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By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong police on Monday placed $1 million ($127,603) bounties on eight prominent democracy activists in self-imposed exile, in a move strongly condemned by rights groups and Western governments. The activists, including former lawmakers Nathan Law, Dennis Kwok and Ted Hui, have been accused
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — World shares rose Monday as investors took heart from reports that show inflation is abating, which might enable the Federal Reserve to back away from interest rate hikes. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices edged higher. Germany’s DAX added 0.3% to 16,187.06. In Paris, the
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday. In all, according to the Interior Ministry, there were 157 arrests overnight, out of a
Continue ReadingBy Laura He and Martha Zhou, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — China has named an economist who studied at Cambridge University and Harvard University to a key political post at its central bank that could position him to eventually replace governor Yi Gang. Pan Gongsheng was appointed Saturday as the new Communist Party chief at
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Eugene Amo-Dadzie leads what appears to be an ordinary life: he’s a husband, a father, and works nine-to-five as a chartered accountant in London. But away from his family and his profession, Amo-Dadzie also happens to be one of the fastest men in the world, this
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El tercer Grand Slam de la temporada de tenis ya está en marcha. Este domingo comenzó Wimbledon, uno de los torneos más importantes a nivel mundial que se juega después del Abierto de Australia en enero, y el Roland Garros de París en mayo. Cientos de tenistas en las
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — With just five words, a recent tweet from Kraft Heinz sparked a bit of a debate about how you should store your ketchup. “FYI,” began the tweet from the United Kingdom-based branch of the food and beverage company. “Ketchup. Goes. In. The. Fridge!!!” Kraft Heinz, whose ketchup
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By Amaya McDonald, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Megalodon, one of the most fearsome sharks that ever lived, wasn’t the cold-blooded killer it’s made out to be — at least not literally. Through an analysis
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of Wimbledon on the eve of this year’s tournament after failing to recover from a wrist injury. “I tried my hardest to be ready after my surgery and to be able to step on the Wimbledon courts again,” the 28-year-old Australian, who reached last
Continue Reading By Asim Khan and Rhea Mogul, CNN Quetta, Balochistan (CNN) — Police in Pakistan are searching for 13 prisoners who broke out of a jail in the country’s southwestern province of Balochistan last week, in a dramatic and deadly escape that saw one inmate killed. Seventeen prisoners turned on their guards after they were taken
Continue ReadingBy Asim Khan and Rhea Mogul, CNN Quetta, Balochistan (CNN) — Police in Pakistan are searching for 13 prisoners who broke out of a jail in the country’s southwestern province of Balochistan last week, in a dramatic and deadly escape that saw one inmate killed. Seventeen prisoners turned on their guards after they were taken
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Cuatro personas, entre ellas dos empleados de un restaurante y dos transeúntes, resultaron heridas después de que se declarara un incendio tras una supuesta explosión este lunes en Tokio, informó la cadena pública japonesa NHK citando a la Policía de Tokio. Alrededor de las 3:15 p.m. hora local, un testigo informó
Continue ReadingCNN By George Ramsay and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Eugene Amo-Dadzie leads what appears to be an ordinary life: he’s a husband, a father, and works nine-to-five as a chartered accountant in London. But away from his family and his profession, Amo-Dadzie also happens to be one of the fastest men in the world,
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nowhere in the world has a higher rate of unsafe abortions or unintended pregnancies than sub-Saharan Africa, where women often face scorn for becoming pregnant before marriage. Efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa were shaken when the U.S. Supreme Court ended the national
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli drones struck targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank early Monday and hundreds of troops were deployed in the area, an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health officials said at
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who sparked global outrage in 2018 when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited children, has put forward a new proposal for modifying human embryos that he claims could help aid the “aging population.” He, who in 2019 was sentenced
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who sparked global outrage in 2018 when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited children, has put forward a new proposal for modifying human embryos that he claims could help aid the “aging population.” He, who in 2019 was sentenced
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a relative respite from sweltering heat. Beijing reported 9.8 straight days when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F), the National Climate Center said Monday. Such a streak was last recorded in 1961 — decades before most Beijing residents
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. is recommending Americans reconsider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement, exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions. No specific cases were cited, but a U.S. citizen was sentenced to life in prison in a spying case in May. The advisory also follows the passage last week of
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a building in Tokyo’s commercial district of Shimbashi on Monday shattered windows and spewed smoke, according to media reports. Police were investigating the site after receiving an emergency call, Kyodo news reported. NHK television, quoting fire department officials, said four people were injured. No other information, including the cause,
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