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BEIJING (AP) — In a story published September 18, 2022, about China’s influence in the United Nations, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Chinese officials hold the top position at three U.N. agencies: the Food and Agricultural Organization, the Industrial Development Organization and the International Telecommunications Union. They hold the top post at two agencies
Continue Reading By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Taliban detainee held for years at Guantanamo Bay said Monday he was released and handed over earlier in the day to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner held in Afghanistan. Bashir Noorzai, a notorious drug lord and member of the Taliban,
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olivertapia (CNN) — Más de 1,4 millones de personas en Puerto Rico quedaron en la oscuridad el domingo cuando el huracán Fiona provocó un corte de energía en toda la isla y azotó el territorio con fuertes lluvias, vientos e inundaciones que amenazaban la vida, dijeron las autoridades. Mientras el clima severo continuaba azotando a
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Several environmental groups have launched legal challenges to the European Union’s decision to label investments in gas and nuclear power as green. European Union lawmakers in July voted to include natural gas and nuclear in the so-called taxonomy system, backing a proposal from the European Commission that
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Several environmental groups have launched legal challenges to the European Union’s decision to label investments in gas and nuclear power as green. European Union lawmakers in July voted to include natural gas and nuclear in the so-called taxonomy system, backing a proposal from the European Commission that
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile strike hit a facility close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine Monday, causing no damage to its reactors but damaging other industrial equipment in what the country’s atomic energy operator denounced as an act of “nuclear terrorism.” Energoatom, which operates Ukraine’s
Continue Reading The Associated Press The Commerce Department releases its monthly snapshot of U.S. housing starts Tuesday. The Federal Reserve delivers its latest interest rate policy update Wednesday. FedEx reports quarterly results Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Mathias Pogba, the brother of France’s World Cup-winning footballer Paul Pogba, has been put under temporary detention by a Paris court as it investigates allegations of extortion, his lawyer has confirmed to CNN. According to Mathias’ lawyer Yassine Bouzrou, Mathias Pogba, 32, has been in prison since Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN With victory all but secured, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta gave the nod to the substitutes’ bench. Changes were afoot, history would be made. In the 92nd minute, schoolboy Ethan Nwaneri replaced Fabio Vieira to become, aged 15 years and 181 days, the youngest player to play in an English Premier League
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares fell Monday after another week of sizable losses on Wall Street, as investors braced for another interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. Oil prices and U.S. futures declined. On Friday, a stark warning Friday from FedEx about rapidly
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares fell Monday after another week of sizable losses on Wall Street, as investors braced for another interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. Oil prices and U.S. futures declined. On Friday, a stark warning Friday from FedEx about rapidly
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Here are some things to know as we kick off a new week! We’re going to continue seeing below average temperatures for this time of year! We’re just 4 days away from Fall, but gear up for some triple digit heat come this weekend! Enjoy these comfortable temperatures while you can! Daily highs for the
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business The future looked promising for Cherry in May last year, when she secured a prestigious internship at a major software firm, while still studying at a university in Wuhan. The company told her that she could start working for them full time, once she graduates. But her situation changed dramatically
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police have fired tear gas to disperse a rally in the western, mainly Kurdish city of Sanandaj, where protesters were decrying the death of a young woman while in police custody in Tehran last week. The semiofficial Fars news agency reported that police also arrested several of about 500 protesters
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will take place on Monday in London, in an occasion that will mark the world’s farewell to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. The Queen died September 8 at the age of 96 at her Scottish country estate, Balmoral. King Charles
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan and Melissa Alonso, CNN At least two people have died in Puerto Rico because of Hurricane Fiona, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi told CNN, as rescuers scrambled to save flooding victims. A 58-year-old man died after being swept away by La Plata River behind his home in Comerío, and a man in
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A tropical storm slammed southwestern Japan with rainfall and winds Monday, leaving one person dead and another missing, as it swerved north toward Tokyo. Residential streets were flooded with muddy water from rivers, and swathes of homes lost power after Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall in the Kyushu
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president has left for New York, where he will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly later this week. He says he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden or other U.S. officials on the sidelines of the U.N. event. Ebrahim Raisi spoke at the Tehran airport before
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world are laying Queen Elizabeth II to rest on Monday at a state funeral that is drawing presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and up to a million people lining the streets of London to say a
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world are laying Queen Elizabeth II to rest on Monday at a state funeral that is drawing presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and up to a million people lining the streets of London to say a
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