By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. officials say newly-approved legislation providing billions of dollars in funding for three strategically important Pacific island nations is an important sign of American commitment, which comes amid warnings China is actively trying to pry them away from Washington’s sphere of influence. The funds for the Marshall
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Last year wasn’t the most lucrative for Wall Street bankers, but their bonus payouts still easily trounced US median household income. The average Wall Street bonus for 2023 was $176,500, according to estimates that will be released Tuesday morning by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. That’s
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By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former President Donald Trump, has reported to a federal prison in Miami, making history as the first former White House official to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Images taken by miniature drones from deep inside a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant show displaced control equipment and misshapen materials but leave many questions unanswered, underscoring the daunting task of decommissioning the plant. The photos released by the plant’s operator are the first
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The man who coached LeBron James in high school and now Duquesne University to its first NCAA appearance in 47 years says he will retire after the men’s tournament ends for his Cinderella team. Keith Dambrot led the 24-11 Dukes to the Atlantic-10 Championship on Sunday to earn the
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of the take from a business that deprives migrants of money they can send home, swipes jobs
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TODAY: Tuesday is a warm, windy, and dry day. With winds from the southwest to west sustained between 10-20 mph, gusting to 30+ mph at times, we’ll be warm. Temperatures will soar into the mid 60s after starting in the 20s. This also prompts an enhanced fire risk. Burning is strongly discouraged today. TONIGHT: Winds
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By Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — “My God, it’s dull,” said interior designer Steven Thomas of the British retail landscape in 2024. As the creative force behind the look of the wildly popular 1970s London fashion store Big Biba, Thomas knows a thing or two about engineering excitement. Big Biba — a daring, 20,000 square
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las autoridades de Israel se están preparando para enviar de regreso a Gaza a un grupo de pacientes palestinos que estaban siendo tratados esta semana en hospitales de Jerusalén Este. El grupo de 22 palestinos de Gaza incluye cinco bebés recién nacidos y sus madres, pacientes de cáncer ahora en
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case involving Missouri.
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mostly higher Wednesday ahead of expected guidance by the Federal Reserve on the timing of its cuts to interest rates. Oil prices and U.S. futures fell. Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. On Tuesday, the Bank of Japan hiked its benchmark interest
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Cricket Australia says it has postponed a three-match men’s Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan due to concerns over human rights for women and girls in the Taliban-controlled country. The matches were scheduled to be hosted in August by Afghanistan but played in the United Arab Emirates. It marks the third time
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Funcionarios federales encargados de hacer cumplir la ley iniciaron una investigación luego de un informe de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE.UU. sobre la detención de un hombre en la frontera de Texas que dijo que era miembro de una organización terrorista extranjera y que había venido a Estados Unidos para
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press UnitedHealth Group is testing software for submitting medical claims as it continues to recover from a cyberattack that disrupted care billing systems. The health care giant hasn’t set a time frame for when it expects to complete the recovery from the attack last month on its Change Healthcare business. But a
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By Helen Regan, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza where 70% of the population are already suffering with catastrophic levels of hunger, a UN-backed report said Monday, as the EU’s top diplomat accused Israel of using “starvation as a weapon of war.” All 2.2 million people in
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk is showing the world how radicalized he has become. The billionaire, one of the most consequential figures to walk the Earth, spent another weekend swimming in the right-wing fever swamps of X — a bad habit that was apparent when his interview with Don Lemon was released Monday morning.
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Apple parece estar finalmente levantando el telón sobre algunos de sus esfuerzos en inteligencia artificial. Los investigadores de Apple dicen que desarrollaron una familia de modelos multimodales, que se refiere a un sistema de IA que puede interpretar y generar diferentes tipos de datos, como texto e imágenes al mismo tiempo, llamado
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law that grants the government more power to quash dissent in the southern Chinese city. The legislation passed Tuesday is widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that followed pro-democracy protests in 2019
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Several prominent lawyers have published stinging academic critiques and legal opinions about the Vatican’s recently concluded “trial of the century.” They highlight violations of basic defense rights and rule of law norms that they warn could have consequences for the Holy See going forward. The critiques
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following a tragic blaze in April 2019 is a story of dedication and recovery. The iconic medieval monument immortalized in history, film and literature has been gradually rebuilt over the past five years, through challenges that have included delays
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