By AYA BATRAWY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After eight years of planning and billions of dollars in spending, the Middle East’s first ever World Fair opens in Dubai. The emirate hopes the months-long extravaganza that opens to the public Friday draws both visitors and global attention, and as
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By Junko Ogura and Selina Wang, CNN Japan’s Princess Mako and her commoner fiance Kei Komuro announced Friday they will be married on October 26, public broadcaster NHK reported — a controversial union that requires her to give up her royal status. The 29-year-old granddaughter of former Emperor Akihito and Komuro first announced their engagement
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled a former vice minister of public security amid a raft of accusations from corruption to abandoning his post amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Sun Lijun was fired after an investigation was opened last year and he will now face prosecution and what is likely to be a
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The leader of Australia’s most populous state has quit as premier after an anti-corruption watchdog revealed it is investigating her over a secret relationship with a former lawmaker. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was left no option while the Independent Commission Against Corruption
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The leader of Australia’s most populous state has quit as premier after an anti-corruption watchdog revealed it is investigating her over a secret relationship with a former lawmaker. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was left no option while the Independent Commission Against Corruption
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon is pounding Japan and some of its eastern islands with gusts and downpours of rain, grounding some domestic flights and halting trains. The Tokyo area was getting heavy rain and blowing wind at midday, but no injuries have been reported. Forecasters said Typhoon Mindulle was near one of the
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, falló en contra de llevar un proyecto de ley de infraestructura de US$ 1 billón al pleno el jueves por la noche, según un asesor, después de que los progresistas se rebelaron, lo que podrÃa retrasar la consideración hasta que los demócratas lleguen
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats remain unable to reach an immediate deal to salvage President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion government overhaul, forcing leaders to call off promised votes on a related public works bill. Action is to resume Friday. Speaker Nancy Pelosi had
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats remain unable to reach an immediate deal to salvage President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion government overhaul, forcing leaders to call off promised votes on a related public works bill. Action is to resume Friday. Speaker Nancy Pelosi had
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By Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt, Rebekah Riess and Andy Rose, CNN New details have emerged of a reported domestic dispute between Gabby Petito and her fiance while traveling through Utah in August, as shown on additional bodycam footage from a responding officer. The footage, obtained by CNN, provides another glimpse into the troubles between Petito
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By Ben Westcott and Angus Watson, CNN Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday, October 1 announced plans to reopen the country’s borders to fully vaccinated citizens and permanent residents, moving from a strict zero-Covid strategy to a model of living with the virus. The move — expected to take effect in November — comes
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — El padre de Britney Spears reaccionó a su suspensión como tutor del patrimonio estimado de US$ 60 millones de su hija. Un abogado de Jamie Spears describió el fallo del miércoles de la jueza Brenda Penny como una “pérdida” para la cantante. Suspenden al padre de Britney Spears de su
Continue ReadingLilit Marcus Australian airline Qantas has set a company record by flying a one-off direct flight from Buenos Aires to the city of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. The flight repatriated 107 Australians and set two Qantas records in the process: longest distance covered (15,020 km or 9,333 miles) and longest time in the air
Continue Reading PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — The oldest former U.S. president ever, Jimmy Carter, plans to quietly mark his 97th birthday at home in Georgia on Friday. Carter has been slowed by age in recent years and keeping a low profile during the coronavirus pandemic. An aide says he doesn’t plan to have any public appearances on
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats remain unable to reach an immediate deal to salvage President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion government overhaul, forcing leaders to call off promised votes on a related public works bill. Action is to resume Friday. Speaker Nancy Pelosi had
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats remain unable to reach an immediate deal to salvage President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion government overhaul, forcing leaders to call off promised votes on a related public works bill. Action is to resume Friday. Speaker Nancy Pelosi had
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The head of the World Bank has discussed Sudan’s daunting economic challenges with the country’s transitional government. David Malpass is in Khartoum in the first visit by a World Bank president to the African nation in around 50 years. He met on Thursday with the Sudanese premier
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s train stations were packed with commuters Friday morning as Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months. The country has started gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as infections slowed. Emergency
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s train stations were packed with commuters Friday morning as Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months. The country has started gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as infections slowed. Emergency
Continue Reading By ALAN SUDERMAN, FRANK BAJAK and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of gold, diamonds, and even people. Digital resources have proven no different. Millions of internet addresses assigned to Africa have been waylaid, some fraudulently, including through insider machinations linked to a employee of the nonprofit
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