By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mostly lower despite a rally on Wall Street after virtual talks between President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping. Shares fell in most major markets although Shanghai’s benchmark rose. The talks between Biden and Xi appeared to signal a step in the right
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mostly lower despite a rally on Wall Street after virtual talks between President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping. Shares fell in most major markets although Shanghai’s benchmark rose. The talks between Biden and Xi appeared to signal a step in the right
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Mariana Toro Londres (CNN) — Los líderes de Europa están endureciendo sus posturas hacia las personas no vacunadas contra el covid-19 y adoptando medidas que las aíslan cada vez más del resto de la sociedad. Esto, a medida que crece la frustración por el estancamiento de la vacunación y por la ola de contagios de
Continue Reading By SHEIKH SAALIQ and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in New Delhi have closed schools indefinitely and shut some coal-based power plants to combat worsening pollution while the top court considers a lockdown. It would be a first of its kind in the country to stem pollution and not to control
Continue Reading By SHEIKH SAALIQ and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in New Delhi have closed schools indefinitely and shut some coal-based power plants to combat worsening pollution while the top court considers a lockdown. It would be a first of its kind in the country to stem pollution and not to control
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Trade Representative Katharine Tai and Japan’s trade minister have agreed to work to resolve a dispute over American tariffs on steel and aluminum as part of a framework for deeper cooperation. Tai and Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda met Wednesday for talks that followed a
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Trade Representative Katharine Tai and Japan’s trade minister have agreed to work to resolve a dispute over American tariffs on steel and aluminum as part of a framework for deeper cooperation. Tai and Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda met Wednesday for talks that followed a
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A far-right TV pundit who is expected to run for the French presidency is going on trial for allegedly inciting racial hatred with his comments on unaccompanied migrant children. Eric Zemmour is being tried Wednesday on charges of “public insult” and “incitement to hatred or violence”
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The chances of an American golfer being crowned as European No. 1 for the first time were already strong heading into the Race to Dubai finale this week. Jon Rahm’s withdrawal from the season-ending DP World Tour Championship has made it even more likely. Collin Morikawa and Billy Horschel
Continue Reading By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press FADA N’GOURMA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group is ravaging Burkina Faso, killing thousands, displacing more than 1 million people and leaving hundreds missing. The International Committee of the Red Cross says that reports of missing relatives quadrupled from 104 to 407 between
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By Sarah Moon, CNN The increasingly heated debate over the presence of certain books in school libraries was aired at an Illinois school board meeting this week. After two objections were made to the presence of “Gender Queer” in the library in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, residents and students showed up Monday night
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Nectar Gan and Rhea Mogul, CNN The head of the Women’s Tennis Association has cast doubt on an email claiming to be from Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, saying it only raises further concerns for her safety. China’s state-owned television broadcaster CGTN released the email, purportedly from Peng, in the early hours
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer NAIROBI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his first official visit to Africa with an appeal for the preservation of democracy in politically and ethnically fractured societies. Amid worsening crises in Ethiopia and Sudan, Blinken began a three-nation African tour in Kenya on Wednesday. In
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN Español) — Este 19 de noviembre hay un eclipse lunar parcial, que tendrá visibilidad en las Américas, Europa y Asia. ¿Qué es este fenómeno, qué lo causa y con qué frecuencia? Aquí las respuestas a esas y otras preguntas. ¿Qué es un eclipse lunar? Primero lo primero. La Luna orbita la Tierra
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry says seven Azerbaijani service members were killed and 10 more were wounded in clashes with Armenia on the border between the two ex-Soviet nations. Armenian officials reported one casualty and said 13 of their troops were captured during Tuesday’s fighting while 24 more have gone missing. The clashes appear
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN A comedian’s powerful monologue addressing some of India’s most sensitive issues including rape and farmers’ protests has split opinion in the country, with right-wing activists calling for his arrest while supporters rally to his defense. Comedian Vir Das performed “I come from two Indias” — a speech chronicling what he perceives
Continue ReadingCNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN A comedian’s powerful monologue addressing some of India’s most sensitive issues including rape and farmers’ protests has split opinion in the country, with right-wing activists calling for his arrest while supporters rally to his defense. Comedian Vir Das performed “I come from two Indias” — a speech chronicling what he
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By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres are focused solely on looking forward in developing a young core of a team with Jack Eichel now firmly in their past. It’s been that way long before the Sabres traded their deposed captain and former face of the franchise in a
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres are focused solely on looking forward in developing a young core of a team with Jack Eichel now firmly in their past. It’s been that way long before the Sabres traded their deposed captain and former face of the franchise in a
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer It was another blowout-filled weekend in the NFL only this time several of teams on the losing end came from teams near the top of the standings. For the second time in four weeks, six games were decided by at least 21 points. That’s the first time that
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