CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tokyo’s government is launching its own dating app as Japan’s fertility rate plunges to a record low. The nation of nearly 124 million people only recorded around 727,000 births last year, new data shows. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tokyo’s government is launching its own dating app as Japan’s fertility rate plunges to a record low. The nation of nearly 124 million people only recorded around 727,000 births last year, new data shows. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tokyo’s government is launching its own dating app as Japan’s fertility rate plunges to a record low. The nation of nearly 124 million people only recorded around 727,000 births last year, new data shows. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Court documents filed on Thursday indicate that multiple men who were wanted for murder in the June 2023 shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia are in custody after they were arrested by Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Tribal Police in Oklahoma. Deazes Turner, 20, Deljuan Turner, 20, and Alqueze Jones were arrested, according to
Continue ReadingOMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An American veteran and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion to liberate France in World War II, each praising the other as a hero. Retired Staff Sgt. Melvin Hurwitz, 99, and other veterans were introduced to
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By Jillian Sykes and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A California judge on Thursday dismissed multiple state charges — including attempted murder — against David DePape, who was sentenced in federal court last month for a violent 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. On Thursday, Judge Harry M. Dorfman granted the
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say an ongoing major search and rescue operation on the small eastern Aegean island of Symi has still not located British doctor and television presenter Michael Mosley, who went missing on Wednesday afternoon after reportedly going for a walk. Police said Friday that the coast guard, police and fire
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A CIA assessment circulated among US officials this week concluded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely judges he can get away without defining a post-war plan — even as the Biden administration has launched a full-court press to pressure him to bring an end to
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US job growth shot much higher than expected in May, jumping to 272,000, while the nation’s jobless rate rose slightly and broke a 27-month streak of below-4% unemployment. At a time when Americans and the Federal Reserve are clamoring for clear-cut data about the state and trajectory of the
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By Sandee LaMotte and A. Chris Gajilan, CNN (CNN) — Looking back, Tammy Maida, 67, said things started to change in her late 50s. At first, she would lose track of her belongings: her keys multiple times a day, a ring, eyeglasses, her purse. She would drive to the grocery store in her hometown of
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas have found a comfortable work-life balance in the WNBA. They are the unquestioned leaders of the Sun on the court and life partners off of it. The Sun are off to a 9-0 start. Since becoming Sun teammates in
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most seats in the national election. Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party failed to win a majority on its own. Modi will be sworn in as prime minister
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Stockholm-based Royal Swedish Opera has been fined 3 million kronor or $300,000 after a stage technician died last year when he fell around 13 meters or more than 40 feet from a balcony as he was carrying out work inside the building. Swedish broadcaster SVT reported Friday that the fatal
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Coco Gauff has called for tennis to universally implement a Video Review system after she was reduced to tears following a controversial decision made by the umpire in her French Open semifinal defeat to Iga Świątek. With Gauff leading 2-1 in the second set, a line judge called her
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una peligrosa ola de calor está trayendo temperaturas récord a partes de California, la Gran Cuenca y el suroeste de Estados Unidos este viernes, creando un riesgo de enfermedades relacionadas con el calor y otros peligros en algunas áreas. El motor de este calor prolongado y fuera de temporada es
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say an explosion at a chain home improvement store in the northeast of the country has injured at least 15 people, four of them seriously. Emergency officials say a mobile intensive care unit was dispatched to the scene on Friday in the town of Botosani, in Suceava county. Two
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL and BARAA ANWER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eleven Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances. That’s according to the U.N. A human rights group said people working for aid groups also likely have been detained, with Save the Children
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By Issy Ronald, and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — There are familiar sights synonymous with every Olympics and Paralympics — emotional athletes, jubilant crowds, stands filled with colorful flags. And at next month’s upcoming Games, Louis Vuitton are hoping they too will become a hallmark of the same grand occasion. The luxury house’s distinctive
Continue Reading By Matt Marshall, CNN (CNN) — Amid the historic interest in women’s basketball, a new professional league in the US could grow the game even further and make it easier for stars to stay in the country during the WNBA offseason. At least that’s what Unrivaled co-founders and current WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa
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By Rob Picheta, Jessie Gretener and Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for leaving the 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day early in order to film a TV interview, a decision that prompted incredulity and further derailed his floundering general election campaign. Sunak attended the first part of the
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