Global stock markets rise after weak US hiring data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are higher, after weak U.S. hiring in August fueled expectations the Federal…
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Jan Hecker, German ambassador to China, dies just a few weeks into his posting
By Zixu Wang and Sophie Jeong, CNN The German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, has died suddenly at 54, after only a few weeks in his position,…
Continue ReadingChina’s Weibo bans BTS fan account for illegal fundraising
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese social media platform Weibo has banned a fan club of popular South Korean K-pop band BTS from posting for 60 days. Weibo…
Continue ReadingTaliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban say they have seized the last province not in their control after their…
Continue ReadingConsumer credit, Dave & Buster’s earns, producer price index
The Associated Press The Federal Reserve issues its latest monthly tally of U.S. consumer borrowing Wednesday. Dave & Buster’s Entertainment…
Continue ReadingIsrael searches for 6 Palestinians after rare prison break
By LAURIE KELLMAN and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has launched a massive manhunt in the country’s north and…
Continue ReadingIda’s ravages force apartment complex tenants to pack, plan
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press HOUMA, La. (AP) — When Hurricane Ida swept ashore, the town of Houma was the first major population center in…
Continue ReadingShark tourism grows on Cape Cod, 3 years after attacks
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — Cape Cod is slowly embracing its shark reputation, three summers after the popular…
Continue ReadingVolunteers help poorest survive Thailand’s worst COVID surge
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — In Thailand’s worst coronavirus surge yet, lockdown measures have reduced what little Bangkok’s…
Continue ReadingClimate change pushes New Zealand to warmest recorded winter
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The southern winter that just ended in New Zealand was the warmest ever recorded, and…
Continue ReadingLake Tahoe residents relieved homes spared from wildfire
By SAM METZ and AMY TAXIN AP/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — People who fled South Lake Tahoe under threat of a wildfire have…
Continue ReadingPrized trout streams shrink as heat, drought grip US West
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press SARATOGA, Wyo. (AP) — The North Platte River in southern Wyoming is flowing low, slow and warm — not great…
Continue ReadingPrized trout streams shrink as heat, drought grip US West
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press SARATOGA, Wyo. (AP) — The North Platte River in southern Wyoming is flowing low, slow and warm — not great…
Continue ReadingGerman ambassador to China, ex-Merkel adviser, dies at 54
BERLIN (AP) — The German Foreign Ministry says the country’s new ambassador to China, who was previously a senior adviser to Chancellor…
Continue ReadingAsian stock markets rise after weak US hiring data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are higher after weak U.S. hiring in August fueled expectations the Federal…
Continue ReadingReport: Filmmaker Kitano’s car attacked by man with pickax
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked with a pickax a car carrying Japan’s…
Continue ReadingLocal health departments planning for potential Covid-19 booster rollout, but there is still ‘some confusion’
CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN It’s not clear if or when boosters doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be OK’d for fully vaccinated people in…
Continue ReadingFormer South African President Zuma released from prison on medical parole
By David McKenzie, CNN Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole due to ill health, the…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina attorney shot in the head 3 months after his wife and son were killed
By Dakin Andone and Shawn Nottingham, CNN A prominent South Carolina attorney says he was shot Saturday, according to law enforcement, about three…
Continue ReadingAt least 8 children were shot, one fatally, over the weekend in Chicago
By Carma Hassan, Alta Spells, Theresa Waldrop and Shawn Nottingham, CNN At least eight children have been shot, one fatally, so far over the Labor…
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