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Month: September 2023

The president of a Japanese boy band company resigns and apologizes for founder’s sex abuse

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of a powerful Japanese talent agency resigned Thursday and made an apology punctuated by repeated, lengthy bows, nine days after an internal investigation concluded that its founder had sexually abused hundreds of young performers over decades. Julie Keiko Fujishima announced she was stepping down as

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CNN Poll: Biden faces negative job ratings and concerns about his age as he gears up for 2024

By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden faces continued headwinds from broadly negative job ratings overall, widespread concerns about his age and decreased confidence among Democratic-aligned voters, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. There is no clear leader in a potential rematch between Biden and former President

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El Gobierno de EE.UU. investiga el Huawei Mate 60 Pro, un revolucionario teléfono móvil de China

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Gobierno de Estados Unidos busca más información sobre el Huawei Mate 60 Pro, un smartphone chino impulsado por un chip avanzado. El nuevo dispositivo insignia, que supuestamente incluye un nuevo procesador 5G Kirin 9000s desarrollado específicamente para el fabricante chino Huawei, sorprendió recientemente a los expertos de la industria

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Catholic-Jewish research substantiates reports that Catholic convents sheltered Jews during WWII

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Researchers have discovered new documentation that substantiates reports that Catholic convents and monasteries in Rome sheltered Jews during World War II. Researchers from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust research institute and Rome’s Jewish community released the findings at an academic conference Thursday held at the

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ANÁLISIS | Europa ha esquivado la bala de gas de Putin. Pero todavía tiene sed de energía barata

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Desde el momento en que la invasión rusa a gran escala de Ucrania pareció inevitable, Europa supo que pronto tendría que plantearse algunas preguntas muy complicadas. Una de las más importantes fue si el continente podría liberarse del gas ruso que había consumido sedienta décadas y evitar quedar a merced

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Australian minister says invasive examinations were part of reason Qatar Airways was refused flights

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Transport Minister Catherine King says invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Doha’s international airport in 2020 were part of the reason she refused to allow Qatar Airways to double its services to Australia. King has faced intense questioning over why she decided on June 10 not to allow the

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Virginia’s bellwether elections could reshape the commonwealth – and its governor’s political future

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The crowd of Democrats gathered on the sweltering tiki-themed deck of Kilroy’s, a sports bar in deep-blue Northern Virginia, knew better than most people what’s at stake in their state’s November elections. But Tim Kaine, one of their party’s two US senators, reminded them anyway. “I would argue that

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