By Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayier, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Who doesn’t like a little braised pork with their coffee? Starbucks (SBUX) is betting on that unusual combination with a new drink released in China to mark the Lunar New Year. Dubbed the “Abundant Year Savory Latte,” the brand describes it as having an
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayier, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Who doesn’t like a little braised pork with their coffee? Starbucks (SBUX) is betting on that unusual combination with a new drink released in China to mark the Lunar New Year. Dubbed the “Abundant Year Savory Latte,” the brand describes it as having
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program said Tuesday it has paused deliveries of food to isolated northern Gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, hiking fears of potential starvation. A study by the U.N. children’s agency warned that one in six children in
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (Corea del Sur CNN) — Un pastor surcoreano alguna vez aclamado como un héroe por ayudar a los desertores norcoreanos a escapar a un lugar seguro ha sido encarcelado por abusar sexualmente de menores. Chun Ki-won fue sentenciado a cinco años de prisión la semana pasada por abusar de seis víctimas adolescentes entre
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La política estadounidense está ahora dividida por una fractura en torno a Rusia que podría tener implicaciones globales mucho más graves incluso que condenar a Ucrania a la derrota tras la invasión del presidente Vladimir Putin. La negativa de los republicanos pro-Donald Trump en el Congreso a extender un salvavidas
Continue ReadingBy Pau Mosquera, Al Goodman and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a 40-year-old American woman who was reported missing in Madrid after she failed to meet a friend earlier this month. Spain’s Interior Ministry identified the woman as Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, saying she “disappeared” on February 2
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday after technology stocks led Wall Street broadly lower on Tuesday, with investors waiting for chipmaker Nvidia’s quarter earning report. The report, which will come out later in the day, will put stock markets in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan on alert
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A final round of rainfall soaked California Wednesday morning as the state grappled with road closures, evacuation warnings and water rescues from days of rain. Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California faced the most substantial risk of flooding. Here’s the latest: • Over 20
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday that his country needs long-range missiles and other ammunition to end Russia’s invasion, and said he expects a U.S. aid package that’s stalled in Congress to come through, speaking at a news conference the day after he attended a
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Australia on Tuesday announced plans to build its largest navy since World War II, allocating more than $35 billion for the defense project over the next 10 years, in a move analysts said pointed to heightened tensions with China in the Indo-Pacific. According to a government statement, the plans
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Once banned by rulers dispatched from Moscow, Poland’s stately polonaise dance that nurtured the country’s spirit even through the dark years of its partition is now honored by UNESCO. This 18th century dance has been performed from aristocratic balls to village celebrations, inspiring
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Himari Semans, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — In near-freezing winter temperatures and wearing nothing but white loincloths, throngs of men wrestle one another in a bid to a claim a talisman during Japan’s Somin-sai festival – more famously known as the “naked man festival.” But the event, said to have run for over
Continue ReadingBy JIWON SONG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean trainee doctors have collectively walked off their jobs to protest a government medical policy, triggering cancellations of surgeries and other medical treatments at hospitals. The Health Ministry on Tuesday urged them to return to work immediately, saying they must not
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The following contains spoilers about the February 19 episode of “NCIS,” “The Stories We Leave Behind.” “NCIS” paid tribute to longtime cast member David McCallum with a special tribute episode, incorporating the death of his character, medical examiner Donald “Ducky” Mallard, into the show. Brian Dietzen, who plays Dr.
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s central bank has cut its key mortgage reference rate by a record amount, as it ramps up efforts to stem a prolonged property crisis. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced Tuesday that it would cut its five-year loan prime rate (LPR) from 4.2% to 3.95%,
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Four high-level Egyptian security officials have gone on trial in absentia the 2016 abduction, torture and slaying of an Italian doctoral student in Cairo. Tuesday’s opening hearing marks the second time the four Egyptians have been prosecuted in an Italian court in absentia. In 2021, a Rome judge halted the trial on
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, le regaló un automóvil a su homólogo norcoreano, Kim Jong Un, dijeron este martes los medios estatales norcoreanos, en otra señal del fortalecimiento de los lazos entre los dos países que han generado preocupaciones en Estados Unidos. El automóvil de fabricación rusa para uso personal de
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange’s lawyers opened a final U.K. legal challenge Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges, arguing that American authorities are seeking to punish him for exposing serious criminal acts by the U.S. government. Lawyer Edward Fitzgerald
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is protesting China’s boarding of a tourist boat as tensions rise around the Kinmen archipelago, which lies just off the Chinese coast but is controlled by Taiwan. Taiwanese media reported the King Xia, carrying 11 crew and 23 passengers, was boarded by the Chinese coast
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Five years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from around the world to impress on them that clergy sexual abuse was a global problem and that they needed to do something about it. Over four days, these bishops heard harrowing tales
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