AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony says its profit rose 6.5% in the last quarter on robust demand for its video games, films and music. The Japanese electronics and entertainment company said Wednesday that its profit in April to June totaled 231.6 billion yen, or $1.6 billion. Quarterly sales edged up 1.6%. Sony officials
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By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — A Thai court on Wednesday ordered the kingdom’s most popular political party to be disbanded, a verdict that delivers a major blow to a vibrant progressive movement and one that threatens to bring more political turbulence to Thailand. The Move Forward Party won a stunning electoral
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Far-right demonstrations that had been anticipated by police in dozens of locations across Britain failed to materialize as anti-racism protesters instead showed up in force. Police had prepared for another night of violence Wednesday at 100 locations following a week of rioting and disorder fueled by misinformation over a stabbing attack against
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un día después de que los organizadores cancelaran una sesión de entrenamiento para los competidores de natación en aguas abiertas de París 2024 en el río Sena, los atletas fueron autorizados para entrenar en las aguas de la capital francesa. “Los resultados de las últimas pruebas de calidad del agua,
Continue Reading By Claudia Otto and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Two people have died and others remain trapped after a hotel collapsed in a village in the heart of western Germany’s Mosel wine-growing region. There were 14 people in the building in Kröv at the time of the collapse, a fire department spokesperson told CNN Wednesday. A man and
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By Simon Usborne, CNN (CNN) — Few things appear to soothe the existential anxieties of the super rich like a bunker designed to withstand anything short of total nuclear Armageddon. Yet it’s no longer enough for the security-conscious billionaire to stick an impenetrable safe room in the basement where it might sit empty forever. In
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Continue Reading Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has filed a formal request with the International Court of Justice to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel. Turkey’s ambassador to The Netherlands submitted a declaration of intervention at the U.N. court in The Hague on Wednesday. Turkey is one of the fiercest critics of Israel’s actions
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN)– El Premio Nobel de Economía conocido como el “banquero de los pobres” intentará llevar la estabilidad a tras responder a la petición de los manifestantes estudiantiles de que dirija temporalmente el convulso país después de semanas de mortíferas manifestaciones antigubernamentales. Muhammad Yunus, de 84 años, encabezará un gobierno interino tras el derrocamiento
Continue Reading AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda has reported an 8.7% increase in its fiscal first quarter profit as strong sales of hybrid vehicles in Japan and the U.S., and motorcycles in India and Brazil, boosted the Japanese automaker’s earnings. Honda’s April-June profit totaled 394.7 billion yen, or $2.7 billion. Honda reported Wednesday that its
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Hace poco más de un año, la luchadora india Vinesh Phogat dormía en las calles de Nueva Delhi como parte de una protesta liderada por atletas para denunciar las acusaciones de acoso sexual dentro de su deporte. Ahora tiene garantizado que saldrá de los Juegos Olímpicos de París con una
Continue Reading AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China has reported its exports rose 7% in July from a year earlier, below economists’ forecasts for growth closer to 10%. Imports climbed 7.2%, gaining momentum on stronger trade with other Asian countries. Exports to the United States rose 2.4% year-on-year, while shipments to Southeast Asian countries, now Beijing’s
Continue Reading Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Australia, Canada and the Philippines are staging joint air force and naval drills in what they say is a show of force to promote the rule of law in the disputed South China Sea, where China has increasingly asserted its territorial claims. In an apparent response,
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — Los mercados asiáticos registraron sólidas ganancias este miércoles, con las acciones japonesas revirtiendo las pérdidas iniciales después de que un funcionario del banco central restara importancia a la perspectiva de una subida inmediata de los tipos de interés. El índice de referencia Nikkei 225 ganó un 3%, se recuperó de las
Continue Reading BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The ex-partner of former Argentine President Alberto Fernández has accused him of physically and emotionally abusing her. The allegations were in a court order issued Tuesday that has shocked the country and threatened to further stain the reputation of the moderate leftist whose government many Argentines blame for deepening their
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By Lex Harvey and Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN (CNN) — An Olympic story of hope and perseverance quickly turned to one of heartbreak after an Indian wrestler known for her role in anti-sexual harassment protests was disqualified from the gold medal match of the women’s 50kg freestyle category. Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman to
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN Español) — Al menos tres personas con discapacidad están siendo procesadas judicialmente en Venezuela, dijo este lunes en un comunicado la Confederación Sordos de Venezuela (Consorven), en el que manifestó su preocupación ante los arrestos de las últimas horas en el país. El movimiento político opositor Vente Venezuela se hizo eco de
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By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Asian markets made solid gains Wednesday, with Japanese shares reversing early losses after a central bank official played down the prospect of an immediate hike in interest rates. The benchmark Nikkei 225 closed 1.2% higher, bouncing back from losses of 2.5% earlier in the session, following fresh
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — An earthquake northwest of Los Angeles has shaken a large swath of Southern California, but there are no immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 5.2 magnitude temblor stuck at 9:09 p.m. Tuesday and was centered near Mettler, an unincorporated area in Kern County about 85 miles from
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Filadelfia, Pensilvania (CNN) — Tim Walz estaba en medio de su entrevista con el equipo de selección de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris cuando les dijo que había algo importante que necesitaban saber. No utiliza un teleprompter, dijo el gobernador de Minnesota. De hecho, ni siquiera tiene uno. Así que, si era elegido,
Continue Reading Associated Press BOONE, N.C. (AP) — On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the remains of Shulls Mill Dam, pulling concrete apart piece by piece and gradually opening a waterway kept in check for nearly two centuries. Removal of this privately-owned hydropower dam in western North Carolina will be a boon for rafters, kayakers
Continue Reading Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say that part of a hotel in western Germany collapsed, leaving two people dead and trapping seven others in the wreckage for hours. The last of them was rescued after some 24 hours later, on Wednesday night. Fourteen people were in the hotel in the winemaking town of Kroev
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El presunto cofundador del Cártel de Sinaloa Ismael “el Mayo” Zambada será transferido desde El Paso, Texas, a Brooklyn, en Nueva York, para enfrentar un juicio, según confirmó su abogado Frank Pérez a CNN. Aún se desconoce la fecha exacta del traslado. Zambada, de 76 años, enfrentará juicio en
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer GUARULHOS, Brazil (AP) — As she practiced her complex moves and somersaults, aspiring gymnast 14-year-old Manuela Kriegel kept gazing at one of the walls of the Bonifácio Cardoso gym outside the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo. It featured a painting of a national hero — Olympic champion and hometown favorite Rebeca Andrade
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,2 sacudió el área de Los Ángeles este martes por la noche, según el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS). Según el USGS, el sismo se produjo a unos 22 kilómetros al noreste de Lamont, California, a las 9:09 pm hora del oeste de Estados Unidos. No se
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Lamont, California, on Tuesday night and rumbled through a broad stretch of Southern California, including Los Angeles. The US Geological Survey reported the earthquake’s epicenter hit about 15 miles southwest of Lamont – and roughly 25 miles south of Bakersfield – around 9:09 p.m.
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