Chinese homebuilder Country Garden warns it could default after posting $7 billion loss
By Laura He and Mark Thompson, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — Country Garden warned Wednesday that it could default on its vast debts as it…
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Troubled Chinese homebuilder Country Garden is rushing to raise cash to avoid default
CNN By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Country Garden is raising funds to avoid default, as the troubled real estate giant battles a liquidity…
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Stock market today: Asian markets lower after Japan factory activity, China services weaken
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday after Japanese factory activity and Chinese…
Continue Reading Britain’s top diplomat raises human rights concerns with China but stresses “pragmatic” relationship
BEIJING (AP) — British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says he has raised concerns over China’s human rights record during a visit to Beijing on…
Continue Reading Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption
By YVES LAURENT GOMA and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief…
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Hundreds of flights are canceled as Hurricane Idalia disrupts air travel
CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Flights across Florida continue to be disrupted Wednesday as Hurricane Idalia churns through the…
Continue Reading India and Malaysia protest China’s land claim in a newly published map ahead of the G20 summit
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Malaysia has joined India in protesting a new Chinese map that lays claim to India’s territory…
Continue ReadingAmnistÃa Internacional exige a Venezuela la liberación de personas detenidas “arbitrariamente” por el gobierno
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — AmnistÃa Internacional exigió al gobierno venezolano que libere a todas las personas que fueron “detenidas…
Continue Reading Logging is growing in a Nigerian forest home to endangered elephants. Rangers blame lax enforcement
By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Roaring chainsaws sent trees crashing to the ground, and bare-chested men…
Continue Reading Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida’s Big Bend, the ‘Nature Coast’ far from tourist areas
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Big Bend is one of the last truly natural places in the state. It’s not Disney…
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2,300-acre north-central Oregon fire 40% contained; Hwy. 206, Cottonwood Canyon State Park reopen
A new wildfire southeast of Wasco in north-central Oregon raced across more than 2,300 acres on both sides of the John Day River on Tuesday,…
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Chinese people are living two years longer thanks to ‘war on pollution,’ report says
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Ten years ago, China’s capital was often covered in dense yellow and gray smog, so thick it shrouded…
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Deadly Tropical Storm Idalia floods parts of South Carolina, including Charleston, after pummeling Florida
By Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Idalia weakened to a tropical storm Wednesday evening as it dumped heavy…
Continue Reading With Democratic control, Michigan’s governor pushes for health care and climate change laws
By JOEY CAPPELLETI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is outlining her policy priorities for the second half of…
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Military officers in Gabon declare coup and place president under house arrest
By Jake Kwon, Jessie Yeung, Alex Stambaugh, Niamh Kennedy, Stephanie Halasz and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Military officers in Gabon have…
Continue Reading Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees and cutting power
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida at the speed of a fast-moving train Wednesday, splitting…
Continue Reading Typhoon Saola strengthens as it passes Taiwan on its way to China
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Saola has strengthened overnight as it continues its path across the Pacific and…
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They quit their jobs and sold the house. Now this family of four is touring the US in an RV
By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Ever dream of quitting the rat race, hopping in an RV and taking life one day at a time, with nothing ahead of…
Continue ReadingX volverá a permitir anuncios polÃticos y contratará equipos de seguridad y electorales de cara a las elecciones de 2024
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — X, la plataforma anteriormente conocida como Twitter, está contratando personal para sus equipos de seguridad y…
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Rare ‘blue supermoon’ in view Wednesday night – but in smoky C.O., ours may be orange
Wednesday’s full moon will appear bigger and brighter than most – a so-called supermoon – but this one is also referred to as a ‘blue moon’ – not…
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