By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after U.S. stock indexes held at a near standstill ahead of some potentially market-moving reports. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 1.9% to 17,144.54, while the Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.3% to 3,088.25. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gave up 0.4% to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El fiscal especial Jack Smith instó este lunes al Tribunal Supremo a rechazar las pretensiones de Donald Trump de gozar de una amplia inmunidad y a negar al expresidente cualquier oportunidad de retrasar un juicio por las acusaciones de que intentó revertir los resultados de las elecciones de 2020. La
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has released four conservationists who had worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before they were convicted on espionage charges and spent five years in prison. The Tehran newspaper Etemad said authorities released Niloufar Bayani and Houman Jowkar on Monday night. They were part of a group of five activists
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Fifty-one passengers were safely rescued after a bus they were traveling in was swept away by floodwaters on a river bridge in northern Kenya. The bus is still stuck in the river some 30 meters (yards) away from the bridge, although the waters are continuing to
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By Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — HSBC has agreed to sell its business in Argentina to Grupo Financiero Galicia — the largest private financial group in the country — for $550 million, the UK-based bank said Tuesday. The move comes at a time when the bank, Europe’s biggest by market value, is pushing harder
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has formally approved an interim government to run the EU member country until snap parliamentary and regular European Parliament elections on June 9. Dimitar Glavchev, 60, was sworn in Tuesday as interim prime minister in a ceremony at the National Assembly, where his ministers were also taking the oath
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Los fiscales especiales de Nuevo México afirman en un nuevo expediente legal que el comportamiento del actor Alec Baldwin en el set de la película “Rust” contribuyó a “comprometer la seguridad” que llevó a la muerte a tiros de la directora de fotografía de la película Halyna Hutchins en 2021. Los
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By Sarah Royce-Greensill, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of watch afficionados are descending on Geneva, Switzerland this week for the annual Watches and Wonders fair, where 54 watchmaking houses including Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier, Chopard and Chanel will unveil their latest creations. The event is where watch news is broken and trends are set or solidified.
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Another round of severe weather is slamming parts of the South and Mississippi Valley Tuesday night, less than a week after a powerful storm system that swept through parts of the region killed at least three people. Heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous thunderstorms began Monday from Texas to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El FBI detuvo a un hombre este sábado después de que supuestamente hiciera planes para atacar iglesias en Idaho y jurara lealtad a ISIS, dijo el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos. Alexander Scott Mercurio, de 18 años, fue acusado de intentar proporcionar apoyo material o recursos a una organización
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump volvió a criticar el lunes a los estadounidenses judíos que no lo apoyan y dijo que cualquier persona judía que vote por el presidente Joe Biden no ama a Israel y “deberían hablar con ellos”. Es el último ejemplo del presunto candidato del Partido Republicano jugando
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation says the charity will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in Bangladesh and provide them with skills training. Speaking to The Associated Press on Sunday after a visit to Bhashan
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El estado de Missouri tiene planeado ejecutar a Brian Dorsey este martes por la tarde por los asesinatos de su prima y el marido de ésta en 2006, después de que el gobernador denegara el indulto un día antes, a pesar del apoyo de más de 70 funcionarios de prisiones
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Police and an FBI joint terrorism task force are investigating after an explosive device was thrown onto the porch of The Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, early Monday, authorities said. No one was in the building when the explosive was thrown just after 4 a.m., but staff arrived in
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By Eric Levenson, Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The parents of the teenager who killed four students in the 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, were each sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison, weeks after being convicted of manslaughter. James and Jennifer Crumbley, who each had faced up
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The state of Missouri on Tuesday executed Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Benjamin Bonnie, after an effort to have his life spared failed in recent days. Dorsey’s time of death was recorded as 6:11 p.m, the Missouri Department of Corrections
Continue ReadingBy AYSE WIETING and MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Five new hires are selflessly roaming the halls of one of the world’s busiest transportation hubs, hoping to provide a paw-sitively stress-free travel experience for anxious passengers. Meet Istanbul Airport’s therapy dogs — always ready to offer support with snuggles, belly rubs and sloppy
Continue ReadingBy ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — Whether you saw the moon completely block the sun, were foiled by cloudy weather or weren’t along the path of Monday’s total solar eclipse, there are still more chances to catch a glimpse. Here’s what to know about upcoming solar spectacles: When is the next total
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A prosecutor has told jurors that the killing of a gay University of Pennsylvania student in Southern California more than six years ago was a hate crime. The long-delayed trial of 26-year-old Samuel Woodward began Tuesday with opening statements. Woodward is accused of stabbing to
Continue Reading CNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — As the 2024 Himalayan mountaineering season gets underway, another high-altitude project is in the works: removing tons of trash from Mount Everest. According to the Nepali army, the Mountain Cleanup Campaign collected 110 tons of waste between 2019, when the program started, and 2023. The army, which conducts
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