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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say at least 39 people died and nine others were injured when a fire broke out at a commercial building in southeastern Jiangxi province. State broadcaster CCTV reported that local authorities said that the fire broke out Wednesday afternoon. The building houses an internet cafe in the basement and
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix registered its third-consecutive quarter of accelerating subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023, closing out a comeback year that included a crackdown on viewers freeloading on the video-streaming service and a smattering of price hikes. The fourth-quarter results announced Tuesday provided further
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris rallied voters in Virginia during their first joint campaign appearance on Tuesday, seeking to emphasize the stakes for reproductive rights in the 2024 election. “The Supreme Court did what it had never done before,” Biden said at
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story published January 23, 2024, about financial results from Netflix, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the company had signed a $10 billion deal to stream WWE’s “Raw.” The deal is valued at approximately $5 billion.
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A delegation of Libyan justice officials has visited Lebanon to reopen discussions over the fate of a prominent Lebanese cleric who went missing in Libya decades ago. Officials say they separately discussed the potential release of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s son Hannibal, who has
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — An explosion struck near a ship traveling through a crucial strait near Yemen, though no damage or injuries were reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Wednesday, though suspicion immediately fell on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, an organization monitoring Mideast waterways overseen by the British
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court says that authorities can use paintball guns to shoot at wolves in a popular national park. The plan is to scare the animals after at least one of them began approaching human visitors. The decision Wednesday was a victory for the eastern province of Gelderland that has
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Passenger Philip Baum recently experienced one of the most uncomfortable flights of his life. To Baum, it was obvious his seatmate, a stranger, was drunk. Flight crew, he says, “denied him alcohol.” “But in front of me, he managed to sneak more alcohol off the trolley,” Baum recalls. For
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Zheng Qinwen became just the fourth Chinese woman to reach the semifinal of a grand slam after coming from behind to defeat Anna Kalinskaya at the Australian Open. The 6-7(4-7) 6-3 6-1 victory will also move Zheng inside the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — In a major speech set to be delivered Thursday in Chicago, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to detail her vision for helping middle-class families overcome affordability challenges, according to excerpts shared first with CNN. “Our economic agenda is far from finished. There’s much more the President and
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed toward gains before the opening bell Wednesday as a flurry of companies report earnings. Global markets advanced after China’s central bank announced fresh measures to boost its slowing economy. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.4%, while futures for the Dow Jones industrials
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a military transport plane, killing all 74 people aboard, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war being swapped. Ukrainian officials did not immediately confirm or deny Russia’s claims about the crash in Russia’s Belgorod border region, although they said they were
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El Parlamento de Turquía votó el martes a favor del ingreso de Suecia en la OTAN, con lo que el país nórdico da un paso más hacia su adhesión a la alianza militar tras meses de retrasos. De los 346 diputados que votaron, 287 se pronunciaron a favor de la
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 757 plane lost its nose wheel shortly before taking off at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to US aviation officials. The Delta Air Lines plane had been preparing to fly to Bogota, Colombia, on January 20 when the “nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill,” according
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Alaska Airlines has found loose bolts on “many” of its Boeing Max 9 planes that were recently grounded for inspections, the carrier’s CEO announced Tuesday. Federal investigators are now considering when Max 9s will be safe to fly again as pressure mounts to add oversight on the airplane
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman and his wife Neri Oxman are buying a stake in Tel Aviv’s stock market in what the exchange said Wednesday was a “strong vote of confidence” in Israel’s economy. The couple have agreed to buy a stake of nearly 5% in the Tel
Continue Reading By Zahid Mahmood and Abeer Salman, CNN. Video by Julie Zink, CNN. (CNN) — Nowara Diab was trying to drown out the sounds of airstrikes by listening to music, but it was not enough to shake the unsettled feeling in her gut. Then her phone rang. It was a friend, who said they had heard
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 1.9 million Explorer SUVs in the U.S. because a trim piece can fly off and create a hazard for other drivers. The recall covers Explorers from the 2011 through 2019 model years. Documents posted Wednesday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say that clips holding the
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay and Olga Voitoych, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska said that her teenage compatriot Yelyzaveta Kotliar was likely to have been “too emotional and confused” when shaking hands with a Russian opponent. The 16-year-old Kotliar was competing in the first round of the Australian Open junior girls’ singles competition when
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Cleveland Cavaliers big man Tristan Thompson has been suspended by the NBA for 25 games without pay for violating the league’s anti-drug program. In a statement issued by the NBA, Thompson was suspended for “violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program by testing positive for ibutamoren and SARM
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