CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — China says it’s built the world’s fastest internet network that can operate at speeds of about 1.2 terabits each second — or fast enough to transfer data from 150 movies in one second. This could have broad implications for stock trading, business transactions and national security, analysts say.
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — China says it’s built the world’s fastest internet network that can operate at speeds of about 1.2 terabits each second — or fast enough to transfer data from 150 movies in one second. This could have broad implications for stock trading, business transactions and national security, analysts say.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — China says it’s built the world’s fastest internet network that can operate at speeds of about 1.2 terabits each second — or fast enough to transfer data from 150 movies in one second. This could have broad implications for stock trading, business transactions and national security, analysts say. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana voters will return to the polls to decide runoff elections in which no candidate received a majority of the vote in the October primary. Topping the ballot on Saturday will be the race to replace Republican Kyle Ardoin as secretary of state. The Republican candidate is
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Good Thursday morning Central Oregon. Today will bring mostly cloudy skies this morning that should then become gradually sunny, with temperatures cooling off a bit from yesterday to perhaps a degree or two over seasonal averages. It appears we have a relatively quiet pattern headed our way to end the week before a fresh round
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The center-right lawmaker who could become a kingmaker in coalition talks after next week’s Dutch elections said he has fundamental differences with anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. Next Wednesday’s vote is shaping up as a neck-and-neck race. Party leaders are already looking toward what could be
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Chelsea manager Emma Hayes says her team was “robbed” of a win after controversial refereeing decisions overshadowed her side’s entertaining 2-2 draw against Real Madrid in the Women’s Champions League group stage on Wednesday. Two key decisions went against Chelsea in the second half. Firstly, a questionable penalty was
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says his country has filed a referral to the International Criminal Court for an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. The move comes as South African lawmakers on Thursday were expected to debate a motion calling for the
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — TikTok and Meta are filing legal challenges against new European Union rules designed to counter the dominance of digital giants and make online competition fairer by giving consumers more choice. TikTok said in a blog post Thursday that it’s appealing being classified as an online “gatekeeper” by the Digital Markets Act. It
Continue ReadingBy Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN (CNN) — Samarkand. It’s a name that rolls off the tongue, conjuring up images of adventure, exploration and far-away mysteries. Founded in around 700 BCE, it’s one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, a crossroads of cultures and a hub of learning and trading – especially during the
Continue ReadingBy BEN WALKER AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Terry R. Taylor, the first female sports editor at The Associated Press who ran the department from 1992-2013, died Tuesday. She was 71. Retired AP Sports Writer Ben Walker worked with Taylor throughout her tenure. Here’s what he remembers.
Continue ReadingBy Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than three years since George Floyd’s murder, but when Anika Bowie drives through her neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota, she can still see evidence of the raw anger residents felt. “There’s a large part of my area that still has not recovered,” Bowie said, adding that some
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Ginger Goepper only spoke to Ron DeSantis for 15 seconds in the summer of 2018, but the environmental advocate managed to secure an on-camera pledge from the Republican to ban fracking in Florida if he became governor. He kept that promise after he won. More than five years later, Goepper was “shocked” and “irritated”
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Blame it on the subject matter, or perhaps merely the difference between more recent events and decades-old ones, but “The Crown” has saved the worst for last, following its disjointed fifth season with a sixth that feels more tabloid-y and less stately. After sweeping the Emmys with the
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. In a statement Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it approved
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s high court has extended orders blocking the deployment of police officers to Haiti. The move came even as parliament approved a government request to send 1,000 officers to the Caribbean nation to help deal with gang violence. High Court Judge Chacha Mwita said Thursday he
Continue ReadingLUXEMBOURG (AP) — Luxembourg’s Christian Democrats and free-trade liberals have announced a two-party center-right coalition that will run the Grand Duchy for the next five years under Prime Minister Luc Frieden. The Christian Democrat CSV of Frieden won 21 seats in the 60-member legislature in October elections and the DP liberals of outgoing Prime Minister
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Mars is buying Hotel Chocolat in a deal that values Britain’s largest independent chocolate maker at £534 million ($661 million) and could boost its growth prospects outside of the United Kingdom. News of the deal sent Hotel Chocolat’s shares up 164% Thursday to within striking distance of the
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s acting Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has won a parliamentary vote to form a new leftist coalition government. Sánchez was backed by 179 lawmakers in the 350-seat lower house Thursday. Only right-wing opposition deputies voted against him. The vote followed nearly two days
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission will continue the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the European Union for 10 more years after the 27 member countries again failed to find a common position. Representatives of EU states were unable to reach a decision last month, and a
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