By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration has pledged to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Biden administration officials on Monday unveiled the details of a new plan to forgive student loan debt, suggesting that millions of Americans could start seeing debt relief as soon as this fall. The new set of proposals, which CNN reported on Friday, have yet to be finalized. It’s
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week. He will hold a summit with President Joe Biden that’s meant to achieve a major upgrading of their defense alliance. He will also join a first-ever summit of the U.S., Japanese
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic partner China amid Moscow’s grinding war against Ukraine. The two continent-sized authoritarian states, increasingly in dispute with democracies, seek to gain influence in Africa, the Middle East and South America. China has backed
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After setting off from South Africa just under a year ago, Russ Cook finally reached the Tunisian coast on Sunday to bring his epic odyssey to an end. The endurance athlete, dubbed the ‘Hardest Geezer,’ has battled through injury and illness, faced logistical nightmares and overcome getting lost in
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Nicaragua called on the United Nations’ top court on Monday to halt German military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. The case at the International Court of Justice is against Germany, which
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — In San Quentin State Prison and decades through a lengthy sentence, Rahsaan Thomas wasn’t at the peak of his physical fitness, nor was he expecting that to change much. Sentenced to 55 to life in 2003 after fatally shooting one person and injuring another during a drug deal, Thomas
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TODAY: Highs in the mid to upper 70s. Thin, wispy clouds will steadily fill in but we’re expecting good viewing of the total solar eclipse, occurring locally around 2 p.m. TOMORROW: Clouds increase early Tuesday morning and a cold front could produce a few isolated showers. This won’t impact temperatures much with highs still in
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s burgeoning production of electric cars and other green technologies has become a flashpoint in a new U.S.-China trade fight. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s five-day visit to China is highlighting the issue. China has sharply ramped up production of cheap electric vehicles, solar panels, and batteries,
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Biden administration will push China to change an industrial policy that poses a threat to U.S. jobs. Yellen said this on Monday after four days of talks with Chinese officials. She also said during her visit to Beijing
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The new president of Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu says its parent company will oversee model certification to regain trust after a safety testing scandal. Masahiro Inoue said Toyota will take a leadership role in various areas, including product development and procurement. Inoue’s predecessor at Daihatsu resigned after
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By Diksha Madhok, CNN (CNN) — Shanghai-based property giant Shimao Group said on Monday that it had received a liquidation petition from a Chinese state-owned bank in yet another instance of creditors taking legal action to reclaim money from troubled developers in the world’s second-largest economy. A “winding-up petition” was filed against the company by China
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Media outlets in Mozambique say that a makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a feared cholera outbreak has capsized off the country’s northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children. The ferry with an estimated 130 people aboard capsized Sunday after it departed the
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In Mexico’s first presidential debate on Sunday ahead of June 2 elections, former Mexico City Mayor and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum appeared comfortable with her polling lead, remaining calm amid ex-Senator Xóchitl Gálvez’s personal attacks. Jorge Álvarez Máynez, a candidate from the Citizen Movement party who is
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump hará una declaración sobre el aborto este lunes por la mañana, dijo en Truth Social a última hora de la noche de este domingo, subrayando su apoyo a las excepciones en casos de violación, incesto y la vida de la madre. “Mañana por
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent. Monday’s spectacle was witnessed by millions of spectators in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. It was North America’s biggest eclipse crowd ever, thanks to the densely populated path.
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CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Larry David appears to pride himself on not caring what people think, which made the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” series finale, and the nod to criticism he received for “Seinfeld’s” sendoff 26 years ago, that much funnier. Yet, he also used the occasion as a trip down memory
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A Boise police detective says security video captured most of an ambush at an Idaho hospital that left three corrections officers with gunshot wounds and allowed a white supremacist prison gang member to escape. A Boise Police Department detective testified Monday at a preliminary hearing for inmate Skylar Meade. Meade
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and MEG KINNARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Monday he believes abortion limits should be left to the states, outlining his position in a video in which he declined to endorse a national ban after months of mixed messages and speculation. “Many people have asked me
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — As ranchera music filled the Phoenix recording studio at Radio Campesina, a station personality spoke in Spanish into the microphone. “Friends of Campesina, in these elections, truth and unity are more important than ever,” said morning show host Tony Arias. “Don’t let yourself be
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