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Month: September 2023

After castigating video games during riots, France’s Macron backpedals and showers them with praise

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games to rioting that rocked France earlier this year. Posting on the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, Macron backpedaled on remarks in June where he blamed video games for having “intoxicated” some young

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Chinese police detain wealth management staff at the heavily indebted developer Evergrande

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Police in a southern Chinese city say they have detained some staff at China Evergrande Group’s wealth management unit in the latest trouble for the heavily indebted developer. Evergrande is the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, at the center of a property market crisis that is dragging on China’s

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Wildfires in Canada led to dangerous air quality in parts of the US for the first time. See the affected areas

By Annette Choi and Krystina Shveda, CNN (CNN) — Cities across the US, particularly those in California where wildfires are common, are often exposed to lower air quality due to a mix of urban pollution and weather effects. But even some rural areas of the country known for their pristine air reached dangerous pollution levels

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