By Toyin Owoseje, CNN June Brown, best known for playing chain-smoking laundromat legend Dot Cotton in British TV soap “EastEnders,” has died at the age of 95. The actress’ family announced her death on Monday, saying she died peacefully at home on Sunday evening. “We are deeply saddened to announce our beloved mother, June, passed
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By Jennifer Korn Swedish electric car maker Polestar is selling up to 65,000 electric vehicles to Hertz over the next five years, the companies announced Monday. The move follows an order Hertz placed for 100,000 electric cars made by Tesla in October 2021. Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath previously told Automotive News Europe that stretch goal
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn Swedish electric car maker Polestar is selling up to 65,000 electric vehicles to Hertz over the next five years, the companies announced Monday. The move follows an order Hertz placed for 100,000 electric cars made by Tesla in October 2021. Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath previously told Automotive News Europe that stretch goal
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Business) — Jamie Dimon, del JPMorgan, está preocupado por las poderosas ondas de choque en la economÃa provocadas por la combinación de la alta inflación y la guerra en Ucrania. Dimon, uno de los lÃderes empresariales más influyentes del mundo, advirtió este lunes en su carta anual a los accionistas que el
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By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many small businesses are finding it tough to get a bank loan, making it difficult to move beyond the pandemic and afford the higher costs of goods and labor. A recently released survey from the Federal Reserve shows that 85% of small businesses experienced financial
Continue ReadingBy Liam Martin Click here for updates on this story SCITUATE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — When Alexa Getchell isn’t busy being a mom, or helping save lives as a pediatric cardiac nurse in Boston, she’s hoping to make a difference as a first-time children’s book author. “My Hot Air Balloon Ride is a book for children
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British travelers going abroad for the Easter holidays faced disruptions Monday as two main carriers, British Airways and easyJet, canceled dozens of flights due to staff shortages related to soaring cases of COVID-19 in the U.K. Budget carrier easyJet grounded 62 flights scheduled for Monday after canceling
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business It’s a tale of two oil trends for ExxonMobil: The company will post a massive profit increase for the first quarter thanks to the oil price spike, but it’s bracing to lose money on its planned exit from Russia. Exxon disclosed the news Monday ahead of its official quarterly earnings
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By Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN Denzel Washington spoke publicly about his interaction with Will Smith on Oscar night and what happened after Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage. Washington was a guest and speaker at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ leadership summit on Saturday. During the two-hour discussion about faith and his award-winning acting career,
Continue Reading The Associated Press Major U.S. stock indexes are off to a mixed start on Wall Street Monday while Twitter soared 22% after the company disclosed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had taken a 9.2% stake in the social media platform. In recent weeks Musk has publicly questioned the company’s commitment to free speech. It was
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The Ukraine war is wreaking havoc on the world economy, but in the Middle East its impact hasn’t been so grim for everyone. Some of the world’s biggest hydrocarbon producers, the Gulf nations are seeing billions of dollars added to their coffers aided by a Ukraine war-driven rally in oil prices.
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Books that tell the stories of Black and LGBTQ people or by authors in those communities were among the 10 most challenged titles in 2021, the American Library Association said. As the efforts to ban books in schools escalated across the United States last year, the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business European officials have signaled that they could sanction Russia’s energy exports after images emerged of mass killings of civilians in Bucha, near the Ukrainian capital. Josep Borrell, the European Union’s top diplomat, said in a statement Monday that the bloc was working as a “matter of urgency” on drawing up
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers Tesla CEO Elon Musk owns a 9% stake in Twitter and is now the social media platform’s largest shareholder. The ultimate aim of Musk’s 73.5 million share purchase worth $3 billion is not clear, yet in late March Musk, who has 80 million Twitter followers, questioned
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer Benfica will take on the free-flowing attack of Liverpool in the Champions League likely betting on the same defensive formula that worked well against Ajax. Benfica hosts Liverpool in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Tuesday in Lisbon with the English club bringing another attacking-minded squad similar to
Continue Reading By KRISTEN GRIFFITH of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The pandemic sent global hunger soaring, but now the war in Ukraine is making the problem far worse. Since Russia and Ukraine together supply 30% of global wheat exports, a big chunk of the world is losing access to food. Now one of the
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By Marianne Garvey Jon Batiste quietly married Suleika Jaouad, his longtime girlfriend, in February. Jaouad, who is the author of the cancer memoir “Between Two Kingdoms,” said the event happened right before she was scheduled for a bone marrow transplant. She had been diagnosed with leukemia for the second time. “We got married the day
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Jon Batiste quietly married Suleika Jaouad, his longtime girlfriend, in February. Jaouad, who is the author of the cancer memoir “Between Two Kingdoms,” said the event happened right before she was scheduled for a bone marrow transplant. She had been diagnosed with leukemia for the second time. “We got married the day
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN A week after the famous Oscars slap, Will Smith was definitely on the minds of some at the Grammys. During the pre-televised ceremony for the 64th Annual Grammys, LeVar Burton joked while introducing a presenter. “I want to warn you all that our next presenter is a comedian,” Burton said.
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Iga Swiatek has moved up one spot to the top of the WTA rankings and is the first tennis player from Poland to be No. 1 in the sport. The 20-year-old Swiatek took over from Ash Barty at the top. Barty announced last month she would be retiring at
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