AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says its April-June profit rose 1.7%, boosted by a favorable exchange rate, as vehicle sales grew around the world despite a certification scandal that halted production in Japan for several months. Fiscal first quarter profit at Japan’s top automaker rose to 1.33 trillion yen or $8.9 billion. That’s
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El descubrimiento en 2010 de que los primeros humanos y los neandertales se habían cruzado fue una bomba científica: la revelación de un legado genético que, desde entonces, se ha descubierto que desempeña un papel en la vida de las personas modernas, influyendo en los ritmos circadianos, el funcionamiento del
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is cutting interest rates for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. In a statement Thursday, the bank said a majority on its nine-member policymaking panel backed a quarter-point reduction in its main interest rate to 5%, from the 16-year
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s leader warned that the militant group’s conflict with Israel has entered a “new phase.” He made the comments Thursday following the killing of a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut and Hamas’ political chief in Tehran. Hassan Nasrallah spoke to a funeral ceremony for the commander, Fouad Shukur, who was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAMMARATA, Italy (AP) — Crippling drought from a nearly rainless year, along with record-high temperatures, is stressing farmers on the Italian island of Sicily. The conditions have burned out much of the region’s hay, and that’s a crisis for those who raise cattle and sheep. One farmer near the town of Cammarata spends
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In Ukraine, he is Alya Shabaanovich Gali. He’s a doctor with lines of patients waiting for him. To family in Gaza, he is Alaa Shabaan Abu Ghali. He’s the one who left. Gali moved decades ago. He went to medical school in Kyiv and married a Ukranian woman. Through
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Este martes, tras su última victoria en los Juegos Olímpicos de este año, Andy Murray saltó a la arcilla roja de Roland Garros con los ojos abiertos como los de un niño en una tienda de golosinas. Él y su compañero de equipo, el británico Dan Evans, se habían enfrentado una
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Two back-to-back strikes in Beirut and Tehran, both attributed to Israel and targeting high-ranking figures in Hamas and Hezbollah, have left Hezbollah and Iran in a quandary. Analysts agree that both strikes hit too close to home to pass without a response, and were serious security breaches for Iran and
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By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — With the first chapter of Simone Biles’ comeback at the Olympics already complete, the next is ready to be written. After USA took team gold earlier this week, making Biles the most decorated American gymnast ever at the Games, the 27-year-old will compete again in the all-around final
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