MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat says in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that Moscow doesn’t want a war with the United States but will use “all means” to defend its interests. Sergey Lavrov argued in the interview that was released Friday that while Russia and the U.S. are officially not
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The phrase “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” has never proven more accurate than with respect to legendary actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke, who turns 100 on Saturday. The momentous occasion comes after a notable several years for the “Mary Poppins” actor, whose passion for comedy
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China has banned exports of key materials used for a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, radar systems and CT scanners, swiping back at Washington after it expanded export controls to include dozens of Chinese companies that make equipment used to produce computer chips. Both sides say
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia has come under the control of alleged pirates, a European Union anti-piracy force operating in the area said Thursday. The ship, with up to 18 crew members, had been taken over by the suspected pirates, some of whom
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — An American man abducted in the Philippines is presumed dead after a witness claimed he was shot during a struggle with his captors, the Philippines News Agency reported, citing police. Elliot Eastman, from Vermont, was abducted on October 17, near his home in Sibuco, on the island of Mindanao,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jomana Karadsheh, Gul Tuysuz, Brice Laine, Lauren Kent and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Syria (CNN) — The goal of Syria’s rebel coalition, as it wrests another major city from government control this week, is ultimately to overthrow authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad, according to Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the militant leader of the main group driving
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States has deployed a reconnaissance aircraft while Japan and the Philippines sent navy ships in a joint patrol in the disputed South China Sea two days after the allied forces condemned actions by Chinese coast guard vessels against Philippine patrol ships. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILAN (AP) — American tenor Brian Jagde was just wrapping up Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” in Barcelona last month when he got a very much last-minute offer to sing the same role in La Scala’s gala season premiere this Saturday, arguably the opera world’s most prestigious gig. Jagde’s appearance as Don Alvaro
Continue ReadingPor James Legge, CNN Dos estadounidenses y un canadiense que desaparecieron tras intentar hacer cumbre en la montaña más alta de Nueva Zelandia se dan por muertos, según informó este viernes la Policía local, que suspendió las operaciones de búsqueda. Kurt Blair, de 56 años, Carlos Romero, de 50, y el ciudadano canadiense fueron dados
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The 12-year-old Palestinian boy was lying in a hospital bed in central Gaza, wracked with leukemia, malnourished and whimpering in pain despite the morphine doctors were giving him, when Rosalia Bollen, a UNICEF official, said she saw him in late October. Islam al-Rayahen’s family had asked Israeli
Continue ReadingPor Helen Regan, CNN Declarar la ley marcial en una democracia estable y bulliciosa fue una apuesta audaz, que parece haber fracasado estrepitosamente para el presidente de Corea del Sur, Yoon Suk Yeol. Ahora, la carrera política del exfiscal e incendiario conservador pende de un hilo, con una moción de juicio político en marcha. El
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian authorities are responding to ongoing protests fueled by the governing party’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union with increasing force. Examples of police brutality are everywhere. An opposition leader was dragged into a police car and arrested. Georgian journalist Guram Rogava was doing a live
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Lisako Neriki Ancheta and Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees, in its latest push to help working mothers and boost record-low fertility rates. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says the new arrangement, which begins in April, could give employees three
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium as it has started cascades of advanced centrifuges, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Friday. The comments from Rafael Mariano Grossi came just hours after Iran said it conducted a successful space launch
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said Friday. But he left something behind: a backpack that was discovered in Central Park. Three days
Continue ReadingBy James Legge, CNN (CNN) — Two Americans and a Canadian who went missing after they attempted to summit New Zealand’s highest mountain are presumed dead, local police said Friday, as they suspended search operations. Kurt Blair, 56, Carlos Romero, 50, and the Canadian national were reported overdue from their planned ascent of Mount Cook
Continue ReadingCNN By Eyad Kourdi and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people appear to have fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight into Friday, as anti-regime rebels push further south on the road to the capital Damascus. Videos from overnight into Friday showed hundreds of vehicles lining the highway out of Homs, as
Continue ReadingBy Jomana Karadsheh, Gul Tuysuz, Brice Laine, Lauren Kent and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Syria (CNN) — The goal of Syria’s rebel coalition, as it wrests another major city from government control this week, is ultimately to overthrow authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad, according to Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the militant leader of the main group driving the
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to records Friday after data suggested the job market remains solid enough to keep the economy going, but not so strong that it raises immediate worries about inflation. The S&P 500 climbed 0.2%, just enough top the all-time high set on Wednesday, as it closed
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