By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Six women and nine children abducted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremist rebels in the country’s troubled northeast have escaped after months in captivity. The 15 former hostages have met with Borno Governor Babagana Zulum in the state’s capital, Maiduguri. The governor said he is hoping for
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Job vacancies in the U.K. have risen to a record high of nearly 1.2 million. That’s a further sign that the British economy is experiencing worker shortages in an array of sectors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and Britain’s departure from the European Union. There
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Job vacancies in the U.K. have risen to a record high of nearly 1.2 million. That’s a further sign that the British economy is experiencing worker shortages in an array of sectors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and Britain’s departure from the European Union. There
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El Vaticano no puede ser demandado en los tribunales europeos porque es un Estado soberano, dictaminó el martes el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos (TEDH) al desestimar una demanda de sobrevivientes de abuso por parte del clero católico. Fue el primer caso del TEDH que se ocupó de la inmunidad de la
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has expressed confidence in its managing director in response to allegations World Bank staff were pressured to change business rankings for China in an effort to placate Beijing. The IMF’s 24-member executive board said Tuesday its review “did not
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has expressed confidence in its managing director in response to allegations World Bank staff were pressured to change business rankings for China in an effort to placate Beijing. The IMF’s 24-member executive board said Tuesday its review “did not
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El despliegue de las vacunas de covid-19 para los escolares en el Reino Unido ha abierto un nuevo frente en la guerra de la desinformación: los activistas antivacunas ahora están llevando sus protestas a las puertas de las escuelas. Los grupos que se oponen a la vacunación han tratado de avivar
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By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN The campaign finance trial against Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian-born associate, Lev Parnas, is set to start Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. Parnas faces charges related to two alleged campaign finance schemes. In one alleged scheme, prosecutors say Parnas and another Giuliani associate, Igor Fruman — who has pleaded
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By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives approved an extension of the nation’s debt limit through early December after the Senate passed the stopgap measure last week in a bid to avert a catastrophic default and economic disaster. Now that the Democratic-controlled House has passed the short-term extension, it is cleared
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday to extend the nation’s debt limit through early December after the Senate approved a stopgap measure last week in a bid to avert a catastrophic default and economic disaster. Once the Democratic-controlled House passes the short-term extension, it will be cleared for
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares have fallen in Europe and Asia as surging prices of oil, coal and other energy fanned fears over inflation. Benchmarks declined in Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Oil prices extended gains, having closed above $80 per barrel on Monday. On Wall Street, stocks closed broadly lower,
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares have fallen in Europe and Asia as surging prices of oil, coal and other energy fanned fears over inflation. Benchmarks declined in Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Oil prices extended gains, having closed above $80 per barrel on Monday. On Wall Street, stocks closed broadly lower,
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Evergrande stayed silent Tuesday about its fate after reportedly failing to make interest payments on another international bond, the third such deadline it appears to have missed in recent weeks. The sprawling Chinese real estate conglomerate was due to make payments of about $148 million on US dollar-denominated bonds on
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks and Joe Sutton, CNN The Alisal Fire near Santa Barbara, California, has quickly exploded in size, prompting evacuation orders and warnings. The fire began Monday afternoon near the Alisal Reservoir and now covers approximately 8,000 acres, fire officials said. It was 0% contained as of late Tuesday, according to InciWeb, a clearinghouse
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Superman lo ha hecho casi todo desde que apareció por primera vez en los cómics hace casi 80 años. Ha salvado al mundo más de unas pocas veces. Ha muerto y ha vuelto a la vida. Esquivó los golpes de Muhammad Ali e incluso se enfrentó a los supremacistas blancos. Hasta este
Continue ReadingBy Richard Allen Greene and Kara Fox, CNN The Vatican cannot be sued in European courts because it is a sovereign state, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday in dismissing a suit from survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy. It was the ECHR’s first case to deal with the immunity of the
Continue Readingolivertapia San Francisco (CNN Business) — Sophie Zhang, quien dijo que sentía que tenía “sangre en las manos” después de trabajar en Facebook, está dispuesta a testificar ante el Congreso sobre su exempleador, le dijo a CNN el domingo. Dijo que también había transmitido documentación sobre la empresa a una agencia de aplicación de la
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Los presidentes se meten en problemas cuando se los considera controlados por los acontecimientos y no al revés. Esta es la situación que enfrenta ahora Joe Biden. El presidente se enfrenta a una serie de crisis internas y globales intratables para las que no tiene el poder de arreglarlas rápidamente, una
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — A train has hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France. The mayor of a town near the collision on Tuesday morning said the victims were thought to be migrants who were resting on the tracks. The train was on a line that links the seaside resort
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, “The Happiest Man on Earth,” has died in Sydney. He was 101. Jewish community leader Darren Bark on Tuesday described Jaku as a “beacon of light and hope for not only our community, but the
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