By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Romie Gallardo always knew the risks her son Carlin Dunne faced when he raced motorbikes. As a youngster he’d asked his mother if she wanted him to stop racing, but she never considered that as an option. They had a longstanding agreement that she’d follow his races from his
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN London (CNN) — President Joe Biden had a shaky performance in last night’s presidential debate, triggering panic in the Democrat camp. Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, repeated multiple falsehoods while doubling down on his record of cutting taxes and hiking tariffs during his first presidential term. If repeated in a second
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has welcomed a decision by an international watchdog to remove it from a so-called “gray list” of countries that have not fully implemented measures to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. The decision, announced by the Financial Action Task Force in Singapore on Friday, could bolster foreign investments in Turkey.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that Parliament will open on July 18 as he remains locked in negotiations with other parties to form a Cabinet well before then amid rifts in the new governing coalition. The talks to seal the final details of a multi-party
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Candidates in France are making their last campaign pushes for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing legislative election. The centrist government of French President Emmanuel Macron risks a potentially fatal beating at the hands of the surging far right. Pollsters indicate that the anti-immigration National Rally
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a 15-year-old boy of plotting an Islamic extremist attack on a Christmas market and given him a four-year sentence. The Cologne state court said Friday the boy was convicted of conspiracy to murder and disturbing the public peace by threatening crimes. The teenager was detained in November
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani — who is seeking a second term in office in a vote on Saturday — is promising more economic growth and social programs to eradicate poverty and prevent extremism in the vast West African desert nation, even though he is accused of corruption and
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — One of the largest ever collections of Princess Diana’s possessions to hit the market smashed estimates and sold for a total of $5.5 million, alongside other royal memorabilia, Los Angeles auction house Julien’s Auctions announced. Composed of more than 50 items, the collection featured several of Diana’s evening gowns,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Nathaniel Dye believes he probably won’t live to see Britain’s next election. But the music teacher diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer is doing everything he can to make sure the Labour Party wins this one. Dismayed by delays in his diagnosis by the National Health Service, the 38-year-old says
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Al menos ocho personas resultaron heridas tras el fuerte sismo que sacudió este viernes a Caraveli, en la región de Arequipa en Perú. El terremoto de magnitud 7,2 sacudió la costa del sur de Perú durante la noche a una profundidad de 28 kilómetros en el océano y a una
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Even before a jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the so-called “hush money” trial in New York, many Americans were surprised to learn that having a criminal conviction would not automatically disqualify someone from serving as president of the
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Walgreens said Thursday that it plans to close a “significant” number of its roughly 8,600 stores in the United States. Around 25% of Walgreens’ stores aren’t profitable, and the chain will look to close stores that are right by one another or struggling to hold down theft,
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, se negó a comentar el debate celebrado este jueves en Estados Unidos entre el presidente Joe Biden y el ex presidente Donald Trump, calificándolo de asunto interno estadounidense. Cuando le preguntaron durante una conferencia telefónica este viernes sobre si el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app. But many others find the never-ending process of likes, swipes, taps and awkward DMs that go nowhere to be exhausting. That has led to a phenomenon known as “dating app burnout.” One clinical psychologist
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Covid-19 levels have been rising in the United States for weeks as new variants drive what’s become an annual summer surge. Covid-19 surveillance has been scaled back significantly since the US public health emergency ended more than a year ago — individual cases are no longer counted, and severe
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — When Mujahid Abadi stepped outside to see if Israeli forces had entered his neighborhood, he was shot in the arm and the foot, and that was only the start of his ordeal. Hours later, beaten and bloodied, he found himself strapped to the searing hood of an Israeli
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Princess Anne has left the hospital and returned to her southwestern England estate after an accident thought to involve a horse left her with a concussion. The king’s 73-year-old sister was taken to Southmead Hospital as a precautionary measure and is expected to make a full recovery after she was injured Sunday
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By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, returned to her Gatcombe Park home on Friday morning, after a short stay in hospital where she was treated for minor injuries and a concussion, according to a royal source. The Princess Royal, 73, had been injured
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Passenger traffic at US airports is on pace to make today the busiest day ever for the Transportation Security Administration. The TSA is predicting more than 3 million passengers will be screened, likely creating longer wait times and crowded checkpoints. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s transport minister says a collision between a EuroCity train with a bus in the south of the country that left seven people dead might have been caused by human error. The minister, Jozef Ráž, said heavy that due to heavy rains hitting the area a day before the crash, the
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