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By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — After a U.S. senator grilled the Singaporean CEO of Tiktok about his nationality and affiliation with the Chinese Communist Party, Singaporeans are complaining about ignorant — or even racist — views of their country. TikTok CEO Shou Chew and executives of other technology firms such as
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A truck loaded with liquid petroleum gas cylinders has exploded and set off a late-night inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital. At least three people died and more than 270 were injured, 24 of them critically. The death toll is likely to rise.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A man who died this week at a Japanese hospital told police before he passed away that he was one of the country’s most wanted fugitives and had been on the run for nearly 50 years for being part of a radical group that conducted bombings in
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, se presenta a las elecciones presidenciales del domingo en busca de un segundo mandato, con el combate a la delincuencia como su principal bandera. En las calles, los salvadoreños reconocen la mejora en la seguridad. Roberto González, quien ofrece servicios de transporte
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French farmers are gradually lifting their roadblocks around Paris and elsewhere in the country. The move comes one day after the government offered over 400 million euros ($436 million) in various measures meant to answer their grievances over low earnings, heavy regulation and unfair competition from abroad. On major highways around the
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly higher on Friday, helped by optimism about technology shares. But Shanghai’s benchmark saw wild swings on worries over the economic outlook and other risks. The Shanghai Composite index ended 1.5% lower at 2,730.15, capping its worst week of losses in five years.
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Laura He and Himari Semans, CNN Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — Did China just pull ahead of Japan to become the world’s top car exporter? Beijing clearly thinks so, but Tokyo isn’t quite ready to concede its long-held crown. “It is a certainty that China has become the world’s largest exporter,” the China Passenger
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers are urging Hungary to immediately ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO. They say that patience with the Central European country is “wearing thin.” Hungary is the only country in the 31-nation military alliance that hasn’t yet backed Sweden’s membership bid.
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una explosión de gas en la capital de Kenya dejó al menos tres muertos y 280 heridos el jueves por la noche, según las autoridades del país del este de África. El incendio comenzó cuando un camión que transportaba gas explotó en el distrito Embakasi de Nairobi sobre las 11:30
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Pardons Board said Friday it has reduced ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year jail sentence by half and sharply cut a fine, less than two years into his sentence from a corruption case linked to the theft of billions of dollars from state coffers. With
Continue ReadingBy David G. Allan, CNN (CNN) — “It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another – it’s one damn thing over and over.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay I’ve seen the 1993 film “Groundhog Day” again and again and again, but only once on the big screen, a few years after it
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La destrucción de un misil hutí por parte de un buque de guerra estadounidense en el mar Rojo esta semana marca la primera vez que se utiliza en este conflicto un avanzado sistema de armas apodado la “última línea de defensa” de la Armada. El destructor de la Armada USS
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The Japanese Grand Prix will stay on the Formula One calendar until at least 2029 after a five-year contract extension to keep the race at the Suzuka Circuit. It’s a sign of confidence in the Japanese GP ahead of a move, from its usual date in September or October, to April, which
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The 1994 movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ is widely considered one of the best films ever made and it’s clearly made an impact on Jim Harbaugh. In Harbaugh’s introductory press conference after he was named the new Los Angeles Chargers head coach, the 60-year-old described his excitement by drawing a
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian intelligence official says that the country has repeatedly asked Russia to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war who Moscow claimed were killed in the downing of a Russian military transport plane by Ukrainian forces. Andrii Yusov, the spokesman for Ukraine’s
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly rose Friday, helped by optimism about technology shares following a Wall Street rally led by big tech stocks. France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.4% in early trading to 7,616.10, while Germany’s DAX rose 0.6% to 16,966.54. Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 0.5% to 7,659.55.
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CNN By Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine’s embattled army chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, says Ukraine must adapt to a reduction in military aid from its key allies and focus ever more strongly on technology if it is to win its war against Russia. In an exclusive essay for CNN, submitted amidst a swirl of rumors
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Winger Junya Ito has been removed from Japan’s squad at the Asian Cup in the midst of sexual assault allegations that he has denied. Japan is the favorite to win the Asian Cup for a fifth time. The tournament is being played in Qatar. Japan is to play Iran in the quarterfinals
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Lawyer Jason Murray, taking the lead next week in the Supreme Court battle to keep Donald Trump off presidential ballots, has never argued before the justices. Jonathan Mitchell, representing Trump, is a well-known conservative advocate with some experience at the court – yet none in a case close
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Local buses, trams and subway trains were canceled in much of Germany on Friday as transport employees walked off the job in the country’s third transport-related strike in two weeks. The Ver.di service workers’ union called Friday’s “warning strike,” a common tactic in German contract negotiations, earlier this week. It said that
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