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By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press ABOARD BRP CABRA (AP) — As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces guarding a contested shoal. Two
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global markets were trading mixed Wednesday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated speech later in the week. France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.3% in early trading to 7,261.76. Germany’s DAX added 0.3% to 15,753.86. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.5% to 7,309.13. U.S. shares
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government has been given the green light to appeal a court’s refusal to ban a protest song. The decision Wednesday came after government lawyers cited national security concerns. “Glory to Hong Kong” was often sung by demonstrators during months of anti-government protests in
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By Jessie Yeung and Francesca Annio, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A new report into Japan’s military has found what it says is an entrenched culture of harassment and fear, with authorities promising reform and “drastic measures.” The report was commissioned by the Ministry of Defense and compiled by a panel of experts including lawyers and
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over allegedly aiding two men earlier executed for killing a paramilitary volunteer during the nationwide protests last year that followed the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody. That’s according
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s office is continuing to investigate whether two employees of Donald Trump gave false testimony to a grand jury as part of the criminal probe into the former president’s retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, prosecutors revealed in a court filing Tuesday. The filing provides the
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again and the Kremlin’s forces launching another bombardment of Ukrainian grain storage depots in what have recently become signature tactics in the almost 18-month war. A three-hour nighttime Russian drone attack
Continue ReadingGUWAHATI, India (AP) — Police say that a gantry at a railroad bridge being built in northeastern India has collapsed, killing at least 17 workers and injuring several others. The gantry collapsed Wednesday at a bridge in Sairang, a town on the outskirts of Aizawal, the capital of Mizoram state. The bridge has been under
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The first four of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants surrendered at the Fulton County jail, while a pair of defendants sought to move their cases to federal court – signs of how the sprawling case will progress in multiple directions this week.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, Kunal Sehgal and Ivan Watson, CNN Hosur, India (CNN) — At a startup factory in Hosur, a southern Indian city not far from Bangalore, the assembly line is buzzing with lightning-fast activity. Here, workers in black uniforms churn out a brand-new electric scooter every 90 seconds, while executives review the company’s skyrocketing
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Tim Lister, Svitlana Vlasova, Mariya Knight, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Eve Brennan, Olga Voitovych and Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces appear to have stepped up their efforts to weaken Russian air superiority in the war by attacking bases that house supersonic warplanes deep inside Russian territory. Kyiv said it had carried
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A passenger bus veered off a key highway and crashed in Nepal, killing at least eight people and injuring many more. Police said the bus drove off the Prithvi highway near the town of Gajuri and fell into the river. The bus was partly submerged and rescuers were able to pull
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is counting down to landing a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole — an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold important reserves of frozen water and precious elements. A lander with a rover inside is orbiting for a touchdown on the lunar surface later
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– La Fiscalía General de Guerrero, México, informó este miércoles en un comunicado que fue localizada con vida Patricia Jacqueline Salgado, funcionaria del Ministerio Público de ese estado, quien había sido secuestrada este lunes por un grupo de 20 hombres armados. El hallazgo de Salgado, identificada en el comunicado como Patricia “N”, se
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press ABOARD BRP CABRA (AP) — As a U.S. Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces guarding a contested shoal. Two Philippine
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press BULIISA, Uganda (AP) — Alex Wakitinti is worried about the sacred natural sites he tends in the large swath of bushy grassland near Lake Albert. It’s the same slice of his homeland that oil companies are developing in order for Uganda to become an oil producer by 2026. But French
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has renewed her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense as she visited a war memorial from the last time Taiwan and China battled. Tsai, visiting the outlying islands of Kinmen where the conflict was fought, commemorated those who had died in the conflict.
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at survival, are pushing for a recovery that would sidestep tough reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund. Economic experts and former officials involved in designing Lebanon’s original IMF-approved recovery plan in 2020 say the political
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Polls opened in Zimbabwe on Wednesday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes. These are the second general elections since the ouster of longtime repressive ruler Robert Mugabe in a coup in
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Ron DeSantis ’ path to national prominence started in Florida’s classrooms, where he harnessed culture war passions and deployed them in education policies. In the name of “parental rights,” the Republican governor has banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and limited what Florida schools can teach about
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