BEIJING (AP) — The foreign ministers of long-time Middle Eastern rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran have met in Beijing, taking another step toward reconciliation after seven years of tensions. Thursday’s meeting came a month after the two countries agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies by May. The rapprochement lowers the chance of armed
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The Arkansas House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would require social media companies to verify their users’ ages and confirm that minors have permission from a parent or guardian before opening an account. The bill, dubbed the Social Media Safety Act, was passed by an
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Across the United States, more than 150 million people are being faced with the possibility of a new reality: life without TikTok. The wildly popular short-form video app has been at the center of an ongoing battle, with lawmakers calling for an outright ban, and the company portraying itself as a
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants a “common path” with China on peace in Ukraine when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping. French officials said earlier Macron would urge Xi to use Beijing’s influence with Russian President Vladimir Putin to promote peace in Ukraine. China is the biggest buyer of Russian
Continue ReadingBy Adam Pourahmadi, Irene Nasser and Simone McCarthy, CNN Saudi Arabia’s and Iran’s Foreign Ministers met in Beijing on Thursday to discuss key details in the resumption of their relations following a landmark agreement mediated by China last month. In the highest-level meeting between the two sides in more than seven years, Iran’s Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Después de mucha expectación y un aluvión de críticas, “Super Mario Bros. La película” ya está en los cines. Este miércoles se estrenó con Chris Pratt en el papel del fontanero que viaja por las tuberías de la clásica franquicia de videojuegos de Nintendo. Desde que se anunció el casting de
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games. The pursuit could resume if Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto is re-elected, as expected, against two anti-Olympic candidates. The Japanese city suspended actively
Continue Reading BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law Wednesday that makes it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent. The law is the first of its kind in the U.S. and creates a new crime of “ abortion trafficking,” barring adults from obtaining
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU star forward Angel Reese sat in the back of an orange convertible Corvette, waving to thousands of fans lining the roadside — and also waving her hand in front of her face from time to time, repeating a gesture that caused a stir at the end of the national
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Masters Chairman Fred Ridley sat among 33 champions in green jackets at golf’s most exclusive dinner. It was a time to celebrate Scottie Scheffler as the most recent winner, to share laughs, memories and even a few tears. That’s how it is every year at
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN As a tornado-spawning storm system that walloped the Central US winds down, communities in southeastern Missouri are left sifting through the wreckage of what used to be homes and looking ahead to a long road to recovery. Five people were killed when an EF-2 tornado struck Bollinger County, Missouri, in the
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A former Hawaii lawmaker is expected in court for sentencing in a federal corruption case that’s drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands of cesspools that release 50 million gallons of raw sewage into the state’s pristine waters every day. Cesspools
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Según un nuevo estudio, hay al menos 45 buenas razones para reducir el consumo de azúcar añadido. Numerosas investigaciones han demostrado los efectos negativos del consumo excesivo de azúcar sobre la salud, lo que ha servido de base a las recomendaciones de limitar el consumo de productos “libre de azúcar” (sugar
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Japan has lost so many chickens to bird flu, it’s now running out of land to bury them. Japanese state broadcaster NHK reported Tuesday that 16 out of 26 prefectures in the country did not have enough land to dispose of culled birds properly. All 26 had reported experiencing avian flu
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday, according to the cryptocurrency platform and police. The San Francisco Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a report of a stabbing
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Are robot waiters the future? It’s a question the restaurant industry is increasingly trying to answer. Many think the waist-high machines are the solution to the industry’s labor shortages. They can greet guests, lead them to their tables, deliver food and drinks and ferry
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mostly lower Thursday as investors turned their attention to upcoming earnings reports and other economic indicators. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 1.3% in afternoon trading to 27,439.88. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.4% to 7,208.10. South Korea’s Kospi fell 1.4% to 2,461.12. Hong
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and LAÍS MARTINS Associated Press BLUMENAU, Brazil (AP) — Parents in this small city in southern Brazil are struggling with how to explain to their children that a man slaughtered four of their friends, while Brazilians across the country are wondering what should be done to stem an apparently systemic rise of
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Ryan Young, Amy Simonson and Steve Almasy, CNN In an extraordinary, emotionally charged session marked by tense exchanges and punctuated by boos and chants from onlookers, Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to expel two Black lawmakers — but failed to oust a third representative — a week after the three Democrats
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would give judges the authority to order adults with a severe mental illness into mandatory outpatient care, after being released from a health care facility. Massachusetts, along with Connecticut and Maryland, are the only states that don’t give courts that
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