TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People have been moved to shelters and nearly 2,000 boats recalled to port as the remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern China after leaving one dead and over 300 injured in Taiwan. The storm bore down on the southern island province of Hainan on Monday, just south of the financial center
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — ¿Cómo termina la guerra en Ucrania? A principios de este año, el expresidente Donald Trump se jactó de que, si fuera reelegido, “habría resuelto esa guerra en un día, en 24 horas”. El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, está haciendo un pronóstico un poco menos ambicioso: si las cosas salen
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By Jack Forrest, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Sam Fossum and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Republican lawmakers returning to Washington this week will do so without a House speaker, setting up a high-pressure situation to reach consensus on a candidate to wield the gavel – and the power to push through support for Israel. While
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Jaime Gilinski Bacal, a Colombian banking and real estate entrepreneur, has taken control of Metro Bank as part of a bigger rescue deal to fill a hole in the UK lender’s finances. Metro Bank said in a statement late on Sunday that it had raised £325 million ($396
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Today: Afternoon highs rise into he upper 60s as winds remain out of the northwest at 5-10 mph. Skies remain mostly sunny. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to near 40 degrees as skies remain mostly clear with winds continuing out of the northwest at 4-8 mph. Extended: Tuesday afternoon sees an increase in cloud cover ahead
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By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — Parked at the curbside of a tree-lined street, Luvly O looks a lot like any other small car. Boxy but sleek, the modern-classic aesthetic of the cream-colored vehicle embodies Scandi minimalism. It wouldn’t look out of place in an IKEA showroom — for more reasons than one. That’s because,
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — En el auditorio central de la Universidad de Buenos Aires el silencio es ensordecedor; la concentración y los nervios de los candidatos, los moderadores, los asesores y los periodistas que están presentes en el segundo y último debate presidencial obligatorio en Argentina poco tienen que ver con el ruido político
Continue ReadingBy OMID HAQJO Associated Press ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan (AP) — People dug through the rubble of the quake in western Afghanistan for their few possessions but the material losses seemed unimportant. Saturday’s 6.3 magnitude quake killed and injured thousands when it leveled an untold number of homes in Herat province. Picking through the rubble on
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s opposition leader Donald Tusk tells viewers of state TV that he is a regular person, just like them, as he spars with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in an energized debate in which each tried to sway undecided voters, days before a crucial parliamentary election. Since
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN, DAVID KEYTON and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University professor, was awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that helps explain why women around the world are less likely than men to work and to earn less money when they do. Fittingly, the announcement
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party says it will focus on economic growth rather than higher taxes to “rebuild” the country after more than a decade of Conservative rule. Labour economy spokeswoman Rachel Reeves told delegates at the party’s annual conference that “Labour will tax fairly and
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The powder keg blew up over the weekend.
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have climbed after Wall Street advanced on potentially encouraging news about interest rates, which have been dragging markets lower since the summer. U.S. futures rose while oil prices fell back slightly after surging Monday following Israel’s declaration of war on Hamas following its surprise
Continue ReadingBy WASBIR HUSSAIN and ANUPAM NATH Associated Press GANGTOK, India (AP) — Air force helicopters rescued scores of stranded tourists Monday in India’s Himalayan northeast after a 6-year-old hydroelectric dam cracked open last week in intense rain, flooding a valley with glacial lake water and killing at least 74 people. Officials told the Press Trust
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he is grateful for a stronger statement from China condemning the deadly Hamas attack on Israel issued during his visit to Beijing that included a lengthy meeting with President Xi Jinping. Schumer had earlier said he was disappointed by China’s
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By Hadas Gold, Eyad Kourdi, Jonny Hallam, Ibrahim Dahman, Helen Regan and Tara John, CNN Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Israeli military would attack Hamas with a force “like never before,” as the militant group threatened to kill civilian hostages if airstrikes target Gaza without warning.
Continue ReadingLuxembourg’s three-party coalition led by liberal Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has lost its decade-long hold on power in tight parliamentary elections, mostly because of a poor showing by the Green party. That’s according to election results early on Monday. Bettel’s DP liberal party surged from 12 to 14 seats in the 60-seat house in the
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — International aid groups in Afghanistan are scrambling to send help to survivors of an earthquake which has left more than 2,000 people dead and many more injured in a war-ravaged nation already stricken by an economic crisis. The 6.3 magnitude quake struck on Saturday 25 miles (40 kilometers) west
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices were mixed on Monday after the Israeli government declared war following deadly attacks by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. U.S. futures were lower and oil prices gained more than $3 a barrel. Conflict in the Middle East often raises the specter of higher oil
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN Español) — A 14 días de las elecciones, el segundo debate presidencial en Argentina dejó algunos intercambios, momentos tensos y definiciones entre los cinco candidatos a la Casa Rosada. El domingo 22 de octubre, los argentinos elegirán al próximo presidente. Los candidatos son Javier Milei de La Libertad Avanza, Patricia Bullrich de
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