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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is visiting China to help build social and cultural links on a trip that might include a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping despite heightened tensions. Ma left Taipei on Monday with a student group on an 11-day trip that underlines continued interactions in education, business
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed higher early Monday as markets prepare to absorb a slew of high-profile economic data this week. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 each rose about 0.3% before the bell. Economic reports coming this week include trade, jobless claims, vehicle
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson is launching a true crime series on the streaming service Fox Nation. “Unsolved With James Patterson,” hosted by the million-selling author, premieres Monday and will air in three segments. According to Fox Nation, Patterson’s series will include a trio of unsolved homicide cases: the death of a Louisiana schoolteacher
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson is launching a true crime series on the streaming service Fox Nation. “Unsolved With James Patterson,” hosted by the million-selling author, premieres Monday and will air in three segments. According to Fox Nation, Patterson’s series will include a trio of unsolved homicide cases: the death of a Louisiana schoolteacher
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Who do you have winning your college basketball bracket? The head of AT&T’s marketing is hoping that you’ll respond by asking, “For which tournament?” The telecommunications giant is once again sponsoring the men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments. It’s also significantly increasing is investment in
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — On its surface, The Zero Co looks like any other bottle shop. It’s a small space, just 600 square feet, with wide windows welcoming the sunlight. Wooden shelves line the white walls, holding rows of glass liquor and wine bottles, bitters, six packs of beer, seltzer, and the like.
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Comprar una vivienda asequible en Estados Unidos se ha vuelto mucho más difícil para muchas personas desde 2020. Un nuevo análisis de Bankrate.com encuentra que en 22 estados y en la capital, Washington, los compradores necesitan un ingreso familiar de seis cifras para pagar cómodamente una casa típica de precio
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — A medida que se intensifican los ataques entre Israel y Hamas, también lo hace la grave crisis humanitaria en la zona. Al menos 1.200 personas murieron en Israel y, según el Ministerio de Salud de Gaza, más de 32.000 han muerto en Gaza. Esto por la operación militar de Israel
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando el chef británico Daniel Calvert, de Sézanne, destacó que la capital de Japón representa la cima de la excelencia gastronómica mundial, optó por utilizar una referencia futbolística. “Tokio es la Champions League de la cocina”, dijo. Pues bien, si ese es el caso, el restaurante de Calvert, situado en
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un trozo de una carretera en la costa de Big Sur, California, se derrumbó hacia el océano durante el fin de semana, después de que parte de un acantilado cediera en lo que los funcionarios llaman un “deslizamiento”. Todos los parques estatales de Big Sur, en la costa central de California,
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Scientists in South Korea have announced a new world record for the length of time they sustained temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius — seven times hotter than the sun’s core — during a nuclear fusion experiment, in what they say is an important step forward for this futuristic
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a Pakistani appeals court has suspended a 14-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in a corruption case. Despite Monday’s court order, the couple won’t be released because Khan and his wife are already serving prison terms in other cases. However, the verdict was a
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s known as the green heart of Italy because of its forested hills and landlocked location. But the region of Umbria, in central Italy, is about to become the beating heart of the country – or, even, the very fast beating heart – thanks to its new tourist attraction.
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — A court in Indian has placed a top opposition leader in two weeks of judicial detention after his 10 days in the custody of a federal agency expired. Opposition leaders says the case is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on rivals ahead of a national election later this
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner will rise to a career-high world No. 2 after brushing aside Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets to win his first Miami Open title. After losing in the final in 2021 and 2023, Sinner dispatched Dimitrov in just one hour and 14 minutes as he
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Crowds gathered in Germany overnight to celebrate the legalization of cannabis starting from Monday. There was music and dancing at the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin, where attendees waved placards and blew clouds of smoke into the air. One person could be seen cycling through the crowd dragging an
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a Pakistani appeals court has suspended a 14-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in a corruption case. Despite Monday’s court order, the couple won’t be released because Khan and his wife are already serving prison terms in other cases. However, the verdict was a
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Only about 1 in 8 adults know when they’ll be eligible for full retirement benefits through Social Security, according to a 2023 survey from the Nationwide Retirement Institute. And compared to 2014, fewer people age 50 and up now know whether they may be eligible for Social Security benefits based
Continue ReadingAuthorities in Russia’s Far East have called off a rescue effort for 13 workers trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine and declared them dead. The miners got trapped on March 18 at a depth of about 400 feet when part of the mine collapsed in the Zeysk district of the Amur region, about
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Dogs can understand that certain words refer to specific objects, according to a recent study, suggesting that they may understand words in a similar way to humans. It offers the first evidence of brain activity for this comprehension in a non-human animal, researchers said, though the study’s conclusion has
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