ISTANBUL (AP) — News reports in Turkey say a fire has broken out at a luxury hotel located on the grounds of a former Ottoman palace. There were no immediate reports of any injuries. Private broadcaster NTV reported the fire broke out Friday on the fourth floor of the Ciragan Palace Hotel, covering the building
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Trevor Noah’s final night as host of Comedy Central’s satirical news report “The Daily Show” celebrated his 7-year anchoring tenure and featured a packed audience, full cast of correspondents and star-studded farewell messages. “Don’t be sad,” Noah said in his closing monologue, adding, “It doesn’t feel like seven years. Well, not
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is easing banking rules brought in after the 2008 global financial crisis in a bid to attract investment and secure London’s status as Europe’s leading finance center. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt said Friday that the changes will make Britain “one of the most open, dynamic and
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were higher in Europe and Asia ahead of an update Friday on U.S. wholesale prices that will provide insights into how businesses are coping with inflation. Germany’s DAX added 0.2% to 14,295.30 while the CAC 40 in Paris was nearly unchanged at 6,649.30. Britain’s FTSE
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TODAY: Showers have left this morning, leaving us with partly cloudy skies to start. This means we will actually get a glimpse of sunshine this morning, before more clouds return this afternoon. We’ll stay cool today, with winds moving in from the west to bring us temperatures in the low-to-mid 40s through the day. TONIGHT:
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese airline has become the first customer to take delivery of a long-range jetliner produced by a state-owned manufacturer set up to try to compete with Boeing and Airbus. The C919 plane made by Commercial Aircraft Corp. is part of the ruling Communist Party’s efforts to transform the country into a
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Las personas en Corea del Sur están a punto de volverse uno o dos años más jóvenes, gracias a una nueva ley aprobada el jueves que tiene como objetivo estandarizar cómo se calcula la edad en el paÃs. En la actualidad, es común que los surcoreanos no solo tengan una edad, sino
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Schools across Sri Lanka are closed as health and environment officials say the air quality in most parts of the island nation is unhealthy partly due to extreme weather conditions. Polluted air from neighboring India was aggravating the problem, authorities said Friday, as a storm
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Elon Musk ya no es la persona más rica del mundo, de acuerdo con Forbes. El jueves, Musk cayó al segundo lugar en la lista de Forbes de “Multimillonarios en tiempo real”, que coloca ahora al CEO de Twitter y Tesla detrás de Bernard Arnault, CEO de la marca de lujo francesa
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Leaders and representatives of nine Mediterranean and Southern European countries are preparing to meet in Spain, with the energy crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine likely to top the agenda. The EU-Med9 meeting in the port city of Alicante on Friday brings together leaders or representatives of Spain, Portugal, France,
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — News reports in Turkey say a fire has broken out at a luxury hotel located on the grounds of a former Ottoman palace. There were no immediate reports of any injuries. Private broadcaster NTV reported the fire broke out Friday on the fourth floor of the Ciragan Palace Hotel, covering the building
Continue Reading By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A Greek police officer is appearing in court in northern Greece over the shooting and serious injury of a Roma teenager during a police chase over an allegedly unpaid gas station bill. Monday’s shooting sparked days of violent protests by members of the Roma community in
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Los mejores videojuegos del año fueron anunciados este jueves en la ceremonia de premiación The Game Awards 2022. Death Stranding 2, Hades 2, entre otros: los anuncios más destacados de The Game Awards 2022 En la ceremonia participaron figuras como Al Pacino, Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey y Jessica Henwick, además de
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of South Korean truckers are returning to work after voting to end their 16-day walkout that disrupted construction and other domestic industries. Thousands of truckers seeking financial protections in the face of rising fuel costs went on strike Nov. 24. The vote Friday to
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Experts say an alleged plot to topple the German government, led by a self-styled prince, a retired paratrooper and a Berlin judge, had its roots in a murky mixture of post-war grudges, antisemitic conspiracy theories and anger over recent pandemic restrictions. Police detained 25 people Wednesday described
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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Youssouf Fofana has gone from serving pizzas to delivering crosses in the World Cup. He was dropped in 2015 at age 14 from French national training center Clairefontaine and his future in soccer seemed at an end. So he went to work for a
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By Brad Lendon, CNN The United Kingdom, Japan and Italy announced Friday they are teaming up to build a sixth-generation fighter jet, designed to rival or eclipse the best warplanes now employed by the likes of China and Russia — and possibly even the United States, the main ally of the trio. “We are announcing
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A rash of COVID-19 cases in schools and businesses were reported Friday in areas across China after the ruling Communist Party loosened anti-virus rules as it tries to reverse a deepening economic slump. While official data showed a fall in new cases, they no longer cover large
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s nationalist conservative ruling party has ratcheted up its anti-German rhetoric ahead of elections next year.  The Law and Justice party also is seeking to cast its main domestic challenger as loyal to Berlin. Critics see the strategy as a campaign tactic that could harm ties
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales and Dakin Andone, CNN The “Boy in the Box” finally has a name. Police on Thursday publicly identified a boy found dead in a box in Philadelphia 65 years ago as four-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli, the victim of what police say is one of the city’s oldest unsolved homicides. The identification, made
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