By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Las Vegas Raiders used their dominant defense to propel themselves to a narrow 17-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night and end their three-game losing streak. The Raiders intercepted Packers quarterback Jordan Love three times – linebacker Robert Spillane with two and Amik Robertson with
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For the second time in just over two months, Country Garden has warned investors that it could default on its $190 billion debt in a reminder that China’s real estate crisis is far from over. The company said it had not made a repayment of 470 million
Continue ReadingBy MARK N. MENGONFIA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian President George Weah is seeking a second term in office, facing a rematch against his main challenger from the 2017 election. Weah, a former soccer star, is hoping that his track record of paving roads and bringing electricity to new parts
Continue ReadingBy ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Over 180,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into U.N. shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of 2.3 million people after their Hamas militant rulers launched an unprecedented weekend attack on Israel. Among them is 27-year-old Sabreen al-Attar. She sprang into
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — For a while there had been whispers in Barcelona that a new superstar was emerging from its prestigious youth ranks. Now, after a record-breaking year, almost everyone in world soccer is aware of Lamine Yamal. The electric attacker may only be 16, but he’s making a huge impression on
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Bresnahan, CNN Boston, Massachusetts (CNN) — Though home to the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park is known for being green. It’s hard not to associate the two, considering the “Green Monster,” the stadium’s massive outfield wall that has towered over the field since it opened in 1912. The ballpark and its famed wall
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writers The world economy has lost momentum from the impact of higher interest rates, the invasion of Ukraine and widening geopolitical rifts, and it now faces new uncertainty from the war between Israel and Hamas militants, International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday. The IMF said it expects global
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Max tocó tierra este lunes por la tarde y se debilitó hasta convertirse en depresión tropical a medida que la tormenta continúa avanzando hacia el interior, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC). Según el Gobierno de México, se permitió que expiren todas las advertencias de tormenta tropical asociadas con Max.
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees better odds that central banks will manage to tame inflation without tipping the global economy into recession, but it warned Tuesday that growth remained weak and patchy. The agency said it expected the world’s economy to expand by 3% this year, in
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The leader of the U.K.’s Labour Party has promised to restore Britain’s battered institutions and to end an “age of insecurity” afflicting its people. Keir Starmer addressed the opposition party’s annual conference during what is likely the last such gathering before a national election next year.
Continue ReadingBy EBRAHIM NOROOZI and OMID HAQJO Associated Press ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Clinging to hope that finding survivors was still possible, Afghan rescuers and villagers kept digging through rubble in western Herat province on Tuesday, three days after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the region left more than 2,000 dead. Elsewhere in Herat,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa has been found guilty of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. Toshiyuki Yoshihara was given a two-year prison sentence Tuesday, which was suspended for four years. That means he avoids prison time as long as he doesn’t break
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Despite interest rates topping 7% and close to the highest levels in a quarter-century, among other economic winds buffeting the nation’s real estate market, Central Oregon housing prices held relatively stable in September, a new report shows.
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Wednesday in Asia, tracking Wall Street gains following an easing of pressure from the bond market. U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices rose slightly. In China, investor sentiment got a boost from a report by Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, that the government
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A senior Filipino diplomat known for his past expletive-laced tirade against China joined a coast guard trip to the disputed South China Sea last week and saw Beijing’s ships block and nearly collide with Philippine vessels, including one he was on. Teodoro Locsin Jr. was on
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — El presidente saliente de Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, anunció este lunes que su Gobierno pedirá órdenes de aprehensión contra algunos manifestantes que encabezan protestas y bloqueos en el país, inconformes con los allanamientos que el Ministerio Público ha hecho en las instalaciones del Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE). En un mensaje emitido
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military is accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin that killed about 30 people, including about a dozen children. A local Kachin human rights group said the attack on the Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Union workers are set to go on strike at Chevron’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia next Thursday, in renewed action that could disrupt about 7% of global LNG supply. Chevron (CVX) confirmed that it had received notice of industrial action scheduled to start on October
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — Luego de que las Fuerzas Armadas de Argentina informaran que iniciarían la operación Rescate Seguro para evacuar a connacionales que se encuentren varados en Israel, el canciller Santiago Cafiero recibió al ministro de Defensa y al presidente de Aerolíneas Argentinas para organizar el plan de acción, así lo informó el
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The 43 Malaysians rescued from a trafficking syndicate operating a telecommunication fraud in Peru were young people who had arrived in Lima a week earlier. They ranged in age from 18 to 36. Police were still investigating how they were recruited and ended up in Peru. Hundreds of Malaysians have
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