By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than a decade since Anthony Kim teed up a ball at a professional event. Now, a tour that didn’t exist when he left has announced his return from golf’s wilderness. Kim is set to make his first pro start in 12 years at LIV Golf’s third
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place Friday in Moscow after several locations declined to host the service, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s southeast Maryino district on Friday
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Organizers of Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have agreed to relax their ban on police marching in their annual parade with a compromise condition that officers do not wear uniforms. The decision comes a day after Australian police found the bodies of a couple shot
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Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, more than three years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out dissent and vocal pro-democracy media in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, concerns are spreading among the city’s international business and media
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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong has announced a slew of measures to boost its real estate sector, including the removal of decade-old restrictions that were introduced to prevent a property bubble, as part of its effort to revive an economy that has been hurt by a record exodus of talent
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Telecoms operator Swisscom has confirmed it’s in talks with Vodafone Group toward a possible purchase of its Italian subsidiary for 8 billion euros ($8.65 billion). The Swiss company said in a statement Wednesday it’s in “advanced exclusive negotiations” to buy all of Vodafone Italia and merge it with Swisscom’s Italian subsidiary, Fastweb.
Continue ReadingOpinion by Raul A. Reyes (CNN) — On Monday, a vigil was held at the University of Georgia (UGA) for Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student who was found dead on Thursday after jogging on campus. She died from blunt force trauma to the head, according to the local coroner. The suspect in her killing is an
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Las fábricas de municiones de Corea del Norte están “operando a plena capacidad” para producir armas y proyectiles para Rusia, según el ministro de Defensa de Corea del Sur, mientras la devastadora guerra de Moscú en Ucrania llega a su tercer año. La última estimación de
Continue ReadingOpinion by Anna Arutunyan (CNN) — With Switzerland due to play host to a Ukraine peace summit by the summer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is placing high hopes it will “strengthen” his country. But with Russia’s war against Ukraine in its third year, another summit is unlikely to offer a breakthrough — not just because Moscow will
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Widespread strikes in Greece halted trains, ferries and much of the capital’s public transport in protests timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the country’s deadliest rail crash, which killed 57 people. Many of the victims were university students. Wednesday’s strike disrupted
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after a lackluster day on Wall Street, where selling of technology stocks pulled benchmarks lower. U.S. futures were flat and oil prices fell. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.7% to 38,953.49 after data showed factory output falling in January
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government is lifting some curbs on property deals after home prices fell to a seven-year low. Finance minister Paul Chan announced the move in a speech Wednesday presenting the territory’s budget, which also raised spending on tourism promotion. Chan said all curbs imposed
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Joe Biden y Donald Trump ganaron sus respectivas primarias en Michigan este martes, pero una mirada bajo el capó de los resultados revela serias preocupaciones para ambas campañas a medida que se acercan a una probable revancha en noviembre que parece más volátil cada día. La victoria de Biden en las
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If the Democratic voters of Michigan – and a handful of other swing states – are feeling uncommitted in November, Joe Biden could lose reelection. Tuesday’s primary – in which tens of thousands of Democratic primary votes cast protest ballots over the president’s support for Israel – made
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press KUNA, Idaho (AP) — Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday after medical team members repeatedly failed to find a vein where they could establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection. Creech, 73, has been in prison half a century, convicted of
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Rather than trying to keep their seats in Congress, two of North Carolina’s U.S. representatives are vying for a role closer to home: state attorney general. It’s one of the most closely watched attorney general races across the U.S. this year. While the role has long been a springboard to
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics packed a Minnesota church to hail as fallen heroes three first responders who were gunned down in the line of duty. They were killed in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville earlier this month while responding to a report of
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The parents of hundreds of thousands of U.S. children with physical or intellectual disabilities are waiting for state-covered services designed to foster independence and job skills for adulthood. While parents struggle to find services for toddlers, they also must think years ahead while their families are
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate who long claimed his conviction more than 20 years ago was based on false testimony and questionable evidence has been executed for the slayings of two people, including his cousin. Ivan Cantu received a lethal injection Wednesday evening at
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