By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US economy is set to reap considerable benefits from Americans taking popular medications used for weight loss, including Ozempic and Wegovy, Goldman Sachs analysts wrote in a recent research report. Those drugs are part of a powerful new class of medications that has taken the world
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet If your family of origin didn’t teach you about credit cards, maybe it’s because they didn’t use them. You may have even been taught that credit cards are dangerous. Now that you’re managing your own finances, you’re ready for your own credit cards — only you don’t really know how
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand say they will indict a former national police chief on charges of impeding legal action against an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who was accused of killing a Bangkok police officer in a 2012 hit-and-run. Several government officials and police officers
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The US women’s national soccer team fell to a shock 2-0 defeat against Mexico in the group stages of the Concacaf W Gold Cup on Monday, stunning the soccer world. The surprise result, capped off by a superb goal from Mayra Pelayo-Bernal, is just the second time Mexico has
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of farmers are marching in Poland’s capital to protest European Union agricultural policies and imports of cheap food from neighboring Ukraine. The farmers want Poland’s border with Ukraine sealed to the imports of grain and other food products that they say are bringing down the
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — New findings on Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” provide alarming insight into how its collapse could cause catastrophic global flooding. The massive glacier — which is roughly the size of Florida — is melting at a historic pace due to climate change and could raise sea levels by several feet.
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — New findings on Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” provide alarming insight into how its collapse could cause catastrophic global flooding. The massive glacier — which is roughly the size of Florida — is melting at a historic pace due to climate change and could raise sea levels by several feet.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — New findings on Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” provide alarming insight into how its collapse could cause catastrophic global flooding. The massive glacier — which is roughly the size of Florida — is melting at a historic pace due to climate change and could raise sea levels by several feet. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia says the four Central European countries are deeply divided over Russia’s war against Ukraine and how to resolve the conflict. The four post-communist countries form an informal grouping of European Union and NATO members known as
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, discutió abiertamente la posibilidad de enviar tropas europeas a Ucrania para ayudar a Kyiv a ganar la guerra contra Rusia, una posible escalada importante hacia la mayor guerra terrestre que Europa haya visto desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En una conferencia de prensa después de
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By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — After a long day, there is nothing quite like sinking into the comfort of your couch. But what if this simple pleasure could offer more than just the relaxation that comes from flopping down and stretching out? By incorporating a few deliberate stretches into your couch routine, you can
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Antoinette Candia-Bailey loved Lincoln University. A proud alum of the historically Black college, Candia-Bailey — known as “Bonnie” to her friends — stuck a Lincoln University bumper sticker on her mom’s new car as a freshman. When she graduated in 1998, her mother bought a brick in her name. And
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By Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan (CNN) — Gimmicks were gone at the latest Milan runways — which concluded yesterday — with designers instead striking a more serious note that encouraged investment buying. Bold new directions appeared to be on pause, too, as fashion houses doubled-down on signatures that sell. A celebration of fashion it was
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Prince William will miss a memorial service for the late King Constantine of Greece because of a personal matter, a royal source has told CNN. The Prince of Wales, 41, had been expected to attend the remembrance event at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. The source
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say a former member of the disbanded left-wing militant Red Army Faction group who is accused of participating in a string of robberies has been arrested after more than 30 years on the run. The 65-year-old Daniela Klette was arrested at an apartment in Berlin
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted 17 suspects in the long-running trial of an underworld gang that planned a string of killings. Judges on Tuesday handed life sentences to three of them, including the country’s formerly most-wanted fugitive Ridouan Taghi. The trial and three more murders linked to
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Kensington Palace says Britain’s Prince William has pulled out of attending a memorial service for his godfather, the late King Constantine of Greece, because of a personal matter. The palace declined to elaborate on Tuesday but said his wife, the Princess of Wales, who is recovering from abdominal surgery, continues to do
Continue Reading By Andrea Kane, CNN Editor’s note: This special episode of “Chasing Life: Paging Dr. Gupta” is about In vitro fertilization (IVF) and what you need to know about the Alabama ruling. We’ll return next week to the “Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta” podcast series on weight loss to explore whether menopause causes weight gain.
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife pleaded have not guilty in a graft case alleging they accepted a gift of land from a real estate tycoon in exchange for large sums of laundered money. The case is the second to indict
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese state media say former Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature. Qin was dismissed from office in July, in one of China’s biggest political surprises in years. The National People’s Congress Standing
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