, Argentina, según informó Trenes Argentinos en su cuenta de Twitter. Las “causas se desconocen y están siendo investigadas”, agregaron. El intendente de OlavarrÃa, Ezequiel Galli, actualizó en
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The days when only men sat on U.S. corporate boards are nearly extinct. But the pace at which boards are moving toward gender parity has slowed, and it’ll likely be a decade before they’re evenly split. About one out of every four directors at U.S.
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Slimmed down toilet paper, fewer cookies in a bag, less conditioner in squeeze tubes. The changes are subtle and might evade less discerning shoppers. But retail industry experts say we could see more consumer products start shrinking in size or quantity — or both — because of rising costs. Record
Continue Reading KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia will reopen its borders on April 1 after two years and lift remaining coronaviurs restrictions on businesses as it moves to restore normal life. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says the decision was the result of the country’s high vaccination rate, low hospital bed usage by COVID-19 patients and
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Alexander Zverev will be allowed to play at Indian Wells, after receiving a suspended eight-week ban for his behavior at the Mexican Open in February. The world no.3 yelled at the umpire and then repeatedly hit the official’s chair with his racquet following a first-round doubles loss. Consequently, he was ejected
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By Dakin Andone, CNN A California woman’s abduction claim, which federal prosecutors allege was false, cost the public hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to statements from authorities and court documents. Sherri Papini vanished in November 2016, launching a massive search, only for the Northern California mother of two to turn up three weeks later,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press A glance at the reaction of sports to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia and its ally Belarus have been excluded from world sports, or made to compete as neutrals. Events they are barred from include the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, World Cup soccer qualifying, world athletics championships in Oregon, and
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By Melanie Zanona, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress have been relegated to the political wilderness for the past few years. Now they’re plotting their comeback. With the growing likelihood that Republicans will take over the House after elections this fall — and the prospect of Trump running for president again
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By Melanie Zanona, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress have been relegated to the political wilderness for the past few years. Now they’re plotting their comeback. With the growing likelihood that Republicans will take over the House after elections this fall — and the prospect of Trump running for president again
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia has intensified its war on Ukraine, some U.S. officials across the political spectrum have called for a ban on imports of Russian fuel. They say a ban would be the best, and perhaps only, way to force Moscow to pull back. A
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Russia is finding it ever harder to sell its oil and gas. Shell said Tuesday it was breaking completely with Russia’s giant energy industry, halting all purchases of Russian crude oil immediately and shutting its service stations in the country. The UK-based company, which last week announced it was dumping
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By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security intelligence division had identified “specific” threats related to January 6, 2021, prior to the attack on the US Capitol, but did not widely share any intelligence it had gathered until two days after the riot, according to a new watchdog report. The DHS Office of Inspector
Continue Reading By COLIN BERESFORD of NerdWallet Graduating from college brings with it a lot of change, and that might mean a shift in your financial situation. With just a couple of months before another class leaves college behind, now is the time to start prepping your money to make the transition a little bit easier. This
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