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CNN By Shara Talia Taylor and Eryn Mathewson, CNN Don’t be surprised if we hear more about Muslim women in sports this year. Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur is the No. 2 seed at the first grand slam of the 2023 tennis season — the Australian Open, which got underway on Monday. Jabeur turned heads
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady will give a rare international address as the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in the snowy Swiss town of Davos gets into full swing on Tuesday, part of a push by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his government to acquire more foreign weapons to
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady will give a rare international address as the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in the snowy Swiss town of Davos gets into full swing on Tuesday, part of a push by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his government to acquire more foreign weapons to
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olivertapia Hong Kong (CNN) — La economía de China se expandió un 3% en 2022, muy por debajo del objetivo del gobierno, dijo este martes la Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas del país. También representa uno de los peores desempeños de la economía china en casi medio siglo. Tras tres años de cierre por pandemia, aerolíneas
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Alina Kapatsyna often dreams about getting a phone call from her mother. In those visions, her mother tells her that she’s coming home. Men in military uniforms took 45-year-old Vita Hannych away from her house in eastern Ukraine in April. She never returned.
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Alina Kapatsyna often dreams about getting a phone call from her mother. In those visions, her mother tells her that she’s coming home. Men in military uniforms took 45-year-old Vita Hannych away from her house in eastern Ukraine in April. She never returned.
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Fish caught in the fresh waters of the nation’s streams and rivers and the Great Lakes contain dangerously high levels of PFOS, short for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, a known synthetic toxin phased out by the federal government, according to a study of data from the US Environmental Protection Agency. The chemical
Continue Reading By ANISH BHATTARAI Associated Press POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese authorities on Tuesday began returning to families the bodies of victims of a flight that crashed Sunday, and said they were sending the aircraft’s data recorder to France for analysis as they try to determine what caused the country’s deadliest plane accident in 30 years.
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Human rights groups are urging Sri Lanka’s government to release a prominent student activist who was arrested five months ago during anti-government protests triggered by the country’s economic crisis. He has been held without charges under harsh anti-terrorism laws. A court on Tuesday ordered him
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Tuesday after China reported its economy expanded at a 3% pace last year, less than half 2021′s rate. Investors are watching to see if Japan’s central bank will alter its longstanding policy of keeping its key interest rate at minus 0.1% when
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Tuesday after China reported its economy expanded at a 3% pace last year, less than half 2021′s rate. Investors are watching to see if Japan’s central bank will alter its longstanding policy of keeping its key interest rate at minus 0.1% when
Continue Reading By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Climate activists in Africa are expressing anger toward the United Nations climate agency, accusing it of allowing corporations and individuals with dubious climate credentials to greenwash their polluting activities by participating in its annual climate conference. The criticism follows Thursday’s announcement that oil executive Sultan al-Jaber
Continue Reading By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Climate activists in Africa are expressing anger toward the United Nations climate agency, accusing it of allowing corporations and individuals with dubious climate credentials to greenwash their polluting activities by participating in its annual climate conference. The criticism follows Thursday’s announcement that oil executive Sultan al-Jaber
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FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Latrell Wrightsell Jr. scored 18 points and Cal State Fullerton rolled to a 76-46 victory over Cal State Bakersfield 76-46 on Monday night. Wrightsell added seven steals for the Titans (10-9, 4-3 Big West Conference). Daeshawn Eaton and Max Jones scored 13 points apiece. Antavion Collum led the way for the
Continue Reading HONOLULU (AP) — Noel Coleman had 14 points in Hawaii’s 58-51 win against CSU Northridge on Monday night. Coleman shot 4 for 12 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Rainbow Warriors (14-4, 5-1 Big West Conference). JoVon McClanahan added 13 points and five assists. Bernardo
Continue Reading IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Andre Kelly finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds to power UC Santa Barbara to a 73-65 victory over UC Irvine on Monday night. Miles Norris pitched in with 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Gauchos (14-3, 5-1 Big West Conference). Ajay Mitchell scored 14. Dawson Baker had 17 points
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James had a season-high 48 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in his third 40-point performance since turning 38 less than three weeks ago, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a three-game skid with a 140-132 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday night.
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A criminal trial is set to start in federal court for a northeastern Kansas man charged with threatening to kill one of the state’s congressmen. The start of 32-year-old Chase Neill’s trial was to come weeks after a judge concluded evidence of mental illness didn’t mean
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Jackson, CNN Seventeen migrants were taken onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship Saturday after it encountered a small vessel adrift on its way to the Bahamas, according to a statement from the cruise line. The Liberty of the Seas was sailing to the Bahamas when it encountered a small vessel
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen is seeing its longest-ever pause in fighting, more than nine months. Yemeni, Saudi and U.N. officials say Saudi Arabia and its rival, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, have revived back-channel talks, hoping to strengthen the informal cease-fire and lay out a path for a negotiated end to
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