By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in muted trading Tuesday, as buying in some markets was soon erased by profit-taking. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225, where computer chip-related issues had interested investors early, reversed course to slip nearly 0.2% in morning trading to 40,336.31. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.1%
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By Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — The army of waiters who are the lifeblood of the French capital’s many cafés often get a bad rap, accused of everything from being unable to crack a smile to being downright rude and impatient to their customers. But the “garçons de café” of Paris are undoubtedly professionals.
Continue ReadingSANAA, Yemen (AP) — An al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen killed at least two troops loyal to a secessionist group. That’s according to the Southern Armed Forces, which is loyal to the secessionist Southern Transitional Council. The attack took place late Sunday in the mountainous Wadi Omran area of Abyan province and also wounded four
Continue ReadingPORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea killing at least three people and causing extensive damage to around 1,000 homes, officials said. The quake rocked the East Sepik region at about 6.20 a.m. local time on Sunday near the town of
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A ministerial corruption case in Singapore has expanded with more charges being filed against a former transport minister. S. Iswaran pleaded not guilty Monday to eight new charges alleging he received goods worth $14,000 from a contractor. The former senior politician in the long-ruling People’s Action Party was first hauled
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los jugadores de Powerball competirán por un colosal premio mayor de US$ 800 millones este lunes por la noche: la segunda vez que el premio ha aumentado tanto este año. El premio mayor del Powerball lo ganó por última vez el 1 de enero un boleto en Michigan con un
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is named the country’s next president after preliminary results showed that he won the first round outright. His victory came less than two weeks after he was released from prison to launch a campaign. Official
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele anunció este domingo en sus redes sociales la instalación de un cerco de 5 mil soldados y policías en 4 distritos del norte del país para desarticular el accionar de la pandillas. “Hace unos días, hubo dos homicidios en la zona norte
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los informes de incidentes aterradores y a veces trágicos a bordo de aviones se aceleraron este año, llevando a muchos a preguntarse si todavía es seguro volar. Las estadísticas sugieren que los vuelos comerciales siguen siendo la forma más segura de viajar. Pero el primer semestre de este año ha
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The winning numbers for Monday’s estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot – which would be one of the largest prizes in the lottery’s history – have been drawn. The numbers are 7, 11, 19, 53 and 68 with a red Powerball of 23. This was the first of two opportunities
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CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Russia has been left reeling in the wake of the nation’s worst terrorist attack in decades. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacre, which saw armed assailants storm a popular concert venue complex on the outskirts of Moscow, killing more than 130 people. Nearly a dozen people have been detained
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, Homero De la Fuente, Steve Almasy, Dalia Faheid and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Faced with growing attention over a theft and gambling scandal, baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani on Monday adamantly denied betting on any sport or paying a bookie and placed the blame for the improprieties squarely on his former interpreter
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La tumultuosa vida de Donald Trump ha sido sacudida por bancarrotas, escándalos personales, juicios políticos y victorias y derrotas electorales, pero nada se compara con la crisis personal y financiera que enfrenta el una vez y posiblemente futuro presidente esta semana. Trump está luchando para pagar una fianza de alrededor
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what officials hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting.
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER and WAYNE PARRY Associated Press A major spring storm is hitting parts of the central United States with heavy snow, rain and high winds. Forecasters say tornadoes could form in the South. Monday’s storm is bringing extreme weather conditions to a broad swath from the Dakotas to the Gulf Coast. Other parts
Continue ReadingBy Robert Shackelford, Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm is pummeling parts of the Plains with blizzard conditions as it drops a blanket of snow from Colorado to Minnesota through Tuesday, creating deadly road conditions and threatening widespread power outages. The wide-reaching storm will also fire up severe thunderstorms and
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A court in India’s most populous state has effectively banned Islamic schools by striking down a law governing madrasas, weeks before a nationwide election that could further polarize the world’s largest democracy along religious lines. The Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh on Friday declared the Madrasa
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed on Monday, as investors awaited further indications the Federal Reserve might begin cutting interest rates. Japan’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.7% to 40,619.40, as investors sold shares to lock in profits after the benchmark recently hit record highs. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous. “OK, listen, if you ban TikTok I will find you and shoot you,” one said, giggling and talking over other young voices in the background. “I’ll
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA and KOSTYA MANENKOV Associated Press The auditorium at Crocus City Hall was about three-quarters full, with the crowd waiting to see Picnic, a band popular since the Soviet days of the early 1980s. But the concert was sold out in the 6,200-seat hall, so some of the audience was still likely getting
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