Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — ¿Te resfrías más de lo normal? Bienvenido a la temporada de alergias primaverales en el hemisferio norte. Aunque creas que no tienes alergia, merece la pena prestar atención a ese resfriado. Según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE.UU., más de 1 de cada
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO and KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China says it will lift tariffs placed on Australian wine over three years ago, in a sign of improving ties between the two countries. China’s Ministry of Commerce says the decision will take effect Friday. China imposed tariffs on Australian wine in 2020
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Los miembros del consejo presidencial de transición de Haití emitieron su primera declaración el miércoles diciendo que están ultimando un documento sobre la formación oficial del consejo. La declaración decía que una vez que se forme un consejo presidencial, éste “designará un primer ministro, con quien constituirá un Gobierno de unidad
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Human trafficking-fueled fraud is exploding in Southeast Asia with organized crime rings raking in close to $3 trillion in illicit revenue annually, the head of Interpol has said in comments that reveal the huge profits being earned by cartels. One international organized crime group makes $50 billion a year,
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday in quiet holiday trading, with markets closed in Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and India, among other places. Many financial markets are closed on Friday for Good Friday. In India, markets were closed for the Holi holiday. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose
Continue Reading By Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering theories on behavioral economics, has died. He was 90. The Israeli-American psychologist died peacefully on Wednesday, according to a release from Princeton University, whose faculty he had joined in 1993. His cause of death was not provided.
Continue Reading By Himari Semans and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese authorities have ordered three “red rice” dietary supplements to be pulled from store shelves nationwide as five users died and more than 100 others were hospitalized, sparking a health scare in the country and across the region. Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, the company behind the products,
Continue ReadingBy TIAN MACLEOD JI Associated Press BOAO, China (AP) — A top Communist Party official says China is committed to introducing reforms that will upgrade the technological level of its largely manufacturing-based economy. and generate huge revenues from green technologies that would drive around $1.4 trillion in annual revenues. Zhao Leiji, who heads China’s rubberstamp
Continue Reading CNN By Helen Regan, Angus Watson, Anna Coren, Su Chay and Pallabi Munsi, CNN (CNN) — The two young men are bloodied, their feet clamped in wooden stocks. “What is the PDF (People’s Defence Force)?” their tormentors yell. “Dogs,” they reply. Humiliated and dehumanized, the men are hogtied and dragged across the rough ground by
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — Al menos una persona murió tras los incidentes violentos se registraron en el Centro de Rehabilitación Social No.4 conocido como la Cárcel Regional de Guayaquil, informó a CNN el Servicio de Atención a Personas Privadas de la Libertad de Ecuador (SNAI). El viceministro de Seguridad, Lyonel Calderón, en una entrevista a
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, Angus Watson and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Hong Kong/Sydney (CNN) — China has announced it is lifting punishing tariffs on Australian wines more than three years after imposing penalties that devastated the industry and were a major point of friction between the trading partners. China’s Ministry of Commerce on Thursday said that “in
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation has pledged continued support for Taiwan, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that’s claimed by China. The Chinese government regards Taiwan as a breakaway province to be brought under its control, by force if
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A total solar eclipse will take place April 8. Much of it will be visible here in Mid-Missouri.
Continue ReadingBy FRANCIS KOKUTSE and JESSSICA DONATI Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in Africa. Cocoa is the main ingredient in
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — No hubo ningún ganador del premio mayor en el sorteo de Powerball del miércoles, según el sitio web de la lotería. Los números ganadores del lunes fueron: 37, 46, 67, 60, 66 y Powerball 08. Aunque no hubo ningún boleto ganador para el gran premio, tress jugadores en Arizona, Pensilvania y
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Rebel Wilson espera ayudar a los jóvenes a sentirse empoderados cuando se trata de sexo e intimidad al revelar que perdió su virginidad a los 35 años. “No todo el mundo tiene que perder la virginidad siendo adolescente”, dijo Wilson a la revista People en una entrevista publicada este miércoles
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese smart consumer electronics maker Xiaomi is joining China’s booming but crowded market for electric cars with a sporty high-tech sedan. The tech company began accepting orders in China on Thursday night. Founder Lei Jun wrapped up a presentation on the car by announcing the much-awaited price
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue’s religious and political significance is being diminished by the thousands of refrigerator magnets and other souvenirs sold
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press For Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow’s courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern. Guards take the American journalist from the notorious Lefortovo Prison in a van for the short drive to the courthouse. He’s led in handcuffs to a defendants’ cage in front of a
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Aditi Sangal, Tori B. Powell, Holly Yan, Chris Boyette, Greg Wallace and Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — Maryland officials are moving at “full speed” on several priorities after a 984-foot-long cargo ship struck and collapsed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, including reopening the shipping channel and restarting traffic through the Port of
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