By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly higher in Europe and Asia after technology companies powered the biggest rally on Wall Street since March. U.S. futures also rose after the S&P 500 jumped 1.7% on Thursday. Investors have been encouraged by strong earnings reports. Every S&P 500 company that has reported earnings this
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By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The husband of Olympic runner Agnes Tirop has been arrested and will be charged with her murder after Kenyan police launched a nationwide manhunt. Authorities say Ibrahim Rotich was apprehended in the coastal city of Mombasa while trying to flee the country. He
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olivertapia Hong Kong (CNN) — La primera mujer asignada para trabajar en la nueva estación espacial de China estará a bordo cuando la nave espacial Shenzhou-13 despegue el sábado temprano, hora local, en lo que será un momento histórico para las astronautas y el programa espacial del paÃs en rápida expansión. Wang Yaping, de 41
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British health officials say an estimated 43,000 people may have been wrongly told they don’t have the coronavirus because of problems at a private laboratory. The U.K. Health Security Agency said a lab in the central England city of Wolverhampton has been suspended from processing swabs. The
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It’s always been one of the most murky areas in baseball: What exactly constitutes a check-swing? Suffice to say, a lot of people were offering their own opinions after San Francisco’s Wilmer Flores was ruled out on precisely that kind of call Thursday night, ending the Giants’ 2-1 loss to the
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It’s always been one of the most murky areas in baseball: What exactly constitutes a check-swing? Suffice to say, a lot of people were offering their own opinions after San Francisco’s Wilmer Flores was ruled out on precisely that kind of call Thursday night, ending the Giants’ 2-1 loss to the
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La administración Biden se está preparando para revivir a mediados de noviembre una polémica polÃtica fronteriza de la era Trump que obliga a los migrantes a permanecer en México hasta la fecha de su audiencia en la corte de inmigración de Estados Unidos, según funcionarios. El cronograma, advirtieron los funcionarios de la
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson and Wayne Chang, CNN Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Friday he will travel to Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit later this month, marking an about-turn for the leader who previously indicated he might not attend the talks. Morrison has been under pressure from allies, including the United States, to announce
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business LinkedIn will shut down the local version of its service in China, marking a significant retreat for one of the few large US tech firms still operating in the country. The career networking platform, owned by Microsoft, made the decision because of a “significantly more challenging operating environment and greater
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — In response to growing violence across Nigeria’s northwest and central states, governors have blocked telecommunications in many areas across five states to enable the military to carry out special operations targeted at the armed groups attacking local communities. However, local officials and residents told The Associated
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Santa Barbara’s famed Reagan Ranch, known as the Western White House during the Reagan administration, narrowly escaped the flames of the Alisal Fire, which has charred nearly 17,000 acres since igniting last Monday. Firefighters appear to be gaining ground on the blaze, as containment of the fire jumped
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By Ashley Killough, CNN A school district superintendent in North Texas apologized Thursday night after one of the district’s administrators told teachers that if they have books about the Holocaust in their classroom libraries, then they should also include books that have “opposing” views of the Holocaust. At a training session last week, a school
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has appeared to criticize the global lack of action on climate change in comments caught on microphone. The 95-year-old British monarch was filmed on a phone as she visited Cardiff to open the Welsh parliament on Thursday. Speaking to her daughter-in-law Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and parliament presiding officer
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN Still only 29, he’s one of the two greatest Premier League players of all-time, yet is Mohamed Salah still undervalued? According to leading sports scientist Simon Brundish, it’s a categorical yes — and he’s got the statistics to prove it. In 1999, a swaggering Frenchman by the name of Thierry Henry
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it’s asked Interpol for help to arrest two foreigners including a Ukrainian over their alleged involvement in cyberattacks and large-scale extortion that targeted South Korean and U.S. companies.  The Korean Police Agency said Friday that it’s received domestic arrest warrants for the
Continue Reading CNN By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The whole world seems to be talking about the climate crisis, thanks to months of wild weather and new science showing that we need to act quicker than we previously thought to avoid the worst consequences. As leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow, Scotland, next month for crunch talks, they’ll
Continue Reading By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The whole world seems to be talking about the climate crisis, thanks to months of wild weather and new science showing that we need to act quicker than we previously thought to avoid the worst consequences. As leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow, Scotland, next month for crunch talks, they’ll be
Continue Reading By NICOLAE DUMITRACE and JAN M. OLSEN KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) — The suspect in a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people and wounded three in a small Norwegian town is facing a custody hearing Friday. He won’t appear in court because he has confessed to the killings and has agreed to being held in custody.
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration says it plans to reinstate a Trump-era border policy next month to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, complying with a judge’s order. It hinges on approval from the Mexican government, which has raised concerns that U.S. officials
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration says it plans to reinstate a Trump-era border policy next month to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, complying with a judge’s order. It hinges on approval from the Mexican government, which has raised concerns that U.S. officials
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