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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — The architects behind Chinese tech giant Tencent’s vast new campus unveiled their plans for the site on Thursday, describing their helix-inspired centerpiece as the “headquarters of the future.” Set to accomodate over 23,000 employees across nearly 500,000 square meters (5.38 million square feet), the campus will be almost twice
Continue ReadingBy TIAN MACLEOD JI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow says she feels she’s still under the watch of the Chinese territory’s police even after moving to Toronto. Chow was arrested in 2020 under a Beijing-imposed national security law but wasn’t charged. She said this week she won’t return to
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian lawmakers on Thursday set the date of the country’s 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office. Members of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, voted unanimously to approve a decree setting the date. “In essence, this decision
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Twitch, a popular video service, will shut down its struggling business in South Korea, a decision its chief executive blamed on allegedly “prohibitively expensive” costs for operating in the country. In a blog post announcing the company’s plan this week, Dan Clancy said the network
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La tradicional peregrinación de la Virgen de la Guadalupe está a escaso días de celebrarse en el valle de Coachella. Organizadores esperan que miles de fieles creyentes caminen como cada año, del centro de Palm Springs hasta la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad en Coachella. Organizadores del evento nos dicen que están en necesidad de
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An internal Amazon memo has provided a stark look at the company’s carefully laid out plans to grow its influence in Southern California through a plethora of efforts that include burnishing its reputation through charity work and pushing back against “labor agitation” from the Teamsters
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By Melissa Alonso, Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 34-year-old Texas man who was arrested after a string of homicides is believed to have first fatally shot his parents before killing four other people in another county, authorities said Wednesday. The suspect, identified by police as Shane James, was charged in Travis County with multiple
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has signed a security pact with its nearest neighbor Papua New Guinea that strengthens Australia’s place as the preferred security partner in a region where China’s influence is growing. The two countries’ prime ministers signed the agreement in Australia on Thursday six months
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — When flames tore into Notre Dame in 2019, people who worked in the cathedral felt orphaned. But as the world-famous Paris landmark’s reopening draws closer, they are beginning to picture their return to the place they call home and are impatient to breathe life back into its
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonathan Kuminga finally checked into the game for the first time with 4:45 left in the third quarter. He hadn’t even been in coach Steve Kerr’s pregame plans against Portland, not expected to be part of the rotation given how hard it is for Kerr
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Juan Soto found a new home with the New York Yankees as the winter meetings ended Wednesday night, while Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto were still up for grabs as team officials headed home with the bulk of their offseason business yet to be done.
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno, Arit John and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — The explosive fourth Republican presidential debate Wednesday night made plain why former President Donald Trump has so far skipped the 2024 primary debate circuit. The four contenders onstage — former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former New
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno, Arit John and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — The explosive fourth Republican presidential debate Wednesday night made plain why former President Donald Trump has so far skipped the 2024 primary debate circuit. The four contenders onstage — former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former New
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the third Republican presidential debate of the 2024 race. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. Errol Louis: GOP candidates are ignoring the elephant in the room The wild, final Republican presidential debate of 2023, filled with
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan, CNN Dubai (CNN) — The first week of the COP28 climate talks has come to an end not with the euphoria of the first days of breakthrough announcements, but with growing anxiety about whether the world will do anything about the main cause of the climate crisis: fossil fuels. The trade-show-like pavilions
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — An emotional Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to the late producer Norman Lear at the top of his ABC show on Wednesday night, calling him “one of the most important and impressive people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting.” Kimmel, having teamed with the producer, who died Tuesday at
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry overcame a slow start to score 31 points, Jonathan Kuminga dazzled off the bench for 13 points and the Golden State Warriors rallied to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 110-106 on Wednesday night. Kuminga dunked on a pretty alley-oop from Draymond Green with
Continue ReadingPULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Jaylen Wells scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Isaac Jones scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting and Washington State never trailed Wednesday night as the Cougars beat UC Riverside 86-49. Washington State (6-1) has won six in a row since a 76-64 loss to Mississippi State at the Basketball Hall
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Beon Riley had 21 points in Utah Tech’s 72-69 win against Cal Baptist on Wednesday night. Riley added seven rebounds and three steals for the Trailblazers (5-3, 2-0 Western Athletic Conference). Jaylen Searles added 15 points while finishing 7 of 13 from the floor, and grabbed seven
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) — The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence. Already stressed out by staffing shortages and mounting caseloads, heath care workers are increasingly worrying about the
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