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By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Starbucks says it has poured more than $200 million into a new campus in China, in a sign of how the Chinese consumer remains crucial to the global coffee chain despite a major economic slowdown. The beverage giant opened the massive facility in eastern China on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has banned the neo-Nazi group Hammerskins Germany and is raiding homes of dozens of its members. The group is an offshoot of an American ring-wing extremist group and plays a prominent role across Europe. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Tuesday the ban is a “hard
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III’s state visit at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th anniversary. Charles and Queen Camilla’s three-day trip to Paris and Bordeaux, starting Wednesday, includes
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer ESSEN, Germany (AP) — Germany racked up one economic success after another for most of this century. But the loss of Russian natural gas due to the war in Ukraine has dealt a severe blow to its industry through higher energy costs. The country will be the world’s only
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina ordenó una pausa en las operaciones de vuelo luego de tres accidentes en las últimas seis semanas, incluido el incidente de este domingo en el que un avión de combate F-35B desapareció después de que el piloto fuera expulsado. La pausa, ordenada por el comandante
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat Tuesday and accused Canada of interfering in its internal affairs, escalating a breach with Ottawa over its allegations of Indian involvement in the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada. It came a day after Canadian Prime
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A resounding thump breaks the silence as Julia Land drops a lump of grey-brown clay onto the slab roller before Ned Heywood cranks it through the machine once, twice, three times, creating a rectangle about an inch thick. Laying a pattern on top of the slab, Heywood
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Several residents met with Palm Springs police to learn more about the technology used to help combat crime in the city. Police held a Community Townhall on Monday so residents could get a better understanding of the military equipment and technology being used in their city. “We really want the public to be comfortable with
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — J.D. Martinez homered twice off Eduardo Rodriguez and drove in five runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to an 8-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. Rodriguez (11-9), who used his no-trade rights to nix a deal to the Dodgers on Aug. 1,
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India dismissed allegations that its government was linked to the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada as “absurd” Tuesday, and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat. It came a day after Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat as it investigates what Prime Minister
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By Simone McCarthy, Katharina Krebs, Darya Tarasova and Yong Xiong, CNN (CNN) — Russia and China’s top diplomats discussed strengthening their international cooperation during a meeting in Moscow on Monday ahead of an expected landmark visit from Russian President Vladimir Putin to Beijing in the coming weeks. The two countries would continue “well-coordinated work” at
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader has said the territory will tighten regulation of digital assets after police arrested six people following allegations of fraud at an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange in the city. The arrests followed an announcement by Hong Kong’s securities watchdog last week that the exchange,
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Según un portavoz del Departamento de Policía de Birmingham, el director de una banda recibió una descarga eléctrica y fue arrestado cuando hizo caso omiso de las solicitudes de la Policía de detener la actuación de su banda después de un partido de fútbol de la escuela secundaria. El incidente ocurrió
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres’ longest winning streak of the season is likely way too little, way too late to save a massively disappointing season. Luis Campusano hit a go-ahead three-run home run and Garrett Cooper and Eugy Rosario also connected for the Padres, who beat
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — Across Colombia, decades of war between leftist guerrillas, rightwing paramilitaries, trafficking groups and the government have left more than 9.5 million people as victims of forced displacement, homicide, sexual violence and more. That’s nearly 20% of the population. Colombia’s rebel-turned-president Gustavo Petro has promised to cement
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations its government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh independence activist, an accusation that India rejected as “absurd” on Tuesday. Trudeau
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Leaders of a world fractured by war, climate change and persisting inequality gathered under one roof Tuesday to hear the U.N. chief summon them to take united action on humanity’s huge challenges – and to start delivering their own assessments on the most global of
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — When elected, Colombia’s rebel-turned-president Gustavo Petro promised to cement “total peace” and end one of the world’s longest-running conflicts. That was 13 months ago, and his plan is inching forward. He aims to rewire how Colombia addresses violence, replacing military operations with programs tackling poverty. He’s
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mariners rookie Bryan Woo had six strikeouts over five spotless innings in a successful homecoming, and Seattle pulled even for the third AL wild card by beating the last-place Oakland Athletics 5-0 on Monday night. José Caballero homered for the first time in two months, and
Continue Reading By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Santa Clara, Cuba (CNN) — For months, hundreds of Cubans have quietly left the island to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine, chasing promises of money and Russian citizenship from shadowy online recruiters, family members told CNN. Across much of Cuba, the economy has ground to a standstill as the communist-run
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