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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were higher Monday in Europe and in Asia, where most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher, to 15,058.49 while the CAC 40 in Paris also gained 0.1% to 7,002.30. Britain’s FTSE 100 added 0.2% to 7,786.30. The
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were higher Monday in Europe and in Asia, where most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher, to 15,058.49 while the CAC 40 in Paris also gained 0.1% to 7,002.30. Britain’s FTSE 100 added 0.2% to 7,786.30. The
Continue Reading By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The trial of a former leader of the Hells Angels in Europe is set to start in Madrid. German national Frank Hanebuth is being tried alongside 49 alleged collaborators for running a chapter of the motorcycle club on the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca that was allegedly
Continue Reading By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The trial of a former leader of the Hells Angels in Europe is set to start in Madrid. German national Frank Hanebuth is being tried alongside 49 alleged collaborators for running a chapter of the motorcycle club on the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca that was allegedly
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By Nouran Salahieh, Jeffrey Winter, Casey Tolan, Ralph Ellis and Scott Glover, CNN The 72-year-old man suspected of killing 11 people and wounding nine others in a shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, Saturday had previously frequented the establishment, sources told CNN. The suspect, identified as Huu Can Tran, was pronounced dead
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Most of Pakistan was left without power Monday as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired. The outage spread panic and raised questions about the cash-strapped government’s handling of the country’s economic crisis. It all started when electricity was turned off during low usage hours overnight to
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Much of Pakistan was left without power for several hours on Monday morning as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired. The outage spread panic and raised questions about the cash-strapped government’s handling of the country’s economic crisis. Electricity was turned off during low usage hours overnight
Continue Reading BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has replaced the governor of the country’s Central Bank following a weekslong plunge of the Iraqi dinar. Iraq’s state news agency reported that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani made the move on Monday after the governor, Mustafa Ghaleb Mukheef, told him he no longer wishes to stay in the
Continue Reading BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has replaced the governor of the country’s Central Bank following a weekslong plunge of the Iraqi dinar. Iraq’s state news agency reported that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani made the move on Monday after the governor, Mustafa Ghaleb Mukheef, told him he no longer wishes to stay in the
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Torrents of water spilling over a river dam in central China have swept away several people at the start of the Lunar New Year holiday. Local authorities said seven were still missing Monday, two people died and 10 were rescued. The search was continuing. The water rose rapidly before it overtopped the
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Holly Yan and Stella Chan, CNN Investigators looking through the home of the 72-year-old gunman who carried out a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on Saturday night found a .308 caliber rifle, hundreds of rounds of loose ammo and items that led them to believe he was building homemade firearm suppressors,
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan faces the severest security environment in the region since the end of World War II. He pledged Monday to push a military buildup under a newly adopted security strategy as well as tackle rapidly declining births. Kishida’s government in December adopted
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olivertapia (CNN) — Después de que los Chiefs de Kansas City y los Eagles de Philadelphia vencieran a los Jaguars de Jacksonville y los Giants de Nueva York respectivamente, todos los ojos estaban puestos en los enfrentamientos restantes de la Ronda Divisional este domingo, con los Bills de Buffalo enfrentando a los Bengals de Cincinnati
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Former Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic has hit back at online trolls she says have bombarded her with negative comments about her body at the Australian Open. In an Instagram post on Monday, Dokic, who is working as a commentator for CNN affiliate 9 at the event, said the “‘body shaming’
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By AMY TAXIN and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities searched for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations, slayings that sent a wave of fear through Asian American communities in the region and cast a shadow
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities searched for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations, slayings that sent a wave of fear through Asian American communities in the region and cast a shadow
Continue ReadingRobert Williams Outside Prada’s menswear show in Milan earlier this month, the street was packed with screaming fans, most of whom seemed to have turned out for Korean pop group Enhypen, who attended the event. Devotees at times broke into song, intoning the boy band’s hits. “These Italian kids are actually learning Korean!” Perfect magazine
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Azaz Syed and Rhea Mogul, CNN A nationwide power outage in Pakistan left nearly 220 million people without electricity on Monday, threatening to cause havoc in the South Asian nation already grappling with fuel shortages in the winter months. The country’s Ministry of Energy said in a statement the country’s National Grid
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — By week’s end, the Republican National Committee is set to resolve a bitter leadership feud that has exposed perilous divisions within a party that has struggled to move past a disappointing midterm ahead of a critical race for the White House. Those inside the
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — By week’s end, the Republican National Committee is set to resolve a bitter leadership feud that has exposed perilous divisions within the institution charged with electing the next GOP president. Those inside the fight believe the days ahead of Friday’s secret ballot at a
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