Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Hong Kong (CNN) — Al inicio de su tercer mandato sin precedentes, Xi Jinping llenó las altas filas de China con una lista de funcionarios leales que presumiblemente esperaba allanarían el camino para lograr su gran visión para China. Sin embargo, menos de un año después, una tormenta de turbulencias está agitando
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By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean police have arrested two people and questioned more than a dozen American soldiers on suspicion of smuggling and distributing synthetic cannabis after raiding two US army bases. The raids, which took place in May, were reported by the Pyeongtaek police department
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Saturday’s 3-1 drubbing at the hands of Brighton at Old Trafford must surely be the low point of Erik ten Hag’s time in charge of Manchester United – and there have been a few of them. Roberto De Zerbi’s side is everything this United team is not at the
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Se han revelado nuevos “tesoros y secretos” en el sitio de un templo hundido frente a la costa mediterránea de Egipto, anunció este martes el Instituto Europeo de Arqueología Subacuática (IEASM) en un comunicado de prensa. Un equipo arqueológico subacuático, dirigido por el arqueólogo marino francés Franck Goddio, realizó más descubrimientos
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down some of Britain’s environmental commitments, saying the country must fight climate change without penalizing workers and consumers. Sunak says he’ll set out a “proportionate” approach to the environment in a speech this week, which could come as early
Continue ReadingBy AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan claimed full control of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region after local Armenian forces there agreed to lay down their weapons following the latest outbreak of fighting in the decades-long separatist conflict. Authorities in the ethnic Armenian region declared that local self-defense forces will disarm and disband
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — A rescue operation is underway for dozens of migrants on board a yacht reported to be in difficulty off the southwestern coast of Greece. The coast guard says the yacht, believed to be carrying around 90 people, was spotted Wednesday morning about 46 miles west of the small town of Pylos.
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, Krystina Shveda and Antonio Jarne Cubero, CNN (CNN) — When Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal reportedly planned a $1.1 billion bid to sign French soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé – including $332 million to his club, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), and an eye-watering $775 million salary packet to the World Cup winner for just one
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Most of Spain’s World Cup-winning players ended their boycott of the women’s national team early Wednesday after the government intervened to help shape an agreement that was expected to lead to immediate structural changes at the country’s soccer federation. Only two players, Barcelona teammates Patri Guijarro
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By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Traveling through one of the world’s best airports is set to get even smoother next year. Starting in 2024, officials say Singapore’s Changi Airport will introduce automated immigration clearance, which will allow passengers to depart the city-state without passports, using only biometric data. “Singapore will be one of the
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities during arrests and detentions of people. It urged the Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says
Continue ReadingBy Jared Formanek and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The US Marshals Service is offering $10,000 for those who come forward with information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a 2021 killing who was released from a detention center in Indianapolis last week due to a clerical mistake, officials said. Kevin Mason, 28,
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — The threat of intense bushfires looms over New South Wales as record spring temperatures and high winds fan the flames of more than 60 blazes already burning in Australia’s most populous state, authorities have warned. Several cities along the east coast saw record spring temperatures Tuesday, according to Australia’s
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — An explosive allegation from Canada that the Indian government may have been behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist activist on Canadian soil has triggered a huge diplomatic row and sent relations between the two plummeting. It all started on Monday, when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Leading Chinese planners have voiced confidence in the outlook for the world’s second-largest economy, holding key interest rates steady amid signs of improvement in some areas such as services. The upbeat tone of officials speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Beijing is in contrast to forecasts by
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in Britain fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to sharp rises in energy and food costs. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index was 6.7%
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Ten years after Pope Francis made a landmark visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa to show solidarity with migrants, he is joining Catholic bishops from the Mediterranean this weekend in France to make the call more united. The question is
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it may not cut interest rates next year by as much as it earlier thought, regardless of how much Wall Street wants it. The S&P 500 fell 41.75, or 0.9%, to 4,402.20. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — King Charles III has praised France’s “wonderful welcome” at a grand dinner held in his honor in the sumptuous Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. The state visit is meant to highlight the renewed friendship between France and the U.K. Charles and Camilla were greeted
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas of “I can’t breathe” before the Black man was injected by paramedics with a powerful sedative and died, prosecutors said Wednesday, as a trial began over the 2019 confrontation that became
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