By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors have filed an appeal against the verdict in the trial of former Nissan executive Greg Kelly. The Tokyo District Court recently cleared Kelly of almost all charges he was facing related to alleged under-reporting of his former boss Carlos Ghosn’s pay. Kelly was given
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors have filed an appeal against the verdict in the trial of former Nissan executive Greg Kelly. The Tokyo District Court recently cleared Kelly of almost all charges he was facing related to alleged under-reporting of his former boss Carlos Ghosn’s pay. Kelly was given
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine senator who is one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s staunchest critics has been waging an uphill campaign for reelection from a high-security jail. Sen. Leila de Lima has been locked up in the main police camp in the capital for more than five years and
Continue ReadingJOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders are trying to calm jittery investors by promising more help for its struggling real estate industry, internet companies and entrepreneurs who want to raise money abroad. That comes after regulatory crackdowns fueled uncertainty and caused Chinese stock prices to plunge. Officials at a Cabinet meeting
Continue ReadingJOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders are trying to calm jittery investors by promising more help for its struggling real estate industry, internet companies and entrepreneurs who want to raise money abroad. That comes after regulatory crackdowns fueled uncertainty and caused Chinese stock prices to plunge. Officials at a Cabinet meeting
Continue ReadingBY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A United Nations appeal for Yemen is aimed at raising $4.27 billion to alleviate what it describes as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with 161,000 people likely to experience famine there in 2022. The virtual pledging conference Wednesday is co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press BETHLEHEM, South Africa (AP) — Four Bengal tigers rescued from years of captivity in a train carriage in Argentina have been released into open-air enclosures in South Africa. After a journey of more than 70 hours from Argentina, the tigers stepped from their containers into open-air enclosures at the Lionsrock
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Rara vez en los tiempos modernos un líder político ha estado a la altura de su momento con tanta valentía. Pero ahora una nota tangible de desesperación envuelve la retórica inspiradora del presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelensky, cuando aboga por una intervención occidental más directa para salvar a Ucrania mientras las despiadadas tropas
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock prices have surged for a second day after the Federal Reserve announced its first interest rate hike since 2008 and China promised support for its real estate and internet industries. Hong Kong’s benchmark jumped almost 6% and Tokyo gained 3%. Shanghai, Seoul and Sydney
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock prices have surged for a second day after the Federal Reserve announced its first interest rate hike since 2008 and China promised support for its real estate and internet industries. Hong Kong’s benchmark jumped almost 6% and Tokyo gained 3%. Shanghai, Seoul and Sydney
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Li-Ning goods will be detained by US authorities after US Customs and Border Protection said an investigation indicated that the Chinese sportswear giant uses North Korean labor in its supply chain. Starting this week, the company’s merchandise will be detained at all US ports, the CBP announced Tuesday. “Such merchandise
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Irene Nasser, CNN After more than two years, New Zealand will reopen its borders to Australians starting April 12, and to international tourists from visa-waiver countries from May 1, the government announced on Wednesday, March 16. The move is part of efforts to accelerate economic recovery, according to a statement from
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Una periodista de la televisión estatal rusa que protestó por la invasión de Ucrania durante una transmisión de noticias en vivo fue declarada culpable el martes de organizar un “evento público no autorizado”. Un tribunal de distrito de Moscú dijo en un comunicado que Marina Ovsyannikova, editora de Channel
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN A Broadway vocal coach who suffered a head injury after she was shoved to the ground last week died Tuesday morning, her grandson said. Barbara Maier Gustern, 87, was pushed from behind by an unidentified woman on the night of March 10 as she stood outside her apartment on Manhattan’s Lower
Continue ReadingJessie Yeung, CNN and Junko Ogura, CNN For decades, being a student in Tokyo meant you had to look a certain way. Under the public school system’s dress code, all students had to dye their hair black, certain hairstyles were prohibited and even their underwear had to be a designated color. But these rules, which
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Turns out, March has more madness than just college basketball. The NBA is getting a taste as well. Kyrie Irving’s 60-point barrage at Orlando on Tuesday night was the seventh 50-point effort in the league so far this month — with half of March remaining. His career-best came one
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Turns out, March has more madness than just college basketball. The NBA is getting a taste as well. Kyrie Irving’s 60-point barrage at Orlando on Tuesday night was the seventh 50-point effort in the league so far this month — with half of March remaining. His career-best came one
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Bo Horvat had two goals and an assist to lead the Vancouver Canucks past the New Jersey Devils 6-3. Tanner Pearson added a goal and an assist for the Canucks. Brad Hunt, Nils Hoglander and Juho Lahmmikko also scored, and J.T. Miller had three assists to extend his point streak
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The University of Oregon’s Board of Trustees approved tuition and fee hikes Tuesday for the upcoming school year, but a “guaranteed tuition model” means returning undergraduate students won’t face the brunt of it.
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Capt. Kevin Kentish, a Queens native who now works with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, was scrolling through his social media over the weekend when something caught his eye. Kentish, who still stayed up to date with news from his home state, saw footage that New York City police
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