By Scottie Andrew, CNN Depending on who you ask, the “Thor” films are either a love story about a boy and his hammer — or the love between a boy and his brother, or a boy and a brilliant, beautiful scientist or, more recently, a boy and an intergalactic raccoon. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the
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By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to a Russian court Thursday to face her trial on drug charges as a senior Russian diplomat warned that U.S. criticism of how Russia’s handling the case wouldn’t help her release prospects. Griner’s trial began last week amid a growing
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By Ben Morse, CNN Three security guards at Wimbledon have been arrested after an alleged fight broke out among the group. The altercation, which happened on the grounds of the grand slam on Friday, was broken up by London Metropolitan Police officers. According to the Guardian, the alleged fight broke out in front of fans
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday. Here’s his statement in full. Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon. Thank you. Thank you. It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party, that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister, and I’ve agreed with Sir Graham
Continue Reading British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday. Here’s his statement in full. Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon. Thank you. Thank you. It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party, that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister, and I’ve agreed with Sir Graham
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By Dana Santas, CNN If you’re suffering from low back pain or have grappled with it in the past, you’re not alone. As many as 577 million people globally experienced low back pain in 2017, a 2020 study cited by the International Association for the Study of Pain revealed. In fact, low back pain causes
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El primer ministro del Reino Unido, Boris Johnson, anunció su renuncia como lÃder del Partido Conservador luego de una ola de dimisiones gubernamentales. “Es clara la voluntad del partido conservador parlamentario que debe haber un nuevo lÃder de ese partido y, por lo tanto, un nuevo primer ministro”, dijo Johnson
Continue Reading By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to a Russian court Thursday to face her trial on drug charges as a senior Russian diplomat warned that U.S. criticism of how Russia’s handling the case wouldn’t help her release prospects. Griner’s trial began last week amid a growing
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Boris Johnson was ultimately forced to resign as UK prime minister Thursday as dozens of members of his party quit the government after one ethics scandal too many. But his popularity outside parliament has also been badly dented by surging inflation and stagnation in the British economy, a cost-of-living crisis
Continue Reading By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Boris Johnson was ultimately forced to resign as UK prime minister Thursday as dozens of members of his party quit the government after one ethics scandal too many. But his popularity outside parliament has also been badly dented by surging inflation and stagnation in the British economy, a cost-of-living crisis
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt and Matt Foster, CNN Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the final night of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, last month in Budapest. The swimmer, who won a bronze medal in the women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay said she remembers “celebrating my competition,” but then came a “four-to-six hour window
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business For much of the past decade, tech companies have showered their corporate employees with money and lavish perks to attract and retain talent in a hyper-competitive industry. That dynamic only kicked into overdrive the past couple of years amid a pandemic-fueled boom for tech products and services. “The hiring …
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Cotton: it’s the touch, the feel, the fabric of our lives. It’s also in the middle of what economists are calling a “market bloodbath” and in desperate need of a “tourniquet to stop the bleeding.” Each day last week, cotton futures encountered triple-digit losses, and the December futures contract closed
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Tennis star Nick Kyrgios says ongoing allegations of assault made it “hard” to focus on his quarterfinal match at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The Australian, who beat Chile’s Cristian GarÃn in straight sets to reach the semifinals, has been summoned to court next month in Canberra after allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, Luke McGee and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Boris Johnson’s turbulent tenure as Britain’s Prime Minister came to an end Thursday after a historic party revolt over a series of ethics scandals forced him to step down. It took the resignation of nearly 60 members of his government — almost half the payroll —
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The Columbia Police Department is investigating after shots were fired on Premier Lane early Thursday morning.
Continue Reading By Richard Allen Greene, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation on Thursday following mounting pressure from lawmakers in his own party to stand down. Under the UK political system, between elections, only Conservative members of Parliament have the ability to remove a sitting Conservative Prime Minister. So, what happens to the UK
Continue Reading By Richard Allen Greene, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation on Thursday following mounting pressure from lawmakers in his own party to stand down. Under the UK political system, between elections, only Conservative members of Parliament have the ability to remove a sitting Conservative Prime Minister. So, what happens to the UK
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The crisis that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing right now might be the gravest for his leadership so far — but it’s definitely not the first. Johnson’s government has been plagued by a series of scandals, from accusations of his disregard for rules and revelations of
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN The last remaining Muslim lawmaker in India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has resigned, leaving the party without a single representative from the minority community among its 395 members of parliament. Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigned on Wednesday, one day before his term was expected to
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