Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Ticketmaster is linking arms with right-wing extremists, boosting their ability to reach mainstream audiences and profiting off their dangerous and hateful rhetoric ahead
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By Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Central Ukraine (CNN) — Battalion commander Dmytro Kukharchuk speaks quietly but firmly. Holding his tattooed hands behind his back, he tells the men – all convicts – about his experience fighting for Ukraine in Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Kukharchuk, 34, is at a prison in central Ukraine, trying to recruit physically strong,
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — After months of investigation, the European Union has announced additional tariffs on electric vehicles (EV) imported from China, because of what it sees as Beijing’s unfair support for companies that undercut European carmakers. The decision deals a blow to the Chinese government, which had been lobbying
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Longing to travel but need to renew your passport? Don’t fret. The US State Department this week began beta testing an online program that could help expedite the passport renewal process. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. G7
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The US Men’s National Team secured a morale-boosting draw against Brazil on Wednesday in its final warm-up game ahead of the Copa América. Christian Pulisic equalized midway through the first half for the US after Rodrygo’s 17th-minute opener in front of 60,016 crowd at Camping World Stadium, Orlando. The
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD, PAOLO SANTALUCIA and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — A summit of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations has opened in Italy. Premier Giorgia Meloni has welcomed the G7 leaders and formally begun their closed-door talks on Thursday. Meloni in her opening remarks likened the bloc to the
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Employees’ negative daily emotions and lack of well-being can ultimately hurt worker engagement – and the economy, according to a new report released this week. Gallup, in its “State of the Global Workplace,” estimates that low employee engagement costs the global economy $8.9 trillion, or 9% of
Continue ReadingOpinion By Sara Stewart, CNN (CNN) — This essay contains spoilers for Season Three of “Hacks.” Who saw that “Hacks” finale twist coming? Possibly only someone who had just finished a rewatch of “All About Eve.” Personally, I was naively hoping for a shared Deborah/Ava win as Jean Smart’s 70-year-old character finally grabbed her brass ring — the host
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez, Denise Royal and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A former Jacksonville, Florida, teacher who said she was fired for displaying a Black Lives Matter flag outside her high school classroom will be able to reapply for her teaching license, an attorney representing the teacher confirmed to CNN. Attorney Mark Richard said a
Continue ReadingBy HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press RUTHERFORD, Calif. (AP) — A group of Ukrainian winemakers has visited California’s Napa Valley to learn about organic farming and how to heal land scarred by bombs and littered with mines. The six vintners visited the Grgich Hills Estate winery last week to learn about regenerative
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s Parliament is due to elect a president on Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Cyril Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa’s most industrialized economy. It appears
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Bob Madden’s eyes darted from right to left, watching Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final from a couch with his son, Jonathan, at his side and the family dog, Ruby, at their feet. Madden, who is deaf, was enjoying the view with access
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, Cindy Von Quednow, Amanda Musa and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Palestinian protesters who entered and barricaded themselves in a building at California State University, Los Angeles, on Wednesday cleared out by early Thursday, a spokesperson for the school told CNN. Most protesters left the Student Services Building of their own accord
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — An Australian teenager of Samoan heritage has been announced as the star of the upcoming live-action version of the hit Disney movie “Moana.” Seventeen-year-old Catherine Laga‘aia has been cast as the eponymous heroine of the movie, which begins filming this summer. The movie will celebrate “the islands, communities and
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By Kevin Liptak and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is intensifying its focus on Donald Trump and his role in the January 6, 2021, riot, seizing on the presumptive Republican nominee’s Capitol Hill appearance Thursday to launch a new attack ad spotlighting the insurrection. The campaign recently announced Biden’s endorsements from
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla shareholders have re-approved a pay package for CEO Elon Musk worth billions that was already thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year in a vote that also approved moving Tesla to Texas. The two measures – Musk’s pay package from 2018 and moving the
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Whoever wins the presidency in November will have some especially tough financial choices to make next year. More than $3.4 trillion in individual income and estate tax cuts – heralded by Republicans for spurring economic growth and largely decried by Democrats for disproportionately benefitting the rich – are set
Continue Reading Essay by Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — When I watch the trailer for Andrew McCarthy’s new documentary, “Brats,” my pulse races as if I’m watching old home movies of myself and my friends. I’m not a Hollywood star — ahem! — and I don’t know anyone in the film, but I have frantically searched the
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Amari Cooper’s football jersey hangs in the Coconut Grove Sports Hall of Fame. So does Frank Gore’s, alongside tributes to Negro League baseball player Jim Colzie and football coach Traz Powell, whose name adorns perhaps the most revered high school football stadium in talent-rich South Florida.
Continue ReadingBy NAPAT KONGSAWAD and DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups are urging Thailand not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok. They say he could be at risk if handed back to Vietnam. Y Quynh Bdap had United Nations refugee status in Thailand. He was picked up by local police
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