BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers ae trying to reach 21 people trapped by a flood because of illegal mining for coal in northern China. The accident happened about 11 p.m. Wednesday in Shanxi province, a major coal-producing region southwest of Beijing. Authorities say that water is being pumped out of the mine, and the water level
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are pressing Russia to enter peace talks with Ukraine. At the same time, they are renewing a threat to impose unprecedented sanctions should Moscow send its troops over the border. Ukraine’s president is pleading for more sanctions to be imposed before
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are pressing Russia to enter peace talks with Ukraine. At the same time, they are renewing a threat to impose unprecedented sanctions should Moscow send its troops over the border. Ukraine’s president is pleading for more sanctions to be imposed before
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says human resources and upper management wouldn’t deal with her accusation of sexual assault. So she went into the busy cafeteria at the headquarters of the Chinese e-commerce giant and screamed out her plight. Now she is paying
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says human resources and upper management wouldn’t deal with her accusation of sexual assault. So she went into the busy cafeteria at the headquarters of the Chinese e-commerce giant and screamed out her plight. Now she is paying
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Se encendieron las alertas en las fuerzas de seguridad de Ecuador tras la declaración del embajador de Estados Unidos, Michael Fitzpatrick, sobre la supuesta existencia de altos mandos de las fuerzas de seguridad ecuatorianas vinculados al narcotráfico. Durante una entrevista con el medio local Primicias, Fitzpatrick calificó a estas personas, a
Continue ReadingBy SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Some former vaccine skeptics in Eastern Europe are shifting over to the other side. Fata Keco was afraid of possible adverse side effects when she rolled up her sleeve in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo to take her first COVID-19 vaccine shot. but the worst she
Continue ReadingBy SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Some former vaccine skeptics in Eastern Europe are shifting over to the other side. Fata Keco was afraid of possible adverse side effects when she rolled up her sleeve in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo to take her first COVID-19 vaccine shot. but the worst she
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have fallen in Asia after technology companies led Wall Street benchmarks lower. Investors are weighing the implications of higher interest rates, surging coronavirus cases and tensions between Beijing and Washington. Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul declined while Sydney was higher. U.S. shares dropped a
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have fallen in Asia after technology companies led Wall Street benchmarks lower. Investors are weighing the implications of higher interest rates, surging coronavirus cases and tensions between Beijing and Washington. Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul declined while Sydney was higher. U.S. shares dropped a
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows that millennials and Generation Z Americans say they are more likely to be optimistic about the future and their ability to create change, compared with the older Generation X. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds that despite the challenges
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal prosecutor on Thursday described Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes as a shameless fraudster who duped investors and patents while concealing dangerous defects in her startup’s blood-testing technology. Federal prosecutors made their closing arguments in the three-month trial in which Holmes stands accused of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jurors in the case of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Thursday heard starkly different interpretations of her motives and actions as her long-running criminal trial nears the finish line. A federal prosecutor cast Holmes as a desperate con artist who brazenly lied to
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist Typhoon Rai is rapidly strengthening east of the southern Philippines and may be on the verge of becoming a super typhoon. The storm is on track to slam the southern and central portions of the country Thursday. Rai currently has sustained winds of 215 kph (130 mph), making it the
Continue ReadingCNN By Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist Typhoon Rai is rapidly strengthening east of the southern Philippines and may be on the verge of becoming a super typhoon. The storm is on track to slam the southern and central portions of the country Thursday. Rai currently has sustained winds of 215 kph (130 mph), making it
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell and Joe Sutton, CNN “The Boss” may have just made a cool half-billion dollars. Bruce Springsteen has sold the rights to his music catalog to Sony Music Entertainment, according to a statement from Sony. Through two separate agreements, the sale would include Springsteen’s work at Sony-owned Columbia Records as both a singer
Continue ReadingCNN By Jill Disis and Nectar Gan, CNN Business The longtime editor of one of China’s most outspoken and nationalistic state media outlets says he’s stepping down. Hu Xijin said Thursday that he has retired and is no longer serving as the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, according to a post on his verified Weibo
Continue ReadingBy Jill Disis and Nectar Gan, CNN Business The longtime editor of one of China’s most outspoken and nationalistic state media outlets says he’s stepping down. Hu Xijin said Thursday that he has retired and is no longer serving as the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, according to a post on his verified Weibo account.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Decenas de miles de personas evacuaron sus hogares en Filipinas mientras el archipiélago se preparaba para el supertifón Rai, conocido localmente como Odette, que tocó tierra en la costa este del paÃs el jueves por la tarde, hora local. La tormenta se intensificó rápidamente el jueves por la mañana y pasó de
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Young, Maria Cartaya, Alta Spells and Tina Burnside, CNN A judge in Lafayette, Louisiana, is taking a leave of absence and facing calls for her resignation after a video with racist language recorded at her home surfaced. A lawyer for City Court Judge Michelle M. Odinet told the Acadiana Advocate she feels “humiliated,
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