LONDON (AP) — Global energy giant Shell says annual profits doubled to a record high last year as oil and gas prices soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. London-based Shell Plc on Thursday posted adjusted earnings of $39.9 billion for 2022 and $9.8 billion in the fourth quarter. Shell is the latest oil company to
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has slammed a group of Western countries which temporarily closed down their consulates in Istanbul over security concerns. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Thursday accused the countries of waging “psychological warfare” and trying to wreck Turkey’s tourism industry. Germany, the Netherlands and Britain were among countries that shut down their
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TODAY: We’re increasingly sunny today, with the addition of a south wind to warm us into the upper 40s this afternoon. A cold front approaches this evening to interrupt this warmup. TONIGHT: Some extra clouds will enter from the north this evening behind a cold front, but skies will remain partly clear. The temperature drop
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By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese company embroiled in the Tokyo Olympic corruption scandal says it will strengthen oversight to prevent further wrongdoing. The president of the Japanese entertainment company Kadokawa has bowed deeply with two other executives to show remorse in a news conference. He says the
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN The discovery of a tiny lost radioactive capsule beside a remote highway in Western Australia raises many questions — not least how it escaped layers of radiation-proof packaging loaded onto a moving truck. It’s one of the many puzzling aspects of a case investigators will examine in the coming weeks as
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Oscar Holland, CNN Pamela Anderson made her name in red. In fact, the swimwear she and her “Baywatch” co-stars wore in the 1990s is so iconic that Pantone has since officially named the tone “Baywatch Red.” So there was, perhaps, no better color the 55-year-old star could have worn to the premiere of Netflix’s new
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Saleem Mehsud, CNN The suicide bomber who targeted a mosque inside a police compound in Peshawar, killing more than 80 people, was a member of the Pakistani Taliban disguised as a policeman, a senior official said Thursday. CCTV footage shows the suspected bomber arriving at a police checkpoint on
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN President Joe Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address next week to a country that has a pretty gloomy outlook on things. For the past two decades, Gallup has surveyed the American public on a collection of policy issues and broad perceptions of society in its annual “Mood
Continue Reading TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck targets in the Gaza Strip hours after Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel. The airstrikes early Thursday were the latest in an uptick of violence in the region. Israeli aircraft struck a rocket production workshop in the Gaza Strip as well as a
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States and the Philippines have announced an agreement to expand America’s military presence in the Southeast Asian country, with U.S. forces granted access to four more Philippine military camps, effectively giving Washington new ground to ramp up deterrence against China. The agreement between the
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U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has filed a bill that would cap the out-of-pocket price of a month’s supply of insulin at $25.
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s attorney general says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must avoid being involved in an overhaul of the country’s judicial system proposed by his government. She said if he gets involved, he risks a conflict of interest in his ongoing corruption trial. The attorney general’s stance,
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh and Hanna Ziady, CNN Shell made a record profit of almost $40 billion in 2022, more than double what it raked in the previous year after oil and gas prices soared following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Europe’s largest oil company by revenue reported adjusted full-year earnings of $39.9 billion on Thursday —
Continue Reading By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press Hong Kong (AP) — Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back. The international financial hub is racing to catch up with other popular travel destinations in a fierce regional competition. During the pandemic, the city has largely aligned itself with mainland China’s “zero-COVID” strategy
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has convicted four men of terrorist offenses and participation in murder over their alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting in Vienna in 2020. Two of the men were sentenced to life in prison by the Vienna state court on
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony has appointed a company veteran as its president to lead the Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate through times of change. Hiroki Totoki, Sony’s chief financial officer, will become the president and COO. Kenichiro Yoshida remains chairman and chief executive, signaling continuity at the Tokyo-based maker
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Monica Garrett, Aya Elamroussi, Mallika Kallingal and Joe Sutton, CNN Dangerous wind chills as cold as 50 degrees Fahrenheit below zero are set to blast the Northeast as the number of deaths linked to an ice storm in the South rose to eight. The mind-numbing wind chills set to wallop New England
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Monica Garrett, Aya Elamroussi, Mallika Kallingal and Joe Sutton, CNN Dangerous wind chills as cold as 50 degrees Fahrenheit below zero are set to blast the Northeast as the number of deaths linked to an ice storm in the South rose to eight. The mind-numbing wind chills set to wallop New England
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — The Austrian government says it has ordered four diplomats based in Vienna, including two at Moscow’s mission to United Nations agencies in the city, to leave the country. The Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement on Thursday that two diplomats the Russian Embassy had “engaged in acts incompatible with their diplomatic
Continue ReadingBy Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN A Metro transit system employee in Washington, DC, was shot and killed trying to stop a gunman from targeting commuters Wednesday morning, police say. Robert Cunningham, a mechanic in the power department, was identified by police as the person “who intervened on behalf of a customer … at Potomac Avenue
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