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AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was already a superstar with his hitting and pitching accomplishments over six years with the Los Angeles Angels. Yet every October, Ohtani vanished, with the Angels having a losing record and never making the playoffs. Coming up Interstate 5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers seemingly changed
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It used to be that hardcore baseball fans counted the home runs Barry Bonds hit during batting practice for the Giants, even at spring training before he had begun to find his real groove that came in the regular season. That’s how much interest surrounded Bonds’ pursuit of
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German authorities have arrested a Chinese national accused of passing information on a major air freight hub to a man who is suspected of spying for China. Federal prosecutors said the woman was arrested in Leipzig on Monday. She is suspected of espionage for a Chinese intelligence service. Prosecutors said Tuesday that
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani has put up some of the best regular-season numbers in baseball history over the past six months. Bobby Witt Jr. is a precocious 24-year-old who just won the American League batting title. They’ve both proven they are excellent at baseball. Now it’s time to see if they’re good
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia’s national broadcaster has released an internal review that found “systemic” racism within its ranks, prompting an apology from the managing director to all current and former staff. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) review was announced last year after high profile Indigenous anchor Stan Grant stepped away
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of rapidly escalating attacks between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threatens to push the Middle East closer to a regionwide war. Iran said the barrage was retaliation for a series of devastating
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Sony’s PlayStation Network went down, frustrating gamers around the world who complain they weren’t able to sign in to their accounts. PlayStation Network said Tuesday on its website that “some services are experiencing issues” and that players “might have difficulty” logging in, creating accounts, launching games or getting video content. Playstation said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — The scientific center that is home to the world’s largest particle accelerator and is billed as the world’s biggest machine is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Over the last seven decades, CERN, the sprawling research center on the Swiss-French border at Geneva, has become a household name in Europe, the West
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of Tibetans living in India protested outside China’s embassy against the human rights situation in their homeland, which China annexed in 1951. Police blocked the protesters from entering the embassy and detained some after chasing them and wrestling them to the ground. The protest came as China marks its 75th
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Week 4 of the NFL season came to a close on Monday night with another double-header, with one encounter between teams flying high and the other between two looking to kickstart their seasons in earnest. Sunday’s action was filled with dramatic finishes, outstanding individual performances and shock results, and
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central Bank’s target of 2% for the first time in more than three years. Tuesday’s official figure coupled with an anemic growth outlook could pave the way for faster interest rate
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Julia Hernández (CNN) — El líder de China, Xi Jinping, reiteró su promesa de lograr la “reunificación” con Taiwán en la víspera del 75° aniversario de la China comunista, mientras Beijing desplegaba su poderío militar en vísperas de la fiesta nacional. En un banquete de Estado para celebrar la fundación de la República Popular este
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Los fanáticos que esperaban ansiosamente el regreso de Coldplay a India se sorprendieron al encontrar entradas revendidas en línea por hasta US$ 11.000, lo que llevó a la Policía a solicitar una declaración del CEO del vendedor de los shows por acusaciones de fraude. La banda de rock británica dará tres
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Pete Rose, el rey de los hits de todos los tiempos de las Grandes Ligas y el ícono de los Cincinnati Reds cuyo característico esfuerzo incansable no pudo superar las transgresiones de apuestas y obstrucción que lo mantuvieron fuera del Salón de la Fama del Béisbol Nacional, murió este lunes, según
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An apparent Russian artillery strike has hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson, killing at least six people and wounding three others. Authorities say the strike happened Tuesday when Ukrainians across the country were observing a minute’s silence for their military and war dead. The regional
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By Eric Cheung and Robert Shackelford, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan has put its military units on standby and closed schools and offices across several counties on Tuesday, as the island braces for a powerful typhoon set to make landfall in the next couple days, after bashing the Philippines. Super Typhoon Krathon, equivalent to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday, leaving more than 20 feared dead, officials and rescuers said. The bus with 45 passengers — six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students — was traveling from the
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Part of the border between Italy and Switzerland is set to be redrawn as the glaciers that mark the boundary melt, in yet another sign of how much humans are changing the world by burning planet-heating fossil fuels.. The two countries have agreed to change the border under the
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — One was a koala. The other was a husky. Both were arguably out of place on a warm August night in subtropical Brisbane, the capital of Queensland in Australia’s northeast. Home security video captured the moment they locked eyes in a suburban backyard surrounded by a high
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Up and down the United Kingdom, parents have been packing their cars with bedding, crockery and much more as they hold back the tears and drive their children to university. But the usual concerns about how they will fend for themselves have taken on an added dimension for some.
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