Wheat down payments and free hogs: How Chinese developers are trying to sell homes
By Laura He, CNN Business Some Chinese property developers are going to extreme lengths to attract buyers. From accepting grain or garlic as part…
Continue ReadingMonth: June 2022
Wheat down payments and free hogs: How Chinese developers are trying to sell homes
CNN By Laura He, CNN Business Some Chinese property developers are going to extreme lengths to attract buyers. From accepting grain or garlic as part…
Continue Reading
Families of Americans detained abroad call for urgent action from Biden to free their loved ones
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN There is growing frustration among the families of Americans detained abroad who feel that President Joe Biden must act to…
Continue Reading
Biden calls for 3-month suspension of gas and diesel taxes
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three…
Continue Reading John Roberts played the long game on state funding of religious schools
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Chief Justice John Roberts has been laying the groundwork for years for…
Continue Reading
Biden calls for three-month suspension of federal gas tax but faces long odds of getting Congress on board
By Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes until the end…
Continue Reading
Uvalde school district places police Chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave, superintendent announces
By Eric Levenson, Rosa Flores, Rebekah Riess and Travis Caldwell, CNN Uvalde school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was…
Continue Reading
Chelsea changes include Boehly as interim sporting director
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Todd Boehly, the American businessman who fronted the recent world-record purchase of Chelsea, will assume the…
Continue Reading
A short distance from Wimbledon, players struggle and strive to qualify for the main draw
By George Ramsay, CNN It’s unmistakably a scene from the British summer: across a stretch of green, well-kept courts, tennis players shoot…
Continue Reading
The conservation photographer capturing mesmerizing images of Mexico’s flamingos
Rebecca Cairns, CNN Since he was four years old, photographer Claudio Contreras Koob has been obsessed with flamingos: their vibrant pink feathers,…
Continue Reading Naomi Osaka and LeBron James launch new media company
By CNN Sport staff Four-time major winner Naomi Osaka is launching a new media company in partnership with NBA superstar LeBron James, the tennis…
Continue Reading Chinese rights activist who said leader Xi Jinping ‘not smart enough’ is tried in secret for subversion
By CNN staff A prominent civil rights advocate in China who once called on leader Xi Jinping to resign because he is “just not smart…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan prime minister: Island’s economy ‘has collapsed’
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of…
Continue Reading Japan tracks eight Russian and Chinese warships near its territory
By Brad Lendon, CNN At least eight Russian and Chinese warships have been spotted in the seas near Japan this week, another sign of the apparent…
Continue Reading Big wildfire forces evacuations near Turkish Marmaris resort
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — More than a thousand firefighters, aided by water-dropping planes and helicopters, are…
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | Mike Pence dice que ningún presidente en su vida ha mentido tanto como Joe Biden. Ejem…
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Este fue un intercambio real entre el exvicepresidente Mike Pence y el presentador de Fox Business Network Larry…
Continue Reading UK inflation rate hits new 40-year high of 9.1%
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate hit 9.1% in May, a new 40-year high and up slightly from the previous month. The Office for National…
Continue Reading South Korea hits dozens with travel bans amid crypto probe
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors have barred dozens of people connected to Terraform Labs from leaving the country as they expand…
Continue Reading Thousands of Dutch farmers protest, fearing government cuts
By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press STROE, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of farmers have gathered in the central Netherlands to protest the Dutch…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania principal charged with 30 counts of sexual contact with a student
By Amy Simonson, CNN A high school principal in Pennsylvania has been charged with 30 counts of sexual intercourse and contact with a student,…
Continue Reading ‘What do we do when another disaster hits?’ Afghans face crises on all fronts after quake kills 1,000
CNN By Tara John, Akanksha Sharma, Jo Shelley and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Aid groups scrambled on Thursday to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that…
Continue Reading Millions affected after deadly floods hit India and Bangladesh
By Swati Gupta and Rhea Mogul, CNN Millions of people across India and Bangladesh have been affected by raging floods and landslides that left more…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed after Wall St declines on growth worries
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street edged lower amid fears higher interest…
Continue Reading South Sudan fights child marriage where girls sold for cows
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Some young girls are still auctioned off into marriage for cows in South Sudan — one of…
Continue Reading Big Liu among first 10 recruits for Bay Area Dragons in EASL
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China’s Liu Chuanxing has signed on as a foundation player with the Bay Area Dragons in the East Asia Super League…
Continue Reading Russia’s war in Ukraine
CNN’s Jim Sciutto talks to Dianna Shaw, aunt of captured American who was volunteering with Ukrainian forces Alexander John-Robert Drueke, about her…
Continue Reading Uprooted by war, some Ukrainians in the UK now face homelessness alone
Japan, a country that has been reluctant to accept refugees, is opening its doors to Ukrainians who are fleeing the war. CNN’s Blake Essig…
Continue Reading Turkey, Saudi hail ‘new era of cooperation’ as prince visits
By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Saudi Arabia have declared their readiness to start a “new era…
Continue Reading Mujeres víctimas del ataque en el restaurante de Tangshan se recuperan de las heridas, dice la policía china
olivertapia Hong Kong (CNN) — Después de días de creciente presión pública, la policía china finalmente emitió una actualización sobre la…
Continue Reading LEADING OFF: Harper healing, Ohtani on mound, Anderson 8-0
By The Associated Press Philadelphia slugger Bryce Harper could return to the lineup Wednesday for the finale of a two-game series at Texas after an…
Continue Reading