By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau The shouts of locked-down residents demanding basic necessities, the cries of babies separated from their parents in quarantine, the pleas of a son repeatedly rejected by hospitals to treat his critically ill father, and the sobs of an exhausted local official who admits there is “no good policy”
Continue ReadingCNN By Selina Wang, CNN Beijing is partially locking down to control a Covid outbreak that could completely shutter the Chinese capital. But just as the government is tightening controls in the city — testing 21 million residents, shutting schools and some shopping malls — I’m trying to get in. Flights from Tokyo to Beijing
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN You brush your teeth twice a day to keep plaque from building up and see a dentist regularly for extra maintenance. It’s just good hygiene. But how often are you practicing mental hygiene? Whether you have a specific concern or are just trying to get through your day a little better,
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on a wide range of issues to more than 83 million followers. The
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on a wide range of issues to more than 83 million followers. The
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court has sentenced prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in prison without parole. The verdict is likely to harm Turkey’s ties with Western nations. The court on Monday found Kavala guilty of attempting to overthrow the government in connection
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the civil trial of a man who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love. A wrongful death lawsuit brought by Love’s mother seeks to hold George Huguely V
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Mets ace Max Scherzer is pitching back in his hometown, starting a three-game series at St. Louis. Scherzer is trying to become the first four-game winner in the majors. In his first season with New York since signing a $130 million, three-year contract, he is 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA, 12
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WANG and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Beijing will test most of the city’s 21 million people as a new COVID-19 outbreak sparks worries among residents of a Shanghai-style lockdown. So far, 70 cases have been found in the Chinese capital since the outbreak surfaced Friday. Some residents are working from
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WANG and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Beijing will test most of the city’s 21 million people as a new COVID-19 outbreak sparks worries among residents of a Shanghai-style lockdown. So far, 70 cases have been found in the Chinese capital since the outbreak surfaced Friday. Some residents are working from
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business Investors are ditching China at an unprecedented scale as a cocktail of political and business risks, and rising interest rates elsewhere, make the world’s second biggest economy a less attractive place to keep their money. China witnessed $17.5 billion worth of portfolio outflows last month, an all-time high, according to
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Miguel Cabrera reached the 3,000-hit mark on a weekend afternoon in front of an adoring crowd at his home ballpark in Detroit. It was a moment worthy of the milestone. It could also be the last time it happens for a while. In an era of high strikeout totals
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador renovó este domingo el régimen de excepción por 30 días más, a petición del presidente Nayib Bukele, para el combate de las pandillas. Hasta el sábado, las autoridades reportaron la captura de más de 16.000 personas. De estas, cerca de 7.000 han sido enviadas a
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A woman suffered a broken leg when she was bucked off a horse at Cyrus Horse Camp on the Crooked River National Grassland Sunday morning and was brought to the field at Culver High School, then flown to St. Charles Bend.
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state television says authorities have foiled massive cyberattacks that sought to target public services, both government and privately owned. The report late on Sunday said Iran thwarted the attacks that planned to target the infrastructure of more than 100 public sector agencies. It did not elaborate or name specific examples
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state television says authorities have foiled massive cyberattacks that sought to target public services, both government and privately owned. The report late on Sunday said Iran thwarted the attacks that planned to target the infrastructure of more than 100 public sector agencies. It did not elaborate or name specific examples
Continue ReadingAlberto Pando Nota del Editor: David A. Andelman, colaborador de CNN, dos veces ganador del premio Deadline Club, es un caballero de la Legión de Honor francesa, autor de ” A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen ” y blogs en Andelman Unleashed. Anteriormente fue
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Brandon Stutzman completed his 100-mile, 1,000-pull-up marathon a day early Saturday on Redmond’s Dry Canyon Trail, having raised nearly $6,000 for the Bethlehem Inn homeless shelter, where his family stayed when he was younger.
Continue ReadingBy YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers are dead after being caught in traps on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. It’s the latest setback for a species whose numbers are estimated to have dwindled to about 400. Authorities said Monday that one female and one male tiger were found
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thomas Bordeleau scored the only goal in a shootout and the San Jose Sharks rallied late for a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. Vegas squandered a 4-2 lead with a little more than two minutes left in regulation, as Nick Bonino scored his second
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