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Month: February 2022

German soccer club removes Russian firm Gazprom from jerseys

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — The logo of Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom is being removed from the jerseys of German soccer team Schalke following Russia’s wide-ranging attack on Ukraine. Schalke says the logo will be replaced by lettering reading “Schalke 04” instead following what it called “recent developments.” A senior Gazprom executive had already quit

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Global stocks plunge as Russia attacks Ukraine

By Laura He, CNN Business Global stocks plunged after President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine, drawing condemnation from the West and making punishing sanctions all but certain. European stocks tumbled on Thursday. The FTSE 100 fell 3.9% in London, while France’s CAC 40 dropped 3.8% and Germany’s DAX 30 shed 4%. Russian stocks

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Oreo maker and Coke bottler close up shop in Ukraine

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business A number of companies have suspended production or limited manufacturing output in Ukraine because of the Russian invasion early Thursday. Companies that made those announcements include Carlsberg, a Coca-Cola bottling company, snack maker Mondelez and steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal. They join a number of airlines that have already suspended operations to

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Oreo maker and Coke bottler close up shop in Ukraine

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business A number of companies have suspended production or limited manufacturing output in Ukraine because of the Russian invasion early Thursday. Companies that made those announcements include Carlsberg, a Coca-Cola bottling company, snack maker Mondelez and steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal. They join a number of airlines that have already suspended operations to

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U.S. lawmakers blast Canada over sale of lithium mining company to Chinese firm

By Richard Madan Click here for updates on this story     Washington, D.C. (CTV Network) — A trio of U.S. lawmakers are blasting Canada’s “complicit approval” that allowed the sale of a Toronto-listed lithium mining company to a Chinese state-owned firm, and are urging Biden administration officials to investigate the acquisition. In a letter to several

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DeSantis’ rising star — and fraught relationship with Trump — on display as CPAC kicks off in Florida

By Steve Contorno and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Walking out to a slick hype video and tossing hats into a raucous crowd as he approached the microphone, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday demonstrated for the Conservative Political Action Conference the bravado and fighting attitude that has made him the most popular elected Republican in the

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Los precios mundiales del petróleo se disparan por encima de los 100 dólares y podrían subir mucho más

olivertapia Nueva York/Londres (CNN Business) — Los precios del petróleo subieron por encima de los 100 dólares por barril después de que Rusia lanzó una invasión a Ucrania, aumentando la presión sobre una economía global que ya se tambalea por la inflación galopante. El crudo Brent, el punto de referencia mundial, agregó un 8,5% para

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Catholic church in Michigan still trying to remedy hundreds of invalid baptisms performed over 13 years

By Amy Simonson, CNN After hundreds of Catholic baptisms performed in Michigan between 1986 and 1999 were deemed invalid because of the language used during the ritual, the Archdiocese of Detroit is still trying to remedy the situation. The case mirrors a recent predicament for the Catholic Church in Arizona, where it was discovered that

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Es más probable que a los inmigrantes negros se les niegue la ciudadanía estadounidense que a los inmigrantes blancos, según un estudio

Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Los inmigrantes negros tienen menos probabilidades de ser aprobados para la ciudadanía estadounidense que los inmigrantes blancos, según muestra un nuevo estudio publicado esta semana. Investigadores de la Universidad del Sur de California (USC) analizaron más de 2 millones de solicitudes de ciudadanía presentadas por residentes permanentes de Estados Unidos entre

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Global stocks plunge as Russia attacks Ukraine

By Laura He, CNN Business Global stocks plunged after President Vladimir Putin launched a military attack on Ukraine, drawing condemnation from the West and making punishing sanctions all but certain. European stocks tumbled in the opening minutes of trading on Thursday. The FTSE 100 fell 2.5% in London, while France’s CAC 40 dropped 4% and

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Putin anuncia una operación militar especial en la región del Donbás en Ucrania: “Nuestros planes no son ocupar Ucrania, no pensamos imponernos a nadie”

Ángela Reyes Moscú (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, anunció una operación militar en la región de Donbás, en el este de Ucrania, a primera hora del jueves (hora local). En el discurso, transmitido por la televisión nacional rusa, Putin instó a las fuerzas ucranianas a deponer las armas y volver a casa,

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Esta “podría ser la peor guerra desde principios de siglo”: el mundo reacciona tras el anuncio de Putin de una operación militar en Ucrania

CNN en Español (CNN Español) — El mundo reaccionó tras la decisión del presidente Vladimir Putin de ordenar una operación militar especial en la región del Donbás, en Ucrania. Rusia anuncia una operación militar en Ucrania: últimas noticias y reacciones en vivo Esta “podría ser la peor guerra desde principios de siglo” El secretario general

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Texas AG declares pediatric gender-affirming procedures to be child abuse, legal opinion says

By Amir Vera and Ashley Killough, CNN In a stunning legal opinion released publicly this week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared gender-affirming surgical procedures in children and prescribing drugs that affect puberty to be considered “child abuse,” a claim seen by many as an attack on transgender children. “There is no doubt that these

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