By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after Wall Street fell to its worst loss since September as the Federal Reserve indicated cuts to interest rates are not imminent. U.S. futures and oil prices rose. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced, but ceded much of its early gains.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Prevention and preservation efforts continue to help keep families safely together in Oregon, decreasing the number of children in foster care. At the end of 2023, Oregon had 4,597 children in foster care, a continued steady decline since reaching 7,908 children in 2018. One key prevention effort is the family preservation
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A father and his teenage child were arrested after reports of a school shooting threat in San Diego led to the discovery of assault weapons and several untraceable guns at the family’s home, police said Tuesday. The teenager was arrested Friday after police were called to
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos votaron este miércoles temprano para avanzar en sus artículos de juicio político contra el secretario del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro Mayorkas, acercándose a dar un inusual paso de destituir a un funcionario del gabinete. La medida establece una votación sobre
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official and a civil society group say militants killed at least 12 villagers in a spate of attacks in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province. The killings, which took place on Tuesday, came as Congo’s president ruled out dialogue with neighboring Rwanda over a related
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Azaz Syed, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan’s incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption, his Pakistan Tehreef-e-Insaaf (PTI) party said Wednesday, in the second legal blow to beset the beleaguered politician this week. Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese warships sail in waters around Taiwan and warplanes fly toward the island almost every day before turning back. What if they suddenly attacked? Taiwan’s military is holding drills at sea and in the air on Wednesday to practice defending against such a surprise attack. Journalists
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press U.K. lawmakers have expressed frustration that funds from the sale of the Chelsea soccer club have not yet gone to support Ukrainian war victims as was promised nearly two years ago by the former owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Abramovich sold Chelsea in 2022 after being sanctioned by the British
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University will use a $3.5 million grant to lead a multi-state effort focused on developing new varieties of naked or hulless barley that appeal to chefs, brewers, distillers and farmers. Most barley has a tough, unpalatable outer hull around the barley kernel that must be removed before the barley
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti Nueva York (CNN) — PayPal está recortando alrededor del 9% de su fuerza laboral, dijo la compañía este martes. Los despidos se suman a la larga lista de empresas tecnológicas que recortaron personal, desde Amazon hasta eBay, apenas en el primer mes del nuevo año. El director ejecutivo, Alex Chriss, citó la necesidad
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 14 years. Wednesday’s ruling was yet another blow to the imprisoned populist leader days before his political movement attempts a return to power in parliamentary elections. It was his second conviction in
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Samsung posted its fourth straight quarter of slumping profits on Wednesday, capping off a dismal year that also saw it lose its crown as the world’s top smartphone maker. The South Korean tech giant posted a 35% drop in profit on Wednesday, in a sign of how
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — On the first day of Missouri’s new legislative session, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden tried to cajole colleagues into congeniality with a rhetorical question: “Will we focus on principled progress or political pandemonium?” Progress was intended. But pandemonium ensued. Within days, a newly
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has convicted a prominent political activist of defaming the country’s monarchy and sentenced her to a two-year suspended jail term under a controversial law that criminalizes any perceived criticism of the royal institution. Patsaravalee Tanakitvibulpon, better known by her nickname “Mind,” had pleaded not guilty to an offense under
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — A survey of factory managers in China shows manufacturing contracted in January for a fourth straight month, reflecting weak demand and a faltering recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. The official purchasing managers index, or PMI, rose slightly to 49.2 in January from 49.0 the month
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The spotlight returns to Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania this week, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce his verdict — six more weeks of winter or an early spring. Thousands are expected to attend the annual event that exploded in popularity after
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Un avión de combate F-16 de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos se estrelló después de sufrir una emergencia en vuelo frente a la costa de Corea del Sur este miércoles; es el tercer accidente de uno de los aviones de guerra del ejército estadounidense con
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BEREHOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long accused Ukraine’s government of violating the rights of an ethnic Hungarian community in western Ukraine. Orbán insists the Hungarian minority must be allowed to speak their native language in schools and public administration, and has threatened to block Ukraine’s
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD and BEN FINLEY Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937? Numerous expeditions have turned up
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 66th annual Grammy Awards are on Sunday, airing live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on CBS and Paramount+. So, what can viewers expect? Some new, some old. Executive producers Raj Kapoor, Ben Winston, and Jesse Collins are returning for their fourth year — evolving
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