By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has demanded that the United States invite Hong Kong’s leader to an economic conference following a news report that Chief Executive John Lee would be barred due to his role in crushing the city’s pro-democracy movement. The conflict threatens to complicate Washington’s efforts to revive
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — French luxury conglomerate Kering has reached a cash deal to purchase a 30% stake in Italian fashion house Valentino for 1.7 billion euros from a Qatari investment firm. With the purchase, Kering is seeking to shore up its revenue stream as it struggles to turn around
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amna al-Nour narrowly escaped death twice. The first was when militias torched her family’s home in Sudan’s Darfur region. The second was two months later when paramilitary fighters stopped her and others trying to escape as they tried to reach the border with neighboring Chad. “They massacred
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The head of a leading aid group says an impasse at the United Nations over a border crossing with Syria’s last rebel-held enclave is endangering 4.1 million Syrians living there. The comments by David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee came more than two weeks after the
Continue ReadingBy YUCHENG TANG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A growing number of young Chinese are moving overseas to escape their homeland’s ultra-competitive work culture, limited opportunities and family pressures. Southeast Asia has become a popular destination given its proximity, relatively inexpensive cost of living and tropical scenery. There is no exact data on the number
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, Duarte Mendonca, Alex Stambaugh, Wayne Chang and Caolán Magee, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in China’s southeastern coast and Taiwan on Friday, state weather agencies said, after the storm battered parts of the Philippines and killed at least 39 people, including dozens on an overcrowded boat that capsized
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Both drones and helicopters have been used to drop spherical ignition devices for burnout operations to remove unburned fuel within the perimeter of the 27,573-acre Flat Fire, now 14% contained, officials said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — No hay nada que le guste más a una madre primeriza que le digan cómo complacer a su marido, ¿verdad? Esta semana, una ciudad japonesa aprendió por las malas lo equivocada que estaba tras desatar la indignación nacional por unos folletos que intentaban precisamente eso. La ciudad de Onomichi, en
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge is considering whether to temporarily stop Hawaii from enforcing a new state law that prohibits carrying a gun on beaches and other locations deemed sensitive. Three Maui residents are suing to block the measure. They argue Hawaii is going too far with a
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge is hearing more testimony at a hearing to determine if a Michigan school shooter will get a life prison sentence. Seventeen-year-old Heidi Allen described how she saw Ethan Crumbley come out of a bathroom with a gun at Oxford High School in 2021. Four
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.05 billion Friday night, only the fifth time in the history of the game that the grand prize has reached into the billions. No one managed to beat the massive odds and match all six numbers for Friday’s estimated $940 million jackpot. The
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville International Airport has quietly faced an identity crisis for weeks under a new state law, with no clear agreement about who is in charge. The dispute will be the focus of a court hearing Friday. GOP state lawmakers approved plans earlier this year for the
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Housing and Community Services has surpassed its July 2019-’24 Statewide Housing Plan goal to triple the existing pipeline of affordable rental housing up to 25,000 homes after the Oregon Stability Council approved the most recent funding awards on July 7. This accomplishment was realized a year ahead of schedule and marks a significant
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security is awarding the state of Oregon, Lane Transit District, and nonprofits across the state nearly $20 million to build and sustain capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other disasters.
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A Bollywood film has been accused of trivializing the murder of millions during the Holocaust with flippant dialogue and a storyline that uses the Nazi’s death camps as a metaphor for relationship woes, prompting a prominent Jewish rights group to call for its removal from streaming platforms.
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, HANNAH FINGERHUT and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump and his top rivals for the GOP presidential nomination took the stage one by one Friday night to address an influential gathering of Iowa Republicans, with none of the top-tier hopefuls mentioning that new federal charges had
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — There’s nothing a new mother likes more than being told how to please her husband – right? A Japanese city learned the hard way this week how very wrong they were, after prompting national outrage over flyers that tried to do just that. Onomichi city,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La 75ª edición de los premios Primetime Emmy se pospuso, informó este jueves Variety, al tiempo que continúan las huelgas de SAG-AFTRA y Writers Guild of America (WGA). Los proveedores del evento “han sido informados de que la ceremonia no se emitirá el 18 de septiembre, la primera vez que
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Japan are exploring collaboration in critical and emerging technologies, including semiconductors and resilient supply chains, as part of a target $35.9 billion Japanese investment in the country by 2027. Foreign Ministers of India and Japan met in New Delhi and also discussed ways to deepen defense equipment and technology cooperation. Russia’s
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — In the seaside town of Saint-Louis, Senegal, officials and residents say bodies of migrants from capsized boats attempting the dangerous trip from West Africa to Spain are buried in unmarked beach graves. Most of the families of those buried will never know what
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