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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has announced plans to expand its electric vehicle lineup, develop more powerful batteries and cut production costs. The company’s chief executive described the plan as “The Arc” pathway to greater sales by 2030. Makoto Uchida told reporters Monday that Nissan will lower EV costs to
Continue ReadingSANAA, Yemen (AP) — An al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen killed at least two troops loyal to a secessionist group. That’s according to the Southern Armed Forces, which is loyal to the secessionist Southern Transitional Council. The attack took place late Sunday in the mountainous Wadi Omran area of Abyan province and also wounded four
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By Darya Tarasova, Anna Chernova, Tim Lister and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to punish those behind a deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall that has claimed 137 lives, after authorities said the four main suspects were caught near the border with Ukraine. The four men appeared in
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — The army of waiters who are the lifeblood of the French capital’s many cafés often get a bad rap, accused of everything from being unable to crack a smile to being downright rude and impatient to their customers. But the “garçons de café” of Paris are undoubtedly professionals.
Continue ReadingSANAA, Yemen (AP) — An al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen killed at least two troops loyal to a secessionist group. That’s according to the Southern Armed Forces, which is loyal to the secessionist Southern Transitional Council. The attack took place late Sunday in the mountainous Wadi Omran area of Abyan province and also wounded four
Continue ReadingPORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea killing at least three people and causing extensive damage to around 1,000 homes, officials said. The quake rocked the East Sepik region at about 6.20 a.m. local time on Sunday near the town of
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s first ministerial corruption case has expanded with more charges being filed against a former transport minister. S. Iswaran pleaded not guilty Monday to eight new charges alleging he received goods worth $14,000 from a contractor. The former senior politician in the long-ruling People’s Action Party was first hauled to
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A court in India’s most populous state has effectively banned Islamic schools by striking down a law governing madrasas, weeks before a nationwide election that could further polarize the world’s largest democracy along religious lines. The Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh on Friday declared the Madrasa
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los jugadores de Powerball competirán por un colosal premio mayor de US$ 800 millones este lunes por la noche: la segunda vez que el premio ha aumentado tanto este año. El premio mayor del Powerball lo ganó por última vez el 1 de enero un boleto en Michigan con un
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday that Japan’s prime minister has offered to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but stressed that prospects for their countries’ first summit in about 20 years would depend on Tokyo tolerating the North’s weapons program and
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and JACK THOMPSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese anxiously awaited the results of a presidential election Monday, following months of uncertainty and unrest that tested the country’s reputation as a stable democracy in a region rife with coups. The vote Sunday was largely peaceful with a high turnout, observers said.
Continue ReadingThis weekend about 100 scouts and other volunteers with the ‘Boy Scouts of America’ put in over 600 hours of community service at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. It was all part of one scout’s Eagle Scout Service Project. The goal of the project was to help build a pond for the endangered ‘Coachella Valley
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Russia has been left reeling in the wake of the nation’s worst terrorist attack in decades. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacre, which saw armed assailants storm a popular concert venue complex on the outskirts of Moscow, killing more than 130 people. Nearly a dozen people have been detained in
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La tumultuosa vida de Donald Trump ha sido sacudida por bancarrotas, escándalos personales, juicios políticos y victorias y derrotas electorales, pero nada se compara con la crisis personal y financiera que enfrenta el una vez y posiblemente futuro presidente esta semana. Trump está luchando para pagar una fianza de alrededor
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what officials hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting.
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA and KOSTYA MANENKOV Associated Press The auditorium at Crocus City Hall was about three-quarters full, with the crowd waiting to see Picnic, a band popular since the Soviet days of the early 1980s. But the concert was sold out in the 6,200-seat hall, so some of the audience was still likely getting
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Heavy rain and quarter-sized hail fell in Southern California Sunday as the National Weather Service predicted lightning and wind gusts approaching 60 mph (97 kph) in the mountain area earlier in the day. The California storm was moving south from the Sierra Nevada, where areas around Lake
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Heavy rain and quarter-sized hail fell in Southern California Sunday as the National Weather Service predicted lightning and wind gusts approaching 60 mph (97 kph) in the mountain area earlier in the day. The California storm was moving south from the Sierra Nevada, where areas around Lake
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A four car collision out of Indio Sunday night injured a total of seven people. Cal Fire says the crash happened around 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of Fred Waring Drive and Clinton Street in Indio. Three of the people involved in that crash were seriously injured. Part of Fred Waring Drive west of Clinton
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis had 36 points and 16 rebounds, LeBron James added 26 points and 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers produced their franchise’s highest-scoring performance in 37 years in a 150-145 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 26 points
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