Sol Amaya (CNN en Español) — El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) aprobó un desembolso de alrededor de US$ 4.700 millones para apoyar a Argentina y su plan de recuperar la estabilidad macroeconómica, informaron este miércoles el organismo financiero y el Gobierno del país sudamericano en comunicados separados. El acuerdo preliminar para que Argentina recibiera estos
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Plowman Click here for updates on this story RIVERVIEW, NEW BRUNSWICK (CTV Network) — A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did. Dan Wetmore, 49, died on
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By Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN (CNN) — Just over a century ago – 1923 to be precise – a crumbling, ancient city in the middle of Turkey found itself catapulted into international prominence as the world around it reeled from years of conflict. While Istanbul, formerly known as Constantinople, had long been the country’s seat of
Continue ReadingBy Tony Garcia Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — An East Nashville woman returned home to a man exposing himself outside on Wednesday, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. In the arrest report, officers reported being dispatched to a home on Flamingo Drive and spoke to the woman who
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s two major farmers unions announced they would lift country-wide blockades Thursday, shortly after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as “tangible progress.” However, farmer activists who have snarled traffic along major highways around Paris said they would stay
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Russian assets frozen in European accounts are generating billions of dollars in interest payments that could be diverted to help repair Ukraine’s war-torn economy — and the European Union just took a step closer to doing that. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Western countries
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By Lauren Lowrey and Carmyn Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A mother is crediting her faith as she tries to get through the passing of her son, who was killed by a drunk driver last weekend. The Gallatin Police Department said Brian Neville was hit and killed in
Continue ReadingBy MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press Political polarization. Economic struggles. Inequity. Climate change. War. In a world like ours, you can hardly blame people for trying to cushion themselves. From weighted blankets to “cozy” murder mystery novels to restaurants based on childhood comfort foods, the appetite for comfortable things just keeps growing. Now some are seeking
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Chicago Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation are on a 24-hour strike to protest years of “slow-walked” contract negotiations and to demand fair wages. Chicago Tribune Guild member Caroline Kubzansky says Thursday’s strike includes 76 members of the Chicago Tribune
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By Deion Broxton Click here for updates on this story EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois (KMOV) — The families of two East St. Louis residents who died in a boarding house earlier this month are suing the landlord. Lisa Farmer, 58, and Stanley Scott, 56, died in a housefire in the 500 block of North 13th
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top security minister says that President Joko Widodo has accepted his resignation from the Cabinet amid heated political discourse before this month’s election. Mohammad Mahfud M.D. announced on Wednesday that he was resigning to focus on his vice presidential bid on Feb. 14. Mahfud is
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Los carnavales de Río de Janeiro prometen volver a brillar en todo su esplendor. Este año, el famoso carnaval, uno de los eventos más grandes y esperados de Brasil, que es patrimonio inmaterial de la humanidad, declarado por la Unesco, vuelve a las calles de Río de Janeiro con
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By Pat Pratt Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A North St. Louis County man was charged Tuesday with killing his father. St. Louis County prosecutors have charged 41-year-old Kristian Long with second-degree murder in the death of George O. Long. He is currently in custody at the
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Why do many people overeat chips, cereals, cakes, puddings and other ultraprocessed foods despite knowing those foods may not be healthy? According to emerging science, it may be due to manufacturing processes that “predigest” raw food ingredients — creating ultraprocessed foods that bypass the body’s signals of fullness. You
Continue ReadingHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A military veteran who helped subdue a man who attacked Connecticut’s first Muslim state representative is seeking to have a misdemeanor assault charge erased. Jason Spencer applied for the state’s accelerated rehabilitation program during a court appearance in Hartford on Wednesday. The program would result in the charge being dismissed after
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By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday admitted he mishandled communication around his treatment for prostate cancer and apologized to his colleagues and the American public in his first news conference since returning to work. “I want to be crystal clear: We did not handle this
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will deliver the first jobs report for 2024, and it’s expected to underscore the strength of the US economy despite 11 rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. The labor market snapshot comes just days after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said
Continue ReadingBy Rick Quan Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Jan. 31 is the final day of Birth Defects Awareness Month. The theme this year is “Every Journey Matters.” Island News met a 13-year-old girl who is breaking stereotypes when it comes to having Down syndrome. Since she was a little girl,
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Austrian prosecutors have appealed a court decision that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and raped her thousands of times, fathering seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison. The state court in Krems on Thursday confirmed a report that prosecutors have
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny is urging Russians to show their protest of President Vladimir Putin during next month’s presidential balloting by voting at a specific time on election day. In a social media statement relayed from the Arctic penal colony where he is being held, Navalny argued that by
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