EU moves toward using profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, but slowly
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations have decided to approve an outline deal that would keep in reserve the…
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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison
By Sophia Saifi, Jessie Yeung and Rhea Mogul, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan’s former leader Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asia markets weaker ahead of Fed decision; China economic data disappoint
By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks mostly declined Wednesday as markets awaited a decision on interest rates by the…
Continue ReadingFormer Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gets 10 years in prison ahead of elections
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan of revealing official secrets and…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco says it will not increase maximum daily production on state orders
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Saudi Aramco says it will not try to increase its maximum daily oil production to 13…
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OSU men’s and women’s basketball teams upset Top 10 schools
The OSU men’s basketball team has had a rough go in league play this season. This past weekend, the Beavers upset 9th-ranked Arizona and Arizona…
Continue ReadingJapanese officials raid a Toyota group plant after the company admitted cheating on engine testing
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese transport officials have raided a Toyota-affiliated plant to search for evidence after…
Continue ReadingIndia’s navy rescues two hijacked boats. British military warns of two pirate groups in Indian Ocean
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s naval forces have rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates and freed its 19 crew members…
Continue ReadingNorthern Ireland political party agrees to end 2-year boycott and restore the mothballed government
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party says it has agreed to end a boycott that left…
Continue ReadingIndonesian police arrest 3 Mexicans after a Turkish tourist is wounded in an armed robbery in Bali
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested three Mexicans for alleged robbery on the resort island of Bali that left a…
Continue ReadingRebel-fired rockets kill police officer and wound several others in Pakistan, officials say
By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Rockets fired by separatist insurgents have killed a police officer and wounded a dozen…
Continue ReadingUn hombre llamó al 911 y dijo que le habían disparado. Las autoridades lo encontraron a él y a otras cinco personas muertas en un desierto de California después de una disputa por drogas
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las autoridades del sur de California arrestaron a cinco hombres en relación con los espantosos asesinatos…
Continue ReadingPhilippines and Vietnam agree to expand cooperation in South China Sea, which Beijing also claims
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Philippines and Vietnam have signed agreements to avoid incidents in…
Continue Reading‘Expats,’ starring Nicole Kidman, was filmed in Hong Kong, but you can’t watch it there
HONG KONG (AP) — Nicole Kidman’s latest project is set in Hong Kong, but people who live there are blocked from seeing it, prompting…
Continue ReadingAmazon Prime’s ‘Expats’ was set and filmed in Hong Kong. But it’s not being shown there
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Amazon Prime’s new drama series “Expats,” starring Nicole Kidman, is currently unavailable to watch in Hong…
Continue ReadingBayer fue condenada a pagar US$ 2.250 millones después de que un jurado concluyera que el herbicida Roundup causó cáncer a un hombre, dicen los abogados
Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un jurado de Pensilvania dictó un veredicto de US$ 2.250 millones contra Monsanto y su empresa matriz, Bayer,…
Continue ReadingWhy billionaire sports owners are snapping up so much real estate
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Professional sports teams are becoming real estate empires, building luxury apartments and…
Continue ReadingUS figure skaters awarded Olympic gold, Canada snubbed from bronze after Russian skater disqualified
By Homero De la Fuente and Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — The US Figure Skating team will receive a gold medal for its 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic…
Continue ReadingGlobal anti-corruption efforts are faltering, partly due to a ‘decline in justice,’ survey finds
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index says efforts to fight public sector corruption are…
Continue ReadingSpace shuttle Endeavour hoisted for display in launch configuration at Los Angeles science museum
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted late Monday and attached to…
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