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New video has been released of the horror and chaos that erupted on Thursday when a fire broke out inside Le Constellation Bar, which was packed with people celebrating the New Year in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana. Footage obtained and reviewed by CNN further reveals what was happening inside and outside the building as people desperately tried to escape the flames that quickly engulfed the venue. CNN verified the content by comparing the video with file images showing the inside of the bar and Street View images. A video of the fire taken from inside the bar shows…
City Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India – 26/06/2019: Pizza Hut outlet at City Center Shopping Mall in Kolkata. (Photo by: Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket, Getty Images)Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesShares of KFC and Pizza Hut’s Indian operating company Devyani International rose as much as 5.3% after announcing plans to merge with rival franchisee Sapphire Foods India. Hmm! brand owns fast food chains such as KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, and operates the chains in India through franchise partners such as Devyani International, Sapphire Foods India and Burman Hospitality.This agreement will bring together two major Yum! franchise operators.…
HANGZHOU, China — Also known as China’s Silicon Valley, Hangzhou’s tech giants and startups are competing to develop cutting-edge chips, robotics and brain-computer interfaces. Across the city, ambitious founders are developing AI pets and fortune-telling apps. This city on China’s southeast coast is being reinvented as a hub for artificial intelligence. A year after the rise of DeepSeek captured global attention, Hangzhou’s rapidly changing AI scene reflects both its global ambitions and growing competition at home. Racing towards physical AI China and the United States are moving in lockstep toward developing physical applications that many see as the next frontier…
In a perpetually changing Latin America, there was only one certainty in the last 25 years: a socialist and oil-rich Venezuela and its constant confrontation with the United States. This year, tensions reached unprecedented levels following a US military buildup in the Caribbean, attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs that Washington linked to Caracas, and President Donald Trump’s maximum-pressure campaign on his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, and on oil, the country’s lifeline. How did we get here? The following is a deep look at contemporary Venezuela, its history, its riches, its alliances and its delicate internal balance of power amid…
D3 Sign | Moment | Getty ImagesImportant year-end deadlines are looming for many investors, and skipping them could result in penalties of up to 25% from the IRS. But experts say there are ways to reduce or even eliminate it. Most retirees must begin taking so-called required minimum distributions (RMDs) from their pre-tax accounts when they reach age 73. The first RMD must be paid by April 1 of the year after you turn age 73, and subsequent withdrawals must be made by December 31. RMDs are based on your balance, your age, and the IRS’s “life expectancy factor.”The year-end…
An overview of the Baidu logo seen at the Shanghai New Expo Center during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025 held in Shanghai, China on July 28, 2025.Ying Tan | Null Photo | Getty ImagesChinese technology giant Baidu The company announced plans to spin off its artificial intelligence chip subsidiary Kunlunxin and list it in Hong Kong as more domestic chip makers seek funding amid China’s push for semiconductor self-sufficiency.The company said in a statement on Friday that it has confidentially submitted an application to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, although details of the listing application, including size…
Kyiv, Ukraine — Lyudmila Shramko left Kiev with her young twin daughters in 2024 to avoid shelling and power outages. But a year later, a 16-hour power outage hit her in western Ukraine. The 40-year-old recalls experiencing a two-day unplanned power outage in her apartment in the capital during the summer of 2024, when temperatures were 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). “It’s been very difficult for the children,” she told CNN. Not only could she not turn on the air conditioning, she could not cook or use the elevator. When Shramko moved to a new city with her one-year-old…
A 1 kilogram gold bar and a 500 gram gold bar next to a 1 kilogram silver bar at The Vaults Group gold dealer in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, April 28, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGold and silver prices lost ground on Wednesday as investors booked profits following historic annual gains and exchange operator CME Group raised margins on precious metals futures for the second time in a week.Spot gold prices fell 0.1% to $4,339.89 an ounce as of 8:50 a.m. ET, extending losses into the new year. The yellow metal hit a one-week low in the previous session.Meanwhile,…
Shoppers near a Nike store in New York’s SoHo neighborhood on November 24, 2025.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesnike Shares rose about 4% on Wednesday after insiders bought up shares near the end of a difficult year.apple CEO Tim Cook, who sits on the sports apparel maker’s board, added about 50,000 shares to Nike, increasing his stake by about 90%, according to financial data provider Verity.Fellow director Robert Holmes Swann bought about 8,700 shares, according to Verity. This represented a 24% expansion compared to the former. eBay and intel executive position.Nike CEO Elliott Hill acquired about 16,400 shares in…
Colleen McCarthy started making flower arrangements in her free time while working a corporate job she wasn’t exactly looking forward to.Two years later, she designed flower arrangements for stars such as Sabrina Carpenter and Drew Barrymore through her business, Colleen Rose Florals.McCarthy, 27, grew up in Ridgefield, Connecticut. She majored in environmental studies and communications at Fordham University, but after graduating in 2020, “I had a hard time finding a job or a term, let alone one I really wanted,” she says.She took a job at a PR agency, but saw it as a “temporary” job until she made long-term…