ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s budget shows the economy is expected to grow by 1.8% next year, slightly lower than the figures predicted last month as higher energy costs and inflation take a toll. The final 2023 budget submitted to parliament on Monday is the first Greece has posted in 12 years that is free
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Bob Iger, who shocked the media world when he returned as CEO of Disney on Sunday, will once again be among the highest-paid executives in Hollywood. Iger will earn a $1 million base salary as he takes over Disney, according to a company filing with Securities and Exchange Commission. However,
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was hurt early Sunday morning after a motorcycle crash on Highway 50 in Pettis County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on the highway near Quincy Avenue around 2:20 a.m. Troopers said Kyle Strunk, 24, was thrown from the motorcycle after he hit a
Continue Reading By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin has met his Indonesian counterpart to push stronger defense ties amid growing Chinese naval activity in the Indo-Pacific region. Austin says he and Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto discussed ways to deepen the two countries’ partnership, including through expanding interoperability
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s top diplomat has traveled to Russia to take part in an international forum on nuclear energy. The Monday visit underscored Hungary’s persistently close ties with Moscow amid the war in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto gave a speech at the opening plenary session of the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un comediante británico pareció triturar £10,000 (unos US$ 11.000) en un video luego de no recibir una respuesta de David Beckham sobre su controvertido papel como embajador de la Copa Mundial de Qatar. Joe Lycett comenzó a tuitear este domingo una cuenta regresiva por hora hasta la fecha límite del
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s defense minister says the country has offered Eurofighters and Patriot defense systems to Poland to help it defend its airspace. In comments published in German newspapers Monday, she said that “we have to position ourselves in the alliance even better in terms of air defense,” and that that goes particularly
Continue Reading By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Extended time off from work doesn’t have to wait until retirement. Your career break may be aspirational, or it may be prompted by life events. Whatever the purpose, careful planning before you take the break can help make it more successful and fulfilling. Start by reviewing your finances and getting
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities have started evacuating civilians from the recently-liberated areas of the Kherson region and the neighboring province of Mykolaiv, fearing that damage to the infrastructure is too severe for people to endure the upcoming winter, officials said Monday. Residents of the two southern regions, regularly
Continue Reading By FIRMAN TAUFIQ and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press CIANJUR, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake toppled buildings and collapsed walls on Indonesia’s densely populated main island of Java on Monday, killing at least 56 and injuring hundreds as people rushed into the streets, some covered in blood and white debris. Emergency workers were treating
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN It’s almost time for the unhappiest part of the holidays: Getting there. Holiday travel is going to be more expensive than ever, and in some places, snowier too. We hope all your season’s obligatory journeys are safe and reasonably-priced. Now, let’s Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN It’s almost time for the unhappiest part of the holidays: Getting there. Holiday travel is going to be more expensive than ever, and in some places, snowier too. We hope all your season’s obligatory journeys are safe and reasonably-priced. Now, let’s Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN It’s almost time for the unhappiest part of the holidays: Getting there. Holiday travel is going to be more expensive than ever, and in some places, snowier too. We hope all your season’s obligatory journeys are safe and reasonably-priced. Now, let’s Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN It’s almost time for the unhappiest part of the holidays: Getting there. Holiday travel is going to be more expensive than ever, and in some places, snowier too. We hope all your season’s obligatory journeys are safe and reasonably-priced. Now, let’s Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN It’s almost time for the unhappiest part of the holidays: Getting there. Holiday travel is going to be more expensive than ever, and in some places, snowier too. We hope all your season’s obligatory journeys are safe and reasonably-priced. Now, let’s Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN It’s almost time for the unhappiest part of the holidays: Getting there. Holiday travel is going to be more expensive than ever, and in some places, snowier too. We hope all your season’s obligatory journeys are safe and reasonably-priced. Now, let’s Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
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Ben Church, CNN The accommodation is in tents or prefabs, there’s no beer in the stadiums, the temperatures are uncomfortably hot and the whole event is mired in controversy over alleged human rights abuses. While that’s not enough to deter hardcore football fans from traveling to Qatar to support their national teams in the World
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan’s nuclear watchdog says regulators are considering revising a safety evaluation system to allow aging reactors to operate beyond the current 60-year limit, but that the move is aimed at preventing safety lapses and is not motivated by government efforts to increase use of
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By Priscilla Alvarez and Daniella Diaz, CNN Senate Democrats are racing against the clock to try to strike an agreement with Republicans to provide a pathway to citizenship for recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program, launched in 2012, allows undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to live
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez and Emma Tucker, CNN Once again, a mass shooting has rocked Colorado — this time, in Colorado Springs. A 22-year-old gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in the city shortly before midnight Saturday and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others before patrons confronted and stopped him, police
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