By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A stock market filing says missing Chinese investment banker Bao Fan is co-operating in an investigation in China. China Renaissance Holdings Ltd., which Bao founded, gave no further details. It said the company has been unable to reach Bao but its operations continued as normal. The
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By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A stock market filing says missing Chinese investment banker Bao Fan is co-operating in an investigation in China. China Renaissance Holdings Ltd., which Bao founded, gave no further details. The company says it has been unable to reach Bao but its operations continue as normal. The
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford, Joe Sutton and Claire Colbert, CNN As severe storms prompted at least nine tornado reports in parts of the central US, a barrage of snow, rain and harsh wind was forecast Monday in places from the West Coast to the Great Lakes, including some still without power following a similar
Continue Reading By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The ex-husband and former in-laws of a slain Hong Kong model were put in custody without bail Monday on a joint murder charge, after police found parts of her body in a refrigerator. Ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong were
Continue Reading By KALLE BENALLIE, ICT WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later
Continue Reading By JOHN DANISZEWSKI and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by U.S.-led forces, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid wants the world to know his country now is at peace, democratic and intent on rebuilding economic life while maintaining a government that serves the whole country
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By Nouran Salahieh, Artemis Moshtaghian and Holly Yan, CNN After a brief pause, shipments of contaminated liquid and soil from the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have resumed after cross-country concerns about where the hazardous waste is going. Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency previously said they have approved the shipment of contaminated
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — A spokesman for the Taliban government says their security forces killed two militants from the Islamic State group and detained a third in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The officials said Monday that the raid in a residential neighborhood targeted IS militants who were planning to organize attacks
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen and Renée Rigdon, CNN As the planet warms, hurricanes are changing — they are getting stronger faster, bringing more flooding rain, pushing farther inland after they make landfall and tracking farther north in general. Those changes are exposing more people and properties to hurricanes’ damaging winds, according to a new report from
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tensions that had been smoldering on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota flared up 50 years ago Monday, when activists from the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee. In the view of the protesters, Oglala Sioux tribal chairman Dick Wilson was in
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Monday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks closed out their worst week since early December. U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices fell. Reports on inflation, the jobs market and retail spending have come in hotter than expected, leading analysts to raise forecasts for
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN Four members of the same family charged in connection with the gruesome killing of Hong Kong model Abby Choi appeared in court Monday, after police said they found what are believed to be parts of her dismembered body, public broadcaster RTHK reported. Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong, 28, his brother Anthony, 31,
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The US economy is confusing: Jobs are surging. Inflation has been cooling but still running relatively hot. Gas prices are on the rebound. Consumers keep spending, and their confidence is growing. But holiday sales were tepid. Corporate layoffs are mounting. Company earnings aren’t stellar. And mortgage rates are ticking higher. In
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of the nation’s business economists expect a U.S. recession to begin later this year than they had previously forecast, after a series of reports have pointed to a surprisingly resilient economy despite steadily higher interest rates. Fifty-eight percent of 48 economists who responded to
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN As Hollywood’s biggest names gathered for the 29th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, it soon became clear that they were out to have fun. Sunday evening’s red carpet was alive with playful detailing, sparkling sequins and saturated color. Among the night’s best-dressed was Zendaya, who wowed in
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Macao, the world’s biggest gambling hub, is easing its requirements for people to wear masks that had lasted most of the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting Monday, people no longer have to wear masks when outdoors. They’ll still be required in hospitals and on public transit, but casinos
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — At least five workers were killed in a roof collapse at a mine in southwestern China, as hope appeared to be fading for 47 miners trapped under rubble after a mining disaster last week in northern China. Deadly mine disasters occur regularly in China, although a safety crackdown has reduced their toll.
Continue Reading MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine coast guard says it has joined a search for a Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel carrying six people, which was last spotted more than a week ago off Palau in the western Pacific. The Philippine coast guard, citing Taiwanese counterparts, said Monday that U.S. Coast Guard aircraft have helped carry out
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — John Hunter Nemechek held off Sam Mayer and earned his third career Xfinity Series victory in a rare Sunday night race on the final NASCAR weekend at Auto Club Speedway’s famed two-mile track. Nemechek reclaimed the lead shortly after a restart with 12 laps to
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Los Premios The Best 2022 de la FIFA se celebrarán este lunes 27 de febrero y ya está todo listo para que conozcamos a los mejores futbolistas del mundo del año pasado en las ramas masculina y femenina. En algunas de las categorías, hay futbolistas nominadas de la talla de Lionel
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