By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Greek officials on Wednesday during a visit to Athens, with talks touching on Chinese investment in Greece, regional geopolitics, sports and minorities. Greece recently emerged from a decade-long financial crisis that wiped out a quarter of its economy and
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By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Greek officials on Wednesday during a visit to Athens, with talks touching on Chinese investment in Greece, regional geopolitics, sports and minorities. Greece recently emerged from a decade-long financial crisis that wiped out a quarter of its economy and
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed five tornadoes hit in parts of southeastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois as severe storms raked the region on Sunday. The St. Louis office of the service said in a tweet late Tuesday that the area saw two strong EF3 tornadoes, including one that tore through
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Christiane Amanpour CNN, Emmet Lyons CNN, Ken Olshansky CNN Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard has said that he remains unsure as to whether he has written his last work. “At the moment, I’m sitting here with nothing to write, and I’m thinking I really ought to try and write something else now,” Stoppard told CNN’s Christiane
Continue Reading By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police say a resident of a high-rise condominium near Bangkok cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn’t told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor until a couple rescued them. Police say the woman is facing
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation for people who don’t identify as male or female. The State Department says it expects to offer the option more broadly early next year. The department didn’t identify the passport recipient. But Dana Zzyym
Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli settlement monitor says Israel has approved about 3,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank. The decision by a government committee comes a day after the Biden administration issued its strongest condemnation yet of the proposed construction. Hagit Ofran from the
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The State Department is expected to announce Wednesday that the United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation. That’s a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don’t identify as male or female. The State Department will also offer the
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s third-quarter profit jumped 32% even though the number of shipments the railroad delivered remained relatively flat because it was able to increase prices on most categories of freight. The railroad said it earned $753 million, $3.06 per share, in the quarter. That’s up
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Midday bombings have injured at least nine people near a busy government office in Myanmar’s second biggest city. The attack appears to be the latest by militants opposed to the country’s military rulers. Witnesses say two explosions rocked an area near the Road Transport Administration Department in
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Business) — Desde el caos de la cadena de suministro hasta la escasez de trabajadores, la recuperación económica de Estados Unidos se enfrentó a algunos desafíos serios en el tercer trimestre del año. Los economistas encuestados por Refinitiv estiman que entre julio y septiembre la economía de Estados Unidos creció al ritmo
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business The chief executive and founder of shapewear company Spanx has surprised employees with two first-class plane tickets and $10,000 each to celebrate the company’s $1.2 billion deal with Blackstone. Spanx founder Sara Blakely surprised employees with the news, she revealed in a post on her verified Instagram account Friday. In
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN The man accused of shooting three people — two fatally — during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year will stand trial this month. Defense lawyers say Kyle Rittenhouse, then 17, was acting in self-defense last August when he shot and killed Anthony Huber, 26, and Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and injured Gaige
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Nueva York (CNN Business) — Nadie confundiría las Pop-Tarts de Kellogg’s con un plato de fruta: son un placer indulgente, cargado de azúcar e ingredientes procesados. Pero una nueva demanda afirma que las Pop-Tarts se hacen pasar por un alimento saludable. Una demanda colectiva, presentada por la residente de Illinois Anita Harris
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By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN Democrats seemed to move further apart over the course of the last 24 hours, laying bare the very real risk that President Joe Biden will fall short in his effort to secure an agreement before he arrives on the global stage later this week. In private meetings from
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By Clare Duffy and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Two months after former US President Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, Twitter executive Vijaya Gadde was asked how she felt about his proposition that he might not have won the White House without the social media platform. “To me, there’s nothing better than having a political
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is painting a relatively rosy picture of the state of the country’s economy following the U.K.’s deepest recession in around 300 years. In his annual budget to Parliament, Sunak said growth this year was set to be 6.5%, higher than predicted just
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is painting a relatively rosy picture of the state of the country’s economy following the U.K.’s deepest recession in around 300 years. In his annual budget to Parliament, Sunak said growth this year was set to be 6.5%, higher than predicted just
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Rusia notificó este miércoles 1.123 muertes por covid-19 en las últimas 24 horas, un nuevo récord histórico por segundo día consecutivo, según datos del centro de respuesta al coronavirus del país. El récord anterior de 1.106 muertes en 24 horas se registró este martes. El número de nuevos casos en
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By Michael Warren and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is backing former football star Herschel Walker’s Senate bid in Georgia, the latest sign that the Republican establishment is aligning behind Walker despite having serious doubts about the GOP candidate’s viability. “I am happy to endorse Herschel Walker for U.S. Senate in Georgia,”
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