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By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s retail sales and factory output grew more than expected in October, official data showed on Wednesday, even as the country’s crisis-hit real estate sector continued to drag on the economy. Retail sales surged 7.6% last month compared to the same period last year, according to the
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By Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman was arrested and charged with murder and other offenses in the 2014 fatal shooting of her former son-in-law – a week after her son was convicted of the same charges in the case. Donna Adelson, 73, was arrested Monday night at Miami International Airport, FBI spokesperson
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and DIDI TANG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping head into their big meeting at a country estate on Wednesday hoping to stabilize U.S.-China relations after a period of tumult, but the U.S. president also is prepared to confront his counterpart on difficult issues
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and DIDI TANG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping head into their big meeting at a country estate on Wednesday hoping to stabilize U.S.-China relations after a period of tumult, but the U.S. president also is prepared to confront his counterpart on difficult issues
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. dropped sharply in October to its lowest level in two years largely because last year’s steep rise in domestic energy bills dropped out of the annual comparison. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that consumer prices in the year to October were 4.6% higher than the year
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Passenger numbers at Dubai International Airport this year will eclipse the passenger figures for 2019, showing the strong rebound in travel after the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns that grounded aircraft worldwide, a top official said Wednesday. The airport, the world’s busiest for international travel
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China and the U.S. have pledged to accelerate their efforts to address climate change ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue. The joint announcement came on the eve of a summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. Cooperation between the world’s two biggest emitters
Continue Reading By Athena Jones, CNN (CNN) — Shareeda Jones thought her daughter, Cristyonna, was doing well in third grade, getting mostly As and Bs at her elementary school in northeast Washington, DC. “I thought the child was on Honor Roll,” Jones told CNN. “No Ds, no Fs. Never.” Her lowest grade – a C – was
Continue ReadingBy SONJA CHEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Draymond Green was ejected after putting Rudy Gobert in a headlock and two other players were thrown out after an altercation early in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 104-101 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. “Not much to say,” Gobert said. “That’s just clown behavior.”
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 32 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat Los Angeles 111-108 in an NBA In-Season Tournament game on Tuesday night, keeping the Clippers winless since acquiring James Harden last month. Jokic was perfect on 14 free throw attempts, including two
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Hohn was on the UC Irvine team that fell just short of upsetting a ranked Southern California squad two years ago. Hohn and the Anteaters weren’t about to let that chance slip away this time. The senior guard scored 25 points and UC Irvine
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asian defense ministers called for the fighting in Gaza to cease and for the world to collaborate on setting up humanitarian aid corridors in Gaza, but they struggled on how to address the civil strife in Myanmar. The Myanmar crisis was high
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces raided Gaza’s largest hospital early Wednesday, where hundreds of patients, including newborns, have been stranded with dwindling supplies and no electricity, as the army extended its control across Gaza City and the north. Shifa Hospital has become a symbol
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Carter Verhaeghe and Kevin Stenlund scored 1:03 apart in the third period and the Florida Panthers rallied past the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win. Sam Reinhart scored his 12th goal, tied for second-most in the NHL behind Toronto’s
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– En España, la Presidencia del Gobierno se renueva cada vez que tienen lugar elecciones generales. Si bien la Constitución española contempla que esto ocurra cada cuatro años, el presidente del Gobierno en ejercicio tiene la prerrogativa de poder disolver las Cortes Generales antes y convocar a nuevos comicios, tal y como
Continue ReadingADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development will restart food aid deliveries across Ethiopia in December, five months after it halted its nationwide program over a massive corruption scheme by local officials. Last month, USAID resumed food aid to the roughly 1 million refugees in the east African country after
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, Raja Razek, Amy Simonson and Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Three teenage students in a coach bus heading to a band performance and two parent chaperones and a teacher in an SUV were killed Tuesday morning in a fiery, five-vehicle wreck on Interstate 70 in central Ohio, officials said. The bus –
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s highest court is set to rule Wednesday on whether the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is legal, delivering a boost or a blow to a contentious central policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s administration. Five justices on the U.K. Supreme Court will deliver a
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), nine major Asian economies must increase the share of electricity they get from renewable energy from the current 6% to at least 50% by 2030, according to a report by a
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — D’Angelo Russell scored 24 points and Anthony Davis had 19 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots in the Los Angeles Lakers’ third straight victory, 134-107 over the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA In-Season Tournament on Tuesday night. LeBron James had 16 points and nine
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