By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks sank Thursday after the Federal Reserve added to recession fears by suggesting more U.S. rate hikes are likely to cool inflation. London, Shanghai, Frankfurt and Hong Kong followed Wall Street lower after the Fed on Wednesday raised its key rate to a 15-year high.
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is expected to announce its biggest interest rate increase in three decades Thursday as it seeks to beat back stubbornly high inflation fueled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the disastrous economic policies of former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Economists expect the bank
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By Nectar Gan, CNN The death of a 3-year-old boy following a suspected gas leak at a locked down residential compound in northwestern China has triggered a fresh wave of outrage at the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy. The boy’s father claimed in a social media post that Covid workers tried to prevent him from leaving
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El presunto lanzamiento de un poderoso misil balÃstico intercontinental (ICBM) por parte de Corea del Norte fracasó este jueves, según una fuente del gobierno de Corea del Sur. Pyongyang intensificó su baterÃa de pruebas de misiles en un contexto de ejercicios militares de Estados Unidos y Corea del Sur que habÃan sido
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Por segunda vez en la historia de la Serie Mundial, se registró un partido sin hits cuando cuatro lanzadores de los Astros de Houston completaron la hazaña contra los Filis de Filadelfia el miércoles por la noche para ganar 5-0 y asegurar su lugar en la historia del béisbol. Cristian Javier abrió
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SHIGA, Japan (AP) — Japanese players Ai Suzuki and Momoko Ueda each shot 7-under 65s to sit atop the Toto Japan Classic after the first round. This is the only LPGA tournament in Japan. Japanese players Ayaka Furue and Sakura Koiwai were a shot behind. The tournament is being played at the Seta Golf Club
Continue ReadingBy Rodrigo Pedroso and Hira Humayun, CNN Brazilian authorities say they are investigating video of a rally in the Brazilian city of Sao Miguel do Oeste, in which people are seen performing a “Nazi salute.” The rally, which took place in front of a military office in the city, appeared to be one of several
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is making his first visit to China as German leader this week, a diplomatically delicate trip while Germany and the European Union work on their strategy toward an increasingly assertive and authoritarian Beijing. Scholz’s messages will face close scrutiny. While his nearly year-old government
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN About 3,000 residents in a Louisiana community south of New Orleans have been warned saltwater permeated their drinking water supply, posing a threat to residents with health risks. Plaquemines Parish is not under a boil water advisory, but health officials are telling residents with high blood pressure or
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN About 3,000 residents in a Louisiana community south of New Orleans have been warned saltwater permeated their drinking water supply, posing a threat to residents with health risks. Plaquemines Parish is not under a boil water advisory, but health officials are telling residents with high blood pressure or
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli election officials were tallying the final votes from national elections on Thursday, with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looking likely to reclaim the premiership with a comfortable majority backed by far-right allies. A last-minute surprise is still possible, if a small dovish group is
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says a Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli fire, which Israeli police said occurred during a West Bank raid. Police allege the man threw a firebomb at the forces early on Thursday. It was latest in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian
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Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 people in a shooting in Parkland, Florida, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Not long after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, soldiers broke down the office door of Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov. They put a bag over his head, bundled him into a car and drove him around the southern city for hours, threatening to kill him. Fedorov, 34,
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, officials announced Thursday. The monastery on Siniyah Island, part of
Continue Reading By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The U.N. climate summit is back in Africa after six years and four consecutive Europe-based conferences. The 27th annual Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change — better known as COP27 — will be held in the resort city of Sharm
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — About 1,000 miles away from Ukraine, Luetzerath is an indirect victim of the war as the town will soon make way for the expansion of a nearby coal mine. Environmentalists have been up in arms about the decision which would pump millions more tons of planet-warming carbon
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — City officials in Portland, Oregon, have voted to ban street camping. The aim is to move homeless people from about 700 encampments across the city to a few large, designated campsites where they can access services. Portland joins the growing number of progressive West
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