By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated his pledge to achieve “reunification” with Taiwan on the eve of Communist China’s 75th birthday, as Beijing flexed its military might in the run-up to the national holiday. At a state banquet celebrating the founding of the People’s Republic on Monday, Xi used
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The new head of NATO is vowing to help shore up Western support for war-ravaged Ukraine and says he can work with whoever is elected president of the United States, the alliance’s most powerful member. New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte took charge of the world’s biggest security organization on Tuesday,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal are searching for two dozen people still missing and trying to recover the bodies of those killed in weekend flooding and landslides that left more than 200 dead. The disaster came just ahead of the country’s biggest festival Dasain, and roads were busier than usual. The
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Los fanáticos que esperaban ansiosamente el regreso de Coldplay a India se sorprendieron al encontrar entradas revendidas en línea por hasta US$ 11.000, lo que llevó a la Policía a solicitar una declaración del CEO del vendedor de los shows por acusaciones de fraude. La banda de rock británica dará tres
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is considering whether to issue clarification or guidance for two rules from the Georgia State Election Board that have to do with county certification of election results. Supporters say the rules will help ensure the accuracy of the vote totals. But critics worry that Donald Trump supporters could
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been executed for fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago. Garcia Glenn White repeatedly apologized for his crimes before receiving a lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. The 61-year-old was condemned for the December 1989 killings of Annette
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched an explosive-loaded drone that crashed into one ship in the Red Sea and a missile that exploded against another. The attacks Tuesday are the rebels’ first assaults on commercial shipping in weeks as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to become a regional conflict.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Closing arguments are expected in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichol. Attorneys for Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith rested their cases Monday without any of the three testifying. Defense attorneys each had called experts to
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