By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Online discussion was swirling in response to reported remarks of Beijing’s party secretary. On Monday, Beijing’s Communist Party chief reportedly said that the capital city will normalize pandemic prevention controls over the course of the next five years. Digital censors quickly deleted the hashtag “the next
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Iran’s major steel companies says it was forced to halt production after being hit by a cyberattack that also targeted two other plants, marking one of the biggest assaults on the country’s strategic industrial sector in recent memory. The Iranian government did
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Iran’s major steel companies says it was forced to halt production after being hit by a cyberattack that also targeted two other plants, marking one of the biggest assaults on the country’s strategic industrial sector in recent memory. The Iranian government did
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Video by Amy Li, CNN Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina says she has a “mission” to help her country and wants to use her platform to provide hope to the war-torn nation. The 27-year-old, who is in regular contact with her family and friends back in Ukraine, has taken a break
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government has blamed the previous administration’s inaction for an increase in the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year. Government data on Monday showed Australia emitted 0.8% more greenhouse gas last year than in 2020. Factors that caused the increase included a 4% rise in
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Shackled and looking wary, WNBA star Brittney Griner was ordered Monday to stand trial by a court near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4 1/2 months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team. The Phoenix Mercury center and two-time
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Shackled and looking wary, WNBA star Brittney Griner was ordered Monday to stand trial by a court near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4 1/2 months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team. The Phoenix Mercury center and two-time
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signalled that a plan to rip up parts of the post-Brexit trade deal he signed with the European Union could become law by the end of the year. Lawmakers began debating legislation that rewrites trade rules for Northern
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signalled that a plan to rip up parts of the post-Brexit trade deal he signed with the European Union could become law by the end of the year. Lawmakers began debating legislation that rewrites trade rules for Northern
Continue ReadingHONG KONG (AP) — Will he go or not? Chinese President Xi Jinping kept Hong Kong guessing on Monday about his possible appearance at the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule. The government has yet to say whether he will be physically present for the events, which include the inauguration
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul’s LGBTQ Pride organizers say 373 people detained by police Sunday following a ban on all Pride events are being released. A leading LGBTQ rights association, said all the detained were being freed Monday after giving their police statement and undergoing health checks. Some were released overnight. Turkish authorities allowed Pride marches
Continue ReadingBy TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — People with hearing loss have long adopted technology to navigate the world, especially since hearing aids are expensive and inaccessible to many. Over the past several years, new options have exploded. Captions from apps like Otter have proven critical for people who needed to join
Continue ReadingBy TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — People with hearing loss have long adopted technology to navigate the world, especially since hearing aids are expensive and inaccessible to many. Over the past several years, new options have exploded. Captions from apps like Otter have proven critical for people who needed to join
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says some countries won’t accept that the world’s oceans belong to everyone and their “egoism” is holding up a global agreement on protecting these vast tracts of the planet. Guterres didn’t say which countries he was referring to, but stressed the significance
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Schiller and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A mother in Detroit has been charged with murder after the body of her 3-year-old son was found in a freezer Friday, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. The child’s mother, Azuradee France, 31, was also charged by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy with first-degree child abuse,
Continue ReadingBy SIDDIQULLAH ALIZAI Associated Press GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations says that the death toll of children in last week’s devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to 155 as the scope of the deadliest quake to hit the impoverished country in two decades comes into focus. The U.N.’s humanitarian coordination organization said
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A knife-wielding attacker has stabbed several people in a shelter for asylum-seekers in southern Germany, killing one man and wounding at least five people. German news agency dpa reported Monday that the attacker, reportedly a resident of the shelter, is said to have knocked on the doors of the rooms of the
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Mark Appel is proof that even for a No. 1 draft pick, the road to the major leagues is sometimes a bumpy one. Appel was called up by the Philadelphia Phillies nine years after he was drafted first overall by Houston. He bounced around the minors and was traded
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon saved his best performance in the Stanley Cup Final for when it mattered most. MacKinnon scored a goal and set up another to help the Colorado Avalanche win the Cup by beating the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6. MacKinnon
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Filipina beauty queen Fuschia Anne Ravena has been named winner of Miss International Queen 2022, a contest described by organizers as the world’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women. The 27-year-old entrepreneur, who hails from Cebu province in the Philippines, won the crown during a televised finale in the Thai city of
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