CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Europe hasn’t quite shaken off the big, painful problem haunting its economies over the past two years. Annual inflation in Germany and France, the European Union’s leading economies, rose in December. The first estimate of eurozone consumer price inflation for last month published Friday confirmed the trend
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By Jamie Gangel and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN One of the most prominent and outspoken figures in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, attack hopes to return to the US Capitol with a new job title: Congressman. Former US Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, who was on duty during the January 6 attack and who later
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — İlkay Gündoğan scored a stoppage time penalty to secure Barcelona a 2-1 win against Las Palmas in La Liga on Thursday. Las Palmas had taken an early lead in the match after former Barça player Munir El Haddadi finished off a flowing move for the underdogs in the 12th
Continue ReadingOpinion by Keir Giles (CNN) — Russia’s renewed campaign of missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian civilians has begun in earnest. The campaign was long expected — but even so, Ukraine’s Western backers appear to be repeating the same mistakes of last year in responding to it. During last year’s winter assault on Ukraine’s heating and power infrastructure, intended
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia men accused of murder in two separate cases are heading to the Boone County courthouse Friday to face a judge for their hearings. The first man set to appear is Sevance Brewer, who is multiple felony charges after allegedly killing a pregnant woman in north Columbia. Brewer is facing charges
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cada día aumenta la ansiedad de que pueda estallar otra guerra a gran escala en Oriente Medio a partir de las llamas de la guerra entre Israel y Hamas en Gaza. “Lo sentimos y lo tememos”, le dijo esta semana el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores del Líbano, Abdallah Bou Habib,
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police say four people have died after a fire broke out at a hospital in northern Germany and spread to several patients’ rooms. Emergency workers saw flames on the fourth floor of a wing of the hospital in Uelzen, southeast of Hamburg, when they arrived at the scene late Thursday evening. They
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation is on the rebound in Europe. The European Union’s statistics agency said Friday that consumer prices rose 2.9% on a yearly basis in December. It’s the first increase after seven straight months of declines. High food prices contributed, and there was the end of
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THIS MORNING: Friday starts cloudy but dry with temperatures remaining chilly in the 30s. THIS AFTERNOON: Light rain arrives by late afternoon, mixing with snow into the overnight. The lighter amounts of precip will keep impacts next to zero today. EXTENDED: Another weaker system tracks into the area by late Saturday, leading to a repeat
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Friday’s jobs report marked a fitting end to what was an odds-defying year. The US economy added 216,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The monthly total blew past expectations for a net gain of
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Use of the medicine semaglutide for weight loss or type 2 diabetes wasn’t associated with a higher risk of suicidal ideation than other medicines for those conditions in a large new review of US health records that was backed by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers used a
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The US Supreme Court is now confronting an election case of unparalleled weight that will determine Donald Trump’s prospects to regain the White House and influence public regard for an increasingly embattled court. The new controversy from Colorado arrives as the nine justices face more scrutiny and the
Continue Reading By Arlette Saenz and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The Iowa caucuses are still 10 days away, but the first split-screen of the general election is set for Friday, when President Joe Biden touches down in Pennsylvania to warn Americans about the perils of a second Trump presidency and former President Donald Trump ramps up
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed its worst week since Halloween with a listless Friday after reports showed workers are getting bigger raises, but key parts of the economy still don’t look like they’re overheating. The S&P 500 rose 8.56 points, or 0.2%, to 4,697.24 after drifting between
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An apparent arson fire aboard a passenger train in Bangladesh’s capital has killed four people. The fire adds to the country’s extreme tension ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections that the opposition is seeking to boycott and disrupt with a general strike. The fire rapidly raced through
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By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — In the race for alternative, sustainable jet fuels, some companies are getting creative. We’ve heard about planes powered with cooking oil, but what about jet fuel made entirely from human poop? Firefly Green Fuels, an aviation company based in Gloucestershire, UK, has created just that – and, unsurprisingly, the
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — It was a nervous few days, but finally David Warner has been reunited with his missing ‘baggy green’ hat. After posting on social media asking for help after his iconic cap had gone missing, Warner provided an update on Friday saying that it had been found. “I am pleased
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CNN By Eyad Kourdi and Jennifer Deaton, CNN (CNN) — ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly twin blasts near the burial site of slain military commander Qasem Soleimani in southern Iran. At least 84 people were killed and 284 injured in the blasts on Wednesday, state-run news agency IRNA reported, in what was the
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government has banned citizens from going to Russia and Ukraine for employment, saying many have been recruited by the Russian army to fight in the conflict there. The country’s Department of Employment issued a notice saying it had reports of Nepalese nationals being recruited in the Russian army being killed
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — “Entraron en la casa, vieron al niño con su madre María y lo adoraron postrados en tierra. Abrieron sus cofres y le ofrecieron como regalo oro, incienso y mirra”. Basta con leer estas pocas palabras del Evangelio de Mateo para identificar de manera inmediata, y sin asomo de dudas,
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