By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles tore through apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region during the night. The strikes killed at least two people and buried families under rubble. The officials say the Kremlin’s forces continue to pound the fiercely contested area with long-range weapons. Ukraine’s
Continue ReadingBy JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean dog farmers have scuffled with police during a rally near the presidential office to protest a recent push by authorities to outlaw dog meat consumption. About 200 farmers, restaurant owners and others involved in the dog meat industry participated in Thursday’s
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Oklahoma on Thursday executed 59-year-old death row inmate Phillip Hancock, who was sentenced to death for the 2001 double murder of Robert Jett and James Lynch, according to a statement from the Department of Corrections. Hancock – who had claimed the killings were done in self-defense – was pronounced dead
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Europeans are again seeing some relief as inflation dropped to 2.4% in November, the lowest in more than two years. Plummeting energy costs have eased a cost-of-living crisis but higher interest rates are squeezing the economy’s ability to grow. The European Union’s statistics agency said Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Alibaba founder Jack Ma has called for “change” as the stellar performance of a competitor causes a stir at his e-commerce company. On Wednesday, the billionaire responded to a recent rally in the stock of PDD (PDD), the group behind Chinese online shopping giant
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The death of Henry Kissinger on Wednesday saw the loss of a diplomat Beijing has long considered a trusted friend, with China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday hailing the former American secretary of state as “a pioneer and architect of China-US relations” for his central
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Lauren Fox, CNN Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos continues his refusal to resign one day ahead of an expulsion vote, instead arguing that he is being bullied in the wake of a scathing ethics report on his conduct. At a combative news conference outside the Capitol, Santos remained defiant
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Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ends on Thursday as one of the busiest on record, with a twist: Most of its storms veered into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. But with El Niño expected to end next year and global temperatures on the rise, forecasters say there’s
Continue ReadingBy David Close and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Just 11 weeks after new New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had surgery to repair his torn left Achilles tendon, the soon-to-be 40-year-old has now returned to practice. In September, head coach Robert Saleh said Rodgers would be “out for the year” after the four-time NFL
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the depths of captivity, they formed an unlikely but prized friendship. And reunited in a video call this week, the bond between a recently freed Israeli mother and daughter and a Thai woman who had been held hostage alongside them filled an Israeli hospital
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — In Värmdö, a municipality of 10,000 small islands near Stockholm in Sweden, the school commute is about to get a whole lot more exciting for a few lucky students. Starting in December, the archipelago’s four schools will be the first users of the X Shore Pro, a new electric
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Elton John has urged British lawmakers to do more to fight HIV and AIDS. He says the U.K. can be the first country in the world “to defeat this awful virus.” The British star spoke to dozens of lawmakers and campaigners in the grand Speaker’s House of
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Billionaires minted in the latest year accumulated more wealth through inheritance than entrepreneurship for the first time since UBS started tracking the fortunes of the world’s richest almost a decade ago. And billionaire heirs are more likely than their parents to focus on the major opportunities and challenges
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares declined on Friday even after Wall Street closed out its best month of the year with big gains in November. U.S. futures rose while oil prices continued to drop despite the latest extension of OPEC’s production cuts. Even with continued cuts to output,
Continue ReadingBy KATHIA MARTÍNEZ and JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court unanimously declared that legislation granting a Canadian copper mine a 20-year concession was unconstitutional. The decision was celebrated by activists who had argued the mine would damage a forested coastal area and threaten water supplies. It has been an important
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA and JACKSON NJEHIA Associated Press BOSASO, Puntland (AP) — Somalia’s maritime police force has intensified patrols in the Gulf of Aden following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship earlier this week. The commander of the maritime force in the semiautonomous region of Puntland told The Associated Press that patrols in the
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A transient accused of firing a gun and menacing a touring Kansas family returned to Deschutes County Circuit Court Monday for arraignment on expanded charges in a 14-count grand jury indictment, and again said he wants to be his own lawyer.
Continue ReadingBy Khalil Abdallah, Nicole Grether, Polo Sandoval and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian college student described how his training as an emergency medical technician helped him respond when he and his friends were shot in Vermont over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Kinnan Abdalhamid spoke to CNN by phone Wednesday night, detailing a harrowing
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has visited Shanghai for the first time in three years, as his government steps up efforts to prop up the country’s economy and financial markets. Xi made the trip on Tuesday and Wednesday and he visited the Shanghai Futures Exchange, a tech exhibition
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