LONDON (AP) — Government statistics show the number of field invasions in soccer matches in England and Wales last season soared by 127% compared to the last full campaign before the coronavirus pandemic. The data provided by the Home Office highlighted the growth in anti-social behavior at matches that soccer authorities are attempting to combat.
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DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the U.S. because the windows can pinch a person’s fingers when being rolled up. Tesla says in documents posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators that the automatic window reversal system may not react correctly after detecting an obstruction. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Continue Reading By ELEANOR REICH Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has started administering doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine tailored to fight the highly infectious omicron variant. The rollout of the new vaccines on Thursday came following Israel’s world-leading drive to vaccinate its population early in 2021. Health officials are now voicing growing concerns
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian militant group Hamas is threatening hostile actions against Israel over what it called “violations against Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque” ahead of the upcoming Jewish High Holidays. Hamas’ threats on Thursday came just ahead of the Jewish new year on Sunday and a day after a group of Jewish religious
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — German soccer club Hoffenheim is skipping this year’s World Cup in Qatar. The club says it will not give any coverage to the tournament because of the difficulty in providing what it says is the “urgently required analytical commentary contextualizing the sporting events” in the country.
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By David McKenzie and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported another 11 suspected cases of Ebola identified in the country’s Mubende district as of Tuesday. Of these, the ministry recorded one probable Ebola-related death, a one-year-old, it said in a statement released Tuesday night. Samples for the one-year-old and the 10 suspected cases
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By Elizabeth Cohen and Danielle Herman, CNN As soon as Dr. Mae Winchester did an ultrasound on Tara George, she knew that her baby was in trouble. During that July ultrasound, Winchester noticed that there was no amniotic fluid around the baby. More tests that day and the next morning indicated that the baby was
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN Brad Pitt has stepped into the world of beauty by launching a skincare line — and it’s for all genders. “Le Domaine,” which the actor co-founded with organic wine growers the Perrin family, seeks to slow the process of skin aging so that everyone — regardless of gender or skin type —
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he believes his three-party alliance has a “fair chance” of winning a general election that could be called as early as November. Anwar leads the Hope Alliance, which earlier teamed up with ex-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for a historic win in 2018 elections. Anwar was due
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN en Español) — El Gobierno de Nicaragua sacó del aire la señal de CNN en Español este jueves a las 12:07 a.m. ET, 10:07 p.m. del miércoles en el país centroamericano. Hasta el momento, el Gobierno de Nicaragua no se ha pronunciado acerca del porqué ha sacado del aire la señal de CNN
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By Jeremy Herb, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s business practices included some eyebrow-raising moments, such as once being paid with gold bars that were wheeled into his Trump Tower apartment, according to reporting obtained by CNN from a forthcoming book by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. Haberman reveals new details about Trump’s business dealings
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By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Team USA’s 87-72 opening game victory over Belgium at the Women’s Basketball World Cup was overshadowed by the absence of forward Brittney Griner, who has been sentenced to nine years in Russian jail for possessing cannabis oil. The USA’s players honored their friend and teammate by electing to not wear her
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Las prácticas empresariales del expresidente Donald Trump incluyeron algunos momentos que sorprendieron, como una vez que se le pagó con lingotes de oro que se introdujeron en su apartamento de la Torre Trump, según la información obtenida por CNN de un próximo libro de la periodista de The New York
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s central bank raised its key interest rate Thursday by another half-percentage point to the highest level in 14 years, but it avoided more aggressive steps to tame inflation that the U.S. Federal Reserve and other banks have taken. It is the Bank of England’s seventh straight
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has confirmed it is lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country’s energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. New Prime Minister Liz Truss announced within days of taking office earlier September that she will reverse a
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Ski Jumping’s top circuit is returning to the United States for the first time in nearly two decades. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation men’s ski jumping World Cup will be held in February in Lake Placid, New York. Ski jumping’s last World Cup in the U.S. was in
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin winger Jean-Paul Boëtius has been diagnosed with a testicular tumor. He is the fourth Bundesliga player to receive such a diagnosis this season. The 28-year-old Boëtius was given the news after a urological test on Wednesday and will undergo an operation on Friday. The
Continue Reading ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has delivered another interest rate cut and lowered the benchmark rate by 1 percentage point to 12%. The bank’s action on Thursday is the reverse of what other world economies are doing to combat soaring inflation. The lira was trading around 18.38 against the dollar, weakening beyond
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s central bank raised its key interest rate by another half-percentage point Thursday, avoiding more aggressive steps to tame inflation that the U.S. Federal Reserve and other banks have taken. The Bank of England raised its benchmark rate to 2.25%, matching its half-point increase last month — the biggest hike in 27
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will team up in doubles at the Laver Cup on Friday in what Federer has announced will be the final match of his long and illustrious career. Federer, owner of 20 Grand Slam titles, and his longtime rival Nadal, owner of
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