What a merger between Nissan and Honda means for the automakers and the industry
AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world’s third-largest automaker by…
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5 things to know for Dec. 23: Subway killing, Starbucks strike, Nissan-Honda merger, Death row sentences, Drone sightings
By Andrew Torgan and Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — Drivers nationwide are getting a welcome gift this holiday season: Cheaper gasoline.…
Continue ReadingImran Khan’s party holds talks with Pakistan’s government to seek former PM’s release
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The opposition party of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has held a first round of talks with the…
Continue ReadingMickey, Minnie, Goofy and Wemby: Spurs-Knicks Christmas game is also an animated one at Disney World
AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a Christmas Day basketball game at Walt Disney World, featuring Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Wemby.…
Continue ReadingChinese court issues suspended death sentence to man who drove car into a crowd of schoolchildren
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Chinese court issued a suspended death sentence to a man for driving his car into a crowd of elementary school…
Continue ReadingChina says Philippine plan to deploy midrange missiles would be ‘extremely irresponsible’
BEIJING (AP) — China says a plan by the Philippines to deploy midrange missiles would be a provocative move that stokes regional tensions. A senior…
Continue ReadingLuigi Mangione, CEO killing suspect, pleads not guilty to state terror and murder charges
By Alaa Elassar, Emma Tucker, Kara Scannell and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of…
Continue ReadingMagdeburg mourns Christmas market attack victims as fears swirl of deeper German social divisions
MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Mourners laid flowers near the scene of the deadly Christmas market attack on Monday as investigators puzzled over the…
Continue ReadingAustralia investigates video purportedly showing national captured by Russian forces in Ukraine
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia is working to verify the authenticity of a video that purportedly shows one of…
Continue ReadingBiden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal…
Continue ReadingBritish economy flatlines in 3rd quarter in another blow to new Labour government
LONDON (AP) — The British economy flatlined in the third quarter of the year, according to downwardly revised official figures in another blow to…
Continue ReadingRomanian lawmakers narrowly approve new pro-European coalition during period of political turmoil
Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian lawmakers have voted narrowly in favor of a new pro-European coalition government led by…
Continue ReadingPandas An An and Ke Ke celebrate their 1st Christmas in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — A pair of five-year-old pandas, named An An and Ke Ke, celebrated their first Christmas early in a Hong Kong park Monday, munching…
Continue ReadingBoy in hospital after drones fall from sky at Orlando holiday show
By Karina Tsui, Amanda Jackson and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — What was intended to be a dazzling festive spectacle ended in injury to a…
Continue ReadingNissan and Honda to attempt a merger that would create the world’s No. 3 automaker
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger that would form the world’s…
Continue ReadingJapan’s former Emperor Akihito marks his 91st birthday
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 91st birthday on Monday, as he continues to pursue his lifetime…
Continue ReadingIn the ruins of a bombed-out church in Lebanon, there’s now a tiny Christmas tree
Associated Press DARDGHAYA, Lebanon (AP) — A Christmas tree stands among the fallen stones of what remains of St. George Melkite Catholic Church in…
Continue ReadingEx-US fighter pilot accused of training Chinese military will be extradited to the United States
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A former US Marine accused of training Chinese military pilots will be extradited to face…
Continue ReadingTens of thousands displaced by ethnic violence in northeast India suffer squalid conditions in camps
Associated Press KANGPOKPI, India (AP) — Phalneivah Khonsai ran for her life when violence struck her neighborhood in India’s restive…
Continue ReadingNorth Korean soldiers given fake Russian military IDs, Ukraine says
By Victoria Butenko and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia were given fake military documents with Russian names…
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