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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Friday, helped by optimism about technology shares following a Wall Street rally led by big tech stocks. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.8% to 36,283.49. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.3% to 7,688.10. South Korea’s Kospi surged 2.2% to 2,596.79. Hong Kong’s Hang
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gas explosions at an industrial building in Kenya’s capital killed two people, injured at least 29 others and sent a fiery smoke plume rising over homes early Friday, authorities said. The deaths of an adult and a minor were confirmed as of 4:30 a.m. and the
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Officials from South Africa’s national electoral commission have visited prisons across the country as part of an ambitious project to register at least 100,000 inmates as voters for this year’s national election. The country’s constitution guarantees every adult citizen the right to vote, meaning there
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Brynna Maxwell scored 19 points and made four 3-pointers in the third quarter, when Gonzaga was 8 of 8 behind the arc, to lead the 19th-ranked Bulldogs to an 80-52 win over San Diego on Thursday night, their 15th-straight win. Gonzaga, sixth in the country on 3-pointers at 39.1%, was 2
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say gas explosions at an industrial building in Kenya’s capital sent a plume of fiery smoke rising over homes and injured at least 29 people. Nairobi residents who took videos were heard speaking in concerned tones, some of them screaming. A government spokesman said a
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. got disappointing news on his 26th birthday, losing to the Miami Marlins in the first salary arbitration decision of the year. The outfielder will be paid $2,625,000 rather than his $2.9 million request, Margaret Brogan, Jeanne Vonhof and Scott Buchheit ruled Thursday. The panel heard arguments from both
Continue ReadingBy ALBA ALEMÁN Associated Press TLACOTALPAN, Mexico (AP) — For nearly a quarter century, the residents of this riverside town in southeastern Mexico have taunted, slapped, chased and run from bulls as part of a religious festival. It is reminiscent, though at a much smaller scale, of the running of the bulls in northern Spain
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured scintillating images of 19 spiral galaxies — and the millions of stars that call them home — in unprecedented detail never seen before by astronomers. Webb’s singular ability to observe the universe in different wavelengths of infrared light, such as near-infrared and
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pelle Larsson fed a streaking Caleb Love with a perfectly-placed bounce pass, who drove baseline and then dished to Keshad Johnson for an easy two-handed slam. It was the kind of beautiful basketball that made the Arizona Wildcats one of the best teams in the
Continue ReadingPERTH, Australia (AP) — A ship carrying thousands of livestock that has been stranded at sea for almost a month has finally docked in Australia, where welfare concerns mean some of the animals are expected to be offloaded. About 16,500 sheep and cattle have been stowed on the MV Bahijah since Jan. 5, when it
Continue ReadingBy AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For decades, India has focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China. Now, as its global ambitions expand, it is beginning to flex its naval power in international waters, including anti-piracy patrols and a widely publicized deployment close to the Red
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El sábado 27 de enero, Brook Sibrian sostuvo su segunda pelea como profesional en el casino de Commerce, California, luego de derrotar por nocaut en el tercer asalto a Nikkia Williams en el peso mosca ligero. La oriunda de Los Ángeles se mudó al desierto en el 2020 para entrenar con los reconocidos entrenadores, Lee
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors are weighing a potential perjury charge against Donald Trump’s former corporate finance chief in connection with testimony he gave at the ex-president’s New York civil fraud trial last October. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to the Associated
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) –La inteligencia militar de Ucrania asegura que hundió un buque de guerra ruso frente a la costa de Crimea durante la madrugada de este jueves, en lo que fue el golpe más reciente de varios contra la flota de Rusia en el mar Negro después de llevar a cabo un ataque
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — LeBron James has been pleading for weeks for the Lakers’ supporting cast to provide him and fellow All-Star Anthony Davis some help as they fight to keep pace in a tight Western Conference playoff race. With the two franchise cornerstones watching from the bench, they finally
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 years after a woman’s body was found dumped in a Colorado field, her killer has finally been identified, police announced Wednesday. Teree Becker was last seen on December 4, 1975, Westminster, Colorado, police said in statement. The 20-year-old was reportedly hitchhiking to see her boyfriend at the
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Tracy Chapman is slated to be a performer on the Grammys stage this weekend. The news was confirmed to CNN by a source familiar with the Grammys production. Chapman will perform with Luke Combs, who is nominated in the best country solo performance category for his cover of Chapman’s
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El teleférico de Palm Springs reabrirá para el sábado 3 y el domingo 4 de febrero después de que hoy se completaran las reparaciones temporales de la carretera tras los daños causados por la tormenta de esta semana. El horario regular de fin de semana se reanudará con el primer automóvil a las 8:00 a.m.,
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 passengers and crew have fallen ill while on a three-week leg of a 107-night cruise with Cunard Cruise Line on the Queen Victoria, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the report, 139 people on board – 123
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes and join Ferrari for the 2025 season, the teams announced on Thursday. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, Mercedes said that Hamilton, who was contracted with the team until the end of 2025, “has activated a release option
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