By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Weather has long been a fickle farmhand, devastating fields one year while delivering bountiful harvests the next. But as extreme weather events increase in frequency or become even more intense, the unpredictability is becoming more of an economic liability. As the United States continues to battle high inflation, the effects
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan and Pakistani authorities are blaming each other for an overnight clash at the border that’s caused casualties on both sides. The Taliban in a statement Wednesday said Afghan authorities tried to stop Pakistani forces from building a checkpoint close to the border. The Taliban said the Pakistanis opened fire, causing casualties
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN A railroad strike — and the economic damage it could cause — is getting closer to reality. About 60,000 union members who work for the nation’s freight railroads, including engineers and conductors, are set to go on strike Friday if an agreement isn’t reached on new contracts. Without them on the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN A railroad strike — and the economic damage it could cause — is getting closer to reality. About 60,000 union members who work for the nation’s freight railroads, including engineers and conductors, are set to go on strike Friday if an agreement isn’t reached on new contracts. Without them on the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN A railroad strike — and the economic damage it could cause — is getting closer to reality. About 60,000 union members who work for the nation’s freight railroads, including engineers and conductors, are set to go on strike Friday if an agreement isn’t reached on new contracts. Without them on the
Continue Reading By ALEX NISHIMOTO Edmunds The Toyota bZ4X is the automaker’s first mass-market electric vehicle. Though it’s about the same size as a RAV4, the bZ4X SUV was designed from the ground up as an EV with help from development partner Subaru. The Volkswagen ID.4 is VW’s first electric SUV and is a strong EV contender
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Fenway Park is one of the US’ most historic ballparks, and it witnessed even more history on Tuesday as Aaron Judge hit his 56th and 57th homers of the 2022 season, guiding the New York Yankees to a 7-6 win against their bitter rivals, the Boston Red Sox. With these latest
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Continue Readingolivertapia Londres (CNN) — A principios de febrero, el presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, aterrizó en Beijing y recibió una cálida bienvenida del líder chino, Xi Jinping, mientras los dos hombres fuertes demostraban su unidad ante el mundo en los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno. La cumbre, en la que el par promocionó sus lazos cada vez
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By Megan Marcus, CNN Audio In his new podcast, All There Is with Anderson Cooper, the CNN anchor reveals a personal struggle — part of his life he has rarely talked about before. Cooper began recording the podcast alone while packing up the apartment of his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, two years after she died in
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Power outages in the US are climbing, researchers reported Wednesday, as extreme weather gets worse due to the climate crisis, the demand for electricity climbs and the country’s energy infrastructure gets older and more vulnerable. The analysis from Climate Central, a nonprofit research group, revealed that from 2000 to 2021, 83%
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By Gregory Krieg, Eric Bradner and Dan Merica, CNN Voting in the 2022 midterm primaries is over. The countdown to Election Day is on, and Republicans hoping to retake control of Congress from Democrats are confronting headwinds in several key races where nominees backed by former President Donald Trump face tough general election fights. The
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By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Despite earlier claims of a ceasefire, fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia continued Wednesday, a day after nearly 100 soldiers died in clashes, according to the Azerbaijani and Armenian ministries of defense. Russia suggested it had brokered a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan in a statement Tuesday, but it proved short-lived. The
Continue Reading By Ben Morse and Matt Foster, CNN Tom Brady remarked on his latest podcast appearance that he is “close to the end” of his NFL career as he continued to hint at his retirement. Brady, now 45 years old, has had a tumultuous offseason, retiring in February only to later reverse that decision. In the
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Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Eyewitnesses say an armed woman and a dozen activists broke into a Beirut bank branch and took more than $13,000 from her trapped savings. Lebanon’s cash-strapped banks have imposed strict limits on withdrawals of foreign currency since 2019, tying up the savings of millions of people. Eyewitnesses
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodóvar says that he is withdrawing from his first English-language feature, “A Manual for Cleaning Women” produced by and starring Cate Blanchett. Almodóvar, 72, told entertainment news website Deadline Hollywood that he was unable to handle the commitment. “It has been a very painful decision for me,” Almodóvar told
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to cap the revenue of electricity producers that are making extraordinary profits because of the effects of the war in Ukraine and climate change. She said Wednesday that the proposal could raise $140 billion to help
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has balked at a suggestion by Chelsea’s new American owner that the Premier League could introduce an All-Star Game between the best players from the north and south. Todd Boehly was speaking at the SALT conference held in New York on Tuesday. He said he hoped the
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says it’s wrong to describe his late father as a dictator and that his brutal martial law rule in the 1970s was not meant to prolong his grip on power. His comments were immediately rejected by human rights activists. The namesake
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