By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Visiting China just got a whole lot easier for international travelers. Starting Friday, visitors are able to link their Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) accounts to China’s most popular mobile payment platforms, allowing them to book taxis, ride the subway and pay for goods and services at
Continue ReadingCNN By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s top leadership has vowed to do more to support a “tortuous” economic recovery, which has lost steam after an initial burst of activity early in the year. The assurances, made by the Communist Party’s 24-member Politburo — a top decision making body — boosted stocks
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Visiting China just got a whole lot easier for international travelers. Starting Friday, visitors are able to link their Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) accounts to China’s most popular mobile payment platforms, allowing them to book taxis, ride the subway and pay for goods and services
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Visiting China just got a whole lot easier for international travelers. Starting Friday, visitors are able to link their Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) accounts to China’s most popular mobile payment platforms, allowing them to book taxis, ride the subway and pay for goods and services at
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro says the major multination military training exercise Talisman Sabre in Australia sends a message to China that America’s allies are cooperating to defend their security and democratic values. Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a biennial joint exercise between the
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Deadly ethnic clashes in India’s northeast have rocked the country’s Parliament for a second straight day, with the opposition blocking proceedings and demanding the sacking of the top elected official of Manipur state, where more than 130 people have been killed since early May. The official
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The United States begins its journey to a record third consecutive Women’s World Cup title with the same confidence it had in winning the last two tournaments. The top-ranked Americans open play against Vietnam, which is no doubt considering the U.S. a daunting
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by his White House are an important step toward managing the
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft, Google and other leading artificial intelligence companies committed Friday to put new AI systems through outside testing before they are publicly released and to clearly label AI-generated content, the White House announced. The pledges are part of a series of voluntary commitments agreed to by the White House
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police say the two men gunned down at a New Zealand construction site had worked alongside the shooter, and court records showed the gunman had been convicted of domestic violence for attacking a girlfriend. New Zealanders were still in shock at Thursday’s rare shooting. It
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court will hand down a closely-watched decision over whether to ban the broadcast and distribution of a protest song after the government asked it to do so in the name of national security. The song, “Glory to Hong Kong,” was written during the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese engineers on Thursday broke ground on a new super deep borehole that will burrow far into the Earth’s crust as the country steps up its search for natural resources hidden tens of thousands of feet underground. The hole will eventually reach 10,520 meters (34,514 feet) into
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese engineers on Thursday broke ground on a new super deep borehole that will burrow far into the Earth’s crust as the country steps up its search for natural resources hidden tens of thousands of feet underground. The hole will eventually reach 10,520 meters (34,514 feet) into
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Tennis player Amarissa Toth has apologized to her opponent Zhang Shuai after their match at the Hungarian Grand Prix ended in controversy on Tuesday. Toth has been heavily criticized by fans and the tennis community after the incident, where she rubbed away a mark on the court following a
Continue ReadingBy TAFT GANTT Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — England captain Millie Bright has been cleared to start the Lionesses’ Women’s World Cup opener against Haiti. Bright injured her knee in Chelsea’s Champions League quarterfinal first leg with Lyon in March but has provided coach Sarina Weigman a boost by recovering in time for the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Rex Heuermann fue acusado de matar a tres mujeres cuyos cuerpos fueron descubiertos a lo largo de un tramo de Gilgo Beach en Long Island en 2010, atados con cinturones o cinta y envueltos en yute. Heuermann, un hombre casado acusado por las autoridades de llevar una doble vida, enfrenta
Continue ReadingBy SAVANNAH HERNANDEZ AND CASSIDY HETTESHEIMER Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A diving one-handed save from 22-year-old goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie denied international soccer’s leading scorer Christine Sinclair and played a pivotal role in Nigeria holding Olympic champion Canada to a 0-0 draw at the Women’s World Cup. Nnadozie parried away Sinclair’s shot from the
Continue ReadingHOYLAKE, England (AP) — Tommy Fleetwood has battled for one last par for a 71 at the British Open. He’s still five shots behind leader Brian Harman, but he’s in the final group. Fleetwood grew up about 40 minutes away in Southport. He has enjoyed massive support from the gallery and it figures to be
Continue ReadingWBZ, NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CNN By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A homicide case that went cold for more than 40 years has been solved with the help of forensic genetic genealogy technology, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella said Thursday. Investigators sifted through hundreds of leads after 23-year-old Laura Kempton was found
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police say the two men gunned down at a New Zealand construction site had worked alongside the shooter, and court records showed the gunman had been convicted of domestic violence for attacking a girlfriend. New Zealanders were still in shock at Thursday’s rare shooting. It
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