By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and U.S. futures rose Monday after Wall Street rebounded from a seven-week string of declines and China eased anti-virus curbs on business activity in Shanghai and Beijing. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Oil stayed above $110 per barrel.
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda Este relato de los acontecimientos en torno a la masacre de la Escuela Primaria Robb en Uvalde, Texas, se basa en declaraciones oficiales, entrevistas con padres, testigos, agentes de la ley y funcionarios locales, y otros informes de CNN y sus afiliados de noticias. (CNN) — Dos días antes de que terminara el
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday urged the Pacific region not to be “too anxious” about his country’s aims after a meeting in Fiji with his counterparts from 10 island nations was unable to agree to a sweeping trade and security communique. Wang hosted the meeting with foreign ministers from Pacific
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud ha recibido informes, hasta el jueves pasado, de 257 casos confirmados de viruela del mono y unos 120 casos sospechosos en 23 naciones donde el virus no es endémico, según una actualización del domingo. En Estados Unidos, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing coalition and the main opposition party have reached a deal to move ahead with a big increase in defense spending that Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced three months ago. Scholz said three days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started that Germany would commit 100 billion euros ($107 billion) to a
Continue ReadingBy Kerry Flynn, CNN Olympic distance runner Alexi Pappas describes herself as an “extremely motivated person,” and it would be difficult to disagree. She is not only a professional athlete, but a filmmaker, actress and writer who lives with her husband Jeremy and their pug Bernini in Los Angeles. Her social media is overflowing with
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has reached an agreement with Boeing to buy 50 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The airline says the planes are due to be delivered between 2025 and 2028 at a schedule closely corresponding to current aircraft lease expirations. The company said Monday it intends to finance the
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN China has ordered a nationwide review of school textbooks after illustrations deemed ugly, sexually suggestive and secretly pro-American caused public uproar. The news has alarmed some experts and parents who fear the campaign is turning into a political witch hunt and represents an unnecessary tightening of the country’s already stringent censorship
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Una recaudación de fondos en línea para los hijos de Irma García, una respetada maestra asesinada en el tiroteo en la escuela de Uvalde, Texas, y Joe García, su esposo, quien murió de un ataque al corazón días después, ha juntado más de US$ 2,5 millones. “Irma era esposa, madre de 4
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By Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan and Michelle Watson, CNN Two people died after a boat flipped over in Colorado’s Lake Pueblo State Park over Memorial Day weekend, officials said. The boat capsized with 13 people on board around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Southeast Region tweeted. Shortly after the accident, rescuers saved eight
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian-battered eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk appeared to be on the brink of becoming another Mariupol on Monday as the mayor told The Associated Press that Russian troops have entered, power and communications have been cut and “the city has been completely
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Esha Mitra, CNN Police are searching for the killers of prominent Indian rapper turned politician Sidhu Moose Wala, who was shot by unidentified assailants while driving near his home in the Mansa district of India’s Punjab state on Sunday. The 28-year-old singer, whose real name was Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, sustained a
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN Two people are dead and at least 19 others injured after a two-car crash struck multiple pedestrians in Lincoln, Nebraska, according to authorities. At least one of the 19 injured is in critical condition while the others transported to hospitals have non-life-threatening injuries, Lincoln Police Captain Max Hubka told CNN early
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are gathering in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine. But divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new sanctions package are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country. Ukrainian President
Continue ReadingHeather Chen, CNN A glass-bottomed walkway in Vietnam, which opened to much public fanfare in April, has been declared the world’s longest bridge of its kind by Guinness World Records. The previous record for world’s longest glass-bottomed bridge was held by a structure measuring 1,726 feet in length in Guangdong, China. Located in the rural
Continue Reading By AILEEN TORRES-BENNETT and NICK PERRY Associated Press SUVA, Fiji (AP) — China fell short Monday on a bold plan to have 10 Pacific nations endorse a sweeping new agreement covering everything from security to fisheries as some in the region expressed deep concerns. But there have been plenty of smaller wins for China’s Foreign
Continue Reading By Kiely Westhoff A tabernacle valued at $2 million was stolen from a Catholic church in Brooklyn last week and statues of angels flanking the altar were decapitated in the process, police said. Power tools were used to “forcefully cut open” the altar and access the 18-karat gold tabernacle, the New York City Police Department
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By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer After an encouraging second half in 2021, the Detroit Tigers were significant spenders last offseason for the first time in a while. It hasn’t yet worked out like they hoped. Javier Báez (six years, $140 million) is hitting .194. Eduardo Rodriguez (five years, $77 million) has one win in
Continue Reading By OMAR FARUK and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — It now costs Ayan Hassan Abdirahman twice as much as it did just a few months ago to buy the wheat flour she uses to make breakfast each day for her 11 children in Somalia’s capital. Nearly all the wheat sold in Somalia
Continue Reading SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carter Graham had four hits and drove in three runs, Drew Browser hit a tie-breaking home run in the seventh inning, and top-seeded Stanford beat second-seeded Oregon State 9-5 Sunday night in the first-ever Pac-12 Tournament. It was the 16th-straight win for the third-ranked Cardinal (41-14), the longest since they won
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