By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s parliament has passed the first of several laws that make up its contentious judicial overhaul. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition approved a motion Thursday that would protect the Israeli leader from being deemed unfit to rule over his corruption trial and claims of a
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By Dalal Mawad, Aurore Laborie, Oliver Briscoe and Joshua Berlinger, CNN French transport networks, oil refineries and schools were hit by widespread disruption Thursday as workers staged a national strike to protest an increase in the retirement age that was pushed through parliament without a vote. Though sporadic demonstrations had popped up in Paris and
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst Within days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the Supreme Court‘s ground floor, where – before the ongoing pandemic – tourists could watch a film about court operations. Grieving aides to
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A shortage of fresh vegetables last month may force the Bank of England to approve an 11th consecutive interest rate increase Thursday. The scramble for peppers, cucumbers and spinach helped push inflation to 10.4% in February, surprising analysts who expected prices to drop into single digits for
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Eric Cheung, CNN Taiwan announced Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Honduras as ties between the two worsen, with the Central American nation preparing to switch diplomatic recognition from the self-governing island to China. In a statement, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said it had recalled the ambassador to “express our strong
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, Dakin Andone and Andy Rose, CNN One day after two faculty members were shot and wounded by a student at a Denver high school, the local school board voted unanimously to temporarily suspend its nearly two-year-old ban on armed guards and police officers in its schools. “Based on the emergency situation presented
Continue Reading By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. is denying Chinese claims that its military had driven away an American guided-missile destroyer from operating around disputed islands in the South China Sea, in an incident that comes as tensions in the region between the two powers continue to rise. The U.S. Navy’s 7th
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN New Zealand thinks it’s time for its teenagers to say “thank u, next” to their exes and they’re spending millions to make it happen. The Love Better campaign, launched Wednesday, will receive $4 million (NZ$ 6.4 million) over three years from the Ministry of Social Development to help teens recover from
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN China’s Evergrande Group, whose collapse in 2021 sparked China’s worst property market crisis on record, has unveiled a multi-billion dollar restructuring plan to make peace with its international creditors. The long-awaited plan could set an important precedence for investors dealing with the growing defaults and restructuring in China’s real estate industry.
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN China’s Evergrande Group, whose collapse in 2021 sparked China’s worst property market crisis on record, has unveiled a multi-billion dollar restructuring plan to make peace with its international creditors. The long-awaited plan could set an important precedence for investors dealing with the growing defaults and restructuring in China’s real estate industry.
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press BAJRAM CURRI, Albania (AP) — Thousands of young Albanians have crossed the English Channel in recent years to seek a new life in the U.K. Their dangerous journey in small boats or inflatable dinghies reflects Albania’s anemic economy and a younger generation’s longing for fresh opportunities. In 2018, only 300
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Members of Congress will grill the head of social media app TikTok on Thursday as they consider whether to outlaw the popular program.
Continue Reading By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The first daily fast of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan began Thursday, as hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide enter a four-week period of worship. The observance comes at a time when numerous countries and governments across the Middle East are taking tentative steps towards
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate, while noting the end may be near for its economy-crunching hikes to interest rates. The Fed raised its key overnight rate by a quarter of a percentage point, the same size as
Continue Reading By Juliana Liu and Anna Cooban, CNN European and Asian markets were mixed during Thursday trade as investors digested the decision by the US Federal Reserve to raise its main interest rate by 25 basis points in a bid to bring down inflation. European markets opened lower, with the region’s benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 index
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN The Federal Reserve faced a particularly vexing decision this week: Should it raise interest rates during a bank crisis? For Tom Barkin, the decision wasn’t especially challenging. Inflation, he says, remains public enemy No. 1. “Inflation is high. Demand hadn’t seemed to come down. And so, the case for raising was
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Aliyah Boston recalls her parents prodding her to be more active on social media, to extend her brand as her basketball prowess began to draw national attention. She said she would be more active — and then post just one photo in two months, which is no way for
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — South Korea’s unification minister and senior Japanese government officials have reaffirmed their close cooperation in response to North Korea’s escalating missile threats at a rare meeting, a sign of a further thaw in relations that comes only a week after their leaders agreed to work past their
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Tina Burnside, CNN The Tennessee plane crash that killed a Christian diet guru and six others in 2021 was caused by the pilot losing airplane control during a climb “due to spatial disorientation,” according to a National Transportation Safety Board report filed Wednesday. Dietician Gwen Shamblin Lara, her husband, actor William
Continue Reading By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says his government has ”no intention” to return to four settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled in 2005 under a law that was repealed by the Israeli parliament this week. Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement on Wednesday comes after the Biden administration summoned Israel’s ambassador
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