By Nectar Gan, CNN More than 2,000 tourists have become stranded in a resort town in southern China after authorities imposed a snap lockdown to curb a Covid flare-up, as the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy continues to upend businesses and daily life. The city of Beihai, a popular summer holiday destination known for its white-sand
Continue Reading China’s zero-Covid policy has inflicted devastating economic pain as unemployment is soaring and people aren’t earning as much. Even saving money has become a risky bet. CNN’s Selina Wang speaks to a man who fears he’s lost his entire family’s life savings.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Felipe Mora scored the equalizer for the Portland Timbers in a 1-1 draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Timbers moved to 6-6-9 and the Whitecaps are 7-9-5.
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By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s acting president has declared a state of emergency that gives him broad authority amid growing protests demanding his resignation two days before lawmakers choose a new president. Ranil Wickremesinghe became acting president on Friday after his predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled abroad and resigned
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UVALDE — A city police lieutenant who led the department the day it was part of the fiercely criticized response to the worst school shooting in Texas history has been placed on administrative leave, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin announced Sunday. [“Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details] Lt.
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By Emma Tucker, Shimon Prokupecz, Dakin Andone and Peter Nickeas, CNN In the first comprehensive look by a government agency into the Uvalde elementary school massacre, a Texas House investigative committee released a preliminary report Sunday outlining a series of failures by multiple law enforcement agencies in their response at the scene. The 77-page “interim
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Tras divorciarse y mudarse por undécima vez, Barbara Iweins decidió hacer un balance de su vida, y de todo lo que había en ella. Pasó casi cinco años documentando cada uno de los objetos que poseía, desde piezas sueltas de Lego y viejos llaveros hasta controles remotos, utensilios de cocina y chucherías
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EL PASO, Texas — Former Coronado grad Ivan Melendez gets drafted as the No.43 overall pick in the second round of the MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. “This is super special,” Melendez said on MLB Network immediately after being drafted. “I’ve been dreaming if this since I was a little kid. It’s just a
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Thorleifur Ulfarsson scored the deciding goal in a 2-1 win for the Houston Dynamo over the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday. Ulfarsson’s winning goal came in the 76th minute, assisted by Darwin Quintero, putting the Dynamo (7-10-4) ahead 2-1. The Dynamo also got one goal from Sebastian Ferreira. Jackson Yueill
Continue Reading SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Thorleifur Ulfarsson scored the deciding goal in a 2-1 win for the Houston Dynamo over the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday. Ulfarsson’s winning goal came in the 76th minute, assisted by Darwin Quintero, putting the Dynamo (7-10-4) ahead 2-1. The Dynamo also got one goal from Sebastian Ferreira. Jackson Yueill
Continue Reading SANDY, Utah (AP) — Zac MacMath stopped the one shot he faced while Sergio Cordova scored as Real Salt Lake earned a 3-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City. With the victory, RSL improved to 9-6-6, while Sporting KC fell to 5-12-5.
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday, as investors weighed oil prices, inflation worries and corporate earnings. Tokyo’s benchmark was higher but other major indexes declined in morning trading after an early rally evaporated on Wall Street. “The news paints a deteriorating picture for the outlook of
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BANGKOK (AP) — Cybersecurity researchers reported details Monday of cases where Thai activists involved in the country’s pro-democracy protests had their cell phones or other devices infected and attacked with government-sponsored spyware. Investigators of the internet watchdog groups Citizen Lab, Thailand’s Internet Law Reform Dialogue, or
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sped her way back to the top of the sprint game, winning her fifth world title at 100 meters by leading a Jamaican sweep and knocking off the reigning Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah. The 35-year-old Fraser-Pryce, mother of a 4-year-old son, Zyon, led
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La comisión del 6 de enero de la Cámara de Representantes corroboró detalles clave relacionados con el acalorado intercambio del expresidente Donald Trump con el Servicio Secreto cuando le dijeron a Trump que no podía ir al Capitolio, la más reciente de una serie de impactantes revelaciones que surgieron de las
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gareth Bale and Giorgio Chiellini made their Major League Soccer debuts for Los Angeles FC in a 2-1 win over Nashville on Sunday night. Bale, Wales’ 33-year-old captain, entered in the 71st minute. The five-time Champions League winner, preparing for Wales’ first World Cup appearance since 1958, joined LA after seven
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gareth Bale and Giorgio Chiellini made their Major League Soccer debuts for Los Angeles FC in a 2-1 win over Nashville on Sunday night. Bale, Wales’ 33-year-old captain, entered in the 71st minute. The five-time Champions League winner, preparing for Wales’ first World Cup appearance since 1958, joined LA after seven
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Robert Lewandowski has passed his medical and says he is ready to help put Barcelona back at the top in European soccer. The striker was set to sign his contract and be officially introduced by Barcelona in Miami on Tuesday ahead of the team’s U.S. tour. He says: “Barça is back. I
Continue Reading UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Uvalde body camera shows officer who had been grazed by shot saying ‘we’ve got to get in there, he just keeps shooting.’
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Cameron Smith’s dad is kicking himself that he didn’t make the journey to St. Andrews to see his son win the 150th British Open. Smith mentioned in his championship winner’s news conference that his father made the late decision not to fly all the way
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 breaks down the Uvalde school shooting report that the Texas House Investigation Committee released Sunday.
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cucho Hernández scored his fourth goal in three games since joining Columbus, and the Crew extended their Major League Soccer unbeaten streak to eight with a 2-0 win over Cincinnati. Hernández, a 23-year-old Colombian making his home debut, put Columbus ahead in the 16th minute off a pass from Lucas Zelarayan,
Continue Reading TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie won the Barracuda Championship on Sunday, holding on in the breezy final round of the PGA Tour’s lone modified Stableford scoring event for his third tour title. Six points ahead entering the day, Reavie had a six-point round for a one-point victory over Alex Noren on Tahoe Mountain Club’s
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, despidió a dos figuras importantes de su gobierno, cuestionando sus cualidades de liderazgo y acusando a muchos de sus subordinados de traición y colaboración con Rusia. “Hoy tomé la decisión de destituir al fiscal general de su cargo y despedir al jefe del
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Story by Reuters The Indian government’s Covid-19 vaccinations hit 2 billion on Sunday, with booster doses underway for all adults, as daily infections hit a four-month high, official data showed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi extolled the vaccination milestone, celebrating the world’s largest and longest-running inoculation campaign that began last year. “India creates history again!” Modi
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Artemis Moshtaghian and Holly Yan, CNN Authorities revealed new details Monday on the weekend mall shooting in Greenwood, Indiana, including the identities of the gunman, three victims and the legally armed bystander who fatally shot the gunman. The shooting rampage took place at the Greenwood Park Mall around 6 p.m. Sunday. Multiple
Continue Reading Three people are dead and two others injured after a shooter opened fire in the food court of shopping mall in Greenwood, Indiana, Sunday evening, police say.
Continue Reading A shooting rampage that killed three people and injured two others at an Indiana mall ended after an armed witness shot and killed the assailant, police said. CNN’s Omar Jimenez reports the statistics on how often this occurs.
Continue Reading MORRISON, Colo. (AP) — Leah Pruett raced to her first Top Fuel victory for Tony Stewart Racing, powering past Shawn Langdon in the final of the NHRA Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway. Pruett, who is married to Stewart, had a 3.884-second run at 316.38 mph in the final for her 10th career victory and second
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Pete Alonso, Albert Pujols and Kyle Schwarber tee off in the All-Star Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium, where fans see how far and fast the sluggers can launch longballs into the Los Angeles twilight. Alonso is trying to become the first player to win the derby three straight times. He
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