TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Cities across China have opened their air raid shelters to offer residents relief from the heat as unusually high temperatures across parts of the country started claiming lives. Cities including Hangzhou on China’s east coast, Wuhan in the center of the country, and Shijiazhuang in Hebei province neighboring Beijing announced Friday
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China is insisting it is up to the U.S. to “create necessary conditions” for anti-drugs cooperation, following complaints from Washington that Beijing is ignoring its calls for a crackdown on precursor chemicals for the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl. China “firmly oppose smears and unilateral sanctions on other countries under the pretext of
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El gobierno de Argentina mantuvo reuniones que violaron un decreto presidencial al no registrar que recibió en la Casa Rosada a un directivo del Grupo Techint, que luego de tres encuentros y una licitación se convirtió en el proveedor de los caños del gasoducto Presidente Néstor Kirchner, tal como revela una
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Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform. In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs. The initiatives out Friday include a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards. Biden’s remarks
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration wants to crack down on short-term health insurance plans, which it says can leave patients saddled with hefty medical bills. The proposed rule, announced Friday as part of a series of actions aimed at lowering health care costs, would limit the duration of these controversial plans
Continue ReadingBy Salma Abdelaziz, Muhammad Darwish and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jenin, West Bank (CNN) — At the gates of Jenin’s government hospital on Wednesday, dozens of armed Palestinian militants and their families gathered to collect their dead, just hours after hundreds of Israeli soldiers withdrew from the city’s sprawling refugee camp. A foul stench filled the
Continue ReadingBy Salma Abdelaziz, Muhammad Darwish and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jenin, West Bank (CNN) — At the gates of Jenin’s government hospital on Wednesday, dozens of armed Palestinian militants and their families gathered to collect their dead, just hours after hundreds of Israeli soldiers withdrew from the city’s sprawling refugee camp. A foul stench filled the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Estados Unidos confirmó este viernes que suministrará municiones de racimo a Ucrania como parte de un nuevo paquete de ayuda militar. CNN informó por primera vez la semana pasada que la administración del presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, consideraba seriamente aprobar la transferencia de las controvertidas armas a Ucrania,
Continue ReadingBy AREF TUFAHA Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a flashpoint West Bank city, days after Israel concluded a major two-day offensive meant to crack down on militants. The Israeli domestic security agency Shin Bet said the two men, who it claimed were behind a shooting attack
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Su Myat Mon, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor told CNN Friday that efforts to bring justice for the Rohingya must be accelerated and the world cannot look away from the ongoing crisis. Chief prosecutor Karim Khan visited Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, for four days this week to hear
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Su Myat Mon, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor told CNN Friday that efforts to bring justice for the Rohingya must be accelerated and the world cannot look away from the ongoing crisis. Chief prosecutor Karim Khan visited Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, for four days this week to hear
Continue ReadingBy ÁLVARO BARRIENTOS Associated Press PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of thrill seekers took part Friday in the first running of the bulls at the San Fermín festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. Several runners took knocks and hard falls in the 8 a.m. event but no one was gored by the beasts,
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang are expressing hopes for better communication as Yellen appeals to Beijing not to let frustration over U.S. curbs on technology exports disrupt economic cooperation. Both governments used positive terms on Friday to describe Yellen’s visit to
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — A fire that broke out in a Milan nursing home during the night has killed six residents. Italian firefighters said the blaze began about 1:30 a.m. on Friday, apparently in the room of two residents, who are among those who died. The firefighters said some 80 other residents were taken to the
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press WANTAGH, N.Y. (AP) — Off the coast of Long Island, drones sweep over the ocean, patrolling the water for any danger that might lurk below the surface as beachgoers grow more vigilant because of a recent spate of shark encounters. Over two days this week, five people reported being
Continue ReadingBy Gerardo Lemos, CNNE (CNN) — Dozens of people trapped in gondolas on one of the world’s highest cable car systems in Ecuador have been rescued, according to a statement from government officials Friday. Firefighters were alerted around 4 p.m. local time Thursday of a technical failure that affected the Quito Cable Car, with at
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Beijing as part of efforts to revive U.S.-Chinese relations that are at their lowest level in decades due to disputes over technology, security and other irritants. Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met in November and agreed to improve relations.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una pareja de Florida fue acusada de homicidio con agravantes por la muerte de una niña de 18 meses abandonada en un coche caluroso durante la noche tras una fiesta del 4 de julio, según informó la policía. Joel y Jazmine Rondon, ambos de 33 años y residentes en Lakeland,
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