By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister has announced a plan to streamline and reorganize the country’s military command as part of efforts to make the armed forces of NATO’s most populous European member “war-capable.” Chancellor Olaf Scholz set in motion a big increase in military spending shortly after Russia’s full-scale
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — For the past 50 years, the US unemployment rate has mostly been far above 4%, even rocketing to almost 15% during the pandemic. Yet in the turbulent period that followed lockdowns and other economic disruptions from the pandemic, it has stayed below the 4% level for more
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By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — There is no doubt that stress is a part of everyday life, but too much can have detrimental impacts on people’s physical and mental health. I wanted to delve more into depth about the health impacts of stress during National Stress Awareness Month. What does stress do to the
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Breathing strange new life into an old genre, “Sugar” makes overt connections to the detective movies of the 1940s and ‘50s, casting Colin Farrell as a modern private eye with a case that drags him through the seamy underbelly of Hollywood. Yet even that description belies a series
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Over two centuries ago, physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně noticed that red flowers looked bright carmine during sunny days but appeared to change to a deep muted hue come nighttime. The phenomenon, now known as the Purkinje effect, explains why colors look different depending on how much light is present. In low
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The former South African speaker of parliament has been arrested over allegations that she received about $135,000 in bribes, in the latest corruption scandal to face the governing African National Congress party. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula turned herself in to police in the capital, Pretoria, on Thursday and was
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — With U.S. electric vehicle sales starting to slow, Ford Motor Co. says it will delay rolling out new electric pickup trucks and a new large electric SUV as it adds gas-electric hybrids to its model lineup. The Dearborn, Michigan, company said Thursday that a new electric pickup to be built at a
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Facts Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria as president since July 2000. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. The ongoing violence against civilians has been condemned by the Arab League, the European Union, the United States and other countries. Roughly
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits rose to their highest level in two months last week, but layoffs remain at historically low levels as the labor market continues to chug along despite elevated interest rates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for unemployment claims for the
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government will grant extensions to several large U.K. airports unable to meet the June 1 deadline to fully install new scanning technology. The new scanners will allow passengers to take 2 liters, or 70 ounces, of liquid in their hand luggage — rather than the
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was driving the speeding Lamborghini involved in a six-car crash in Dallas on Saturday in which two people were hospitalized with minor injuries, his attorney Royce West said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy DORANY PINEDA and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sea-level rise and increasingly ferocious storms are eroding thousands of miles of Mexico’s coastline. Drought is draining reservoirs dry and creating severe water shortages. Deadly heat is straining people and crops. But the leading presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum isn’t making climate a central
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By Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — South Africa and Kaizer Chiefs soccer player Luke Fleurs has been killed in a carjacking incident in Johannesburg, the club announced in a statement on Thursday. “We are profoundly shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic and untimely passing of one of our players, Luke Fleurs,” Chiefs said. “We
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — British business groups are warning that newly announced post-Brexit charges on plant and animal imports could push up food prices not long after food inflation came down from double-digit rates. From April 30, UK businesses will have to pay up to £145 ($184) per delivery of most animal
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH, DAVID CRARY and MARIAM FAM Associated Press Throughout history, solar eclipses have had profound impact on adherents of various religions around the world. They were viewed as messages from God or spiritual forces, inducing emotions ranging from dread to wonder. Ahead of the total solar eclipse that will follow a long path
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s leading human rights body has agreed to measures aimed at putting pressure on Myanmar and Iran, whose governments have been accused of using violence against their own people. The council backed by consensus a measure that calls on governments to avoid exporting or selling jet
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Moving slowly, indeed almost hypnotically, “Ripley” takes a few episodes to kick in, but once it does there’s no turning back. Adapting the novel that yielded “The Talented Mr. Ripley” a quarter-century ago creates a compelling showcase for Andrew Scott, graduating from his “hot priest” “Fleabag” persona to
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal with the women’s professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this November’s season-ending championship to a record $15.25 million. That is a 70% increase from 2023. The event for the top eight singles
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Bestselling author Eoin Colfer has a new set of adventures ready for young Juniper Lane. Roaring Brook Press announced Thursday that Colfer’s “Guardians of Cedar Wood” is scheduled to come out in 2025. It’s the second book in Colfer’s middle-grade series about Juniper Lane and a helpful reindeer who were featured
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A new diplomatic crisis between Poland and Israel has erupted following the death of a Polish aid worker in Gaza. The Polish president on Thursday denounced a comment by the Israeli ambassador as “outrageous” and the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw said it was summoning him for
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