BEIJING (AP) — China blasted the latest package of U.S. military assistance to Taiwan, saying such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation.” The U.S. Senate late Tuesday passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United
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By Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer was eager to take the reins of a high-stakes investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, seen as central to the House Republican agenda – a coveted perch that brought the added benefit of elevating his national profile. But
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — A pesar de trabajar a tiempo completo en relaciones humanas y cuidar de su hijo Chase, de 6 años, y de su hija Millie, de 3, Anne Helmes a menudo se siente aislada y sola. “Trabajo desde casa y cuando tengo videoconferencias o llamadas con nuestros empleados, estoy muy centrado en
Continue ReadingBy ANDY WONG and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China’s space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit on Thursday as part of its ambitious space program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030. In a press conference on Wednesday,
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish Wednesday as Wall Street’s momentum eased following some sharp swerves. The S&P 500 was virtually flat and edged up by 1.08, or less than 0.1%, to 5,071.63. It had jumped sharply in the first two days of the
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction. U.S.-French writer Aube Rey Lescure’s “River East, River West” looks at Americans in China, while British author Isabella Hammad’s “Enter Ghost” charts a woman’s return to her Palestinian homeland. The shortlist was announced
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Germany says that it plans to follow several other countries in resuming cooperation with the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians in Gaza after the publication of an independent review of its neutrality. The Israeli military, meanwhile, said Wednesday that it was redeploying two reserve brigades from Israel’s northern border to Gaza
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Israel must be brought to justice for “usurpation and oppression” of the Palestinian territories, if not there won’t be a guarantee that others would not do the same in other lands. Raisi delivering a statement during his one-day visit to
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By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — US President Joe Biden’s apparent suggestion his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals during World War II has sparked uproar in Papua New Guinea, casting a shadow on US relations with the Pacific nation and meeting a firm response from its leader. In contentious remarks made last week
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s electoral commission has formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony on after the country’s highest court rejected challenges to his landslide victory lodged by two losing presidential candidates. Subianto, who is currently defense minister, won the election with 58.6% of the
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un sindicato que representa a los ingenieros de Boeing alegó que el fabricante de aviones tomó represalias contra dos empleados que, en ese momento, trabajaban en nombre de la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA) para supervisar la fabricación. Las acusaciones salieron a la luz en los últimos días después de que
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A high-level North Korean economic delegation was on its way to Iran for what would be the two countries’ first known talks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Embracing the idea of a “new Cold War,” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is pushing
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By Ross Levitt and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A union representing Boeing engineers has alleged the plane maker retaliated against two employees who, at the time, were working on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide manufacturing oversight. The allegations came to light in recent days after the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new package of $61 billion in U.S. aid may prevent Ukraine from losing its war against Russia. But winning it will be a long slog. The aid approval means Ukraine may be able to release artillery ammunition that it has been rationing.
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO, ACACIA CORONADO and NICK PERRY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police peacefully arrested student protesters at the University of Southern California on Wednesday, hours after police at a Texas university aggressively detained dozens in the latest clashes between law enforcement and those protesting the Israel-Hamas war on campuses nationwide. While tensions
Continue ReadingBy MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police say they have arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids around Sydney to protect the community from a potential attack. They say the seven arrested Wednesday are part of a network that includes a 16-year-old boy who
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Los queridos trenes Shinkansen de Japón están recibiendo otra mejora. A partir de 2026, algunos trenes de la línea Tokaido -la más transitada del país, ya que conecta Tokio, Nagoya y Osaka- tendrán habitaciones privadas con puertas en el tramo de clase alta. Según un comunicado de Japan Rail, las habitaciones
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Ucrania está aumentando la presión sobre los hombres en edad de ser llamados a filas que viven en el extranjero suspendiendo sus servicios consulares, en medio de una revisión más amplia de las reglas de movilización del país destinadas a reforzar sus defensas contra la invasión rusa . El Ministro de
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY, STEVE LeBLANC and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS Associated Press Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in pro-Palestinian encampments with a unified demand to end investments supporting Israel’s war in Gaza. From Massachusetts to California, students have gathered by the hundreds and vowed to stay put until universities meet their
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former West Virginia coal executive Don Blankenship is making another attempt to win a U.S. Senate seat, this time as a Democrat. Blankenship finished third out of six candidates in the 2018 Republican primary for Democrat Joe Manchin’s Senate seat. Manchin decided last
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