BEIJING (AP) — A survey shows China’s manufacturing activity rebounded in November as orders improved and power shortages eased. An industry group and the national statistics agency said a monthly purchasing managers’ index rose to 50.1 from October’s 49.2 on a 100-point scale. The index spent the previous two months below 50, which shows activity
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BEIJING (AP) — A survey shows China’s manufacturing activity rebounded in November as orders improved and power shortages eased. An industry group and the national statistics agency said a monthly purchasing managers’ index rose to 50.1 from October’s 49.2 on a 100-point scale. The index spent the previous two months below 50, which shows activity
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — La sala electoral del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela informó este lunes que ha ordenado al Consejo Nacional Electoral convocar nuevas elecciones en el estado de Barinas para el 9 de enero de 2022 para el cargo de gobernador, según un comunicado difundido este lunes por el organismo. El
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar is preparing to issue its verdict in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on charges of spreading information that could disturb public order and violating coronavirus restrictions. It is the first court verdict for the 76-year-old Nobel laureate since the
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer LSU is hiring Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame. It is a stunning move by one of the most accomplished coaches in college football jumping from the sport’s most storied program to a SEC powerhouse. A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that Kelly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kobe Brown had 20 points and a career-high 23 rebounds to lead Missouri to a 91-59 victory over Paul Quinn. Dajuan Gordon scored 17 points and Amari Davis 14 for the Tigers. Javon Pickett added 12 points, 10 in the first half. Brown also had a team-high six assists. Paul Quinn
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed as investors continue to cautiously weigh how much damage the new omicron coronavirus variant may unleash on the global economy. Benchmarks in Japan and Australia rose, but shares fell in South Korea. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was trading lower, while the Shanghai
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed as investors continue to cautiously weigh how much damage the new omicron coronavirus variant may unleash on the global economy. Benchmarks in Japan and Australia rose, but shares fell in South Korea. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was trading lower, while the Shanghai
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were injured after a wreck on Highway 40 and Boothe Lane in Boone County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Molly Widmer, 32, was driving a 2008 Toyota Sequoia on Highway 40 and trying to turn left onto Boothe Lane when a 2014 Nissan Sentra rear-ended
Continue Reading CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Joe Toussaint hit a clutch jumper to give Iowa the lead with eight seconds left in the game and Virginia missed two close-range shots and Patrick McCaffery blocked at third at the buzzer to preserve Iowa’s 75-74 win over the Cavaliers in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Taine Murray’s 3 gave Virginia
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China has pledged to donate 600 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccines to Africa as the world grapples with the unequal distribution of the shots between rich and poor countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the promise in a video speech to the opening ceremony of a China-Africa forum on economic cooperation.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Mballa tallied 19 points and 12 rebounds to carry Buffalo to a 94-49 win over Point Park. Jeenathan Williams had 18 points for Buffalo. Keishawn Nate Van had 11 points for the NAIA-member Pioneers.
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Biden, in remarks from the White House, stressed that Americans should use caution regarding the new variant, which has not been detected in the United States, but not panic.
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) While there are still many unknowns about the Omicron COVID-19 variant, Columbia local health experts say people may want to continue or start practicing serious COVID-19 precautions such as masking indoors and social distancing. At this time the Delta variant is the only variant we are seeing in the state, but experts
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Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — La denominación de la nueva variante del coronavirus ómicron está causando cierta confusión. Desde mayo, la Organización Mundial de la Salud utiliza las letras del alfabeto griego, por orden, para nombrar las variantes del coronavirus. Delta era la más dominante, seguida de otras ocho —entre ellas epsilon, iota y mambda— que
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Enforcement began in Los Angeles for one of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country. It’s a sweeping measure that requires proof of shots for everyone entering a wide variety of businesses from restaurants to theaters and gyms to nail and hair salons. While the latest
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Enforcement began in Los Angeles for one of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country. It’s a sweeping measure that requires proof of shots for everyone entering a wide variety of businesses from restaurants to theaters and gyms to nail and hair salons. While the latest
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods is hopeful of playing again. Just not very much. And he says reaching the top of his sport again is an unrealistic expectation. Woods gave a video interview with Golf Digest, with whom he has a financial deal. It was his most extensive
Continue Reading By Sara Ashley O’Brien and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, flushed and holding back tears, testified Monday that she left Stanford to launch Theranos in part because she had been raped, and said she later entered into what she alleged was an abusive relationship with the person who would become her startup’s chief operating
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