Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands has a different prime minister for the first time in 14 years after Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the country’s new government more than seven months after elections. Dick Schoof, former head of the Dutch intelligence agency and counterterrorism office, signed the official royal decree at
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By Caitlin Chatterton, CNN (CNN) — Yorgos Lanthimos — the movie director behind award season darlings “The Favourite” and “Poor Things” — is hailed as a genius by fans of his often strange and unsettling oeuvre. He’s made his name by courting the absurd and keeping audiences on their toes, embellishing his fables of love,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation is on the way down in Europe. That’s good news. But not good enough for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates just yet. The figure released Tuesday of 2.5% for June was down a bit from the month before. That’s well down from the peak
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s providing $504 million in implementation grants for a dozen technology hubs in Ohio, Montana, Nevada and Florida, among other locations. The Democratic administration tries to encourage more technological innovation across the country, instead of allowing it be concentrated in a few metro areas such as
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Governments owe an unprecedented $91 trillion, an amount almost equal to the size of the global economy and one that will ultimately exact a heavy toll on their populations. Debt burdens have grown so large — in part because of the cost of the pandemic — that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace. The Democrat warns as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories that high temperatures are the country’s leading weather-related killer. If finalized, the measure unveiled Tuesday would protect an estimated
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CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — “I dissent!” President Joe Biden was offering a dramatic, direct response to an epochal Supreme Court ruling that could hand presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump a pass to unchecked power if he wins a second term. But Biden’s defiance also conveyed a poignant image of a president
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee have reported raising $264 million in the year’s second quarter. It’s an impressive haul that may help them calm fears within their own party about last week’s shaky debate performance. The total announced Tuesday includes $127 million collected during June
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — When Hannah was 7 years old, she told her parents she didn’t want to be afraid of food anymore. She had stopped wanting to go to Girl Scouts, birthday parties, restaurants, family celebrations and even the dinner table. Food was everywhere, and it gave her a lot of anxiety,
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden campaign hauled in $127 million in the month of June, a strong showing after some signs that its fundraising was slowing – and a bright spot for the campaign after days of trying to beat back concerns about President
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By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum has reached an agreement on the most lucrative contract in NBA history, according to multiple reports, including The Athletic’s Shams Charania and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, citing unnamed sources. Tatum and the Celtics have agreed on a five-year, supermax contract extension worth $314 million through the 2029-30
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday morning issued its much-anticipated ruling on whether presidents are immune from criminal prosecution.
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By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has made his first visit to Kyiv since Russia’s full-scale war began, and urged Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider a “ceasefire” in order to “speed up peace talks” with Moscow. Standing alongside Zelensky on Tuesday, Orban, who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Michael Schwartz and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders on Monday for areas in southern Gaza, including eastern Khan Younis and Rafah. This forced residents, many already displaced, to find new shelter, due to the suggestion of the possibility of another ground operation. The
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TODAY: Tuesday will be notably warmer than Monday. Temperatures reach into the 90s, with enough humidity to have us feeling like low triple digits in the afternoon. TONIGHT: Storms return from the north along a cold front after 7 p.m. near Brunswick and Macon. At this point, we’ll have a chance for strong to severe
Continue ReadingPaula Andrea Daza (CNN) — Una nueva galería permanente en el Museo de las Civilizaciones Asiáticas de Singapur repasa 1.000 años de arte religioso y simbolismo, prestando atención a su expansión desde la India hacia China, Sri Lanka y el Sudeste Asiático. 1. Soporte de entrada con cuatro ‘shalabhanjikas’, noroeste de la Ia India, siglo
Continue ReadingOpinion by Kate Andersen Brower (CNN) — If anyone can convince President Joe Biden to make a graceful exit, it’s his wife of 47 years. But for anxious Democrats hoping Jill Biden will step in, don’t hold your breath. Joe Biden has been a politician for five decades. Jill Biden has been by his side
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Ten members of a Cambodian environmental activist group that campaigned against destructive infrastructure projects and alleged corruption have been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of conspiring against the state. Three of the members of the group Mother Nature Cambodia were also convicted on Tuesday of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Si ves programas como “Emily in Paris”, se te puede perdonar que pienses que el mundo está encantado con los estadounidenses que viajan al extranjero. Las meteduras de pata tontas, como confundir un urinario público con un monumento y hacerse selfies delante de él, resultan encantadoras en televisión. Sin embargo,
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts is so enamored with the image of a bold and fearless American president that he abandoned his usual restraint and declared a stunning level of immunity for a former president facing criminal indictment for trying to overturn an election. The man who famously
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