BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the government will temporarily lower taxes on natural gas to ease the financial pressure on people struggling with soaring energy costs. The announcement Thursday at a hastily convened news conference in Berlin comes a day after Scholz met with hostile protests during a town hall event outside
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business People are stressed out and exhausted. The past two and a half years, full of public health crises, recession and inflation, have been so eventful that news of a possible alien invasion barely even made a blip. Nights are sleepless and days restless, and we need an extra boost to
Continue Reading RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has sentenced 13 migrants to two and a half years in prison over a mass attempt to scale the border fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Most were from Sudan. The decision was the latest and toughest ruling handed down after dozens of people were
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La superestrella de la NBA LeBron James acordó este miércoles una ampliación de dos años de su contrato con Los Ángeles Lakers, en un acuerdo por valor de US$ 97,1 millones, según varios informes, entre ellos el de Adrian Wojnarowski de ESPN. Con el nuevo contrato, el jugador de 37
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s central bank chief hopes the government can reach a preliminary agreement that could lead to a bailout package with the International Monetary Fund when its officials visit later this month. Sri Lanka’s economic crisis set off huge protests that led to the ouster
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Local authorities on the French island of Corsica say a violent thunderstorm left at least three people dead and a dozen others injured. The Corsica prefecture said in a statement on Thursday that a 13-year-old girl died after a tree fell in a campsite in the coastal
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN Two provisions that have been quietly tucked into the newly signed Inflation Reduction Act aim to provide financial relief to farmers of color who say they have been discriminated against over the years. The law gives the US Department of Agriculture another opportunity to remedy racial disparities within the agency in
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By John Duffy, CNN In the first inning of a Little League Southwest Region championship game in Waco, Texas, last week, pitcher Kaiden Shelton threw a ball high and fast, hitting 12-year-old batter Isaiah Jarvis in the head so hard it knocked his helmet off. After he recovered briefly, Isaiah took first base. But he
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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has made such an impressive start to the season that few if any expect Borussia Dortmund or any other challenger to be able to keep up. The two rivals are the only teams remaining with 100% records after two games of the Bundesliga. Bayern
Continue Reading By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s foreign minister is accusing France of having colluded with the Islamic extremists that it spent nearly a decade fighting until its troops departed earlier this week. The French Embassy in Mali has sharply denied the allegation, saying that French troops spent nine years trying to
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Finlandia, país que comparte una frontera de 1.335 kilómetros con Rusia, anunció esta semana que va a reducir a la mitad el número de solicitudes de visado de ciudadanos rusos. Actualmente, 1.000 rusos pueden solicitar visados finlandeses cada día, pero a partir del 1 de septiembre ese número se reducirá
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Oleksandr Usyk is fighting for much more than his world heavyweight belts in his rematch with Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia. Usyk was patrolling the streets of Kyiv with an automatic rifle six months ago as part of his capital city’s Territorial Defense Force following Russia’s invasion of his
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Rory McIlroy hailed the influence of “hero” Tiger Woods as the 15-time major winner met with fellow PGA Tour players to discuss the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf invitational series. Woods flew to Wilmington, Delaware, to attend the meeting of top PGA Tour players held before the BMW Championship, despite not qualifying
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Flying this summer has been rough, but smoother skies could be ahead. Some travel experts say the fall travel season will bring a drop in airfare prices and flight disruptions. So, consider booking your holiday trips soon because after a short window of time, prices will start to rise quickly as
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Flying this summer has been rough, but smoother skies could be ahead. Some travel experts say the fall travel season will bring a drop in airfare prices and flight disruptions. So, consider booking your holiday trips soon because after a short window of time, prices will start to rise quickly as
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Flying this summer has been rough, but smoother skies could be ahead. Some travel experts say the fall travel season will bring a drop in airfare prices and flight disruptions. So, consider booking your holiday trips soon because after a short window of time, prices will start to rise quickly as
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Flying this summer has been rough, but smoother skies could be ahead. Some travel experts say the fall travel season will bring a drop in airfare prices and flight disruptions. So, consider booking your holiday trips soon because after a short window of time, prices will start to rise quickly as
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Flying this summer has been rough, but smoother skies could be ahead. Some travel experts say the fall travel season will bring a drop in airfare prices and flight disruptions. So, consider booking your holiday trips soon because after a short window of time, prices will start to rise quickly as
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Los precios del gas natural en EE.UU. se han disparado a niveles no vistos desde 2008, un aumento que amenaza con contrarrestar los beneficios de la caída de los precios en las gasolineras. Los futuros del gas natural subieron un 7% el martes para cerrar en US$ 9,33 por
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