Asian stocks rise as Biden, Xi hold video summit
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are higher as President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping hold a summit…
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Biden, Xi try to tamp down tension in long virtual meeting
By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping are agreeing they need to…
Continue ReadingBiden signs $1T infrastructure deal with bipartisan crowd
By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal…
Continue ReadingForeign students returning to US, but below pre-COVID levels
By COLLIN BINKLEY and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press A new survey finds that international students are returning to U.S. colleges in stronger…
Continue ReadingDemocrats push for paid family leave ahead of critical votes
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi surprised advocates, and even many of her Democratic…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Rittenhouse provoked the bloodshed in Kenosha
By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors say Kyle Rittenhouse provoked bloodshed on the…
Continue ReadingTrial begins for man charged with killing 18 in Texas
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The trial has begun for a man who is charged with killing 18 older women in Dallas and its suburbs…
Continue ReadingWashington seeks over $38 billion from opioid distributors
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has taken the state’s case against the nation’s three…
Continue Reading9-year-old Dallas boy dies after Astroworld festival crush
HOUSTON (AP) — A 9-year-old Dallas has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music…
Continue ReadingChina stock exchange for entrepreneurs launches in Beijing
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A stock exchange set up in the Chinese capital to serve entrepreneurs has opened trading with 81…
Continue Reading‘Sesame Street’ debuts Ji-Young, first Asian American muppet
By TERRY TANG Associated Press At only 7 years old, Ji-Young is making history as the first Asian American muppet in the “Sesame Street” canon.…
Continue ReadingRare November tornadoes hit Connecticut, Rhode Island
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The National Weather Service says at least three tornadoes hit Rhode Island and southeast Connecticut. The twisters…
Continue ReadingJapan’s economy contracts on shrinking consumption, exports
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy shrank at a 3% annual rate in the July-September quarter, as private consumption…
Continue ReadingFormer New Orleans mayor Landrieu to manage Biden’s $1T plan
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a former New Orleans mayor, Mitch Landrieu, to supervise his $1…
Continue ReadingNational Public Radio books editor Petra Mayer dies at 46
WASHINGTON (AP) — The books editor for National Public Radio has died at 46. Colleagues remember Petra Mayer for her reporting at Comic-Con and…
Continue ReadingMTV EMAs show in Hungary highlights support for LGBTQ people
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The 2021 MTV European Music Awards show has been held in Hungary’s capital of…
Continue ReadingGunmen in Mexico kill family of 5, wound 8-month old baby
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in north-central Mexico say gunmen assaulted a house and killed five family members, including a 14-year-old boy,…
Continue ReadingGreek anti-vaxxers insult masked film festival attendees
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s premier film festival took an unexpected turn when anti-vaxxers showed up outside the theater in…
Continue ReadingFrench film wins top prize at Greece’s top film festival
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The French movie “Petite Nature” (Softie) has won the top Golden Alexander prize at the 62nd Thessaloniki…
Continue ReadingWilbur Smith, prolific author of adventure tales, dies at 88
Wilbur Smith, a bestselling author who wrote dozens of adventure novels, has died at age 88. His office says in an online obituary that Smith died…
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