By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A French journalist says his exclusive interview with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai this week did not prove that she is OK. Marc Ventouillac, one of two journalists who spoke to her in a restrictive interview arranged by Chinese Olympic officials for the French sports daily L’Equipe,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A French journalist says his exclusive interview with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai this week did not prove that she is OK. Marc Ventouillac, one of two journalists who spoke to her in a restrictive interview arranged by Chinese Olympic officials for the French sports daily L’Equipe,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — BP PLC has reported its biggest full-year profit for eight years. Its coffers have been boosted by soaring oil and gas prices that have hiked domestic fuel bills for millions of people. The British energy giant said its underlying replacement cost profit was $12.8 billion for 2021, compared with losses of $5.7
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — BP PLC has reported its biggest full-year profit for eight years. Its coffers have been boosted by soaring oil and gas prices that have hiked domestic fuel bills for millions of people. The British energy giant said its underlying replacement cost profit was $12.8 billion for 2021, compared with losses of $5.7
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An international charity group says a yearlong battle over the strategic Yemeni city of Marib has displaced about 100,000 people. The stark warning from Oxfam on Tuesday underscored how the fighting over Marib has worsened an already dire humanitarian situation. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels launched an offensive
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The gambling industry’s national trade group estimates a record 31.5 million Americans plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl. The American Gaming Association has released its annual predictions for wagering on pro football’s championship game, forecasting that over $7.6 billion will be bet. Bettors
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The gambling industry’s national trade group estimates a record 31.5 million Americans plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl. The American Gaming Association has released its annual predictions for wagering on pro football’s championship game, forecasting that over $7.6 billion will be bet. Bettors
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Two American-born athletes competing for China. Two radically different reactions from Chinese social media to their performances at the Winter Olympics. As freestyle skier Eileen Gu won her gold medal in the big air competition, the Chinese internet was quite literally overwhelmed. Sina Weibo, the massive
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Two American-born athletes competing for China. Two radically different reactions from Chinese social media to their performances at the Winter Olympics. As freestyle skier Eileen Gu won her gold medal in the big air competition, the Chinese internet was quite literally overwhelmed. Sina Weibo, the massive
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Two American-born athletes competing for China. Two radically different reactions from Chinese social media to their performances at the Winter Olympics. As freestyle skier Eileen Gu won her gold medal in the big air competition, the Chinese internet was quite literally overwhelmed. Sina Weibo, the massive
Continue ReadingCNN, WPTV By Amanda Jackson and Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities in West Palm Beach, Florida, are investigating the death of a bicyclist who fell to her death from a drawbridge as it opened. The victim was seen walking her bicycle on the sidewalk portion of the Royal Park Bridge, which connects West Palm Beach to
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin is hoping to put her poor start to the Beijing Olympics behind her as she prepares for her second race. Shiffrin’s next chance to compete for what would be an American-record third Alpine gold medal is Wednesday in the slalom. She won that event
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a short-term government funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of next week. Funding is currently set to expire on February 18, but the measure the House approved would extend funding through March 11. The tally was 272-162 and the legislation
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Eileen Gu fans temporarily crashed China’s leading social media platform on Tuesday, as tens of millions rushed online to celebrate the teenage freeski sensation winning her first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics. American-born Gu, 18, jumped into the top position at the women’s big air
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN On a summer night in Honduras in 2014, Maribel made a choice: She had to leave her home, with her four young children in tow, or risk being killed. With an eye toward the United States, she began the dangerous journey north and arrived at the US-Mexico border where she claimed
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Amanda Kessel accidentally slashed a referee in the face at the Olympics, and the damage was pretty gnarly.
Continue ReadingBy SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo advanced to the free skate portion of the figure skating competition at the Beijing Games, a first for the country. Mexico hadn’t even had an Olympic skater in three decades. Carrillo said he was so excited when he landed his first jump
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN A sprawling $600-million movie studio led by Hollywood star Robert De Niro has been given the go-ahead by New York planning authorities, according to the architects behind the complex. More than two years since plans were first unveiled, construction work on the 775,000-square-foot Wildflower Studios can now begin after the project won
Continue Readingolivertapia Mariupol, Ucrania (CNN) — Incluso en el siglo XXI, la guerra se ve afectada por el clima, y eso puede convertirse en un factor en cualquier ofensiva rusa en Ucrania. La pregunta en boca de los ucranianos, y tal vez de los generales rusos: “¿Ha llegado temprano Rasputitsa?”. Últimas noticias de la crisis en
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Weeks-long isolation, repeat stints in quarantine and sub-par meals — these are conditions that some Olympic athletes snared in Beijing’s stringent system for controlling Covid-19 say they are contending with, and some are pushing back. Finnish ice hockey head coach Jukka Jalonen on Sunday accused China of
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