Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher, tracking gains on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street, although Tokyo’s…
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Chinese travelers stranded as winter storms throw Lunar New Year travel into chaos
CNN By Marc Stewart and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Blizzards and freezing rain have brought massive disruption to China’s peak…
Continue ReadingQatar gets ‘positive’ response from Hamas on cease-fire plan as group reiterates its broader demands
By MATTHEW LEE, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hamas’ response to the latest plan for a cease-fire in Gaza…
Continue ReadingChinese travelers stranded as winter storms throw Lunar New Year travel into chaos
By Marc Stewart and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Blizzards and freezing rain have brought massive disruption to China’s peak Lunar…
Continue ReadingJapanese trading giant Itochu to cut ties with Israeli defense firm over Gaza war
By Juliana Liu and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — One of Japan’s biggest trading firms, Itochu, has decided to end its…
Continue ReadingChina gives suspended death sentence to former top banker
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese court has handed a suspended death sentence to Tian Huiyu, an ex-president of China Merchants Bank…
Continue ReadingUkrainian-born Miss Japan relinquishes crown following alleged affair
By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — The Ukrainian-born beauty queen who sparked a debate on cultural identity by being named Miss Japan has relinquished…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Toyota raises its profit outlook after solid earnings helped by a weak yen
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is raising its full fiscal year profit forecast after reporting its October-December…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles records 475 mudslides during historic storm that has drenched Southern California
By STEFANIE DAZIO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed at least…
Continue ReadingThousands of vehicles stuck on highways in China as snow snarls Lunar New Year travel
BEIJING (AP) — Icy conditions trapped thousands of motorists on highways in central China as snow and freezing rain snarled travel by air, train…
Continue ReadingEsto es lo que tarda tu cuerpo en recuperarse de una intoxicación alimentaria
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Le di un mordisco a mi hamburguesa y supe que algo andaba mal. Al principio, pensé que era el chef quien…
Continue Reading9 UN Security Council members urge a halt to airstrikes by Myanmar’s military
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nine members of the United Nations Security Council have condemned “indiscriminate”…
Continue ReadingBohan Phoenix explains why Asian rappers owe Black culture and he chose to work in China
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese American rapper Bohan Phoenix has straddled both countries in his career. Working with…
Continue ReadingCan public money go to private schools? Mississippi Supreme Court hears arguments
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for a public school advocacy group say Mississippi is violating its own…
Continue ReadingCoward, Jones lead Eastern Washington past Portland State 90-77
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cedric Coward and Casey Jones posted double-doubles and Eastern Washington breezed to a 90-77 victory over Portland State on…
Continue ReadingOne state has a shortage of marijuana. Its neighbor had too much. What to do?
By PAT EATON-ROBB and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Cannabis retailers in Connecticut are experiencing a shortage of…
Continue ReadingMessi says he ‘feels much better’ and hopeful of playing in Tokyo after PR disaster in Hong Kong
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Look for Lionel Messi to play on Wednesday in Tokyo where Inter Miami meets Japanese club Vissel Kobe…
Continue ReadingTown manager quits over anti-gay pressure in quaint New Hampshire town
By NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LITTLETON, N.H. (AP) — The quaint town of Littleton, New Hampshire, is seeing more tourists,…
Continue ReadingHouse vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fails, thwarted by Republican defections
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic setback, House Republicans failed to impeach Homeland Security…
Continue ReadingChinese shares jump as Beijing steps up moves to boost sagging markets
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China has redoubled efforts to revive its wobbling financial markets, with a major Chinese…
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