By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police say they have arrested an armed suspect and ended an eight-hour standoff at a post office north of Tokyo. The man had entered the post office with a gun in Warabi about an hour after a shooting at a hospital in the nearby city of Toda
Continue ReadingBy Elissa Garay, CNN (CNN) — Think of “ghost towns” and images of dusty, lost-to-time towns, like those in America’s Wild West, may come to mind. Indeed, in the second half of the 19th century, a slew of boomtown-gone-bust mining towns were deserted by residents as natural resources and economic viability dried up. Over time,
Continue ReadingBy MELINA WALLING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A pair of recent reports from the Environmental Protection Agency put striking numbers on America’s problem with food waste. One-third of the food produced in the U.S. is never eaten, and 58% of planet-warming methane emitted from U.S. landfills comes from decomposing food. That’s why over 50
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una familia de nueve miembros, entre ellos dos niños de corta edad, fue hallada muerta a tiros en su casa de Volnovakha, ciudad del este de Ucrania ocupada por Rusia, en un crimen que desató la indignación en Ucrania y desencadenó investigaciones por parte de ambas naciones. Las imágenes de
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN and ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Afghans are piling into trucks and buses and leaving Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation. Their hurried departures on Tuesday came just hours before the expiration of a deadline for foreigners living in the country illegally to leave voluntarily or face deportation. The
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Anheuser-Busch InBev said Tuesday that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales in the third quarter, in a sign of continuing fallout from a promotion with a transgender influencer. The world’s largest brewer and parent company of Bud Light
Continue ReadingBy Akanksha Sharma, Junko Ogura and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese police on Tuesday arrested an 86-year-old suspected gunman who had barricaded himself in a post office with two hostages after injuring two people at a hospital earlier in the day. The man was detained in the city of Warabi, Saitama prefecture, near
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A wildfire in eastern Australia is suspected to have killed a man, destroyed more than 50 homes and razed 49,000 acres of farm and scrubland. Firefighters have been battling the blaze that has scorched the Queensland state town of Tara for more than a week. Officials
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — An official survey of manufacturers shows China’s factory activity contracted in October, suggesting the economy remains on uneven footing. The purchasing managers’ index, or PMI, fell to 49.5 in October on a 100-point scale, down from 50.2 last month. A figure below 50 indicates a
Continue ReadingBy PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — The European Commission’s top official has urged Montenegro to push ahead with its European Union integration process after the small NATO member country elected a new government, ending a political stalemate that has stalled the membership bid. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una médica musulmana de 52 años del área de Houston, Texas, fue apuñalada hasta la muerte este fin de semana, pero la Policía dice que, hasta el momento, no hay pruebas de que el crimen fuera motivado por el odio. “En este momento no hemos encontrado ninguna evidencia que vincule
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Anti-Asian hate crimes reported in the US decreased by 33% in 2022, following a rise in such incidents in previous years, newly released FBI data shows. The data – released this month as part of the FBI’s annual hate crime statistics report – shows there were
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El estremecedor video de un rottweiler atacando a una niña de 2 años en China ha generado una ofensiva de las autoridades locales contra los perros callejeros que, según algunos, ha ido demasiado lejos. En un principio, las autoridades fueron elogiadas por su rápida respuesta al incidente, pero los internautas
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Saudi Arabia is all but certain to host the men’s 2034 World Cup after the Australian soccer federation declined to enter the bidding contest. FIFA had set a Tuesday deadline to submit a bid to host the tournament, but Australia’s decision to pull out leaves Saudi
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFREY and LEE KEATH Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A barrage of Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City on Tuesday, with rescuers clawing through the destruction to pull men, women and children from the rubble. Israel said the strike, which targeted a
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Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An elite Kenyan police unit has gone on trial on charges of wrongful death in the killing an outspoken Pakistani journalist in Nairobi a year ago. The hearings started on Tuesday at a court on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital. Arshad Sharif was killed Oct. 23,
Continue ReadingBy Akanksha Sharma and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli soldier who was abducted by Hamas has been rescued in a special joint operation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN, the first successful hostage extrication since the militant group’s October 7 rampage. In its initial announcement, the IDF said Pvt. Ori Megidish was
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday after Wall Street advanced to claim back some of the ground it gave up in another losing month. Investors are awaiting a decision later Wednesday by the Federal Reserve on interest rates and updates on the state of the U.S.
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — Este lunes, con 65 votos a favor, 42 en contra y cinco abstenciones el Congreso de Perú aprobó el viaje de la presidenta Dina Boluarte a Estados Unidos. La visita será del 1 al 4 de noviembre para asistir a la Cumbre inaugural de líderes de la Alianza de las
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