SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to further strengthen his military capabilities, maintain draconian anti-virus measures and do everything possible to improve the economy during a speech delivered at a key political conference this week, state media reported on Saturday. . A state media report of Kim’s speech did […]
BEIJING (AP) – To help make China a self-sustaining “tech superpower,” the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world’s largest e-commerce company into the delicate and expensive task of designing its own processor chips – a company that looks like nothing. Alibaba Group has already done this. Its 3-year-old T-Head chip unveiled its third processor […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Desmond Tutu, the South African Nobel Peace Prize winner icon, hard-core enemy of apartheid and modern-day campaigner for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at the age of 90. South Africans, world leaders and people around the world mourned the death of the man considered the moral conscience of the country. […]
Today in history Today is Saturday, December 25, the 359th day of 2021. There are six days left in the year. It’s Christmas day. Today’s highlight in history: On December 25, 1991, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced on television his resignation as the eighth and last leader of an already defunct Communist superpower. To […]
BEIJING (AP) – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday after President Joe Biden reassured investors by calling for vaccinations and testing, but no travel restrictions in response to the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul advanced while Shanghai was down less than 0.1%. Wall Street rose, breaking a […]
Last week’s GCC summit in Riyadh forged the necessary consensus among the six member states to jointly tackle Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its malicious activities in Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Together, the Gulf states want their deep concerns about this crucial danger to be reflected in any revised international nuclear deal with Iran, and […]
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks a political tightrope as he faces increasing attacks from friends and foes amid rising COVID-19 infections. For the second winter in a row, Johnson is betting that vaccines will be his savior, urging everyone to get vaccinated to slow the spread of the new omicron variant, […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Óscar Baños and thousands of other truck drivers celebrated on Saturday after a threat to idle their engines prompted the Spanish government to adopt measures to improve working conditions and control the soaring fuel costs due to inflation. This is the latest effort by workers, opposition leaders and citizens to pressure […]
ALBANY, NY (AP) – New York State University System Chief Chancellor James Malatras on Thursday said he would step down amid harsh criticism for his actions when he was one of the main assistants of former Governor Andrew Cuomo. “The recent events that have surrounded me over the past week have become a distraction from […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has pledged to make it “very, very difficult” for Russian Vladimir Putin to take military action in Ukraine as US intelligence officials determine Russia is planning a possible offensive military which could start as early as early 2022. The new intelligence finding estimates that the Russians plan to deploy […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Budget airlines Allegiant and Viva Aerobus said on Wednesday they would seek antitrust immunity from the US and Mexican governments to work together on pricing, schedules and routes on cross-border flights . Las Vegas-based Allegiant said it would invest $ 50 million in the Mexican carrier as part of the deal, […]
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Violence receded in the Solomon Islands capital on Friday, but the government showed no signs of resolving the underlying grievances that sparked two days of riots, including concerns over the links croissants of the country with China. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has sought to distract from domestic issues by […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s president on Wednesday appointed the country’s first female governor of the country’s central bank, saying putting women in high office was a priority. The decision comes a day after another female judge was appointed to the Supreme Court. “Women remain a priority,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Wednesday. […]
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Commission said on Thursday it could approve aid to finance semiconductor production in the 27-country bloc amid a global chip shortage and intense global competition to fill the need. The EU executive branch expects the scarcity of semiconductors – a key element in everything from smartphones to cars – to […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – Europe is short of natural gas – dangerously short. A cold winter could mean a severe crisis, and utility bills will rise, weighing on ordinary people and weighing on the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to help fill Europe’s gas tanks as energy prices […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Film industry crew members narrowly voted to approve a pair of deals with Hollywood producers after a standoff days after a strike that reportedly froze productions in the United States, have union leaders said on Monday. The agreements rose from 56% to 44% among delegates from the 36 local unions of […]
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asian stocks mixed after US inflation report TOKYO (AP) – Asian stocks are trading mixed after a worrying report on US inflation that hit the bond market and pushes down stocks on Wall Street. In Japan, where investors are awaiting an economic stimulus package from newly elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the benchmark […]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s often strained relations in recent years with Europe’s economic powerhouse Germany took center stage during a meeting in Athens on Friday between outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Greek president. Katerina Sakellaropoulou was Merkel’s first official meeting during her visit to the country whose financial crisis has marked much […]
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday the country was on track to cut emissions by 35% from 2005 levels by 2030, but he will not commit to a such objective at the United Nations climate conference in Scotland. Morrison said his government would stick to Australia’s current 2030 target […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Tens of thousands of supporters of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his right-wing government marched through Budapest on Saturday in a demonstration of unity behind the populist leader’s controversial policies that have led to challenges to its power in both Hungary and the European Union. The rally was dubbed a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – For supporters of the child tax credit, there has always been an “aha moment” – the recognition that as little as a few hundred dollars a month could change a life. For Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, several years ago, he worked as the principal of the Denver school. A high school student […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The fatal police shooting of a black teenager in Chicago seven years ago weighs heavily on former city mayor Rahm Emanuel as he seeks confirmation as ambassador of President Joe Biden in Japan. Several lawmakers and Liberal House activists complain that Emanuel’s handling of the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was […]
BEIJING (AP) – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher as investors waited for U.S. business results on Tuesday to see how companies cope with supply disruptions and the surge in coronavirus infections over the course of of the last quarter. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.3%, […]
BEIRUT (AP) – The most powerful men in Lebanese politics have been in command for decades, some since the early 1970s. They have survived civil war, assassinations, uprisings and other unrest, s clinging to power for decades in a turbulent and ruthless region. Now they are in a desperate struggle to cling to positions and […]
BEIRUT (AP) – Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon closed on Friday after hours of armed clashes between heavily armed militias killed six people and terrorized residents of Beirut. The government has called for a day of mourning after the armed clashes, in which armed men used automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades on the […]
Thursday At the Indian Wells Tennis Garden Indian Wells, California Grant: $ 8,359,455 Surface: Hardcourt exterior Indian wells, California. (AP) _ Results Thursday of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden (seeds in brackets): Men’s singles Quarter-finals Cameron Norrie (21), Great Britain, def. Diego Schwartzman (11), Argentina, 6-0, 6-2. Grigor Dimitrov (23) from […]
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — New York City kicked off its June 19 celebration with a block party Friday at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation making June 19 a federal holiday to be observed on Friday, since the actual date falls on a Saturday. It is now the […]
HARLEM, New York (WABC) – The June 17 weekend in New York City begins Friday night with a celebration at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, but on Thursday Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a new economic plan called the “Plan de economic justice of June “. “ “Something very important is happening this week, something […]
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – A rally was held in Philadelphia around equal pay and economic justice. The event happened on Friday in the 5500 block of Germantown Avenue, near Market Square Park and the Uncle Bobbies Bookstore. It’s part of a nationwide bus tour to bridge the racial wealth gap in the United States. This rally […]
A selection of news photos taken across Japan and beyond by Kyodo News photographers this week, as businesses slowly begin to reopen in some communities and people try to adjust to the “new normal amid the protracted fight against COVID-19. A man in his 60s pulls an empty rickshaw down a deserted street in Kamakura, […]
Mary Louise Kelly of NPR speaks with Michael Tubbs, Stockton, Calif., Former mayor and founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, about Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on the fight for a universal basic income. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Basic universal income is basically money that goes straight into people’s pockets without any strings attached. […]
Fifty years after his assassination in Memphis, how do we remember Martin Luther King Jr? Popular treatments portray him primarily through his magnificent I Have a Dream speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. King called on America to live up to its historic ideals of equal rights in which all people would be […]