By Brad Lendon and Marc Stewart, CNN China should not be surprised Washington and its allies in Asia are deepening military ties given Beijing’s aggressive behavior toward many of its neighbors, the US ambassador to Japan said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with CNN. “You look at India, you look at the Philippines, you look
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Elon Musk ofreció este martes una imagen optimista de cómo Twitter puede mejorar el negocio de la publicidad que él ayudó a descarrilar y aumentar sus resultados, al tiempo que admitió que mantener la red social en funcionamiento está resultando un reto después de múltiples rondas de despidos. En su intervención
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as investors fretted that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates faster if pressure stays high on inflation. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.5% to finish at 28,444.19. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.8% to 7,307.80. South Korea’s Kospi dropped
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Buttery, smooth, oaky. These are characteristics of the best bourbons, and a growing cult of aficionados is willing to pay an astonishing amount of money for these increasingly scarce premium American spirits — and even bend or break laws. Premium spirits have always
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy, Nick Valencia and Mark Morales, CNN The release of more video from the January traffic stop that led to the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols was delayed Wednesday, according to a court order, as the US Department of Justice announced it would perform a review of the Memphis Police
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN A federal jury on Wednesday evening concluded its first day of deliberations to determine whether the convicted terrorist who carried out a fatal attack on a New York City bike path in 2017 will get the death penalty. Jury deliberations began Wednesday afternoon. The panel is expected back in court
Continue Reading CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he plans to meet with President Joe Biden in the United States following a trip to India this week, amid speculation the leaders will make an announcement on Australia’s plans to build nuclear-power submarines. Albanese gave few details of the U.S. trip, saying there would
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press NANGAN, Taiwan (AP) — In the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin had to tell his guests he couldn’t provide them with the internet. Others living on Matsu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands closer to neighboring China, had to struggle with paying electricity bills, making
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN The maker of the drug Makena, which was approved more than a decade ago to reduce the risk of preterm birth, said Tuesday that it is moving to withdraw the medication from the market after a US Food and Administration panel said it is not effective. “While we stand by Makena’s
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics, looked at a nationwide database and found 731 children 5 and under among
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and DEL QUENTIN WILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days after federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home for classified documents, FBI Director Christopher Wray emailed his workforce urging them to tune out criticism from those who “don’t know what we know and don’t see what we see.” The
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s support of a Republican resolution to block new District of Columbia crime laws has split members of his own party amid rising concerns about crime in the nation’s capital and other cities. The GOP-led disapproval resolution is expected to easily pass the Senate
Continue Reading By ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — For the first time in 25 years, Colombia has opened military service to women. The first cohort of 1,296 female recruits enlisted in February and is now undergoing training. Colombia has long had compulsory military service for men ages 18 to 24. The army relies heavily
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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Travis Boyd had two goals and an assist in the third period, Karel Vejmelka stopped 40 shots and the Arizona Coyotes beat the St. Louis Blues 6-2. The Coyotes got off to a shaky start, giving up the first of Pavel Buchnevich’s two goals, but
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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Travis Boyd had two goals and an assist in the third period, Karel Vejmelka stopped 40 shots and the Arizona Coyotes beat the St. Louis Blues 6-2. The Coyotes got off to a shaky start, giving up the first of Pavel Buchnevich’s two goals, but
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the eve of International Women’s Day, leading women’s rights campaigners at the United Nations and the African Union and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticized male-dominated governments Tuesday for excluding women from peace negotiations. They complained that governments are ignoring a U.N. resolution adopted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Solid Waste hosted an open house Tuesday night at the Activities and Recreation Center on West Ash Street to discuss and assess the future of recycling in the Columbia area. According to Matt Nestor, the public information specialist for the City of Columbia utilities, the city is working with
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Arizona’s Democratic attorney general is suing a rural, Republican-controlled county to stop it from transferring all election duties from a nonpartisan office to the elected county recorder. The lawsuit is the latest legal dispute between the state and Cochise County over its embrace of election conspiracy theories. Last fall, a
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Columbia Public Schools earned a 70% score on this year’s version of the state’s education report card.
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters on Tuesday rejected the legalization of recreational marijuana, following a late blitz of opposition from faith leaders, law enforcement and prosecutors. Oklahoma would have become the 22nd state to legalize adult use of cannabis and join conservative states like Montana and Missouri that have
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