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BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of the Bank of China has been indicted on bribery charges, prosecutors said Monday, adding to a long list of business and government officials who have been brought down by Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s yearslong anticorruption drive. Liu Liange is accused of taking advantage of his positions at the
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Hundreds of tractors have blocked a lane in downtown Prague in a farmers protest over European Union agriculture policies and what they say are unfair practises. Major organizations representing Czech farmers didn’t participate and distanced themselves from the rally Monday after it turned out some organizers were behind recent pro-Russian demonstrations. Traffic
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, who set a new NBA record by making his 20th All-Star appearance at the weekend, told reporters ahead of the history-setting night in Indianapolis that he wants to finish his career as a Laker. The four-time NBA champion added that although he
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — An American man is on trial Kempten, Southern Germany for murder and other offenses after he allegedly pushed two women from the U.S. into a ravine near Neuschwanstein castle in June last year, fatally injuring one of them. The German news agency dpa reported Monday that the 31-year-old defendant admitted to the
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer If you are battling a video game goblin who speaks with a Cockney accent, or asking a gruff Scottish blacksmith to forge a virtual sword, you might be hearing the voice of actor Andy Magee. Except it’s not quite Magee’s voice. It’s a synthetic voice clone generated by artificial
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer If you are battling a video game goblin who speaks with a Cockney accent, or asking a gruff Scottish blacksmith to forge a virtual sword, you might be hearing the voice of actor Andy Magee. Except it’s not quite Magee’s voice. It’s a synthetic voice clone generated by artificial
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Associated Press has won the best documentary prize at the British Academy Film Awards for Ukraine war documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.” The film was produced with PBS’ “Frontline.” Filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov said the accolade made him feel conflicted. The Ukrainian journalist said it’s “a huge honor” and
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Visits to the Eiffel Tower are being disrupted because of a strike over poor financial management of the monument, which is one of the world’s most-visited sites. Visits to the hugely popular landmark in central Paris have soared in the lead up to the Summer Olympics in the French capital. But tourists
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says that the government would provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production in New York and Vermont. The announcement is the third award of financial support for a semiconductor company under the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A bill recently signed into law in Utah sets up a process for the state to overrule or otherwise ignore federal rules and decisions, the latest move in a Republican-led push against what they see as federal overreach. The Utah bill, introduced as the “Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act,” was
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — He hadn’t yet won enough votes to clinch Indonesia’s presidential election, but with the confidence of a man poised to take power of one of the world’s largest democracies, Prabowo Subianto gave a press conference, half-naked, from his private swimming pool on the outskirts of Jakarta. At 72, the
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s assault in Gaza has killed more than 29,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7, the territory’s Health Ministry said Monday, marking another grim milestone in one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A landslide triggered by heavy rain and snowfall has buried more than two dozen houses in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least five people and leaving more than 20 missing. A local official said Monday that the landslide on Sunday night destroyed or damaged more than two dozen houses in a remote village
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Olive oil has many health benefits, including lowering the risk for dementia, poor heart health, cognitive decline or early death. How beneficial the Mediterranean diet staple actually is depends on how the product is harvested, processed, stored and used — in farms or mills, grocery stores and your own
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Sofía Barruti Esta cobetura en vivo finalizó. Para ver las actualizaciones más recientes haz clic aquí Benny Gantz asiste a una reunión con la prensa el 29 de octubre de 2023 en Ramot Naftali, Israel. Crédito: Amir Levy/Getty Images The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingBy JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Trainee doctors in South Korea have begun resigning en masse in protest of a government plan to increase the number of medical students. Their action Monday reportedly caused delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals, but no major disruptions have occured. Health authorities say
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday was denied access to a morgue where his body was believed to be kept after his death in an Arctic penal colony, and Navalny’s allies accused authorities of trying to hide evidence. Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said that the Investigative
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — European shares were lower after a mixed session in Asia as Chinese markets reopened Monday from a long Lunar New Year holiday. U.S. futures rose slightly while oil prices declined. Markets will be closed Monday in the United States for President’s Day. Germany’s DAX shed 0.4%
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — China está aumentando las patrullas en aguas cercanas a un grupo de islas de primera línea controladas por Taiwán, a medida que aumentan las tensiones después de que dos pescadores chinos se ahogaran durante una persecución por parte de la guardia costera de Taiwán, que los acusó de invasión ilegal. La
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Palestinian foreign minister on Monday accused Israel of apartheid as he urged the United Nation’s top court to declare that Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state is illegal and must end immediately and unconditionally. The allegation came at the start of
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