By Yoonjung Seo and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Members of BTS, the K-pop supergroup, are planning to undertake military service, the band’s record label confirmed Monday, with Jin, the oldest member, aiming to start the process at the end of the month. Military service is mandatory in South Korea, where almost all able-bodied men are required
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett, CNN President Joe Biden spent the weekend at his home in Delaware, where he met up with his wife, other family members and — if they followed usual practice — Willow the cat and Commander the dog. It’s a familiar weekly ritual. As of this point in his presidency, Biden has spent
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By Victoria Butenko, Olga Voitovych and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Ukrainian officials said at least four people were killed when Russia launched a barrage of Iranian-made “kamikaze” drone attacks in Kyiv on Monday, setting off warning sirens across the capital. Four people were injured in the attacks and 19 people trapped under the destruction have been
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Britain’s new finance minister announced a comprehensive retreat on the UK government’s tax-and-spending plans on Monday in a frantic effort to calm jittery markets and restore the government’s credibility. Just four days into the job, Jeremy Hunt said he would reverse “almost all” tax measures announced three weeks ago by
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University of Tennessee football fans found a unique way to celebrate their victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Continue Reading Russia continues to target Ukrainian civilian areas with Iranian-made “kamikaze” drones, striking the country’s capital at least four times on Monday, Ukrainian officials say. CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports.
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By HERNÁN MUÑOZ and TALES AZZONI Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Neymar has appeared in court to face a trial for alleged irregularities involving his transfer to Barcelona in 2013. The start of the trial in Barcelona came a few hours after Neymar scored in Paris Saint-Germain’s 1-0 victory over Marseille in the French
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business Even though China’s economy is beset by problems ranging from a real estate crisis to youth unemployment, Xi Jinping did not offer any grand ideas to set the country back on track during his two-hour opening speech at the Communist Party Congress on Sunday. The Chinese leader is expected to
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN It’s been described as “quite simply the finest football painting ever” and is estimated to fetch up to $9 million at auction later this month, but the sale of L.S. Lowry’s “Going to the Match” could see the much-loved artwork disappear from public display. The 1953 painting, which depicts crowds of
Continue Reading Multiple social media videos show a large, dark plume of smoke billowing near Evin prison in Iran. It is notoriously brutal facility where the regime incarcerates political dissidents. CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh has the latest.
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CNN By Laura He, CNN Business Even though China’s economy is beset by problems ranging from a real estate crisis to youth unemployment, Xi Jinping did not offer any grand ideas to set the country back on track during his two-hour opening speech at the Communist Party Congress on Sunday. The Chinese leader is expected
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The members of K-pop band BTS will serve their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management company said Monday, effectively ending a debate on whether they should be granted exemptions because of their artistic accomplishments. Big Hit Music said the band’s oldest member,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A key witness in a trial that led to the conviction of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes adamantly stood by his testimony during an unusual court appearance Monday. The prosecution witness, former Theranos lab director Adam Rosendorff, made a remorseful appearance at Holmes’ Silicon
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — PSG forward Kylian Mbappé has denied rumors that he wants to leave the French league club during the January transfer window. A series of reports published in France and Spain have said Mbappé is frustrated in Paris and is looking for a way out. The World Cup winner says he was stunned
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai, Karen Smith and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN The death toll from the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade has passed 600 people, the country’s humanitarian affairs ministry tweeted on Sunday. According to the ministry, more than 2 million people have been affected by flooding that has spread across parts of the
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Pilots at Eurowings, the German airline Lufthansa’s budget subsidiary, have started their second strike this month in a dispute over working conditions. The Vereinigung Cockpit union called pilots out on a three-day strike starting Monday morning. Despite the walkout, Eurowings said it expected more than 230 of Monday’s planned 400 services to
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese official says the government plans to boost coal production through 2025 to avoid a repeat of last year’s power shortages. That adds to setbacks in efforts to cut climate-changing carbon emissions from the biggest global source. China is a big investor in wind and
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Angus Watson, Jake Kwon and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Police in Manchester have launched an investigation after a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester was allegedly beaten on the grounds of the Chinese consulate in the English city. A pro-democracy group called Hong Kong Indigenous Defence Force had staged a protest outside the consulate in
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Utah’s Dalton Kincaid turned in the best receiving performance in 40 years for a tight end. Kincaid caught 16 passes in Saturday’s 43-42 win over Southern California. ESPN research shows that’s the most by a tight end since Northwestern’s Jon Harvey had 17 against Michigan in 1982. The
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s soccer confederation has condemned two cases of crowd violence that led to matches being interrupted. There were pitch invasions and brawls in the stands in the top-flight match between Ceara against Cuiaba and in the second division game between Sport and Vasco da Gama
Continue Reading KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Qatar has won the rights to host the 2023 Asian Cup just weeks before it stages the World Cup. The Asian Football Confederation has selected Qatar over bids from South Korea and Indonesia. China had originally been scheduled to hold the 24-team event but relinquished its hosting rights in May
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The overarching theme emerging from China’s ongoing Communist Party congress is one of continuity, not change. The weeklong meeting, which opened Sunday, is expected to reappoint Xi Jinping as leader, reaffirm a commitment to his policies for the next five years and possibly elevate his status even further as one of the
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Fueled by powerful winds and unseasonably hot temperatures, a wildfire burning in Washington state exploded to 2,000 acres Sunday, forcing thousands of evacuations. The Nakia Creek Fire began October 9 on Larch Mountain, northeast of Camas in Clark County near the Oregon border, smoldering and creeping through steep, rocky terrain in
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EL PASO, Texas- Large volumes of rain hit the Borderland Sunday night going into Monday morning. Storms out of the Southwest pushed their way into the area dropping close to an inch of rain within minutes near Las Cruces. The systems were fast-moving preventing any real flooding. Those clouds mixed with the air out of
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EL PASO, Texas– Cooler weather is on the way and some experts are warning of a winter COVID-19 surge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces its expanding updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccines to include children ages 5 through 11. Some parents in the Borderland tell ABC-7 they have mixed emotions about the expanded age
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California ballot measure that would tax the rich to help put more electric cars on the road may seem tailor-made to win support from Democrats in a state known for climate leadership, but Proposition 30 has one notable opponent: Gov. Gavin Newsom. That’s put the
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian and Hira Humayun, CNN Details of a chaotic night marked by tear gas and explosions have emerged from an Iranian prison following a deadly fire at the facility on Saturday. The death toll from the blaze at Tehran’s Evin prison has risen to eight, state-aligned news agency Tasnim posted on Twitter Monday.
Continue Reading New York Times columnist and author Tom Friedman predicts what Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next moves could be in his invasion of Ukraine.
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Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street rallied in its latest about-face in recent topsy-turvy trading. Oil prices and U.S. futures advanced and the dollar was trading near 149 Japanese yen. A release of China’s most recent economic growth figures, was postponed
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