By JON GAMBRELL and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded Ukrainian cities with missiles, rockets and suicide drones, with one strike reported to have killed 25 people, as it moved Friday to annex Ukrainian territory into Russia and put it under the protection of Moscow’s nuclear umbrella, opening an internationally condemned
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China is dismissing complaints from two U.S. lawmakers over the quarantining of American diplomats and their family members under the country’s strict COVID-19 regulations. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson says China’s epidemic protocols apply to both Chinese and foreigners and are open and transparent. She called the statements by the U.S. lawmakers “really
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Two surveys show growth in Chinese manufacturing was weak in September, export orders fell and employers cut jobs. That adds to pressure on lackluster economic growth. Business news magazine Caixin said its monthly purchasing managers’ index fell. A separate index by an official business group edged higher. Both showed export orders and
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Energy ministers from the 27 European Union countries have agreed to adopt a set of measures aimed at mitigating the impact of the energy crisis. But they locked horns over the possible introduction of a price cap on wholesale gas imports. The package agreed
Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made his first public appearance since returning from a trip to Central Asia, quashing unfounded rumors of a “coup” that sparked a frenzy of speculation ahead of a key Communist Party meeting. Xi on Tuesday visited an exhibition in Beijing showcasing China’s achievements over his
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Finnish-Russia border has been closed to Russians with tourist visas, curtailing one of the last easily accessible routes to Europe for Russians trying to flee a military mobilization. Long queues were reported until midnight and among the last to enter Finland were two cyclists who arrived a little before 11
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency has broken into double digits as prices for electricity and natural gas soar, signaling a looming winter recession for one of the globe’s major economies as higher prices undermine consumers’ spending power. Consumer prices in the 19-country
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BEIJING (AP) — Far fewer Chinese are expected to be traveling during the upcoming “Golden Week” National Day holiday, amid rigid anti-COVID-19 restrictions and calls from health officials for people to stay put. China’s transport ministry is estimating some 210 million trips will be made by road during the week-long holiday that begins Saturday, down
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Revised figures show the U.K. economy grew slightly in the second quarter of this year, indicating the country isn’t currently in a recession. The Office for National Statistics said Friday that gross domestic product increased by 0.2% in the three months through June, compared with the agency’s previous estimate that the economy
Continue ReadingKGO, STEVE SORDELLO, TIARE LAWRENCE, CNN Elissa Garay, CNN As the lowest-lying nation in the world — with much of it sitting just a few feet above sea level — the nearly 1,200 Indian Ocean islands scattered across the Maldives’ sun-soaked atolls are famed not just for their magazine-cover-ready beaches and bungalows, but for their
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency has broken into double digits as prices for electricity and natural gas soar, signaling a looming winter recession for one of the globe’s major economies as higher prices undermine consumers’ spending power. Consumer prices in the 19-country
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has joined an institution of isolated chambers and archaic procedures. It is also a place that has lost the public’s trust. So, as she navigates the cloistered corridors, she’ll also have to watch her footing in the ongoing debate over the institution’s legitimacy. In some
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The House of Representatives voted on Friday to approve a stopgap bill to fund the government through December 16, averting a shutdown just hours ahead of a midnight deadline when funding was set to expire. President Joe Biden signed the bill Friday afternoon. The Senate passed the measure
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha can remain in his job and did not violate a constitutional provision limiting him to eight years in office. Opposition lawmakers had said that Prayuth, who took power as army commander in a 2014
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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A year after its first rocket launch failed, a new aerospace company was unsuccessful early Friday in its second attempt to place multiple satellites into orbit. Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket was unable to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, and follow a planned arc over the
Continue Reading VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A year after its first rocket launch failed, a new aerospace company was unsuccessful early Friday in its second attempt to place multiple satellites into orbit. Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket was unable to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, and follow a planned arc over the
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a bomb has exploded inside a sweets shop in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least one person and wounding 14 others. Friday’s bombing happened in the town of Kohlu. That’s according to the Kohlu district administrator, Qurban Ali. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing,
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN Fashion forward to some, and a faux pas to others, wearing socks with sandals has been a sartorial boundary that many celebrities have transgressed. Recently, models Kaia Gerber and Kendall Jenner were spotted owning the look running errands last year, while earlier this summer, Bella Hadid was seen wearing a pair of
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — En un debate lleno de ataques y golpes, los candidatos presidenciales de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro y Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva intercambiaron feroces insultos personales, con acusaciones de corrupción y mentiras, en el último debate presidencial previo a las elecciones generales del 2 de octubre. “No mientas porque es vergonzoso que mienta
Continue ReadingCNN, US COAST GUARD, WKMG, WPLG, WCSC By Ben Morse and Jacob Lev, CNN Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and the team’s owners, the Glazer family, both announced on Thursday that they will make donations towards Hurricane Ian relief efforts. Hurricane Ian made landfall along the southwestern coast of Florida near Cayo Costa as
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