By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt because it offered bondholders payments in rubles, not dollars, credit ratings agency S&P has said. Russia attempted to pay in rubles for two dollar-denominated bonds that matured on April 4, S&P said in a note on Friday. The agency said this amounted to
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden announced a new firearm regulation Monday meant to contain the use of privately made weapons as he comes under pressure to take more steps to address a national crisis of gun violence. The regulation on so-called “ghost guns” — unregulated, untraceable weapons made from kits — will address
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Asian Football Confederation says Chinese club Shanghai Port has been forced by the city’s COVID-19 lockdown to withdraw from the Asian Champions League. The city has imposed travel restrictions due to record levels of infection in recent weeks. Port had been due to make the trip to Thailand for
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La energía eléctrica de Puerto Rico se ha restablecido al 99,7% de los clientes de LUMA Energy en la isla, dijo la empresa de servicios públicos este domingo, luego de que cientos de miles de hogares permanecieran a oscuras por un apagón debido a incendio en una planta de energía desde
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures have fallen after the Federal Reserve indicated it might raise interest rates more aggressively to cool U.S. inflation and President Emmanuel Macron emerged from the first round of France’s election facing a challenge from the far right. In Asia,
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Dwayne Haskins, el mariscal de campo de los Steelers de Pittsburgh y finalista del Trofeo Heisman 2018 con la Universidad de Ohio State, fue atropellado fatalmente por un camión de volteo el sábado por la mañana cuando intentaba cruzar una carretera a pie en el sur de Florida, dijo la policía. Haskins,
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — El CEO de Tesla, Elon Musk, quien recientemente compró una gran participación en Twitter, decidió no unirse a la junta de la compañía de redes sociales. El CEO de Twitter, Parag Agrawal, tuiteó la noticia el domingo por la noche. ANÁLISIS | Elon Musk es un comodín que podría
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By Laura He, CNN Business One of the regulators behind China’s dramatic crackdown on private enterprise has tried to quell growing concerns about the impact on employment, saying the country’s biggest tech companies have added nearly 80,000 jobs since July and are “full of confidence.” In a rare, direct response by a top government agency
Continue Reading HONG KONG (AP) — Lawyers for Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai are asking the United Nations to investigate his imprisonment and multiple criminal charges as “legal harassment” that punish him for speaking out. The publisher of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper is one of the most prominent activists arrested in Hong
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s economic growth slowed in February amid declines in the production of cars, computers and chemicals. The Office for National Statistic says gross domestic product increased just 0.1% from a month earlier, down from the 0.8% growth reported in January. The output of productive industries, including manufacturing, mining and power generation, dropped
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Certification of Boone County’s vote tally takes place Monday.
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer It took three games for one of San Diego’s starting pitchers to allow a hit. That’s a promising sign for one of baseball’s most disappointing teams of 2021. The Padres began the season by taking three of four at Arizona. Yu Darvish threw six no-hit innings in Thursday night’s
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Klay Thompson’s form is now the least of Golden State’s worries. Warriors coach Steve Kerr says “the proof is on the court” in the last couple of weeks. Thompson poured in a season-high 41 points in a regular-season ending 128-107 victory in New Orleans on
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La forma en que alimentamos a nuestras mascotas, almacenamos su comida y lavamos sus platos puede tener consecuencias negativas para la salud si no se hace correctamente, tanto para los humanos como para los animales. Ha habido múltiples brotes de enfermedades entre humanos después de la exposición a alimentos para perros
Continue Reading By ADAM SILVER For The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The season-long celebration of the NBA’s 75th anniversary is winding down. As part of The Associated Press series on the NBA’s first 75 years, Commissioner Adam Silver offered perspective on what the league could look like 25 years from now when it celebrates its
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Move over, Guangzhou. Georgia’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is once again the world’s busiest airport. The US airport was knocked off its No. 1 perch to the No. 2 slot in passenger volume in 2020 by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, breaking the Atlanta airport’s 22-year streak in the top
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou has closed itself to most arrivals as China battles a COVID-19 outbreak in its big eastern cities. Shanghai has taken the brunt of the surge, with another 26,087 cases Monday, only 914 of which showed symptoms. The city of 26 million is under a tight lockdown, with
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Masters champions get to go to the Masters Club dinner, and Scottie Scheffler has a permanent seat at that table now. His score of 10-under 278 gave him a three-shot victory over Rory McIlroy on Sunday at Augusta National for his first major championship. It
Continue Reading By DAVID PORTER Associated Press AVENEL, N.J. (AP) — When the Kmart in Avenel, New Jersey, closes its doors on April 16, it will leave only three remaining U.S. locations for the former retail powerhouse. It’s a far cry from the chain’s heyday in the 1980s and ‘90s when it had more than 2,000 stores
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler’s journey to Augusta was a true family affair. Scheffler and each of his three sisters have played golf, and his father Scott served as the stay-at-home dad while his mother Diane worked. Scottie Scheffler says having dad at home instead of
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